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World Cup 2022

jones

lorddulaarsenal you remember 82? fuck me brev you're ooooooooold

RocktheCasbah

jones No way he remembers 82. I don't remember 82 and, sadly, am a little bit older than my Kentish friend.

Claudius

90 had good groups but and knockouts but a shit final. Can’t comment on earlier tournaments.

Claudius

KingslandBarge

Those are all good shouts but I like my guys.

I think Fifa will think long and hard about more mid season tournaments where appropriate. The players were largely in peak condition. So impressive.

jones

Claudius not the worst idea to have it alternating between January and July depending on where the tournament is.

Claudius

Yeah. If they do a Morocco tournament, they should do it mideason. I would’ve done a Mexico tournament mideason as well but they’re going to mix it up with this US monstrosity in 2024. That tournament will be a mess.

Pepe LeFrits

Claudius A world cup in Morocco 💗

QuincyAbeyie

Pepe LeFrits would be in line with the recent choices I guess. Russia, Qatar, USA and then Western Sahara's occupants after that.

Qwiss

I didn't think this World Cup was that great at all. Not that much brilliant football, not really consistent top class teams. I would be against having another winter world cup. Think it drained a lot of the buzz out of the whole thing.

Segway

Qwiss Agree 100 %. The World Cup is a Summer event mixed with beers, barbeque, garden parties or other social events outside. The whole Fifa/Qatar thing also leaves a seriously bitter after taste. Not even close to one of the best world cups ever.

Pepe LeFrits

QuincyAbeyie would be in line with the recent choices I guess. Russia, Qatar, USA and then Western Sahara's occupants after that.

I'll be honest, I know nothing of the country's politics. My interest is mainly derived from exploring dense, old cities and drinking tea.

jones

QuincyAbeyie "Western Sahara occupants" I've absolutely no love for the Moroccan king or government but occupant is a ridiculous term. There are issues in the region but occupation of a different country means something vastly different than what's going in the Sahrawi republic.

Also as Moroccan I'd hate to see a world cup going there, the ensuing explosion of corruption, damage to the economy etc would be unreal.

Clrnc

The Moroccan bid looks interesting in any case. Failing that, it should go to the Uruguay-Arg joined bid for a 100 year anniversary of the first Uruguay WC although their stadiums does look extremely dated.

The Greece-Egypt bid looks awful. All of their stadiums have a running track around the pitch

QuincyAbeyie

Pepe LeFrits won't pretend that I know that much about the situation either. Definitely looks like a beautiful place. Was supposed to go there with my high school class, but in the end the school decided against it for budgetary reasons.

Pepe LeFrits

Segway The World Cup is a Summer event mixed with beers, barbeque, garden parties or other social events outside

That rather depends on which hemisphere you live in though, no?

jones

Pepe LeFrits exactly. For Argentina this was their first ever summer event mixed with beers asado etc, bet they'd keep it like this forever if they could.

Burnwinter

Pepe LeFrits I didn't like the PL season being broken up by this World Cup, but I don't see how anyone can call it a "global sport" if the World Cup doesn't cater for any country on earth potentially eventually hosting it, over time and depending on infrastructure etc … also, the break in the season so far feels like less of a drag than I felt at first.

Segway

Clrnc

Segway He's a pyscho, simple as.

This thread is interesting. Don't think I have seen such an insane character in football for a long time.

Don't think any other goalies would have won Argentina 2 back to back shootouts like this.

JazzG

Segway Odd to poke fun at Mbappe when he scored 4 goals past him in that game.

Also is a bit cheap really, leave the shithousery on the pitch.

Qwiss

In fairness as good as Martinez is you can see why he was never going to be someone who Arteta would warm to.

Burnwinter

Qwiss In fairness I can see how when we started a bit of a clear-out that factored in personality and mentality, Martinez didn't quite make the cut. Great to have him in your Cup side that's doing well, but who knows what he's like in the dressing room at a struggling outfit like Villa—22 goals shipped this season and all, so he's no silver bullet.

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