Hate It If We Played It - Qatar World Cup 2022

hope they get 7-1'd again

Argentina is the romantic choice obv

I’m supporting nobody but I do hope the legendary Portugal-Netherlands card record gets broken - and I’m feeling it in the bad vibe of this tournament, lads.

in the VAR age it's harder to get away with anything so it would have to be just a total fuck-it brawl

I passed a Paddy Power ad today on the way into Dublin airport that said “At least Sterling spent more time at 10 than Truss.” I’m indifferent to the fortunes of the English national team but I can guess the discourse.

ah c'mon he was otm about FIFA

by that I mean players are generally better at not doing things that get them sent off, would guess that red card numbers this and last EPL season are down on the average

THAT SAID this last AFCON was an absolute red card bonanza, every time they went to VAR someone was sent off for some nonsense, so maybe, hopefully that'll be the case here too

in the VAR age it's harder to get away with anything so it would have to be just a total fuck-it brawl

xpp i was referring to cuntathon

oh sorry supercu(n)t, i wondered why cuntathon didn't work with parentheses :/

I got into baseball this year and in baseball any time there’s a brawl there’s an understanding that everyone has to run up and involve themselves. FIFA should make that a rule for this WC. Game needs a goalbrawl.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2017/05/ap_nationals_giants_baseball.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3059px%2C1834px&resize=1000%2C600

too many cowards avoiding the pile-on

I suppose I should support Japan as there's so many Japanese players at Celtic these days, in reality I don't give a fuck who wins it - as long as it's not Brazil. A team with as few Premiership players as possible would be welcome though.

our Japanese international, Yuta, had a season-ending ankle injury just a couple of weeks back. Our only other international is the mighty Sorba Thomas in the Welsh squad, but he won't get a start or if he comes off the bench he'll likely be played in an unfamiliar position and not let near any set-pieces.

feels absolutely wide open this time, every team has big flaws and nobody is really putting forward a compelling case ahead of anyone else. France clearly the best squad but aside from the strong suspicion that they'll implode again their biggest problem is their central midfield being ripped out. my money is on Spain and Argentina with a small each way on Uruguay but like everyone else I feel like I could come up with better reasons why they won't win than why they will

Helpful Hint: Qatar is pronounced "cutter", like in the Echo and the Bunnymen song I could never figure out

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Qatar-mess and the Kit /rejected thread titles

"if by "backing" you mean supporting then no, bunch of Bolsonaro-supporting cunts, hope they go out ASAP."

Lula won the election you know.

I'd much rather South America (Brazil or ARG) won it or an African team got in the semis-/final/won than fucking Europe again.

Also this might be the first of many winter world cups, given climate change.

Yes I know Lula won the election, thanks. I mean many of the more famous players on the team publicly support Bolsonaro, including Neymar who is apparently going to dedicate his first goal at the WC to him.

xp he means that most of the players supported Bolsonaro

Richarlison an honourable exception iirc

This thread seems to be going fine everyone just enjoying the camaraderie of a little sporting action “innit”, anyway when’s the real World Cup (women’s)

Players I want to have a bad WC:

Neymar
Ronaldo

Hi silby!

Seems like this would be a good event to do terrorism at is anyone taking bets

Or maybe someone will get renditioned by the CIA what a ludicrous display

just checked and Ramos wasn't picked for the squad, so ok for Spain to progress then.

Yes I know Lula won the election, thanks. I mean many of the more famous players on the team publicly support Bolsonaro, including Neymar who is apparently going to dedicate his first goal at the WC to him.

― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 19 November 2022 bookmarkflaglink

I know you know this. My point is the people backing the team voted the other way.

the "dedicating my first goal to Bolsonaro" thing is the vital factor here, for me at least, if he could score 0 goals that would be ideal.

At least Eng aren't winning it.

including Neymar who is apparently going to dedicate his first goal at the WC to him.

This will be great if Bolsanaro dies in the next few days and then Neymar has to point solemnly at the ground after scoring

and then it's disallowed anyway

neymar can take off his pants in solidarity

This will be great if Bolsanaro dies in the next few days and then Neymar has to point solemnly at the ground after scoring

LOL remember this? They can maybe repeat it with a pair of Bolsonaro's underpants.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmwJtyzXgAAd7Ax.jpg

Jail Bolsonaro (I wish)

Brazil can win if Neymar chokes and has to be benched in disgrace and they win in some style without him

IMO I can be satisfied if the first time Neymar dives, the opposing team's coach picks him up and body slams him to the ground, earning a well-deserved tournament ban

congratulations NV on putting the 1975 song into my head MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY

happy to help 🙂

Easily one of the worst pictures I’ve ever seen, cunt quotient off the charts

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have just come together to take the best picture of 2022. pic.twitter.com/w5RoCsFYhI

— SPORTbible (@sportbible) November 19, 2022

I take that back about Argentina

would like neymar and messi to both have a great world cup and mario gotze to score the winning goal in the final.

lol

oh shit what are they planning

Tomorrow.

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Harry Kane execution

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wow Benzema's out

It is pretty funny that Qatar bribed their way into setting up the World Cup Fyre Festival https://t.co/WgXWQJJnhs

— Joe Kassabian (@jkass99) November 20, 2022