The Official Qatar World Cup 2022 Thread

guess who's getting creamed today :awesome:

hell ya hell ya

Reply 81

Thisismyunitsr

If Iran beats us then we get nuked

Reply 82

England 1.39 to beat iran....

i think fair price is 1.6

Reply 83

OP

There was a mass exodus at the 55th minute, the announcer said that there was 67,000 people in attendance, which is odd because the capacity is only 60,000."

Melissa Reddy shares her experience from within the stadium during Qatar vs Ecuador

:rofl:

Reply 84

anyone notice this guy looks like an egg with a face drawn on it?

Reply 85

OP

England, Wales and other European nations will not wear the OneLove armband at the World Cup in Qatar because of the threat of players being booked.

The captains, including England's Harry Kane and Gareth Bale of Wales, had planned to wear the armband during matches to promote diversity and inclusion.

A joint statement from seven football associations said they could not put their players "in a position where they could face sporting sanctions".

"We are very frustrated by the Fifa decision which we believe is unprecedented," the statement read.

The governing bodies - England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland - said they had written to Fifa in September informing them about the OneLove armband but not received a response.

"Fifa has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play," the statement added.

"We were prepared to pay fines that would normally apply to breaches of kit regulations and had a strong commitment to wearing the armband.

"However, we cannot put our players in the situation where they might be booked or even forced to leave the field of play."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63699477

Fifa continuing to put money ahead of everything else.

Reply 86

Original post by Zerforax

England, Wales and other European nations will not wear the OneLove armband at the World Cup in Qatar because of the threat of players being booked.

The captains, including England's Harry Kane and Gareth Bale of Wales, had planned to wear the armband during matches to promote diversity and inclusion.

A joint statement from seven football associations said they could not put their players "in a position where they could face sporting sanctions".

"We are very frustrated by the Fifa decision which we believe is unprecedented," the statement read.

The governing bodies - England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland - said they had written to Fifa in September informing them about the OneLove armband but not received a response.

"Fifa has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play," the statement added.

"We were prepared to pay fines that would normally apply to breaches of kit regulations and had a strong commitment to wearing the armband.

"However, we cannot put our players in the situation where they might be booked or even forced to leave the field of play."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63699477

Fifa continuing to put money ahead of everything else.

i saw that a few minutes ago. that's horse **** ykwim

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 87

oh well we're gonna kick some ass. i can see it in my eyeballs 💯

Reply 88

why would players be booked for wearing the armband?

Reply 89

OP

Original post by HucktheForde

why would players be booked for wearing the armband?

Fifa know its the obvious way to stop the players doing it.

These were the "one love" armbands they wanted to wear.

Reply 90

OP

England XI: Pickford, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Rice, Bellingham, Mount, Shaw, Saka, Kane, Sterling

Iran XI: Beiranvand, Moharrami, Hajsafi, Mohammadi, Jahanbakhsh, Pouraliganji, Taremi, Cheshmi, Karimi,Hosseini, Nourollahi

Reply 91

ayeeeeeee england 1-0, i was wrong

Reply 92

Gene Y Dho

13

Streling’s goal is my fav playing.

Reply 93

Mess.

England actually played pretty well, interesting to see them actually run at players.

Reply 94

Mess.

It’s interesting seeing how the ‘true time’ injury time, as this has added 24 minutes to the match, which could impact players throughout the tournament.

Players are conditioned for around 100 minutes, with circa 50-60 minutes of actual playing time. Up to now that have been on the pitch for around 115 minutes, so a 15% increase, not accounting for additional actual playing time.

Appreciate that this is odd due to two injuries but imagine a similar scenario with extra time (say 2 minutes added in each extra time half), total on pitch time of 149 minutes. There will be legs getting destroyed in this tournament and for the league season to come.

Expect to see a huge amount of cramp in the knockouts, along with hamstring injuries.

Reply 95

OP

Original post by Mess.

England actually played pretty well, interesting to see them actually run at players.

The fitness and physicality of the Iranian players is always going to be lower.

You won't see the same from Wales or USA I think.

Reply 96

two words, lads:

Saka

Reply 97

Saracen's Fez

Volunteer Section Leader

This US team is much better than you typically expect from the US, but my god, that was a half of abject football from Wales... :rolleyes:

Reply 98

Driving_Mad

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Original post by HucktheForde

England 1.39 to beat iran....

i think fair price is 1.6

Should have went for England to win by more than 1.5 goals lad. Go for the same one tomorrow for Argentina against Saudi Arabia and Mexico Poland to have less than 2.5 goals.

Original post by Zerforax

England, Wales and other European nations will not wear the OneLove armband at the World Cup in Qatar because of the threat of players being booked.

The captains, including England's Harry Kane and Gareth Bale of Wales, had planned to wear the armband during matches to promote diversity and inclusion.

A joint statement from seven football associations said they could not put their players "in a position where they could face sporting sanctions".

"We are very frustrated by the Fifa decision which we believe is unprecedented," the statement read.

The governing bodies - England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland - said they had written to Fifa in September informing them about the OneLove armband but not received a response.

"Fifa has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play," the statement added.

"We were prepared to pay fines that would normally apply to breaches of kit regulations and had a strong commitment to wearing the armband.

"However, we cannot put our players in the situation where they might be booked or even forced to leave the field of play."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63699477

Fifa continuing to put money ahead of everything else.

You shouldn’t be surprised by FIFA. If the European countries you mentioned really cared, they would have boycotted the tournament. They could have put out a statement saying they won’t participate and the World Cup wouldn’t have taken place in its current format.

But they didn’t so there’s no point wearing stupid armbands or anything like that. Same with the BBC and ITV pundits who put money over morals. You can’t really claim to be against things like slavery and discrimination if you’re taking the money to work in Qatar.

That’s why I respect Dion Dublin - a legend on Homes Under the Hammer!!!

Original post by Mess.

England actually played pretty well, interesting to see them actually run at players.

Iran are **** to be honest. I’m not sure who England can face in the knockouts but I hope they can carry on this good form against better opposition.

Original post by Genesiss

two words, lads:

Saka

Southgate deserves credit for starting Saka over Foden. But no one will praise him.

Reply 99

Saracen's Fez

Volunteer Section Leader