2bees Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 23 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: Is it just me who finds this funny? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/18/fans-paid-to-attend-world-cup-by-qatar-have-daily-allowance-cancelled Brilliant! It is quite clear that there is a lot of positive Qatar posting on Facebook and Twitter- funny really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Steady Eddie said: Surely you mean North Korea? You wouldn’t put it past them. Or Islamic State (ISIS). There was a meme about it years ago which 10 seconds on Google has failed to find. But it was quite apt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 17 hours ago, Steady Eddie said: Surely you mean North Korea? You wouldn’t put it past them. Nah North America has already been chosen as has 2030 I think maybe 2034 we will see North Korea host and win it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 15 hours ago, 2bees said: Brilliant! It is quite clear that there is a lot of positive Qatar posting on Facebook and Twitter- funny really. It’s also amazing how many England and Germany supporters in particular that you see pictures on Twitter especially are Indian. If it was the cricket you might just believe that a load of British Indian’s might have gone to a far flung country to support England. But football? It really is hilarious how many Indian supporters seem to have flown to Qatar early to support their team! 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 1 hour ago, offshoremanxman said: It’s also amazing how many England and Germany supporters in particular that you see pictures on Twitter especially are Indian. If it was the cricket you might just believe that a load of British Indian’s might have gone to a far flung country to support England. But football? It really is hilarious how many Indian supporters seem to have flown to Qatar early to support their team! 😂 Seems very racist remarks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Banker said: Seems very racist remarks! Why? Do you think there’s a big Indian following of football in the UK that would make that representative of a typical supporter demographic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 1 hour ago, offshoremanxman said: Why? Do you think there’s a big Indian following of football in the UK that would make that representative of a typical supporter demographic? There’s certainly a fair few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, The Voice of Reason said: There’s certainly a fair few. surprising given the percentages in world football that they seemed to be the only ethnicity available from every country to wheel out for the media Edited November 20, 2022 by WTF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriT Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, WTF said: surprising given the percentages in world football that they seemed to be the only ethnicity available from every country to wheel out for the media I was reading somewhere that they were paying the migrant workers 35 cents an hour to work in the stadiums. So I wonder what the going rate of being a ‘fan’ is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I am really struggling to raise the slightest interest in this World Cup, a shame how a crooked organisation can ruin things for so many people. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Max Power said: I am really struggling to raise the slightest interest in this World Cup, a shame how a crooked organisation can ruin things for so many people. It just shows you how far bribery will get you. They bought a whole tournament and now they’re trying to buy all of the messaging around it too. It just shows you that if you have enough money and you can bribe enough people you can get what you want. I wonder how hard David Beckham has worked for his rumoured £100M odd fee to front an event for a bunch of tea-total billionaire homophobes? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 46 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: It just shows you how far bribery will get you. They bought a whole tournament and now they’re trying to buy all of the messaging around it too. It just shows you that if you have enough money and you can bribe enough people you can get what you want. I wonder how hard David Beckham has worked for his rumoured £100M odd fee to front an event for a bunch of tea-total billionaire homophobes? I think it's a very fine line. I've mentioned elsewhere on this thread all countries in the world have practices that other cultures may not agree with, so let's say Beckham pulls out here but is asked to do stuff for the USA in 4 years time and he says yes no doubt there will be people who say oh Beckham is against allowing women abortions or he's not against mass shootings. Those are just 2 big issues in the usa off the top of my head that no doubt people will use against him. We all know about Qatar and their practices and 1 month of a media friendly offensive isn't going to change people's minds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Banker said: Seems very racist remarks! Watch the video. They can't even sing "It's coming home" properly and they are pakastani's hired by Qatar to impersonate fans, the same as the 'German' and 'Brazilian' fans. It's just cringe. Edited November 20, 2022 by CallMeCurious 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Max Power said: I am really struggling to raise the slightest interest in this World Cup, a shame how a crooked organisation can ruin things for so many people. Switch to rugby - you'll not be disappointed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Switch to rugby - you'll not be disappointed You’ll be very disappointed. It’s for people who can’t play football 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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