2022 World Cup Discussion

[stonerblue]

Imagine being around 10 and thats your first world cup. Take some beating that.

Imagine being around 50 and saying it's been shit. Takes some proper misery does that.

 

[stonerblue]

It's odd how many are downplaying this WC and how great it was - probably were, like myself rightly against it being held at Qatar and don't want to admit how good it turned out

Most of em won't even admit to watching any of it.

 

[Harlaching Sky Blue]

Being plaudited as the best final ever when in fact for 75 mins it was a one sided bore

I love one sided bore finals myself...:-)

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Absolutely brilliant.
This guy makes me laugh my head off.
He's as mad as a hatter

 

[unicorn]

It's odd how many are downplaying this WC and how great it was - probably were, like myself rightly against it being held at Qatar and don't want to admit how good it turned out

Easy to forget that extraordinary Argentina v Saudi match at the start when the Saudis won with the best 10 minute spell of pressure you'll ever see then somehow held on.

I didn't watch more than a third of matches but I never saw a poor one.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Is that the first MCFC player to get a World Cup winners medal?

Young lad from Stockport has got one. Phil something I think.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Most of em won't even admit to watching any of it.

I was and am very against the Qatar involvement. FIFA is courpt. This whole tournament was a celebration of corruption.

Watched a lot of the football. Not many great games, the big stories were the steady fall of the big teams, some to smaller teams. But I don't recall any standout games or even players.

The final was a great game. One of the best all time WC games let alone final. Really enjoyed it.

 

[Kippaxpete]

 

[JRockBlues]

Nice touch from the Dutch

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Fantastic final. So glad Argentina won the trophy.

 

[BlueHammer85]

 

[hihosilva]

Messi now only has one thing to prove to confirm him as the greatest ever.
Can he do it on a rainy night away at Stoke.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Messi now only has one thing to prove to confirm him as the greatest ever.
Can he do it on a rainy night away at Stoke.

Does a sweltering afternoon in Miami count?

 

[Stephen230]

I enjoyed it overall. Quite a few upsets. Some great matches. And although the final looked for a long time like been a bit of a walkover, it turned out to be a classic.

Can’t pretend I was overly concerned about the human rights and dead workers stuff if I’m being totally honest.

The one thing that did ruin it a bit was that it was in the middle of our winter. All the England games apart from the first one were on freezing cold nights. So I missed the crack of everyone out all day in the sun on the piss. Guessing the police didn’t though. But you can’t expect them to organise it all around Europeans going on the piss I suppose.

 

[East Level 2]

It's odd how many are downplaying this WC and how great it was - probably were, like myself rightly against it being held at Qatar and don't want to admit how good it turned out.

Accepting Qatar staged a well organised tournament with some entertaining games and a few shocks is not incompatible with with believing the decision to hold it in Qatar was as bent as a nine Bob note.

 

[chesterbells]

So I see online that Sergio did get a winners medal, as assistant coach. Absolutely brilliant if that’s the case

 

[tregyblue61]

Watching that, interesting to see the BBC needed over 520 people to cover the World Cup in one form or another.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Watching that, interesting to see the BBC needed over 520 people to cover the World Cup in one form or another.

And those 520 BBC people were all wracked with guilt about working in such a place as Qatar. They musy have had so many sleepless nights in their luxury hotels (built by migrants). Total hypocrites.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Blimey....

 

[BlueHammer85]

Watching that, interesting to see the BBC needed over 520 people to cover the World Cup in one form or another.

BBC coverage was excellent from start to finish - but agree, they don’t need that many people there.
My Grandad used to ring up the BBC complaining about this back in the day!