mildatheart67 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 300,000 only are citizens of the country. Stadiums hold 380,000. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I can't even begin to imagine what this tournament will end up being like. I thought Russia would be terrible, but it turned out to be excellent. Qatar WC is wrong on all kinds of levels. For a start I can't imagine watching a WC in December. I don't think the TV coverage will be as extensive as usual, most games will probably be bumped to secondary channels and online options. I've said before, I'm expecting a high number of player no shows..it's the middle of the European season so there will be more players missing through injury, and I expect loads will retire from International football before it, not wanting anything to do with it. Maybe some will not go on ethical/moral grounds ( or be persuaded not to by their clubs). This has a high chance of some ridiculous results as well, this could be the tournament where an African or Asian team win it. I still can't believe it's going ahead there, quite frankly. I was convinced it would have collapsed by now. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewswfc Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 What a farce.... Sums football up for me at the moment. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 MONEY MONEY MONEY 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Owl Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 17 hours ago, Bannofan said: I can't even begin to imagine what this tournament will end up being like. I thought Russia would be terrible, but it turned out to be excellent. Qatar WC is wrong on all kinds of levels. For a start I can't imagine watching a WC in December. I don't think the TV coverage will be as extensive as usual, most games will probably be bumped to secondary channels and online options. I've said before, I'm expecting a high number of player no shows..it's the middle of the European season so there will be more players missing through injury, and I expect loads will retire from International football before it, not wanting anything to do with it. Maybe some will not go on ethical/moral grounds ( or be persuaded not to by their clubs). This has a high chance of some ridiculous results as well, this could be the tournament where an African or Asian team win it. I still can't believe it's going ahead there, quite frankly. I was convinced it would have collapsed by now. I was looking forward to Russia, but not this one, same with the Euros this summer too. Isn't the 2026 WC North American (Canada, USA and Mexico)? That should be good, also Euro 2024 is in Germany too. Same with watching it in December, but I think the TV coverage will be the same. I forgot about it being played in the middle of the season which is going to be crap too, but I don't think many will retire before it or not go on ethical/moral grounds though. Also an African or Asian team won't win it either, I would be very surprised if that happened. Don't we also have more nations this time too? What's going to happen with the stadiums etc. after? Who gets 2030 will be interesting as well. I would probably choose the Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile (Peru & Bolivia is rumoured too) one, as it would be the 100th anniversary since the first one in Uruguay where Uruguay won it against Argentina. If it goes with money etc. though I have a feeling China will get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl_83 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I see Blatter has got an additional football band of 6 years and 8 months, due to run after his current ban has ended. That means he will be banned from football until he is approx 91 years old. Quote In its findings, world football's investigatory chamber found Blatter accepted "an undue economic benefit" of 23m Swiss Francs (£18m) "split over the years 2010 to 2014, as a result of the conflict of interest created by the allocation and execution of extraordinary bonus payments between limited top-ranking Fifa officials". Qatar did not win the bid because of bribes, not at all. They got the World Cup purely on merit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, owl_83 said: I see Blatter has got an additional football band of 6 years and 8 months, due to run after his current ban has ended. That means he will be banned from football until he is approx 91 years old. Qatar did not win the bid because of bribes, not at all. They got the World Cup purely on merit. Would think every major sporting event somewhere along the line palms are greased. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Inspector Lestrade said: Would think every major sporting event somewhere along the line palms are greased. I'm shocked by you cynicism 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, edmontonowl said: I'm shocked by you cynicism Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Owl Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 @BannofanNorway players yesterday wore "HUMAN RIGHTS on and off the pitch" T-shirts before the match: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56516109 I don't think it will mean much though with Norway still playing in qualifying/the WC finals if the team qualifies? It's a nice gesture, but like you kinda said it would require a team/s to boycott it for major things maybe to happen, but I doubt any of that would happen though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otley Owl Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 25/03/2021 at 08:00, Incognito Owl said: @BannofanNorway players yesterday wore "HUMAN RIGHTS on and off the pitch" T-shirts before the match: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56516109 I don't think it will mean much though with Norway still playing in qualifying/the WC finals if the team qualifies? It's a nice gesture, but like you kinda said it would require a team/s to boycott it for major things maybe to happen, but I doubt any of that would happen though. There's talk of boycotting though? Would love to see it happen.The whole thing is a corrupt farce. