Drawing the line (Qatar)

[tommers]

How will they handle a bit of robust chanting given everything thus far?

Is arse flare man out there? He might have some issues.

 

[klang]

Seriously though, I reckon that that ex-ginger just needs to be shot.

 

[Yossarian]

How will they handle a bit of robust chanting given everything thus far?

"Chim chimney, chim chim cher-oo, fuck the emir and fuck FIFA too."

 

[TopCat]

editor 's foreboding that something bad is going to happen looks spot on.

 

[TopCat]

Al Jaz has given the FIFA boss an easy ride on his speech.

 

[TopCat]

During his news conference, Infantino also hailed the “commercial success” of this year’s World Cup, saying FIFA was set to generate $600 to $700m more than past tournaments.

“We sold the media rights for around $200 million more than the last World Cup,” he said. “We sold the sponsorship rights for also around $200 million more than the last World Cup.”

“And as far as ticketing and hospitality rights are concerned, we are at almost two to 300 million more than the last World Cup,” he said.

 

[Smangus]

Fucking vile , the whole shebang.

 

[Sue]

This shit's almost beyond parody. "I feel the pain of migrant workers and LGBT people in Qatar, because I, too, know of discrimination - when I had hair, it was ginger."

I was in a work meeting once when a very senior white, middle-aged man said he knew all about the challenges faced by women/people of colour because he 'had two daughters and had worked with people from lots of different countries'.

 

[Gromit]

I can't shake off this feeling that something really horrible is going to happen in Qatar.

England won't win. Rest easy.

 

[The39thStep]

I was in a work meeting once when a very senior white, middle-aged man said he knew all about the challenges faced by women/people of colour because he 'had two daughters and had worked with people from lots of different countries'.

Coalface of oppression

 

[Bingoman]

How will they handle a bit of robust chanting given everything thus far?

Will fans get arrested for singing too?

 

[The39thStep]

Portugal squad leaving for Qatar a couple of days ago

 

[editor]

During his news conference, Infantino also hailed the “commercial success” of this year’s World Cup, saying FIFA was set to generate $600 to $700m more than past tournaments.

“We sold the media rights for around $200 million more than the last World Cup,” he said. “We sold the sponsorship rights for also around $200 million more than the last World Cup.”

“And as far as ticketing and hospitality rights are concerned, we are at almost two to 300 million more than the last World Cup,” he said.

We've got loads of money but we don't give a shit about the fans, the corruption, the human rights abuses and the workers.

Fuck this shitty farce.

 

[editor]

Listen to this fucking bellend justifying his hugely paid gig

Robbie Williams defends decision to perform in Qatar during World Cup

Singer said he didn’t ‘condone any abuses of human rights’ but it would be ‘hypocritical’ not to go

www.theguardian.com

 

[TopCat]

Portugal squad leaving for Qatar a couple of days ago

Ten years and a flogging

 

[not-bono-ever]

It’s not really working out as the positive PR exercise that was promised is it ?

 

[TopCat]

The England captain, Harry Kane, and his Wales counterpart, Gareth Bale, are to defy Fifa by wearing “OneLove” rainbow armbands in their World Cup matches, after the governing body launched its own “social campaign” on the eve of the tournament.

England and Wales plan to defy Fifa with OneLove armbands at World Cup

Harry Kane and Gareth Bale are expected to still wear armbands in support of LGBTQ+ rights after Fifa announced its own slogans

www.theguardian.com

 

[hash tag]

editor 's foreboding that something bad is going to happen looks spot on.

Will fans get arrested for singing too?

Any fan breaking any law will be imprisoned until the tournament is over, returned to the stadium, where they will be publicly beheaded.

 

[spellbinder]

Any fan breaking any law will be imprisoned until the tournament is over, returned to the stadium, where they will be publicly beheaded.

Probably attract bigger crowds

 

[TopCat]

Any fan breaking any law will be imprisoned until the tournament is over, returned to the stadium, where they will be publicly beheaded.

More a Saudi thing no?

 

[TopCat]

Where are the legions of paid for fans? Joining urban and countering the negativity?

 

[NoXion]

Where are the legions of paid for fans? Joining urban and countering the negativity?

Too busy mourning the loss of their allowance.

 

[Wilf]

I think I'm going to stop doing 'likes' on this thread. When Infantino takes up the mantle of oppression, we are into Kissinger and the death of satire territory. Quite, quite astonishing. And a bit more astonishing still.

 

[Wilf]

This begs the question why did they ever get involved in the first place?
Still, I guess it makes more of a point pint to pull out this late in the day.

Sadly, no.

 

[A380]

It’s times like this I’m glad I despise international and ‘top flight’ football.

 

[Wilf]

It’s times like this I’m glad I despise international and ‘top flight’ football.

What I find really depressing is that there's no obvious route back to any kind of sane, pre-neoliberal/Murdochised/Fifafucked/Premier League version of football (and equally, I don't cling onto the old Football League owned version of the game as a nostalgic paragon of anything). I'll only go and watch non-league football now, particularly fan/community owned clubs. That's 'better', a lot better, but I'm under no illusion that watching FC United of Manchester does much in the bigger picture. Suppose what's worse with this WC, is that it comes with added mass murder of workers and floggings.

 

[stavros]

I've tried searching for an answer on this, to no avail, so I might as well ask here whether there are any openly gay players in any WC squads. A brief internet search just found comments on the matter from Thomas Hitzlsperger and Jake Daniels.

 

[belboid]

I've tried searching for an answer on this, to no avail, so I might as well ask here whether there are any openly gay players in any WC squads. A brief internet search just found comments on the matter from Thomas Hitzlsperger and Jake Daniels.

No

 

[strung out]

I've tried searching for an answer on this, to no avail, so I might as well ask here whether there are any openly gay players in any WC squads. A brief internet search just found comments on the matter from Thomas Hitzlsperger and Jake Daniels.

There are only 5 or so openly gay male professional footballers worldwide. None currently play internationally, or even at the top level at all unless you count the Australian A-League or the English Championship.

 

[hash tag]

Very sadly, this is not a thing as such. Though I here are many gay women footballers.

Homophobia

While everyone talks about racism in football, homophobia is very rarely heard of. Is that because is such a big issue and people won't go near it? Anyway, here's a little opener https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59685469

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