2022 World Cup Discussion

threespires said:
I think from my perspective it's the timing. To me WC's are to be watched in the off season and in the heat of a beautiful UK summer :-) I want the WC to feel like a completely standalone 'low stakes' event I can focus on fully for the fun of it (happy if England do well, but not gutted if we don't). This feels more like an imposition on the main business of the season, and I find myself thinking more about what state physically and emotionally our players will come back in especially given we've got a crap Jan.

I do think there is an element of artificiality in that there is no real football culture within the host nation and the eye watering costs to create a football environment from scratch but that's not really what's disengaging me because I'm reconciled to the fact that football is something of a geopolitical...erm football these days and tbh we've done ok out of that reality so it would be hypocritical to think otherwise (and yes I know we are not state owned and were a very sound business investment anyway but it's a bit disingenuous to suggest there is no element of soft power in play).

I've got some personal distractions at the moment too, but fundamentally I value club football more than international and so it's the really timing that has disengaged me.
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Whack up the heating, get your best Hawaiian shirt and sombrero out of the wardrobe and get some San Miguels in. Sorted.
 
Stephen230 said:
Well that would be pointless anyway, as the players will know the score in the other game and will react accordingly.
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Yup - I'd like to (probably not possible) eliminate this possibility (ban cell phones/electronic communication from managers/staff - but this is easily thwarted by fans in the stands using hand signals or other forms of communication).

Still, it's fair as all 4 teams know what's going on in the other game, and no side has a temporal advantage.
 
Not going to start a new thread, but I would be curious to know - what do people think of this World Cup so far (I believe we are half-way through).

Can we keep the views to the football and leave aside the politics and indeed the fact it is in November/December.

Purely on the football, the stadiums, the TV coverage, what do people think?

My view is I think its been pretty good. Yes there have been several nil:nils, but on the other hand there have been some exciting high scoring games and quite a few big shocks.

The air-conditioning seems to be working - the games are not as frenetic as PL matches, but international matches never are, even in colder places. The fans seem to be there in numbers and I love to see the people dressed up with the colours of their countries & faces painted etc. Plus like in previous world cups the people on the cameras seem to have a knack of finding attractive ladies jumping up and down during quiet spells (I like the jumping up and down).
 
kun said:
Bernardo and Gündogan have both been excellent. Akanji looks great. Stones been brilliant as well. Álvarez has had promising cameos. Grealish the same + a goal.

We all know Foden should be playing.
We all knew Ederson wouldn’t be.

KDB is being misused in a sub par team. Cancelo looks suspect defensively and Dias and Aké have been below their standards.

It’s natural for a few players not to play well moving to a new team with no prep straight into a high pressure tournament, but on the other hand some players have.
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I completely forgot Rodri and Laporte who have been near faultless.
 
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