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Otley Owl said: There's talk of boycotting though? Would love to see it happen.The whole thing is a corrupt farce. On 25/03/2021 at 08:00, Incognito Owl said: @BannofanNorway players yesterday wore "HUMAN RIGHTS on and off the pitch" T-shirts before the match: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56516109 I don't think it will mean much though with Norway still playing in qualifying/the WC finals if the team qualifies? It's a nice gesture, but like you kinda said it would require a team/s to boycott it for major things maybe to happen, but I doubt any of that would happen though. De Ligt ,the Netherlands skipper, has said they are going to stage some kind of protest against Qatar and their human rights record in the next qualifier. Germany also had 'Human Rights' spelled out in shirts before their game. This is quite bizarre; how can they acknowledge the terrible issues with this next WC, But still be happy to play there? Again, maybe as it get closer some players may declare that they are unwilling to participate, but surely they should state that now so the qualifiers can take place without them? Example - if Jordan Henderson stated now that he had no intention of playing in the World Cup , Southgate probably wouldn't pick him again, preferring to build a team without him. Maybe players are waiting to see if they actually qualify before making such a major decision? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Owl Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 15 hours ago, Otley Owl said: There's talk of boycotting though? Would love to see it happen.The whole thing is a corrupt farce. I haven't really heard/seen that. I agree, it would though be kinda sad for the actual competition. Australia should have been the choice. Just read this on the 2022 WC Wiki page too: "Qatar is the smallest nation by area ever to be awarded a FIFA World Cup - the next smallest by area is Switzerland, host of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, which is more than three times as large as Qatar and only needed to host 16 teams instead of the current 32." Plus throw in it's being played outside of the summer because of the heat and that 4 out of the 8 stadiums are being built from scratch, with also 1 being upgraded etc. Just found this too: https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/boycotting-the-2022-fifa-world-cup-in-qatar-would-be-a-big-mistake-says-belgium-manager-roberto-martinez-1.5363735 He said it would be the easy option etc, but I would disagree. 3 hours ago, Bannofan said: De Ligt ,the Netherlands skipper, has said they are going to stage some kind of protest against Qatar and their human rights record in the next qualifier. Germany also had 'Human Rights' spelled out in shirts before their game. This is quite bizarre; how can they acknowledge the terrible issues with this next WC, But still be happy to play there? Again, maybe as it get closer some players may declare that they are unwilling to participate, but surely they should state that now so the qualifiers can take place without them? Example - if Jordan Henderson stated now that he had no intention of playing in the World Cup , Southgate probably wouldn't pick him again, preferring to build a team without him. Maybe players are waiting to see if they actually qualify before making such a major decision? Yeah I agree now some players might boycott, maybe some players might fear doing it for backlash? It's going to feel kinda wrong watching it, let alone participating in it. I still feel that BBC and ITV will broadcast most of the matches as normal, but I wonder if the viewership will be down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Owl Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Incognito Owl said: I haven't really heard/seen that. I agree, it would though be kinda sad for the actual competition. Australia should have been the choice. Just read this on the 2022 WC Wiki page too: "Qatar is the smallest nation by area ever to be awarded a FIFA World Cup - the next smallest by area is Switzerland, host of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, which is more than three times as large as Qatar and only needed to host 16 teams instead of the current 32." Plus throw in it's being played outside of the summer because of the heat and that 4 out of the 8 stadiums are being built from scratch, with also 1 being upgraded etc. Just found this too: https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/boycotting-the-2022-fifa-world-cup-in-qatar-would-be-a-big-mistake-says-belgium-manager-roberto-martinez-1.5363735 He said it would be the easy option etc, but I would disagree. Yeah I agree now some players might boycott, maybe some players might fear doing it for backlash? It's going to feel kinda wrong watching it, let alone participating in it. I still feel that BBC and ITV will broadcast most of the matches as normal, but I wonder if the viewership will be down? *played outside of the summer for the first time because... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Its going to be crapest world cup ever. Not only are we going to only have England out of home nations qualifying but fixtures are going to be rammed in between 21st Nov to Dec 18th meaning group stages will have to played very quickly with at least 4 maybe more games per day. I can't see many fans wanting to travel to Qatar either, a lot of games will be played in near empty stadiums unless they let locals in for nowt. Mental that Qatar was awarded tournament in first place when there's countries like Australia that have never had it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyowl Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Nobody will ever convince me that Qatar didn't buy that world cup from Blatter and the other bent FIFA officials. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 If a couple of fairly high profile players backed out due to human rights concerns, it could start a snowball effect. It just needs a few players to draw a line in the sand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiMark Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, jonnyowl said: Nobody will ever convince me that Qatar didn't buy that world cup from Blatter and the other bent FIFA officials. Absolutely and let's be honest, the Russian bid was bent too and I actually thought that it would turn out to be quite a poor WC actually was really decent. Qatar though...it will be awful viewing imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Be interesting if any teams or players pull out of the Qatar World Cup. My guess is they will try to find a middle ground of not pulling out but still protesting about human rights. Reminds a bit of the 2003 Cricket World Cup when England didn't play in Zimbabwe due to human rights / security concerns. Think that was one for 1 match though not the whole competition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Lets see if these footballers have some rounduns and come out and say if we qualify we wont be going. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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