|
Nostalgia4Butts posted:I thought Doha was in Kuwait? I spent some time there when i was deployed, theres nothing there. Theres some massive football stadiums there now
|
#
?
Nov 17, 2015 22:56
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 16, 2024 10:00 |
|
|
Gigi Galli posted:that's Camp Doha, the city of Doha is in Qatar Ah.
|
|
#
?
Nov 17, 2015 23:07
|
|
|
I still think football fans would be down for some public stonings/beheadings.
|
|
#
?
Nov 17, 2015 23:54
|
|
|
Would the level of commentary improve if the worst offenders could be stoned to death?
|
|
#
?
Nov 18, 2015 00:22
|
|
|
Jumpingmanjim posted:I still think football fans would be down for some public stonings. but people have watched maradona play and manage for years...?
|
|
#
?
Nov 18, 2015 00:33
|
|
|
serious gaylord posted:Would the level of commentary improve if the worst offenders could be stoned to death? I think USA and FOX would be against that because then we'd have no more commentators.
|
|
#
?
Nov 18, 2015 01:01
|
|
|
Jumpingmanjim posted:I still think football fans would be down for some public stonings/beheadings. Wouldn't be the first time scousers went to the islamic world and unleashed some mob justice with a heavy rock.
|
|
#
?
Nov 18, 2015 01:39
|
|
|
B.B. Rodriguez posted:I think USA and FOX would be against that because then we'd have no more commentators. They'd have to keep Joe Buck away for sure, he'd never make it out alive.
|
|
#
?
Nov 18, 2015 17:10
|
|
|
Fifa has dismissed Platini & Blatter's appeal against their suspension. 
|
|
#
?
Nov 18, 2015 17:55
|
|
|
I am not saying anything new, or anything that hasn't been said before, but I reckon that the Qatar WC will be exactly like the most recent cricket WC that was held in teh West Indies. Tickets will be insanely expensive, locals won't show up, but given that the governing body will make insane amounts of money, (ICC with TV rights and FIFA with bribes), it will be declared a success as the final ends up being a sad lifeless affair played out in a near empty desert stadium.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 00:51
|
|
|
The thing about cricket right, is that it sort of is like baseball,
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 00:54
|
|
|
Insanely Sikh posted:The thing about cricket right, is that it sort of is like baseball, You're walking a very fine line, HT.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 01:05
|
|
|
BrigadierSensible posted:I am not saying anything new, or anything that hasn't been said before, but I reckon that the Qatar WC will be exactly like the most recent cricket WC that was held in teh West Indies. The West Indies at least are a proper cricketing region where its possible to play cricket at the right time of year without dying
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 01:26
|
|
|
Blue Star Error posted:The West Indies at least are a proper cricketing region where its possible to play cricket at the right time of year without dying Also with actual homegrown talent and genuine enthusiasm/support (though not at the price point they were charging).
