The Official FIFA World Cup 2022 Megathread

[Johnny75]

Was a bad (probably insensitive) joke about the unpaid work that has gone into setting up the tournament.

Ah, I missed that. Too clever for me Al and a point well made.

Although I did have a good chortle about your Afif joke earlier. The one where you said he was good.

 

[jd1981]

It’s an odd that you’ve got a group of fans all in burgundy behind the goal singing anthems, but in reality not the most controversial thing we’ve seen nor does it vastly affect the outcome.
If there was tipping off of the refs then the penalty would’ve been denied.

 

[James]

It's been well reported they've paid fans.

I found the empty seats hilarious. This WC is going to bomb for FIFA and the Qataris and it's car crash TV.

Fyre festival is the main comparison

 

[Alan]

Ah, I missed that. Too clever for me Al and a point well made.

Although I did have a good chortle about your Afif joke earlier. The one where you said he was good.

We'll see which version shows up from here, but as of now I see very little reason to expect the Qataris to back up anything I say about how they did in the Gold Cup two summers ago.

 

[Alan]

Fyre festival is the main comparison

At least Fyre didn't have a Secret Police to worry about.

 

[Deano]

When I first heard of Afif earlier in the week I thought it was a made up joke with it being Fifa backwards

 

[Wilf Wolf]

If there was tipping off of the refs then the penalty would’ve been denied.

There’s only so much a bribed official can do in the age of innumerable replays.

 

[Kenny]

A chance the ref could book Harry Kane within seconds of the game starting tomorrow if he is wearing the one love captains armband.

 

[jd1981]

There’s only so much a bribed official can do in the age of innumerable replays.

I think the eyes of the cynical world are on them now so they’ll be on good behaviour.
How Qatar do has zero effect of how much the tournament makes.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Afif is bloody fast when he gets going. Good dribbler, too.
Come to think of it, he's kind of like a skinny Qatari version of Adama. With EVEN less end product.

S'cuse me Alan, fixed it for you mate.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

This second half has been execrable.

The large swathes of empty seats on display would suggest they've likely all left.

BBC said that most of the home team supporters went at the start of the 2nd half.
Were they bribed to enter in the beginning?

 

[Alan]

S'cuse me Alan, fixed it for you mate.

Didn't wanna be too hard on our baby-oiled buddy!

 

[SSB]

A chance the ref could book Harry Kane within seconds of the game starting tomorrow if he is wearing the one love captains armband.

Betting suspended with bookies.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I hope Kane wears the armband anyway. Fuck Qatar.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

If he gets booked for that if I were Southgate I would pull the team out of the game.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Fuck FIFA too. Corrupt cunts.

 

[Alan]

I'm sure I read somewhere that Kane and Southgate have said they'll wear it regardless?

 

[Bigbadwulf07]

Senegal will be well chuffed with that result. Bung rate has just doubled

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Yeah you laugh Mark you arse. When you have a transgender child, assuming a woman ever lets you close enough to try, you might, just might, understand.

 

[Tony Towner]

On the one hand the laughing emoji enables people to show the appropriate amount of appreciation for my witty puns and banter. On the other it allows Mark to be an arse. It's a real quandary