2022 World Cup Discussion

[halfcenturyup]

It's a bit of a strange viewpoint for a football fan not to watch the world cup just because it's in Qatar. I get the issue of how it was awarded over "better" bids but the world cup could be in Altrincham ( as long as you could fit 6 50,000 stadiums in there) and the football would be the same. You don't need the best football for entertaining matches, just evenly matched teams with something to play for.

I'm not a world cup fan really but, from what I have seen, some of the games have been great, some not so much. All in all, a typical world cup.

 

[threespires]

Felt marginally guilty about wanting Costa Rica to also put Spain out last night because unlike Kev and Gundo, Rodri and Laporte are probably in a team capable of winning them WC medals. But overall I would have preferred the benefit of all 4 of those important players getting a decent amount of rest. Either way it was a decent night's entertainment that got me watching all the way through.

Sounds like it all kicked off on here last night with people telling people where they did/didn't come from? I know she's got time on her hands now but I hadn't realised Lady Hussey was a blue :-)

 

[MadchesterCity]

Japan have been brilliant. So far they’re the team of the tournament!

Hope it’s a Japan Netherlands Final with Japan winning it

I’ve really enjoyed this World Cup so far

 

[Cityfan]

82 and 86 were rubbish too. A host of rule changes, particularly iro foul play, but also backpass etc, became a necessity.

Foul play was a problem and was rife in that era but it did not ruin either 82 or 86. There was a lot of great football played in both world cups notably by a truly magnificent Brazil team but france were aso extremely entertaining.Other teams like Denmark flourished breifly with entertaining football before being beaten by Spain in 86. Maradonna was at the peak of his very considerable powers.
No World cup or football tournament of any kind is ever perfect but neither of the 80's tournaments could be considered poor tournaments and for many were the best they have seen.

 

[Protein Junkie]

If this was played in my front yard, curtains would get closed.

Hark at you the posh fucker. Just an excuse to tell us you got curtains.

 

[asahartford1]

Sounds like you have been watching Billy Smarts circus

I agree. Like Dancing horses.

 

[bluemoon32]

82 and 86 were rubbish too. A host of rule changes, particularly iro foul play, but also backpass etc, became a necessity. The '94 WC was utterly dire for anyone who saw it as an adult.

82 and 86 were fucking ace, much better than modern world cups.
It might just be the case that i was younger then and not such a boring old **** ha

 

[hammocity]

There's about 500,000,000 arab people who are absolutely football mad and can't host a tournament because of security reasons or cost in their various countries.

We've seen Iran, Morrocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia all have excellent tournaments and massive support, it's clearly delivering them an opportunity they never usually get.


Besides, I think Qatar has football culture, it's just a tiny country. It's had a professional league for 50 years, before most of the money arrived.

So out of a total Arab population of 442m in the world 500m of them are football mad? Figures don’t work on both levels.

 

[Ballymagash Blue]

82 and 86 were fucking ace, much better than modern world cups.
It might just be the case that i was younger then and not such a boring old **** ha

Ah yeah, perspective changes everything. And some people will tell you that the first division in the mid 80s was better than the current premier league. I'd disagree with them too.

 

[East Level 2]

I won't claim the quality of football has been great, but there's been a lot of entertaining games, which is rare for the group stage of a World Cup or Euros.