There is no corruption in FIFA thread [READ THE OP, OP]

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Pander: Oct 9, 2007; Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.

Pook Good Mook posted:

The most dangerous place at the Russia World Cup:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/04/12/4506FE4100000578-4947998-image-a-69_1507117081864.jpg

you know the thing you do where someone posts a zoomed in photo of a spider and you just keep saying "nope nope nope nope nope" at the monitor

I'm doing that at that photo

# ? Mar 16, 2018 23:42

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# ? May 10, 2024 00:47

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

blue footed boobie posted:

On FW a while ago they made the good point that a lot of the refs at the World Cup will be using VAR for the first time at the cup, as if VAR wasn’t already enough of a poo poo show,

Plus the stadiums for the world cup haven't been using it yet, so they may have pure technical implementation problems on top of that. It will be fun.

# ? Mar 16, 2018 23:49

Gigi Galli: Sep 19, 2003; and then the car turned in to fire

Literally send the Serie A refs. They've done the best job with it from what I can tell and they're pretty guaranteed to be neutral since Italy and Juve won't be there.

# ? Mar 16, 2018 23:54

brocked: Oct 25, 2005; All shall love me and despair!

Imagine an African team playing a World Cup match in Russia reffed entirely by Italians

# ? Mar 16, 2018 23:56

Shrapnig: Jan 21, 2005

brocked posted:

Imagine an African team playing a World Cup match in Russia reffed entirely by Italians

Who is the African team playing? This is very important.

# ? Mar 17, 2018 00:03

Pook Good Mook: Aug 6, 2013; ENFORCE THE UNITED STATES DRESS CODE AT ALL COSTS!

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Pander posted:

you know the thing you do where someone posts a zoomed in photo of a spider and you just keep saying "nope nope nope nope nope" at the monitor

I'm doing that at that photo

My favorite is the winding staircases catacombed inside the girders.

# ? Mar 17, 2018 00:09

Brony Car: May 22, 2014; by Cyrano4747

Shrapnig posted:

Who is the African team playing? This is very important.

South Korea

# ? Mar 17, 2018 00:13

Shrapnig: Jan 21, 2005

Brony Car posted:

South Korea

It's the Kobayashi Maru of VAR.

# ? Mar 17, 2018 00:15

brocked: Oct 25, 2005; All shall love me and despair!

"Our ~~arrows~~ bananas will block out the sun"

# ? Mar 17, 2018 00:17

Gigi Galli: Sep 19, 2003; and then the car turned in to fire

Shrapnig posted:

It's the Kobayashi Maru of VAR.

I'm doing a shameful lol

# ? Mar 17, 2018 00:21

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

What's VAR?

# ? Mar 17, 2018 04:00

pik_d: Feb 24, 2006; follow the white dove

TRP Post of the Month October 2021

Malachite_Dragon posted:

What's VAR?

Video assistant ref. Basically some dude with a bunch of screens and a rewind button to tell the ref what happened.

# ? Mar 17, 2018 04:02

Lutha Mahtin: Oct 10, 2010; Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

its a nerd in a booth who gets to say "WELL ACTUALLY,"

# ? Mar 17, 2018 06:21

Poonior Toilett: Aug 21, 2004; m'lady

It�s the beginning of commercials during the run of play since hey, while the refs are making their decision, let�s throw it to our sponsors

# ? Mar 17, 2018 06:55

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

trem_two posted:

VAR is going to be used at the World Cup. I'm sure that will all go well and there will be no controversy.

Some Russian clogger is just going to stroll into the penalty box and lie down. Meanwhile in the VAR box the ref is going to be offered polonium or novichok with their tea of they don't call it a penalty

# ? Mar 17, 2018 11:14

EAT FASTER!!!!!!: Sep 21, 2002; Legendary.

I just watched Icarus, OP, and boy let me tell you I am NOT optimistic for a fairly-contested and officiated FIFA World Cup 2018.

# ? Mar 19, 2018 18:23

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

Maybe it�s good the US isn�t going to Russia.

# ? Mar 19, 2018 19:49

MoPZiG: Jun 6, 2006

Shrapnig posted:

It's the Kobayashi Maru of VAR.

oh man i missed this forum.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 08:00

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

MoPZiG posted:

oh man i missed this forum.

