Off Topic World Cup 2022 Draw

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springtiger said:
Think with the cross ethnicity and popularity of soccer now they’ve got to come good sometime . I was in DC a few times and amazed that the green areas between Capitol Hill and the Lincoln Memorial there had soccer pitches ! Not sure that was popular with the traditionalists . There’s got to be real talent that needs bringing over and experiencing the British game.
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Most of the talented players coming through the Youth equivalent in the US are released academy lads from the UK, one of the top College centre halves was released by Chesterfield at 18. The most talented American’s aren’t there long anymore, Reyna, Aaronson 2 examples that are now in Dortmund and Salzburg and have been since a young age.
 
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  1. Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Netherlands, Senegal
  2. Qatar v Ecuador will be opening game of World Cup
  3. Group B: England, Iran, USA, Scotland/Wales/Ukraine
  4. England will begin tournament v Iran
  5. Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
  6. Group D: France, UAE/Peru/Australia, Denmark, Tunisia
  7. Group E: Spain, Costa Rica/New Zealand, Germany, Japan
  8. Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
  9. Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
  10. Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea
 
Phinius T Bookbinder said:
We could have a good World Cup. Good talented young team. Strong( if a little over cautious when it matters) manager., Good team ethic. Getting used to going long in tournaments. Out of the way in Qatar so no yobbo problems. What can go wrong. Step forward the Tabloid press..
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What's the betting the English press accuse an England player of shagging a camel?
 
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DMD said:
  1. Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Netherlands, Senegal
  2. Qatar v Ecuador will be opening game of World Cup
  3. Group B: England, Iran, USA, Scotland/Wales/Ukraine
  4. England will begin tournament v Iran
  5. Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
  6. Group D: France, UAE/Peru/Australia, Denmark, Tunisia
  7. Group E: Spain, Costa Rica/New Zealand, Germany, Japan
  8. Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
  9. Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
  10. Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea
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Group 7 looks tasty
 
Good draw that.

Only thing I see getting in the way is the media…again.
 
x said:
how the hell sepp blatter wasn't jailed and disembowelled and hanged and shot and garotted and ripped apart by lions for his crimes, i'll never know. he deserved that lot and more.

i don't trust large organisations.
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The new bloke Infantino appears to be no better, also Swiss resides in Qatar
 
It's going to be a really odd season in the EPL, players who have played in the world cup coming back to league football, it will be interesting to see what happens. You might see some strange results, as players for varying reasons will come back and have fluctuations in performance.
 
I know the World Cup is being held in Qatar and it was changed to the winter, because of it hadn't have been changed I'm 100% sure that would have been very serious medical events and in my opinion deaths certainly amongst supporters and probably players too.

When I worked there I was drinking 15 lts of water a day and it still wasn't enough, by the time heat exhaustion sets in its already to late. 50+ c is no joke. It will be bad enough in the winter.

This is worth a watch as these are elite athletes. The workers are all at risk, we looked after the workers we had and they deserve better. The world had known about the treatment of these workers for long enough. Without them there would be no stadiums or infrastructure so basically no world cup. Will anyone thank them? ... NO THEY WON'T. Sorry for the rant but it really pisses me off.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0cccy9w/life-at-50c-the-gulf-killer-heat
 
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