DT Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Do we think our first team would beat Qatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Character https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/enner-valencia-leaves-world-cup-qualifier-in-ambulance-to-avoid-police-and-arrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Just now, DT said: Do we think our first team would beat Qatar? I think our U18s would beat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 I reckon Sholing would beat them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 20 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 6 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said: Clearly a bunch of Arabic casuals behind him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Dire match, the sort of game where the commentators really have to earn their money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 3 minutes ago, adrian lord said: Dire match, the sort of game where the commentators really have to earn their money. All around the world people have the game on TV but are sat around looking at their phones. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 10 minutes ago, alehouseboys said: Clearly a bunch of Arabic casuals behind him Wearing Sand Island clobber? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Has anyone been preparing a roast dinner whilst watching the World Cup before? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Belly pork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 6 minutes ago, whelk said: Has anyone been preparing a roast dinner whilst watching the World Cup before? During the first half I was dismantling 2 screen doors so that the wooden frames can be reused as a cupboard on top of which a bird cage with canaries will be stood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 20 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Well that was crap overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 (edited) So that was pretty turgid to be honest. The old highlights editors will be earning their corn trying to make that look good. Edited 20 November, 2022 by Micky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulwantsapint81 Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Will Qatar be: 1st host nation to lose all 3 games? 1st host nation to fail to score a goal? Team to suffer largest ever World Cup defeat? (Dutch score 10+) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 I just heard that Qatar have been awarded the winter olympics next June. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picard Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 1 hour ago, Dark Munster said: I just heard that Qatar have been awarded the winter olympics next June. Not so strange... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/04/saudi-arabia-to-host-2029-asian-winter-games-at-desert-megacity-neom-trojena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 2 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said: It's alright, they let him live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloggy saint Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 13 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: It's alright, they let him live. We can't see the guy holding a gun at his head just out of shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 Everything about this is so artificial and forced. Nothing’s authentic, it’s like watching a reconstruction of what people who have never been to a football tournament think it might be like. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 2 minutes ago, Midfield_General said: Everything about this is so artificial and forced. Nothing’s authentic, it’s like watching a reconstruction of what people who have never been to a football tournament think it might be like. That’s exactly what it is. It was hilarious seeing a near empty ground at the end. A terrible match played out in a crap atmosphere finishing in a 2/3 empty stadium is quite a fitting opening to this sham. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 It is a sham, but I'm still pissed off that the spineless knobs at the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga didn't get together and say "F@ck off", this is a summer tournament, we're boycotting this nonsense. Instead, we get these pathetic symbolic gestures like 'taking the knee, rainbow captain's bands, woke, woke woke', and sad old gits like me prefer to watch recent games like Exeter, Woking and even dare I say it, Pompey/Derby - despite that rumoured paedo ringing that f'ing bell every minute...he really is a true bell end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, DT said: Do we think our first team would beat Qatar? https://twitter.com/OfficialBlues/status/1539319554408587264?s=20&t=AQ9JBPgohgz4luzQyGxBjQ Edited 20 November, 2022 by saintscottofthenortham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 21 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said: It is a sham, but I'm still pissed off that the spineless knobs at the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga didn't get together and say "F@ck off", this is a summer tournament, we're boycotting this nonsense. Instead, we get these pathetic symbolic gestures like 'taking the knee, rainbow captain's bands, woke, woke woke', and sad old gits like me prefer to watch recent games like Exeter, Woking and even dare I say it, Pompey/Derby - despite that rumoured paedo ringing that f'ing bell every minute...he really is a true bell end! But at least we are having conversations 🙄 If I hear this meaningless expression one more time FFS a few pundits earning a fortune talking about how terrible it all is on a TV station seen primarily by people who all agree that Qatar is the wrong place for a World Cup for so many reasons. It’s almost like they are trying to convince themselves that it’s okay to take their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 I see they’re taking the knee 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 20 November, 2022 Share Posted 20 November, 2022 1 hour ago, Turkish said: I see they’re taking the knee 🙄 Hypocrisy of the highest order - taking the knee while partaking in a tournament in a country like Qatar. You couldn't make it up yet they fail to see how ridiculous they make themselves look. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 20 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 20 November, 2022 I work with someone who was adamant that he was boycotting the World Cup. Guess who piped up in the group chat three minutes into the opening game today when that goal was disallowed… and then when the first goal went in… 🤦🏻♂️ Yeah ok mate. I’ll have to ask him Monday what it is that he is boycotting. 🤣 We all agree it’s in the wrong country but every football fan is still going to be watching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 Gutted at the result. I was assured by those ITK that Qatar had paid off Ecuador to ensure they would start with a win so I bet my mortgage on it. Off to buy a tent tomorrow. I did have a side bet about snide comments about knee taking and rainbow armbands, so maybe all is not lost 🌈 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 15 minutes ago, sadoldgit said: Gutted at the result. I was assured by those ITK that Qatar had paid off Ecuador to ensure they would start with a win so I bet my mortgage on it. Off to buy a tent tomorrow. I did have a side bet about snide comments about knee taking and rainbow armbands, so maybe all is not lost 🌈 Fantastic news. No more internet for soggy, let’s hope wherever you end up pitching your tent has no 4G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 (edited) If taking the knee and an armband does not solve issues we don’t like. Nothing will! seriously, who do we think we are by protesting house a country runs itself and it’s religious beliefs? We quite happily turn a blind eye when the same religious beliefs are loud over here! And we have enough to fix on there shored before we start demanding others change. min sure there will be armbands and knees taken for the likes of this…….oh Edited 21 November, 2022 by AlexLaw76 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 33 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: If taking the knee and an armband does not solve issues we don’t like. Nothing will! seriously, who do we think we are by protesting house a country runs itself and it’s religious beliefs? We quite happily turn a blind eye when the same religious beliefs are loud over here! And we have enough to fix on there shored before we start demanding others change. min sure there will be armbands and knees taken for the likes of this…….oh If there's one think I like about Batman is that he doesn't own or wear any clothing or shoes made by any major sports brand or clothing chain, and hasn't done for years. You have to admire his principles, you really do 👏 👏 👏 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 I see we were years ahead of our time with the roof design for the proposed stadium at Stoneham Al Bayt Stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo1976 Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 13 hours ago, Paulwantsapint81 said: Will Qatar be: 1st host nation to lose all 3 games? 