World cup draw

[WTF11]

Nope, the cup draw, talk about making a five minute job last a last a life time

Amen. And let's not forget that it's a location paid for by bribes and the deaths of over 6,000 workers who have died in order to create stadia and infrastructure that will never be used again once this overblown, overhyped, overpriced nonentity of a competition moves on to the next orgasmically happy venue.

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And one other little frissant, the "competition" is to be held right in the middle of the regular season, and with the LUFC "strategy" of making do with a small squad, would anyone care to wager against a couple of injuries to the likes of Philips, Bamford, Raphina, etc?

[joellufcprice]

Amen. And let's not forget that it's a location paid for by bribes and the deaths of over 6,000 workers who have died in order to create stadia and infrastructure that will never be used again once this overblown, overhyped, overpriced nonentity of a competition moves on to the next orgasmically happy venue.

Tell us how you really feel.

The deaths is a bad aspect and they need to be held to account for it but pretending every other thing in the world isn't the result of bribes and cheating is fantasy.

Also, World Cup is cracking, you try tell the players who play it is overblown and a non-entity

[WTF11]

Tell us how you really feel.

The deaths is a bad aspect and they need to be held to account for it but pretending every other thing in the world isn't the result of bribes and cheating is fantasy.

Also, World Cup is cracking, you try tell the players who play it is overblown and a non-entity

Not suggesting for a moment that bribes and cheating don't oil many wheels in many situations and circumstances, just that when half those who were responsible foe awarding the tournament to Qatar have been dismissed and/or prosecuted on charges of bribery in connection with (supposedly) the pre-eminent footballing competition in the world, it begs the question, why is it going ahead?

We get all prissy about sending athletes to China because of appalling human rights abuses, we ban those from whole countries such as Russia across multiple sports and competitions, even though most of those affected don't support what Putin is doing (and have in many cases said so publicly). Yet Qatar, guilty of equal human rights abuses, granted a competition based on absolutely blatant cheating resulting from mega-bribes, carries on with no sanction, no measures whatsoever aimed at "holding them to account" for over 6000 deaths of migrant workers with no rights at all, continues to hold homo***uality as a criminal offence, limits the rights of women in much the same way as the Taliban do, etc etc. All because it's football, ignoring the fact that football could (if the authorities had a spine and a pair), wield huge influence to the good of that state, the workers, and the game in general, instead its "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil", hypocrisy of the highest order.

And the players are as guilty as the authorities, "taking the knee" whilst supporting the pumping of footballing monies into a corrupt and authoritarian regime who are where they are because of one thing, oil.

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Not a bad article (depending on your point of view I suppose);

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other...qyu?li=AAnZ9Ug