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Are you underwhelmed by this World Cup?

I am. Partly it's down to England's poor form leading into the contest but mostly it's about other things.

Clearly the WC should never have gone to Qatar. It has no population or football legacy and most probably only got the contest by somewhat dubious means connected with their wealth and FIFA's level of ethics.

Also, they used slave labour to build stadiums and a lot of people died. They openly discriminate against homosexuals too and have locked up critical journalists.

Also, this WC is sandwiched in a ridiculously short period in the middle of a club season. There are no warm up games and the players will be fatigued.

I will be watching it but it does not feel like the World Cup
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Elessar · 26-30, M
England's poor form leading into the contest
Meanwhile us..

Agreed with the rest, the location choice is definitely unfortunate.
Elessar · 26-30, M
@Burnley123 Hey we won the MotoGP this year, I'm not complaining! 😜
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Elessar Who will you support in the WC?
Elessar · 26-30, M
@Burnley123 I think I'll go with the long standing Italian tradition of siding with whoever wins! 👀

Jk, no idea, I'll have to watch a few matches before picking I think. In general I tend to support the underdog that has a chance of winning against the big ones; last WC it was Croatia, in the Euros it coincidentally was us
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I love football but feel I should boycott it

it's so wrong
I completely forgot about it tbh
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Yes I am. I think the time of year doesn't seem right, it probably shouldn't be in Qatar and I'm not optimistic about England's chances. I wouldn't be too surprised if England don't qualify from the group.
Im not really into watching terrorists kick a ball around. I'll be watching American football and Hockey.
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Yeah, staging it in Qatar was just dumb as fuck.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
I'm not even a fan of the sport, and I say they shouldn't have gone to Qatar.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@LegendofPeza I am going to watch it but none of this is good for the game
LegendofPeza · 56-60, M
@Burnley123 Their little sportswashing exercise seems to have completely backfired on them. I hope the bad press continues. I hope there's plenty of demonstrations and footage of them beating people all over the tv. I hope the grounds are half-full. I hope the atmosphere's shit. I hope players are passing out and games are getting stopped.

If we had any morals we wouldn't even be there.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@LegendofPeza The only defence is that a lot of dodgy regimes had WC's.

Putin's Russia, corrupt AF Mexico having it twice, Argentina under military dictatorship. The best Brazil teams of all time were the original sportswashers. Oh yeah, and Real Madrid.

This is a new low though.

 
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