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 01:33
|
|
|
I read somewhere that the West Indies are a Nation of Cricketers
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 01:39
|
|
|
Insanely Sikh posted:The thing about cricket right, is that it sort of is like baseball, Just like the NFL is sort of like the Premier League.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 02:45
|
|
|
Actually that's a bad analogy because the NFL makes a ton more money than the Premier League and no one gives a poo poo about cricket.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 02:47
|
|
|
Shrapnig posted:Actually that's a bad analogy because the NFL makes a ton more money than the Premier League and no one gives a poo poo about cricket. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2015/feb/15/cricket-world-cup-india-v-pakistan-watched-by-a-billion-people-in-pictures The pictures accompanying this story are cool and good, but 10 times the amount of people care about cricket compared to the superbowl so
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 05:52
|
|
|
Antares posted:I read somewhere that the West Indies are a Nation of Cricketers I heard they don't like cricket they love it
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 06:02
|
|
|
Byolante posted:http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2015/feb/15/cricket-world-cup-india-v-pakistan-watched-by-a-billion-people-in-pictures The US isn't a third world country, so when Americans care about something it's worth real money.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 06:17
|
|
|
blue footed boobie posted:The US isn't a third world country, so when Americans care about something it's worth real money. Except it is a third world country
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 07:38
|
|
|
BrigadierSensible posted:I am not saying anything new, or anything that hasn't been said before, but I reckon that the Qatar WC will be exactly like the most recent cricket WC that was held in teh West Indies. And also it'll still be hot as gently caress so all the players will be knackered and the football will be poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 07:41
|
|
|
Tokyo Sexwale says national sides could have shirt sponsorsquote:Sexwale said he would “seriously explore the possibility of the national jersey, as happens in other sporting codes, bearing the logo of the main sponsor – not only the jersey-maker as is currently the case. There is space there for much value worth millions of dollars which will be destined directly into [various] FAs’ coffers,” he said. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/18/fifa-tokyo-sexwale-national-sides-shirt-sponsors-world-cup
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 12:19
|
|
|
Sure, why not.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 13:02
|
|
|
Looking forward to seeing football teams come out looking like F1 drivers, plastered in logos from head to toe. Maybe we can get them all to wear sponsored baseball caps in the dugout and any time there's a trophy to lift, too.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 14:04
|
|
|
Corrode posted:Looking forward to seeing football teams come out looking like F1 drivers, plastered in logos from head to toe. Maybe we can get them all to wear sponsored baseball caps in the dugout and any time there's a trophy to lift, too. so just like club football then?
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 14:06
|
|
|
All teams shall be required to wear this logo:
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 14:24
|
|
|
Didn't Ireland have a shirt sponsor for a while? The phone company 3?
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 14:40
|
|
|
Gigi Galli posted:Didn't Ireland have a shirt sponsor for a while? The phone company 3? That was only one player Also it was only on his back
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 15:18
|
|
|
Gigi Galli posted:Didn't Ireland have a shirt sponsor for a while? The phone company 3? They still do but it only appears on replica shirts, training kit, etc; they can't wear it in actual competition.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 16:00
|
|
|
all of these prospective presidents are terrible, free sepp
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 16:14
|
|
|
ronniegardocki posted:all of these prospective presidents are terrible, free sepp its a much better idea to let this keep happening on a loop until eventually they elect someone only partially corrupt
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 16:56
|
|
|
ronniegardocki posted:all of these prospective presidents are terrible, free sepp
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 19:58
|
|
|
Hoops posted:I honestly find it quite amazing how every one of them ranges from "somewhat corrupt" to "insanely corrupt". There's literally no-one in a position of high authority in the governing body for the largest organised human recreational activity in the world that isn't a criminal. Seems the fundamental problem is that to run for president you need the nominations of 5 national associations and I'm not sure if 5 non corrupt FAs even exist, and even if they do, a campaign of "I'm going to stop letting all you cunts steal all the money" is not going to be a vote winner.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 20:19
|
|
|
It's a bit how some commentators have started saying that keeping al-Assad in power perhaps is the least worst option. Maybe things weren't so bad after all with Sepp, considering the options. I'm sure that, working together and given a free reign, Blatter and al-Assad could end the middle eastern conflict once and for all. I mean surely all the factions could sort out their differences on the football pitch rather than on the battlefield?
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 20:42
|
|
|
Give El-Assad the Fifa job
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 21:16
|
|
|
Churchill posted:It's a bit how some commentators have started saying that keeping al-Assad in power perhaps is the least worst option. Maybe things weren't so bad after all with Sepp, considering the options. I'm sure that, working together and given a free reign, Blatter and al-Assad could end the middle eastern conflict once and for all. Looking forward to the ISIS of football. Who will it be?
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 21:22
|
|
|
Lamont Cranston posted:They still do but it only appears on replica shirts, training kit, etc; they can't wear it in actual competition. Friendlies too iirc
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 21:42
|
|
|
Kurtofan posted:Give El-Assad the Fifa job And Syria to Sepp.
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 22:09
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 16, 2024 10:00 |
|
|
Honj Steak posted:Looking forward to the ISIS of football. Who will it be? Thought we already established that it's Murdoch
|
|
#
?
Nov 19, 2015 22:18
|
|