1st host nation to fail to score a goal? Team to suffer largest ever World Cup defeat? (Dutch score 10+) hope so............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo1976 Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 Just now, alehouseboys said: I see we were years ahead of our time with the roof design for the proposed stadium at Stoneham Al Bayt Stadium ah minecraft.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 21 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 21 November, 2022 There’s nothing wrong with us wearing a multicoloured armband. If a player gets booked at just highlights how more ridiculous FIFA are. We all agree it should never have been held in Qatar but now it is, it’s on the world stage, what an opportunity to highlight the normality of today, i.e. no longer a male dominated world, all inclusive with LGBT etc. I hope we do wear it and do highlight the issues. But there are ways of doing it. The armband is a subtle way but gets the subjects talked about. If Kane, Southgate etc we’re going and protesting in front of a government building for a few weeks - it’s different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 Just now, FarehamSaintJames said: There’s nothing wrong with us wearing a multicoloured armband. If a player gets booked at just highlights how more ridiculous FIFA are. We all agree it should never have been held in Qatar but now it is, it’s on the world stage, what an opportunity to highlight the normality of today, i.e. no longer a male dominated world, all inclusive with LGBT etc. I hope we do wear it and do highlight the issues. But there are ways of doing it. The armband is a subtle way but gets the subjects talked about. If Kane, Southgate etc we’re going and protesting in front of a government building for a few weeks - it’s different. Surely this will mean they will be booked for every game they wear it which Mean they’ll all be suspended for the final group game against Wales. Then they’ll all also be suspended for the semi final after two further bookings in the round of 16 and quarter finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 21 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 21 November, 2022 4 minutes ago, Turkish said: Surely this will mean they will be booked for every game they wear it which Mean they’ll all be suspended for the final group game against Wales. Then they’ll all also be suspended for the semi final after two further bookings in the round of 16 and quarter finals. You can change the captaincy. It isn’t a locked in thing. Just give it to a player that isn’t going to put in a tackle. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 11 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said: You can change the captaincy. It isn’t a locked in thing. Just give it to a player that isn’t going to put in a tackle. 🤣 JWP would have been an ideal candidate for that job had he made it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris cooper Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 37 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said: There’s nothing wrong with us wearing a multicoloured armband. If a player gets booked at just highlights how more ridiculous FIFA are. We all agree it should never have been held in Qatar but now it is, it’s on the world stage, what an opportunity to highlight the normality of today, i.e. no longer a male dominated world, all inclusive with LGBT etc. I hope we do wear it and do highlight the issues. But there are ways of doing it. The armband is a subtle way but gets the subjects talked about. If Kane, Southgate etc we’re going and protesting in front of a government building for a few weeks - it’s different. The Equadorian captain wore a Palestinian flag on his arm which obviously was a political statement. Did FIfa book him ? Did they fuck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 3 minutes ago, Chris cooper said: The Equadorian captain wore a Palestinian flag on his arm which obviously was a political statement. Did FIfa book him ? Did they fuck ! Think that was fake news , story was it was Qatar captain but he was wearing standard issued FIFA one they have provided to all teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 (edited) Maguire starts then Predicted England line-up from today's paper: Pickford; Trippier, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Bellingham, Rice; Saka, Mount, Sterling; Kane. Edited 21 November, 2022 by whelk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 England and others have stood down on armband for fear of booking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Corbyn Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 Noone should be booked for wearing a political symbol, that's just blatantly ridiculous. Maybe a fine, but don't change the rules of football for political reasons (I suspect the "don't bring politics in to football" brigade will disagree with me on this for some reason). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 1 minute ago, whelk said: England and others have stood down on armband for fear of booking Good to see we are making a stand 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 1 minute ago, Turkish said: Good to see we are making a stand 🤣 They were twats for even talking about it. Very token anyway but use element of surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 10 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said: I work with someone who was adamant that he was boycotting the World Cup. Guess who piped up in the group chat three minutes into the opening game today when that goal was disallowed… and then when the first goal went in… 🤦🏻♂️ Yeah ok mate. I’ll have to ask him Monday what it is that he is boycotting. 🤣 We all agree it’s in the wrong country but every football fan is still going to be watching. Not true. I can’t be arsed and I suspect there are others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 8 minutes ago, whelk said: England and others have stood down on armband for fear of booking Hope they don't make a tackle then due to the fear of booking 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 21 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 21 November, 2022 (edited) Superb campaign lads Edited 21 November, 2022 by FarehamSaintJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 2 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said: Not true. I can’t be arsed and I suspect there are others. It is a cold wet dark Monday. Got to be very principled not to watch game today. personally got day off and 3 interesting games to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 21 November, 2022 Share Posted 21 November, 2022 9 minutes ago, whelk said: They were twats for even talking about it. Very token anyway but use element of surprise But at least we are having conversations 🙄🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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