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    It's the "Woah!" from Farage that gets me.

    EDIT: Oh, Infantino's gone off on one.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63687412

    Why apologise for a past you didn't write, Gianni? The migrant deaths are very fucking current.

    Infantino opened by saying: "Today I have strong feelings. Today I feel Qatari, I feel Arab, I feel African, I feel gay, I feel disabled, I feel a migrant worker."
    Last edited by Shindig; 19-11-2022 at 09:25 AM.

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    "I feel African, I feel gay, I feel-"
    * dragged off stage *

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    Just when Ronaldo thought he had the week's soundbites all to himself, here comes Infantino saying the Qatar World Cup is good because he used to be ginger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Anyone going deserves everything they get to be fair. The weather is unbearable, fun is illegal and there's a fair chance you're getting stoned to death if you hug your mate after a goal. This is going to be worse than South Africa and those cunting Vuvuzelas ruing every game.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I think it's inevitable some kind of problematic event will occur during the tournament - whether a planned protest spectacle, or some kind of clampdown. The thing is for us, how can I put this, white western fans, I don't think we appreciate just how little of a shit the rest of the world gives about things like gays and dead migrant workers. I'd say maybe 12 or 13 of the 32 competing nations are from cultures that give a fuck.
    @phonics

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    I love when complete morons like Infantino go off on grand historical rants. What we Europeans have been doing for 3000 years? What's that mate, inventing the modern world? Including, you know, The Football. Yeah, forshame on us. Would be much better if we'd never bothered with all that.

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    Grass.

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    The truth hurts, my little flower.

    The Arab was talking to me about the World Cup yesterday. When I asked who he wanted to win, he said 'Lionel Messi'. Then he started going on about how Qatar wasn't to blame for the migrant worker deaths because the stadiums were built by Indian contractors (I have not fact checked this claim).

    Earlier in the day, he'd been on at me about how he and most Arabs liked conspiracy theories. The one he always cites is how the people who built the pyramids were ten feet tall but European subjugation had since reduced heights in the region. That is how these people think. They need everything to be an American/Israeli conspiracy, because if it isn't then they might have to start being slightly introspective about the way they go about things.

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    Lad, can you calm down a little please, I haven't seen such misplaced outrage since a Belfast bakery refused to make a cake.

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    You have genuinely sounded a little unwell in the last few weeks, I would look at talking to a professional. That's not flippant, I'm serious.

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    He’s been on the ropes for years now.

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    It does feel like he's disappeared down a Middle-Eastern rabbithole recently though. He's gone from just trolling the gammons to taking offence to absolutely any mention of the Middle East / Arabian Peninsula.

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    That’s mental from Infantino, I thought it was a parody thing when I seen it first. One can only assume there are some nice men with hacksaws minding his family in the hotel at the minute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    The truth hurts, my little flower.

    The Arab was talking to me about the World Cup yesterday. When I asked who he wanted to win, he said 'Lionel Messi'. Then he started going on about how Qatar wasn't to blame for the migrant worker deaths because the stadiums were built by Indian contractors (I have not fact checked this claim).

    Earlier in the day, he'd been on at me about how he and most Arabs liked conspiracy theories. The one he always cites is how the people who built the pyramids were ten feet tall but European subjugation had since reduced heights in the region. That is how these people think. They need everything to be an American/Israeli conspiracy, because if it isn't then they might have to start being slightly introspective about the way they go about things.
    Hardly the biggest sample pool.

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    He claimed to speak for them all, so who am I to doubt him.

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    Wait, did Bryan Swanson come out after Infantino's speech or was that a known thing?

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    Taz needs to get his leg over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Wait, did Bryan Swanson come out after Infantino's speech or was that a known thing?
    I don't know, but him coming out (to me at least) as FIFA's director of communications was a good laugh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    He claimed to speak for them all, so who am I to doubt him.
    Fair play. They do all look al...

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    That Infantino speech is actually a belter, wasn't aware he was such an intelligent thinker.

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    It's kinda weird seeing so much criticism of Qatar without anyone mentioning Islam. Qatar has dual civil and Shari'a law - all the stuff people are moaning about (except migrant deaths) basically stem the the Shari'a side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    You have genuinely sounded a little unwell in the last few weeks, I would look at talking to a professional. That's not flippant, I'm serious.
    I've tried.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    That Infantino speech is actually a belter, wasn't aware he was such an intelligent thinker.
    He’s not. The Qataris gave him the notes.

