Drawing the line (Qatar)

[friedaweed]

However it has now decided that alcohol will be available at matches only in hospitality boxes, where the cheapest suites are nearly £20,000 a match,

Qatar bans beer from World Cup stadiums after 11th-hour U-turn

Fifa has confirmed alcohol will be banned for World Cup fans at grounds in a major and unprecedented volte-face two days before the tournament kicks off

www.theguardian.com

So fine to get smashed in the box.

 

[Petcha]

4 x 12 = £48.

I got my toes out and everything to check...

Lol, yes, sorry. Maths isnt my strong suit. Drinking is however. And it's outrageous.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Lol, yes, sorry. Maths isnt my strong suit. Drinking is however. And it's outrageous.

Tbf £36 for 4 pints of that pish is £35 too much...

 

[friedaweed]

The Guardian understands that the decision was taken after the Qataris, as the host nation, decided that everyone inside World Cup stadiums had to feel comfortable - and that wouldn’t be the case if fans were seen drinking alcohol or turned up drunk.

That's going to be a bit of an own goal really because there will be plenty of fans who turn up tanked up now knowing they can't get a drink in the stadium. The funny thing will be watching them all fall asleep by the second half as the alcohol wears off and the inevitable post sesh snooze kicks in.

 

[Petcha]

That's going to be a bit of an own goal really because there will be plenty of fans who turn up tanked up now knowing they can't get a drink in the stadium. The funny thing will be watching them all fall asleep by the second half as the alcohol wears off and the inevitable post sesh snooze kicks in.

Well, no. It'll be worse than that. I've had the misfortune of working in Dubai a couple of times and if you're visibly drunk outside a hotel you're put in the slammer. And that's a fairly liberal place compared to this shithole I think.

 

[friedaweed]

Tbf £36 for 4 pints of that pish is £35 too much...

I've had 4 bottles of bud in the shed fridge since last summer that someone brought to a BBQ. I can't even get the teenager to secretly neck it behind my back.
I noticed recently he's drunk the cider though.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

tbf to the Qataris, it seems that Beer is their issue, vodka's not been mentioned once by the scumbag-tossers.

 

[friedaweed]

Well, no. It'll be worse than that. I've had the misfortune of working in Dubai a couple of times and if you're visibly drunk outside a hotel you're put in the slammer. And that's a fairly liberal place compared to this shithole I think.

Yup you're probably right. I have no experience of visiting the ME (No intention to either) apart from a stop over in Jeddah in the 90s which I must admit freaked me out no end.

I also have no interest in watching this WC but I can't help feeling that It'll be hard to avoid on the world news stage for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Petcha]

Even Sepp Blatter says it was a bad idea to award it to them. And as far as I recall, he was the one who presided over this

Sepp Blatter says choosing Qatar to host World Cup was ‘a mistake’

Handing the World Cup to Qatar was a ‘mistake’ and a ‘bad choice’ according to the former Fifa president Sepp Blatter

www.theguardian.com

 

[belboid]

That's going to be a bit of an own goal really because there will be plenty of fans who turn up tanked up now knowing they can't get a drink in the stadium.

except they won’t have been able to get any beer. Fan zone sales after 7 only

 

[editor]

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

 

[friedaweed]

except they won’t have been able to get any beer. Fan zone sales after 7 only

Aye clocked that but thought it just related to the ones around the ground. Can they drink in the hotels there or will they have to find the nearest expat home brew outlets?

 

[friedaweed]

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

Yup me too.

 

[The39thStep]

Belgiums scrap fan zones due to lack of demand

World Cup fan zone in Belgium canceled amid little interest

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian soccer federation has scrapped plans to set up a World Cup fan zone where supporters could follow Belgium games live on big screens amid a lack of fervor for the tournament in the football-mad country.

apnews.com

 

[Wilf]

WC 2026 IS in the USA - and Canada and Mexico

Yes, I'd forgotten that Trump may actually be presiding over a home WC. Unless he's fallen out with the manger... the team... the mascot... the ball.

 

[The39thStep]

except they won’t have been able to get any beer. Fan zone sales after 7 only

Its almost as if FIFA have lost control of their event

 

[Wilf]

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

TBF, it already has.

 

[skyscraper101]

I just want to put on record, that I really hate the term 'fan zone'

 

[Wilf]

Its almost as if FIFA have lost control of their event

I know, it's almost as if having a tiny group of people voting on WC allocations... secret ballots... industrial levels of bribery ... and bloody sportswash... are not the ideal ways to sort out who should get the WC.

 

[Wilf]

I just want to put on record, that I really hate the term 'fan zone'

 

[Yossarian]

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

In a normal year I'd think that was your way of predicting England would win it.

 

[spellbinder]

2 days left to go and the u turns are coming in fast - wish i could say i was surprised, i can't even get excited - it's the world cup ffs! i live for football and i hate what fifa has taken from me. I always book time off work for england matches, i can't be arsed to give up my holidays. it's all shit and deflated from other fuckers greed

 

[spellbinder]

I read yesterday that england are training at 12.30 at night because of the heat and wales didn't even train because it was too hot

 

[Wilf]

In a normal year I'd think that was your way of predicting England would win it.

In the middle of all the obscenity this WC represents, I'd quite like to see Harry Kane lifting the trophy with his One Love armband. Not because it would represent a victory for anything better, something not involving torture, just because of the shitshow that would follow. In reality, Ronaldo lifting the trophy is the kind of thing this WC represents: Rape Accused Narcissist Lifts Blood-Soaked Bauble.

 

[Wilf]

2 days left to go and the u turns are coming in fast - wish i could say i was surprised, i can't even get excited - it's the world cup ffs! i live for football and i hate what fifa has taken from me. I always book time off work for england matches, i can't be arsed to give up my holidays. it's all shit and deflated from other fuckers greed

Me too. I can't even be bothered to look up what time of day the games are on.

 

[spellbinder]

it looks like a fucking butlins concentration camp

 

[Petcha]

On a positive note, ironically, this has actually shone a light on how fucked up that little shit country is. So they might actually learn a few lessons given how publicly humiliated they've been.

 

[friedaweed]

I just want to put on record, that I really hate the term 'fan zone'

Aye, mosh pit would be a much better phrase if you've ever been in an LFC fan-zone.

 

[TopCat]

Have many fans arrived yet?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I can't help thinking there's something a little bit off about all the linking in of Qatar denying fans' rights to get pissed at games with their actual genuine human rights abuses tbh.