2022 World Cup Discussion

[Gray]

My son says getting about, from where he is staying, is a bloody nightmare. Decided to give tomorrows match Morocco v Croatia a miss.

 

[waspish]

But it was suggested that sports washing might not be all its cracked up to be and can back fire. So far Qatar is receiving bad publicity only. Could there be postive changes in Qatar as a consequence of this bad publicity. Regime washing?

Very much doubt it once the World Cup ends we won’t here much about that country!

Unless?!! They buy Liverpool then sport washing be wiped from the earth

 

[FantasyIreland]

Great to see the footballing decision farces,in a farcical tournament,continue.

 

[Lavinda Past]

My son says getting about, from where he is staying, is a bloody nightmare. Decided to give tomorrows match Morocco v Croatia a miss.

Bloody part timer

;-)

 

[aguero93:20]

I'm not a fan of so many substitutes in the WC. It breaks up the rhythm of the game.

Also what's up with all that added time?

Added time is down to the heat breaks I think.

 

[HelloCity]

Refs being instructed to add more stoppage time to try and stop time wasting.

Why is there so much added time at the World Cup?

The five matches at the World Cup so far have had much more stoppage time added on at the end of games than usual, but why?

www.bbc.co.uk

Chairman of Fifa's referees committee Pierluigi Collina confirmed last week that fourth officials had been instructed to keep track of time lost during the game during the tournament in Qatar, something they had also tried to do at the previous World Cup in Russia in 2018.

"In Russia, we tried to be more accurate in compensating for time lost during games and that's why you saw six, seven or even eight minutes added on," he told reporters at a pre-tournament briefing.

"Think about it: if you have three goals in a half, you'll probably lose four or five minutes in total to celebrations and the restart."

 

[supercity88]

I don’t like any pundit going over the Top tbh.
It’s Wales first World Cup since 58 so forgive a small amount of bluster. However It is cringeworthy at best although we do often hear it with England too.
Anyone supporting a team v Wales because “After all they hate the English” is possibly aligning to the most banal sweeping statement imaginable.
And finally we do not shag sheep






Often.

I'm all for it. Soak it up and bask in the fact Wales are in the World Cup. Got to get carried away and hype it up. The manager got it wrong initially but changed things and they grafted to get the draw - could have won that game if it was right from the start. If you are in the World Cup you have to get carried away. England fans know we're very unlikely to win it, but after yesterday's win it's coming home!

 

[dadnlad]

Refs being instructed to add more stoppage time to try and stop time wasting.

it's failed today villa keeper Martinez in goal for argentina and the ref's only added 5 minutes at half time

 

[supercity88]

I'm not a fan of so many substitutes in the WC. It breaks up the rhythm of the game.

Also what's up with all that added time?

I think they've made a collective decision to ensure each game has 45 minutes of game time. So subs, VAR calls, injuries will all take time out of the game and they've decided that they'll play it on. The England game was ridiculous, but if it had have been 0-0 at 45 mins after only 31 mins of actual game time, we'd have been berating the officials for not adding on enough time.

 

[dadnlad]

so the qatar tv world feed breaks up just as the Saudi arabia national anthem plays
classic