1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

World Cup Draw

Discussion in 'Watford' started by yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM.

  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    Nauseating behaviour from Trump.
    Infantino grovelling to him
    FIFA peace prize?? A joke ..shame on them..
     
    #1
    Last edited: Dec 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  2. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    One hour in..pure rubbish
     
    #2
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  3. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    Finally Rio Ferdinand appears...and has a dig around Trump!
    Then Samantha Johnson joins......the show
     
    #3
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  4. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    80 minutes in..still no draw.
     
    #4
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  5. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    Now loads of non football sports stars on stage. Almost shambolic
     
    #5
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
    Markthehorn and duggie2000 like this.
  6. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    Finally 86minutes in..it starts
     
    #6
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  7. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    Then a break for a celebrity interview after pot one...in Spanish with no translation
     
    #7
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  8. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    England in pot L last team out
     
    #8
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  9. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    Playing Croatia in pot 2
     
    #9
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  10. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    1 hour 55 minutes Panama in pot 3
     
    #10
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.

  11. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    Pot 4 Ghana 2 hours 5 minutes
     
    #11
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
  12. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    Phew..not a bad group..now a drink is needed!
     
    #12
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
    duggie2000 likes this.
  13. duggie2000

    duggie2000 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2014
    Messages:
    14,076
    Likes Received:
    20,338
    The section where Rio had school kids explaining how the draw worked was pure piss take
     
    #13
    duggie2000, Dec 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
    Markthehorn and yorkshirehornet like this.
  14. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    #14
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
  15. Markthehorn

    Markthehorn Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 1, 2011
    Messages:
    21,214
    Likes Received:
    7,852
    Thought that draw was never going to end of start with all that celeb glorification.

    More showbiz than football .

    Suppose England know who they play at least rather than having to wait for one team .

    Same with Scotland .

    Just got to perform.

    Good luck to Mexico - true football country who will support and watch their team and others .
     
    #15
    Markthehorn, Dec 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
    andytoprankin and yorkshirehornet like this.
  16. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    31,881
    Likes Received:
    8,718
    From the BBC

    A World Cup of '104 Super Bowls'
    US President Donald Trump was awarded the new Fifa Peace Prize during a star-studded draw ceremony which lasted for more than two hours in Washington DC.

    Trump was presented with a trophy, medal and certificate by Fifa president Gianni Infantino and said the award, introduced to recognise an individual's actions for peace and unity, was "one of the great honours of my life".

    Fifa president Infantino described the 2026 World Cup for American viewers as equivalent to watching "104 Super Bowls in one month".

    The event was presented by comedian Kevin Hart, model Heidi Klum and actor Danny Ramirez, and featured live music performances by Andrea Bocelli, Robbie Williams, Nicole Scherzinger and Lauryn Hill.

    Former England and Manchester United player Rio Ferdinan    d conducted the draw, accompanied by American sporting greats Tom Brady, Aaron Judge and Shaquille O'Neal, and Canadian ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky.



    It really bordered on an improvised farce at times.

    Apparently Infantino had not liaised with his committee about the so called Peace Prize.
     
    #16
    yorkshirehornet, Dec 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
  17. NZHorn

    NZHorn Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 13, 2011
    Messages:
    5,386
    Likes Received:
    1,760
    The peace prize may be a sop to Trumps ego so that he doesn't cancel games that are held in Democrat cities. He has already said that he would move these games because of 'security' issues. FIFA have told him that this will not be possible. Giving him a peace prize may be viewed as a simple way to stop him from intervening in the tournament.
     
    #17
    NZHorn, Dec 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM

Share This Page