Football stuff

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

laurentian said:

I'm not a Man Citeh fan but Foden is a marvellous talent - as mentioned above, he could really light up the Euros and become one of the best Englosh players we have ever seen. He is also relatively eloquent when a microphone is stuck in front of him . . . relatively

Foden and the left-sided combo of Rashford and Shaw could cause a lot of problems.

Am actually very excited for the Euros. They're a likeable bunch for a change.

Even better with a limit on England fans...*ahem*

there are at least 8 teams too many in it and it lasts a whole month.

when it was 8 or 16 teams it was a better tournament than the world cup

surrey_commuter said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

laurentian said:

I'm not a Man Citeh fan but Foden is a marvellous talent - as mentioned above, he could really light up the Euros and become one of the best Englosh players we have ever seen. He is also relatively eloquent when a microphone is stuck in front of him . . . relatively

Foden and the left-sided combo of Rashford and Shaw could cause a lot of problems.

Am actually very excited for the Euros. They're a likeable bunch for a change.

Even better with a limit on England fans...*ahem*

there are at least 8 teams too many in it and it lasts a whole month.

when it was 8 or 16 teams it was a better tournament than the world cup

Meanwhile UEFA has snuck in more teams into the CL starting 2024. Total matches go up from 125 to 225

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

laurentian said:

I'm not a Man Citeh fan but Foden is a marvellous talent - as mentioned above, he could really light up the Euros and become one of the best Englosh players we have ever seen. He is also relatively eloquent when a microphone is stuck in front of him . . . relatively

Foden and the left-sided combo of Rashford and Shaw could cause a lot of problems.

Am actually very excited for the Euros. They're a likeable bunch for a change.

Even better with a limit on England fans...*ahem*

there are at least 8 teams too many in it and it lasts a whole month.

when it was 8 or 16 teams it was a better tournament than the world cup

Fair play to them getting some interest in early with a group with Portugal, France and Germany in it. Especially when there's another group with four no-hopers: Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, North Macedonia.

South Macedonia must be gutted to have missed out

surrey_commuter said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

laurentian said:

I'm not a Man Citeh fan but Foden is a marvellous talent - as mentioned above, he could really light up the Euros and become one of the best Englosh players we have ever seen. He is also relatively eloquent when a microphone is stuck in front of him . . . relatively

Foden and the left-sided combo of Rashford and Shaw could cause a lot of problems.

Am actually very excited for the Euros. They're a likeable bunch for a change.

Even better with a limit on England fans...*ahem*

there are at least 8 teams too many in it and it lasts a whole month.

when it was 8 or 16 teams it was a better tournament than the world cup

That reminds me. I wonder if a treble bet on Scotland getting tanked in all 3 games would manage odds of evens?

surrey_commuter said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

laurentian said:

I'm not a Man Citeh fan but Foden is a marvellous talent - as mentioned above, he could really light up the Euros and become one of the best Englosh players we have ever seen. He is also relatively eloquent when a microphone is stuck in front of him . . . relatively

Foden and the left-sided combo of Rashford and Shaw could cause a lot of problems.

Am actually very excited for the Euros. They're a likeable bunch for a change.

Even better with a limit on England fans...*ahem*

there are at least 8 teams too many in it and it lasts a whole month.

when it was 8 or 16 teams it was a better tournament than the world cup

Agree with that, they've really messed it up unnecessarily.

Kind of ties in when I laughed at FIFA and UEFA claiming the moral high ground over the super league business. The same FIFA that previously only one WC host had ever been decided at a time then had a several days long jolly in a hotel for all its executives where two hosts were elected..Russia and Qatar, with one of them to be played in December in the middle of the domestic season. But it was definitely legit we are told

Yikes and I thought I was a killjoy

Qatar WC is a shit idea.

6500 migrant workers have been killed building the infrastructure for the tournament.

6500!

The thing should be stopped now.

...just realized this was in the wrong thread, soz...

elbowloh said:

Qatar WC is a censored idea.

6500 migrant workers have been killed building the infrastructure for the tournament.

6500!

The thing should be stopped now.

Wow... is that official figures or rumours? Staggering

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022

But there are likely to be many more deaths that weren't recorded. Most of the infrastructure being built is for the WC, such as the metro system.

DeVlaeminck said:

Yes I mean I think (could be wrong) that those figures include migrant workers who have nothing to do with construction - housemaids, nannies, waiters, cleaners.

I'm sure there are huge questions about the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar but as it says on the link you posted the official number of work related deaths actually constructing the stadium is 3.

You think the Qatar authorities will be honest over that figure?

Are there people really so infatuated with football that the proposed 4 day social media shutdown will have the slightest impact on the likes of Twitter? It feels like the most token of token gestures. Why not say they won't post anything further until suitable action has been put in place? Also, can the footballer's themselves resist the urge to post for 4 days?

The champions league final has been moved to Porto. That says a lot about UEFA.

It was never going to be moved to London unless the UK Govt gave waivers to all the UEFA pigs with their snouts in the trough. They don't give a shit about the actual fans of the clubs involved.