Popular Post Stevo985 Posted November 18, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2022 12 hours ago, UpTheVilla26 said: I got Ghana in the work sweepstake. This World Cup is shit. 12 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Senegal *and* Wales According to Samuel Eto’o you guys are in luck 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted November 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2022 Not sufficiently pan-Africanist IMO. I'm going for basically the same progression but I've written down here that Wakanda will qualify over France in the group stage. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 9 hours ago, magnkarl said: The Danes wouldn't support spending 6 gazzilion quid so Infantino could bathe in goat's milk. That is the issue for FIFA, IOC etc. They want to be treated in a corrupt manner, something which won't happen if you put the tournament in Scandinavia. It's not long since IOC turned Norway\Sweden\Denmark down for the winter games due to them wanting to use already built infrastructure and for the fact that officials had to sort their own stuff out. They picked Russia\China and France instead. Yep said this a lot. Choosing Germany etc in 06 which already had stadiums is going to be very rare. The prefer some shithole country with cash on the hip and next to no football infrastructure cos construction projects are easier to launder the dodgy cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 5 hours ago, gwi1890 said: Most of the South American players play in Europe so probably used to similar conditions as European players All money on Qatar winning it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: According to Samuel Eto’o you guys are in luck Does he? He has a Cameroon/Morocco final and Ghana to go out first knockout round and Senegal making the semi finals(after beating Iran and Tunisia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 Ah, remember when they said they were going to have stadiums with artificial weather systems to cool the pitch down or something? Turns out hosting a football tournament in the desert is a dumb idea, regardless of it being 'winter'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilChameleon Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 The Netherlands over Germany in the final. Write it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted November 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 Max temperatures aren’t hitting 30C. It’s milder than Poland in June/July. But get the excuses in early Sareth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 I'm angry with myself because I'm starting to get excited about this stupid **** tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Zatman said: Does he? He has a Cameroon/Morocco final and Ghana to go out first knockout round and Senegal making the semi finals(after beating Iran and Tunisia) I was just using it as a loose excuse to post his mental predictions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Chindie said: Ah, remember when they said they were going to have stadiums with artificial weather systems to cool the pitch down or something? Turns out hosting a football tournament in the desert is a dumb idea, regardless of it being 'winter'. They tried the air con stadium in the test event. Didn’t work. Obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, KentVillan said: I'm angry with myself because I'm starting to get excited about this stupid **** tournament I’m sure I’ll watch the knockout games. Hard to get enthused though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Things continuing to go well. Quote Fans paid to attend World Cup by Qatar have daily allowance cancelled Fan Leader Network money removed as people prepare to travel Message blames ‘erroneous misinformed statements’ in media Fans who have travelled to Qatar as part of a controversial paid-for supporters programme have been told by Qatari authorities that their cash has been cut. The Fan Leader Network is a scheme run by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the Qatari agency responsible for the World Cup. It has recruited supporters from around the globe, offering travel and accommodation and a place at the World Cup opening ceremony in return for enthusiasm and positive social media content. But the Guardian can reveal that a per diem payment for food and drink, upon which some supporters were depending, was cancelled just as fans were packing to travel to the Gulf. Members of the Fan Leader Network from two European countries said their payments had been cancelled three days ago and that authorities had blamed the decision on the bad press which followed the revelation that fans were being paid. “Due to the recent developments in the media, we are keen to protect our visiting fans from the erroneous misinformed statements regarding ‘fans receiving payment for the trip’. Accordingly, the daily allowance will unfortunately no longer be issued. The allowance was intended as a small uplift on your own personal funds to assist with refreshments during your stay.” https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/18/fans-paid-to-attend-world-cup-by-qatar-have-daily-allowance-cancelled 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, sne said: Things continuing to go well. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/18/fans-paid-to-attend-world-cup-by-qatar-have-daily-allowance-cancelled But we were reliably told by a fellow poster that people weren’t being paid to be there 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted November 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: But we were reliably told by a fellow poster that people weren’t being paid to be there Guess he's technically correct now then Edited November 19, 2022 by sne 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Does anybody know anybody intending to head out there to watch it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted November 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 11 minutes ago, Villa87 said: Does anybody know anybody intending to head out there to watch it?! Gareth Southgate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Villa87 said: Does anybody know anybody intending to head out there to watch it?! No, I know a few in kiddy who do every England game including my cousin, done every tournament I can remember, did stupid stuff like the jungle game in Brazil and he's not doing this one Probably cost as much as anything Baggies fan Brooker if anyone knows him, there's 4 or 5 from kiddy, the only other one I know is gino, that's the gang I'm on about Edited November 19, 2022 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted November 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 25 minutes ago, Villa87 said: Does anybody know anybody intending to head out there to watch it?! so a guy at work had arranged it all, on the basis he could work from the hotel/apartment etc on the days england aren't playing. his boss said no to that proposal so he's resigned, got a new job at a london firm on more money, only 2 days in the office, and doesn't start till just before xmas so gets to spend the whole world cup in Qatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 'Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy' sounds like everything every upstanding country has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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