johnny crossan wrote:BlueinBosnia wrote:sandman wrote:No, absolutely not, should FIFA have pulled it away from there... Yes.
Football and politics shouldn't mix, when there is an ethical question then it is the responsibility of the organisers and not the participants to sort it
This - plus, if it's for political reasons, the beef is between the UK and Russia, not England and Russia.
On a sporting and security side, there's no way the tournament should be held in Russia. If England had've thrown the qualifiers in protest, or qualified and refused to participate before the draw was made, I'd have doffed my cap to them. Same for Qatar (although things there might get a bit interesting when it comes to this, with Egypt and Saudi Arabia - both teams who'd be fancied to qualify - having serious political beef with the hosts).
Have you decided England isn't part of the UK now?
johnny crossan wrote:BlueinBosnia wrote:sandman wrote:No, absolutely not, should FIFA have pulled it away from there... Yes.
Football and politics shouldn't mix, when there is an ethical question then it is the responsibility of the organisers and not the participants to sort it
This - plus, if it's for political reasons, the beef is between the UK and Russia, not England and Russia.
On a sporting and security side, there's no way the tournament should be held in Russia. If England had've thrown the qualifiers in protest, or qualified and refused to participate before the draw was made, I'd have doffed my cap to them. Same for Qatar (although things there might get a bit interesting when it comes to this, with Egypt and Saudi Arabia - both teams who'd be fancied to qualify - having serious political beef with the hosts).
Have you decided England isn't part of the UK now?Sparklehorse wrote:Fidel Castro wrote:England commit many crimes across the world, don't get this finger pointing and holier than thou attitude. Just admit they're all cunts, fuck off the jingoism and watch the footy ffs
This...all day long !
If you were frothing at the mouth as a result of Novichok instead of anti-English sentiment you might reconsider that response
bigblue wrote:No, but it should be cause to breakup and remake FIFA. Consecutive World Cups going to countries ruled by dictators and completely unfriendly to football. That's nearly a decade without a proper World Cup that traveling fans would enjoy.
And since I mentioned traveling fans, good luck to everyone traveling there, going up against racist MMA trained russian thugs.
CTID Hants wrote:johnny crossan wrote:BlueinBosnia wrote:sandman wrote:No, absolutely not, should FIFA have pulled it away from there... Yes.
Football and politics shouldn't mix, when there is an ethical question then it is the responsibility of the organisers and not the participants to sort it
This - plus, if it's for political reasons, the beef is between the UK and Russia, not England and Russia.
On a sporting and security side, there's no way the tournament should be held in Russia. If England had've thrown the qualifiers in protest, or qualified and refused to participate before the draw was made, I'd have doffed my cap to them. Same for Qatar (although things there might get a bit interesting when it comes to this, with Egypt and Saudi Arabia - both teams who'd be fancied to qualify - having serious political beef with the hosts).
Have you decided England isn't part of the UK now?Sparklehorse wrote:Fidel Castro wrote:England commit many crimes across the world, don't get this finger pointing and holier than thou attitude. Just admit they're all cunts, fuck off the jingoism and watch the footy ffs
This...all day long !
If you were frothing at the mouth as a result of Novichok instead of anti-English sentiment you might reconsider that response
What are your thoughts then JC, easy to nit pick at others stand point............
Hutch's Shoulder wrote:I think we should go but not try to win.
For a change.
Dipstick wrote:More to the point, should the Arse refuse to play CSKA.
Peter Doherty (AGAIG) wrote:A source from inside Porton Down says they can't say where the poison has come from. If it turns out to come from Lisbon, shall we pull out of the Eurovision Song Contest?
South Stand Balti wrote:I'd like to see some proof first.
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