Sir Rols Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 42 minutes ago, stryker said: As for the IOC, they now have more than enough evidence to quickly dismiss a likely Doha bid for 2036. Sure they can have the standard "dialogue" to make it seem like they are entertaining the idea, but then can quickly deep six them later. Well, if it's going to be a sh!t show, then no doubt (unless they're glutton for punishment, that is), regardless of many "close links" Bach has to Qatar. Not to mention that little IOC mandate that still on their books about the Summer Olympics being staged only between July 15th-Aug. 31st. As far as this whole thing goes, I keep forgetting that it's even going to start tomorrow. If it weren't for these boards, & the little commercial here & there sometimes on TV, not too many would even know that it's going to be on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 50 minutes ago, StefanMUC said: Ooops… …taken residence in Sochi or Beijing and exposed his dependency like Infantino did by moving to Qatar. I mean, when no one wants to host your event anymore because everyone has realized at this point how pointless and costly it is...beggars can't be choosers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: Missed opportunity to also draw the South Asian expats chained and forced to larp as fans in the tribune because most of the real fans preferred to watch this crapshow on their TV's or their nearest bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, FYI said: Well, if it's going to be a sh!t show, then no doubt (unless they're glutton for punishment, that is), regardless of many "close links" Bach has to Qatar. Not to mention that little IOC mandate that still on their books about the Summer Olympics being staged only between July 15th-Aug. 31st. As far as this whole thing goes, I keep forgetting that it's even going to start tomorrow. If it weren't for these boards, & the little commercial here & there sometimes on TV, not too many would even know that it's going to be on. I'll watch it but only because I want Ecuador to humilliate Qatar (doubt it will happen but one man can dream) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Ikarus360 said: Missed opportunity to also draw the South Asian expats chained and forced to larp as fans in the tribune because most of the real fans preferred to watch this crapshow on their TV's or their nearest bar. Did you zoom in on the bottom of the trophy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 44 minutes ago, Bear said: if anyone missed my previous post on this thread... the opening ceremony is set to acknowledge the various controversies surrounding this edition... it's going to be a f**king disaster Marco Balich should be prevented from directing more Olympic ceremonies after selling himself so badly like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: Did you zoom in on the bottom of the trophy? I did but those are the workers, i'm talking about the expats who were lucky enough to survive but got forced to do this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 It seems like most sports administrators lose the plot eventually, but I doubt there's ever been one quite as spectacular as that He clearly thinks he's the Messiah and there's nobody telling him he's a very naughty boy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 I remember that dark, cold night that a well connected Australian here posted that Russia and Qatar had secured the hosting rights. You couldn't really believe it, but you knew it to be true. And here we are almost 12 years on and the disaster that awaits is going to be astonishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Sir Rols said: Is Gianni staying in the fan village? Looks like one of those non existing Uyghur conc…labour camps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Faster said: I remember that dark, cold night that a well connected Australian here posted that Russia and Qatar had secured the hosting rights. You couldn't really believe it, but you knew it to be true. And here we are almost 12 years on and the disaster that awaits is going to be astonishing. Russia '18 wasn't a disaster...It was pretty good. The "disaster" starts in a few hours time... That fan zone looks like a giant detention centre and got a feeling it's going to be a Fyre Festival 2.0! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 So, did Qatar and Saudi Arabia ever re-establish diplomatic relations? They did cut them off over a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Alexjc said: Russia '18 wasn't a disaster...It was pretty good. It was a disaster of course, as it was a fine propaganda tool for Putin, and while the 2014 invasion happened after Russia got the WC, already in 2010 the Sochi megalomania was very obvious and handing yet another, even bigger event to them was downright ludicrous. Just because there were no heat and beer dramas, it doesn’t mean it was “pretty good”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 In the 2000s, Russia was still - sorta - behaving itself and it’s winning hostings seemed reasonable enough at the time. Even desirable. Hindsight, though, shows that Russia’s big events of the 2010s were indeed disastrous in feeding Putin’s megalomania, normalising his growing authoritarianism and emboldening him in his “screw you” approach to the wider world. Qatar, however, was never a reasonable idea. It reeked so much from the moment it was named that even Blatter - who was never known for having any sense of shame - instantly tried to distance himself and wash his hands of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 2 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said: So, did Qatar and Saudi Arabia ever re-establish diplomatic relations? They did cut them off over a year ago. Yes, it's like the whole spat never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 Manuel Neuer insists he will wear One Love armband in Qatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikyoK Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 very controversial world cup! 2010 and 2014 were my favourites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Sir Rols said: In the 2000s, Russia was still - sorta - behaving itself and it’s winning hostings seemed reasonable enough at the time. Even desirable. Hindsight, though, shows that Russia’s big events of the 2010s were indeed disastrous in feeding Putin’s megalomania, normalising his growing authoritarianism and emboldening him in his “screw you” approach to the wider world. Qatar, however, was never a reasonable idea. It reeked so much from the moment it was named that even Blatter - who was never known for having any sense of shame - instantly tried to distance himself and wash his hands of it. I mean the first true nonsense happened in 2008. But then how you view the Chechnyan wars and Russia's propensity to start or enflame conflicts in former republics followed by freezes (still currently happening in Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan). Also Russia has given blank cheques to the stans to keep their communist era leaderships intake. Until Ukraine started to go bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 Marco Balich should never be allowed to direct another Ceremony ever again after this stupid shitshow. The little propaganda video near the end with the former Emir playing football and leaving his autograph was one of the most cringesome stuff i've seen this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikyoK Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 I think it was ok. You can tell billions was spent on that ceremony alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 ^^ I personally found it boring. The only good things were Morgan Freeman and seeing all the previous mascots again (and the references to the previous official theme songs), but that was pretty much it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 Qatar already refballing and we're not even 10 minutes of this World Cup. Jesus fucking christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 Where are the VUVUZELAS? I miss them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 Ecuador would had scored 3 goals already if it wasn't by the ref. Really warms my heart to see this result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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