**The World Cup 2018 Official Thread**

[FAH1223]

 

[Montez]

Man fukk Croatia



Trash ass Eastern European racist pieces of shyt, hope every goal in the final is scored by a black French player

Griezmann, Lloris, Hernandez...are just as much immigrants as those players mentioned but yeah agendas. He's a clown.

 

[FakeNews]

I'm still trying to figure out this whole league of nations thing like whats the point? Are teams for sure going to take it seriously?

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Lalas is a buffoon and offers no real expertise so he likes to make corny jokes instead.

 

[1970s HeRon Flow]

Lalas is a buffoon and offers no real expertise so he likes to make corny jokes instead.

I like wen he shyts on the USMNT

 

[Bboystyle]

I wish the WC was every 2 or 3 years. That way great players can play in their prime in more WCs

 

[The ADD]

Lalas is a buffoon and offers no real expertise so he likes to make corny jokes instead.

Harsh

 

[Turbografx16]

I wish the WC was every 2 or 3 years. That way great players can play in their prime in more WCs

Even in this situation Messi wouldn’thave the cup

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Im old enough to remember when everyone was convinced Russia 2018 would be a disaster filled with corruption and racism. Turned out into one of the best World Cups ever. I'm withholding my judgement on future World Cups till the games get played.

Russia isn't 32 Celsius in December with no cloud cover.


And Qatar also has basically slaves.

 

[thatrapsfan]

1994, 2010, 2014 too. Europeans drum up this fear.

Olympics too. If its not in Western Europe, its gonna be a disaster, the games will be rigged, the quality will be poor, fans will be arrested etc etc

 

[thatrapsfan]

Russia isn't 32 Celsius in December with no cloud cover.


And Qatar also has basically slaves.

Average temperatures in the Gulf during the winter months are very, very livable/playable ( I used to live in the UAE). In fact, Im positive itll be milder than the hottest temperatures at Brazil 2014. This isnt the first time professional football will be played in Qatar - they have a domestic league, where plenty of well known players have gone on pre-retirement stints ( Guardiola in the past, Xavi right now to name two). The weather will not be a significant issue.

As far as Qatar's labour situation, yeah its extremely exploitative, but if anything awarding them the World Cup has been a positive catalyst. Some of the changes theyve pledged to enforcing by 2022, as a result of the international scrutiny the WC has caused would've never happened otherwise.

Either way, if you are going to have a World Cup - a truly global competition involving the whole world - you will at some point have to host it in countries with authoritarian political systems. The idea that it should only be hosted in Western Europe and North America is absurd, and goes against the entire point of the tournament.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Average temperatures in the Gulf during the winter months are very, very livable/playable ( I used to live in the UAE). In fact, Im positive itll be milder than the hottest temperatures at Brazil 2014. This isnt the first time professional football will be played in Qatar - they have a domestic league, where plenty of well known players have gone on pre-retirement stints ( Guardiola in the past, Xavi right now to name two). The weather will not be a significant issue.

As far as Qatar's labour situation, yeah its extremely exploitative, but if anything awarding them the World Cup has been a positive catalyst. Some of the changes theyve pledged to enforcing by 2022, as a result of the international scrutiny the WC has caused would've never happened otherwise.

Either way, if you are going to have a World Cup - a truly global competition involving the whole world - you will at some point have to host it in countries with authoritarian political systems. The idea that it should only be hosted in Western Europe and North America is absurd, and goes against the entire point of the tournament.

it was in argentina in 78 when the military was throwing civilians out of helicopters.
its in an authoritarian country right now too

 

[ZoeGod]

A part of me wants France to lose so they can sack Deschamps,hire Zidane so the team can play at its full potential so they can start bossing in the Euros and World Cup qualifiers and the World Cup in 2020.

 

[King Jove]

world cup in the middle of champions league and domestic leagues

 

[thatrapsfan]

A part of me wants France to lose so they can sack Deschamps,hire Zidane so the team can play at its full potential so they can start bossing in the Euros and World Cup qualifiers and the World Cup in 2020.

That was my thinking too but I think there’s a decent chance he may ride off into the sunset with a win, extension notwithstanding. At least I hope lol.