Winter hiatus, what will we do?

[wanderlust]

Sorry lusty this HRWC is a sham. I'm blackballing it. England have no chance of winning it. The result is pre-ordained.

I certainly won't be blackballing it despite agreeing with you that England's chances are slim - World Cups are great entertainment and we get to see teams and players we seldom see pitted against each other.
Wondering how you can resist that?
If it's for political reasons I think that's a bit hypocritical as the UK is hardly squeaky clean on the human rights/racism/homophobia/endangering workers front what with 12k Brits dying every year just from work-related lung conditions and 1.7 million with long term work related illnesses let alone guest workers drowning in Morecambe Bay, imprisoned by gangmasters, human slave trafficking or British soldiers being found guilty of torturing and murdering POWs. Pot/kettle and all that.
I didn't boycott Russia and I won't be boycotting this one - I'll be watching as many games as possible - in the full knowledge that it's as bent as every other WC.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I certainly won't be blackballing it despite agreeing with you that England's chances are slim - World Cups are great entertainment and we get to see teams and players we seldom see pitted against each other.
Wondering how you can resist that?
If it's for political reasons I think that's a bit hypocritical as the UK is hardly squeaky clean on the human rights/racism/homophobia/endangering workers front what with 12k Brits dying every year just from work-related lung conditions and 1.7 million with long term work related illnesses let alone guest workers drowning in Morecambe Bay, imprisoned by gangmasters, human slave trafficking or British soldiers being found guilty of torturing and murdering POWs. Pot/kettle and all that.
I didn't boycott Russia and I won't be boycotting this one - I'll be watching as many games as possible - in the full knowledge that it's as bent as every other WC.

Tarnished goods lusty. It's not for me. I'm off a few adventures with the missus for the month.

[wanderlust]

Tarnished goods lusty. It's not for me. I'm off a few adventures with the missus for the month.

Fair play BT - but you'll do well to avoid it wherever you go

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Fair play BT - but you'll do well to avoid it wherever you go

I'm finding a lot of mutual apathy mate; it just does not smell right does it? Even the mad, crazy Welsh are giving it the BIG swerve.

[wanderlust]

I'm finding a lot of mutual apathy mate; it just does not smell right does it? Even the mad, crazy Welsh are giving it the BIG swerve.

I'm really looking forward to it, especially the games in the refurbed Khalifa Stadium. I played league there in 78/79 when it was fairly new and the original pitch had an early version of artificial grass which affected the bounce. The worst bit was that it tended to take skin off when you did a slide tackle and due to "muscle memory" (where we tend to go in the same way every time) it would scab over and then rip off the scab the following week - and after a few weeks of that I was developing a hole in my leg so I had to bandage up before every game. I am sure it's going to be lush and airconned nowadays but it was f*****g hot, humid and painful when I was playing there.