FUCK QATAR

jecornel

Sick and disturbing story about Qatar getting the 2022 World Cup......FUCK that country!!!!

theshadowleague.com/articles/hbo-real-sports-qatar-s-pursuit-of-sports-glory-at-any-cost--2

oregonblitzkrieg

I didn't read the article but I agree. Fuck that worthless terrorist supporting country.

jecornel

Real Sports on HBO does a story on it, it is so fucked up.....Shocking segment. Flat out disgusting...

PurpleJ

I've been following this for a while now, and I have decided not to watch the 2022 World Cup. Brazil and Russia are both corrupt in their own ways, but the bribery in the voting process and the treatment of workers there is in a whole other realm (How many deaths are they up to already? 1000?).

Pretty depressing for me, as you all know that I take pride in being an openly homosexual soccer fag. Fire Sepp Blatter and move it to the US, and maybe I will reconsider. The soccer haters have every right to criticize FIFA. Crooked as a dog's hind leg.

Dick_B

welcome to 6 months ago. glad you could attend.

doogsinparadise

Dick_B said:

welcome to 6 months ago. glad you could attend.

This.
Which dead Bangladeshi construction worker finally put you over the edge?

Tequilla

What I don't get is that soccer is reaching an apex in terms of support in this country. You have the top English teams coming over here every year. You have the head of the Spanish Premera Division talking about wanting to expand their footprint in the US including possible league matchups. You're finding more and more US players choosing to stay home in MLS.

IF they wanted to do, it would be very easy to expand the Champions League such that the US and really Mexico were brought into the discussion. Getting North America even more tied into the Champions League would be a no brainer IMO and with transportation to/from the US and Europe easier than it has ever been, you could also very easily have a breakout "Super League" with the Top Teams from Europe breaking off from the "Financial Fair Play" that is in place right now.

I'm all for the World Cup going to other parts of the world. Russia makes sense. Strong domestic league. Fairly strong national team. Qatar makes ZERO sense. It's just a flat out bad idea. The sooner Sepp Blatter gets away from the European control the better for soccer in general.

jecornel

Purple J, thanks for the heads up. Truly awful.

CheersWestDawg

PurpleJ said:

I've been following this for a while now, and I have decided not to watch the 2022 World Cup.

If this is the only reason you've decided not to watch soccer then you need to reexamine all of your choices in life.

DugtheDoog

oregonblitzkrieg said:

I didn't read the article but I agree. Fuck that worthless terrorist supporting country.

What do you mean? Qatar allows Obubba to to funnel all his weapons to al Qaeda...I mean freedom fighters, forgive me. They're our new buddy.

oregonblitzkrieg

Futbol is popular in Michigan.

PurpleJ

Tequilla said:

What I don't get is that soccer is reaching an apex in terms of support in this country. You have the top English teams coming over here every year. You have the head of the Spanish Premera Division talking about wanting to expand their footprint in the US including possible league matchups. You're finding more and more US players choosing to stay home in MLS.

IF they wanted to do, it would be very easy to expand the Champions League such that the US and really Mexico were brought into the discussion. Getting North America even more tied into the Champions League would be a no brainer IMO and with transportation to/from the US and Europe easier than it has ever been, you could also very easily have a breakout "Super League" with the Top Teams from Europe breaking off from the "Financial Fair Play" that is in place right now.

I'm all for the World Cup going to other parts of the world. Russia makes sense. Strong domestic league. Fairly strong national team. Qatar makes ZERO sense. It's just a flat out bad idea. The sooner Sepp Blatter gets away from the European control the better for soccer in general.

Agree with most of what you said.

However, each continental federation already has their own Champions League. The winners play each other in the Club World Cup. You would want to expand that tournament.

Also, MLS will never take off unless we start producing more American talent. We don't have the financial means to import good talent, and won't for at least a couple more decades. I find most of the games to be unwatchable dreck, which is one of the reasons why I can't get into the Sounders.

I think what needs to happen is for a major league like the EPL or La Liga to tell FIFA to fuck off and secede. That's the only way they lose their grip on the sport.

PurpleJ

CheersWestDawg said:

PurpleJ said:

I've been following this for a while now, and I have decided not to watch the 2022 World Cup.

If this is the only reason you've decided not to watch soccer then you need to reexamine all of your choices in life.

You're about 2 months too late for soccer trolling. HTH.

Cuogar_Gold

I support soccer. I'll be at the MLS all-star game in Portland wearing my 2010 Auburn vs. Oregon National Title t-shirt if anyone wants to meet up.

oregonblitzkrieg

You openly homosexual soccer fans seem to take the sport very seriously.

PurpleJ

Cuogar_Gold said:

I support soccer. I'll be at the MLS all-star game in Portland wearing my 2010 Auburn vs. Oregon National Title t-shirt if anyone wants to meet up.

Will you be wearing a warm winter scarf in the summer heat so you can look the part of a wannabe European?

PurpleJ

oregonblitzkrieg said:

Futbol is popular in Michigan.

I guess people will pay anything to get out of Detroit. Fuck scrimmages.

oregonblitzkrieg

Cuogar_Gold

PurpleJ said:

Cuogar_Gold said:

I support soccer. I'll be at the MLS all-star game in Portland wearing my 2010 Auburn vs. Oregon National Title t-shirt if anyone wants to meet up.

Will you be wearing a warm winter scarf in the summer heat so you can look the part of a wannabe European?

I just hope all the Europeans like the Tifo we made.

PurpleJ

Cuogar_Gold said:

PurpleJ said:

Cuogar_Gold said:

I support soccer. I'll be at the MLS all-star game in Portland wearing my 2010 Auburn vs. Oregon National Title t-shirt if anyone wants to meet up.

Will you be wearing a warm winter scarf in the summer heat so you can look the part of a wannabe European?

I just hope all the Europeans like the Tifo we made.

I know you are being sarcastic, but the Euros won't truly respect us as a futbol nation until we learn to write more offensive chants and start engaging in large-scale riots after every match. Not likely, when you consider the fannypack wearing motherfuckers that currently follow MLS.

HoustonHusky

Spent two and a half weeks down in Brazil for the WC...probably spend about the same in Russia in 2018. No way in hell I'm going to Qatar in 2022.

Not sure how much you know about them, but it's fucked up...when the Saudis call them rich relative to themselves (the Saudis) it's nuts to begin with, but when you see/hear what they do with the money...