Welcome back to these dead and gay forums

# ? Mar 29, 2018 13:28

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Lutha Mahtin posted:

its a nerd in a booth who gets to say "WELL ACTUALLY,"

Sounds like a goon project

# ? Mar 30, 2018 12:00

Poonior Toilett: Aug 21, 2004; m'lady

big crush on Chad OMG posted:

Welcome back to these dead and gay forums

L*wtax is in debt and his neck is dead enjoy them while they last

# ? Mar 30, 2018 23:02

Waroduce: Aug 5, 2008

I work in Miami and on my hellish Mad Max morning commute there are two new billboards at the exits into the financial district one of them says "Did you know Qatar is investing 45$ Billion dollars in infrastructure for the world cup?"

The other reads "Did you know the Qatar World Cup will create ( or infuse I forget) 24$ Billion dollars for American business"

Someone started a PR campaign

# ? Apr 5, 2018 14:15

blue footed boobie: Sep 14, 2012; UEFA SUPREMACY

I was told there would be mechanical clouds.

# ? Apr 5, 2018 14:16

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

blue footed boobie posted:

I was told there would be mechanical clouds.

It�ll just be a bunch of migrant workers strung together to block the sun

# ? Apr 5, 2018 14:37

Pook Good Mook: Aug 6, 2013; ENFORCE THE UNITED STATES DRESS CODE AT ALL COSTS!

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Waroduce posted:

I work in Miami and on my hellish Mad Max morning commute there are two new billboards at the exits into the financial district one of them says "Did you know Qatar is investing 45$ Billion dollars in infrastructure for the world cup?"

The other reads "Did you know the Qatar World Cup will create ( or infuse I forget) 24$ Billion dollars for American business"

Someone started a PR campaign

Concacaf is headquartered in Miami.

Also, "infrastructure" is code in World Cup terms for "opportunity to skim."

# ? Apr 5, 2018 14:37

Dravs: Mar 8, 2011; You've done well, kiddo.

big crush on Chad OMG posted:

It�ll just be a bunch of migrant corpses strung together to block the sun

fyp

# ? Apr 5, 2018 14:54

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Pook Good Mook posted:

Concacaf is headquartered in Miami.

BeIN's America office is in Miami too, BeIN is owned by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who is on the Qatar World Cup organizing committee. Wouldn't surprise me if it's his money paying for the billboards.

# ? Apr 5, 2018 15:14

Waroduce: Aug 5, 2008

Gol TV has an office here as well but that doesn't have anything to do with the world cup

# ? Apr 5, 2018 16:20

Troy Queef: Jan 12, 2013

UEFA is finally looking at PSG's sponsorship deals: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/11/psg-may-face-uefa-sanctions-overvalued-qatari-deal

# ? Apr 11, 2018 23:15

Gigi Galli: Sep 19, 2003; and then the car turned in to fire

Troy Queef posted:

UEFA is finally looking at PSG's sponsorship deals: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/11/psg-may-face-uefa-sanctions-overvalued-qatari-deal

They're trying to get in on them.

# ? Apr 11, 2018 23:22

Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

FIFA opened disciplinary measures against Russia cause of monkey chants towards black players: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/17/world-cup-russia-charged-fan-racism-france-friendly

If back in 2010 I knew everything that would transpire up to 2018 I'd be more shocked at the announcement of Russia getting the world cup than Qatar.

# ? Apr 17, 2018 13:43

blue footed boobie: Sep 14, 2012; UEFA SUPREMACY

Wirth1000 posted:

If back in 2010 I knew everything that would transpire up to 2018 I'd be more shocked at the announcement of Russia getting the world cup than Qatar.

I�m more surprised that fifa has taken any action against them. They have always seemed to either not care about or silently support racism.

# ? Apr 17, 2018 14:06

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

Play the entire World Cup at empty stadiums. Problem solved.

# ? Apr 17, 2018 16:48

Pook Good Mook: Aug 6, 2013; ENFORCE THE UNITED STATES DRESS CODE AT ALL COSTS!

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Edward Mass posted:

Play the entire World Cup at empty stadiums. Problem solved.

That's in four years.

# ? Apr 17, 2018 16:53

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

Pook Good Mook posted:

That's in four years.

4 years and 7 months because it�s in the winter.

# ? Apr 17, 2018 21:13

TheBigAristotle: Feb 8, 2007; I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.; Grimey Drawer

Didn't really fit in the drugs/rape thread...

Not only does he suck, but his charitable fund is shady as poo poo

WaterAid 'still not received money' from Saido Berahino charity bash three years ago

# ? Apr 20, 2018 01:56

Shrapnig: Jan 21, 2005

TheBigAristotle posted:

Didn't really fit in the drugs/rape thread...

Not only does he suck, but his charitable fund is shady as poo poo

WaterAid 'still not received money' from Saido Berahino charity bash three years ago

No goals, no water.

# ? Apr 20, 2018 02:07