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4 minutes ago, dafuge said:
Of course, but it’s not really a boycott if they weren’t going to watch it anyway.
It's like the fans whose idea of a protest is to march from a pub they were going to anyway over to a stadium they were going to anyway.
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48 teams, yeah; it's just how to arrange them once they're in the hat.
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Watched every game I've been able to (two or three I was busy for) and loved what happened on the pitch.
Totally understand why some didn't want to watch, but I'm glad I didn't miss it.
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5 minutes ago, Astafjevs said:
The last two or three groups yeh. A and B final games weren't that exciting. Nor was France's group.
Posted it in the other thread, but the big teams resting players I feel opened it up a bit over the last couple of nights. They were willing to risk either 1st place or qualification altogether so that they could give some guys a rest.
True, A and B weren't as goal-a-minute, but both Senegal and the US managed to turn around their positions in the group to qualify, while France losing is always fun and it was a lovely moment for Australia to get through.
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Pretty much every group built to a crescendo - is it just recency bias, or are final matches not usually so routinely exciting?
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6 hours ago, The_jagster said:
He was very strange on a Football Weekly where he was answering questions on his book.
Very much this, and for those who haven't had the pleasure, here you go.
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22 minutes ago, Gricehead said:
Surely we can leverage a Swiss model group stage into this somehow, for maximum lols.
Edit: dammit.
Never fear, I'll always aim to bring the lols, Gricey lad.
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How about taking inspiration from the Champions League and going for a Swiss system?
Eight groups of six, with 12 top seeds, 12 second seeds, 12 third and 12 fourth, i.e. two from each pot per group.
Then you play three games about one team from each of the other pots. So, if you're a top seed, you'd play one of the seconds, one of the thirds and one of the fourths.
Once each team has played their three games, the top of the table go straight through, with second playing third, i.e. 2A v 3B, 3B v 2A, etc
From there, straight knockout. Eight games instead of seven for 16 of the teams, but hopefully the final matchday should still have plenty riding on it.
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2 hours ago, Mr Wallin said:
That has been a suggestion but there haven't been an official decision on it (or the competitions format at all) yet.
He seemed pretty certain about it, but we'll see what occurs. Will feel a little odd - very 90s MLS. That said, if they make it a 35-yard-shootout, I'm up for it.
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One of the commentators on this afternoon's games mentioned that there will be no draws in the 2026 group stage - all games will go to penalties if drawn after 90 minutes.
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We're nearly there, lads - Monday is our final 10-1-4-7 day. From Tuesday on, it's 3pm and 7pm, so we can start to work/see people/live our lives again!
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Only saw about the first half hour of France v Australia due to going to a comedy night and all of Belgium v Canada due to going for a meal.
Won't see Belgium v Morocco or a fair amount of Croatia v Canada tomorrow due to playing.
Wish I'd missed England v USA
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37 minutes ago, outlander said:
I almost never use social media but whenever I used Facebook and Instagram, I see the posts from friends and may be a few other related posts where my friends commented etc. And then I am part of some what's app groups but again, there are just friends there. So, I didn't see anyone linking Germany loss and the good message before the match.
So, that is exactly why I asked those questions. You need to have "friends" with such views to see those comments. Or does the social media work any other way?
Seems like you don't use Twitter, but you get served up trending topics that can give views that you wouldn't see otherwise. Also, friends seeing such views and sharing them to show their disgust/disbelief.
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Hope some banter merchants go dressed as Zippy, George and Bungle to see if they get through.
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2 hours ago, Heartwork said:
Did she say where she got it from? Can't imagine they were widely available, so wouldn't be surprised if she had a word with/was approached by the England kit man.
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The managers should wear them, like coaches in Primeira Liga do with their 'trainer' bands.
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Aye, sorry about that.
So, looks like we'll be getting people from the football team around to someone's flat for the USA game. Obviously not the same, although tbh I prefer that setting.
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21 minutes ago, Weezer said:
Missus was there tonight, and fwiw she saw no signs of trouble or danger. Said it was very busy and beer queue was long (to be expected) but nothing out of the ordinary. Not as fun as the last one we went to but she'd go again when I arrive.
I'll be very interested to hear a first-hand account of how things are out there, without any kind of media filter
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2 hours ago, Confused Clarity said:
Homophobic & Racist, I was waiting on what was next from him.
My money was on Holocaust denier.
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2 hours ago, thomyorkessoul said:
Having thought about it a bit more, I may not go quite that far. Having the Qatar flag alone could be viewed as unnecessarily inflammatory, and the last thing I want to do is put the club/patrons in danger. We might just get a bunch of mini flags for all the nations and have them bordering the giant Pride flag we have in the entrance. I'll have a chance to talk to my manager about it tomorrow though.
Proud Maroons have some ideas that may be worth following.
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12 hours ago, Wiggins Top Boys said:
Two Brewers are showing it so they could get a bit of a numbers boost (unless that's the pub that's changed its mind)
That's them
I don't know what pressure has been put on the brewery, but I don't want to criticise it, as people having these feelings is totally valid, it's just a shame that it's not compatible with the plans of our minority within the minority.
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The brewery owns a number of LGBT+ venues, so they must have been concerned about wider implications with their clientele if they had it on in our bar.
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On 18/11/2022 at 09:21, HopOnBaby said:
Tbf, I think there isn't a bigger FU to Qatar than drinking alcohol in a gay bar while watching their World Cup.
Sadly, my team's sponsor (a gay bar in Clapham) has had to bow to pressure put on their brewery and now won't show games
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I've managed to rationalise it in my head recently that when the games are happening, that's it - it's just the football: it's the World Cup, ffs - enjoy it (until we lose on penalties). Plus, with so much build-up having focused on other elements, it kinda feels like going into a movie without seeing trailers - you're much less prepped than you might have been otherwise. That's pretty exciting, I think.
Then, between the games, it's fine to go back to dread, disbelief and disgust about everything else that's happening off the pitch. That's not going away, but you need to allow yourself an oasis of enjoyment amongst all the **** that's going on at home, in Qatar and pretty much everywhere else rn.
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Bleacher Report's amazing post WC video
in 2022 World Cup Forum
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The Nunez/Klopp bit is especially fun, given the conversation in the FPL thread right now