sne Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Not boycotting but have only watched about 90 min in total spread over 3 games. Feels about the same level of interest as the Olympic tournament football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 I'm boycotting, not that it's very hard. I find all the idiocy surrounding FIFA and Qatar much more entertaining. The few friends I have who've watched games say they've mostly been dull as hell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, Rodders said: Should just respect the local culture and religious practices too obviously. Even if they're insane. Honestly far too many regions of the Arabian world aren't fit to hold global events. A basic rule of thumb could be "would this country hold a women's world Cup or a gay player world cup" if no, then no mens team should be playing there. I agree with regards to Women's rights and that's enforceable as that mainly applies to the Arab world, but throwing LGBT rights in there is just impossible and will never work for the majority of the world at this moment. Hopefully that will change in the future. There's probably more religions / people on the planet who oppose gay marriage / LGBT rights than support it. It's not just the Arab world, its the vast majority of Africa, a lot of South America, India and Russia. China is making progress but still far behind. As crazy we think some of their laws are disallowing it, the majority of the world think it's absolutely insane we actively push and promote it. This is only an issue for a handful of countries in the world cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, magnkarl said: I'm boycotting, not that it's very hard. I find all the idiocy surrounding FIFA and Qatar much more entertaining. The few friends I have who've watched games say they've mostly been dull as hell. I've watched about 75%, it's not been that bad, more than the Qatar bullshit I'd say its more my appetite to watch 4 games a day, its too much so I'm dipping in and out Would say that there's been good games so far but that's more because of bad football like Germany vs Japan was a great result and shock but more because Germany weren't very good, Wales vs USA was a good game but because of it being 2 poor teams there's only been 3 very good teams in England, France and Spain and even France looked lazy in the first half, there won't be a great game because of 2 great teams for another 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 If you think 4 games a day is too much, wait until the next world cup. That will have 48 teams and 80 games across half a continent. FIFA had a good thing going and they have ruined it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: If you think 4 games a day is too much, wait until the next world cup. That will have 48 teams and 80 games across half a continent. FIFA had a good thing going and they have ruined it. Can not wait to watch Kazakhstan play Zambia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobzy Posted November 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2022 9 hours ago, leemond2008 said: How many people here are actually boycotting the world cup and how many people just can't get interested in it? Someone today asked me if I was enjoying it and when I told them that I hadn't watched a single second of it they came out with all of the "oh you are just jumping on the bandwagon, you not watching won't change anything" they didn't understand when I told them that I'm not boycotting it, there just hasn't been a single match on yet that I wanted to watch, when I was younger I would have made a point of watching every single game, Ecuador vs Somalia, I'd be watching it, that was a long time ago though, I barely watch any football outside of the villa these days, once the group stages are out of the way then yeah, I'll watch a few games but I can't be bothered sinking an entire 2 weeks of my life into it just because its "the world cup" Not boycotting, just not bothered at the moment, I think the first time that there is a game on that I might watch is on Saturday and I can't even remember who is playing now. Boycotting it - would usually watch most of the games and do feel a bit sad not to be involved. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 1 minute ago, The Fun Factory said: If you think 4 games a day is too much, wait until the next world cup. That will have 48 teams and 80 games across half a continent. FIFA had a good thing going and they have ruined it. Yeah, they're doing it as 16 groups of 3 teams so in theory it'll be 4 games from 4 groups per day so England would play Monday and then Thursday, it would actually be quicker than now so they'd be better off reducing the number of games per day to 3 to get a better spacing More games overall but same number of games for each team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tegis Posted November 24, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, bobzy said: Boycotting it - would usually watch most of the games and do feel a bit sad not to be involved. Yep, same. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 24, 2022 Not watched a game yet. I probably will if England get to the sharp end of things but that's about supporting England even if its double standards from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) I’ve watched the equivalent of about 3 or 4 games so far. The SA versus Argentina game was brilliant. The Belgium game last night wasn’t the best but not the worst either. I watched a bit of Wales. All of the England game. Edited November 24, 2022 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Any idea what would have happened to any openly gay footballers at this world cup? Would they have been banned from entering Qatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Watched almost every minute so far and really enjoying it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) Mexican fans about to be punished by FIFA for homophobic chants during the game earlier in the week. Not sure if FIFA are trolling at this point Edited November 24, 2022 by sne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Cameroon look solid, comfortably on top at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 43 minutes ago, Genie said: Any idea what would have happened to any openly gay footballers at this world cup? Would they have been banned from entering Qatar? Josh Cavallo, the Aussie player that just came out is over there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 24, 2022 18 minutes ago, MachoFantastico said: Cameroon look solid, comfortably on top at the moment. But does he support Villa or West Ham? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 56 minutes ago, Genie said: Any idea what would have happened to any openly gay footballers at this world cup? Would they have been banned from entering Qatar? Do you think they have a big database of who is gay and who isn't? Plenty of gay celebrities' holiday in Dubai with little or no issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 1 minute ago, duke313 said: Do you think they have a big database of who is gay and who isn't? Plenty of gay celebrities' holiday in Dubai with little or no issues. No, but as they aren’t letting people walk around with stripes on their clothing I thought they might potentially take issue with an openly gay footballer (and his male partner?) being there. I guess they’re turning a blind eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, duke313 said: Do you think they have a big database of who is gay and who isn't? Plenty of gay celebrities' holiday in Dubai with little or no issues. The red tops reported before that you had to declare it at hotels etc if 2 men shared a room Waiting for the meltdown @JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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