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    Re Beckham, can we all agree, if we were offered millions of pounds by the Qatari gov to promote the World Cup, we would?

    I certainly would.

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    None of us have a reputation to protect.

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    Speak for yourself mate. I'm legendary on this board.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    I've tried.
    Aren’t you a paeds SHO?

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    Lol as if actual psychiatrists exist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Conflicting loyalties for young Declan there.

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    Is that actual Gerry Adams?

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    Some brilliant tweets on Qatar so far




    £300 a night.

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    To be fair to Qatar there's no point building economy hotels as there will be no use for them afterwards.

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    Fucking rubes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    Lol as if actual psychiatrists exist.
    It’s what I will be specializing in

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    I’m shocked that this having the World Cup in Qatar thing is turning into a shambles already.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    It’s what I will be specializing in
    Which region are you in?

    One of the paeds trainees I work with did a secondment to CAMHs for six months recently. He said CAMHs provision is bad enough, but described the adult mental health service in this region as "one guy standing on the roof of Hellesdon hospital waving a white flag and crying".

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    Which region are you in?

    One of the paeds trainees I work with did a secondment to CAMHs for six months recently. He said CAMHs provision is bad enough, but described the adult mental health service in this region as "one guy standing on the roof of Hellesdon hospital waving a white flag and crying".
    Peninsula.

    I’ve done about 10 weeks of psych placement over the last year and honestly it looks fine here. Admittedly CAMHS probably could do with a bit more funding but adult seems pretty good to me.

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    I think there's something that has been lost in the 'World Cup in Qatar' debate because all the focus is on things that can be easily slated, like gay rights, women's rights and migrant workers' rights. These things are a problem in many, many countries, including plenty that have hosted the World Cup before.

    The real problem with having the World Cup in Qatar is that it's a tiny shithole with absolutely no capacity to host an event of this magnitude, except the money to bribe Jack Warner, Chuck Blazer et al for the hosting rights 12 years ago.

    A World Cup in Egypt, Morocco, even the hated Saudi Arabia would be far more viable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    Peninsula.

    I’ve done about 10 weeks of psych placement over the last year and honestly it looks fine here. Admittedly CAMHS probably could do with a bit more funding but adult seems pretty good to me.
    Yeah this region is the worst in the country.

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    I'll be honest, I don't really care about the migrant workers, booze, etc. My only beef is that we have a world cup in the winter during the build up to Christmas and half way through a season.

    It's just odd.

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    I'm actually not minding that aspect of it. Club football bores me to tears at this point, and this is normally an unbearably miserable time of year in general.

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    Yeah I'm fully behind the scheduling, I get total football burnout by about April. Being able to watch a world cup while I'm still in stage of the season where I'm watching most live EPL games and listening to the odd podcast is great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I'm actually not minding that aspect of it. Club football bores me to tears at this point, and this is normally an unbearably miserable time of year in general.
    Not a Christmas fan? Or is it the dark afternoons and crap weather?

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    Imagine how much more unbearably miserable it is going to be after England CRASH OUT in ignominious fashion, or France win again.

    Merry Christmas.

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    ...or we win it and bring Christmas cheer to one and all. The positive feeling amongst the English public then has a positive impact on the UK economic market, and by January next year there is no cost of living crisis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dquincy View Post
    Not a Christmas fan? Or is it the dark afternoons and crap weather?
    Christmas is alright, but it's the only saving grace between the clocks going back and, well, before them going forward again really.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Christmas is alright, but it's the only saving grace between the clocks going back and, well, before them going forward again really.
    The clock changing is bollocks to be fair. An archaic hang over, which does not serve any real purpose these days.

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    I wouldn't open my curtains to watch Qatar vs Ecuador normally, but I might give it a go to see if they execute any gays in the opening ceremony, and I'm away with work Monday and most of Tuesday so I think the first game I'll be able to watch is France vs Australia. YouTube has been unblocked on the work internet for some reason this week, so we might be able to get some games up in the office once we're back, like it's 2002 again.

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