World Cup Qatar 2022 - Desert Strike

[Angles Morts]

Iranian players ignoring the anthem. Badass.

[Boothjan]

Someone should tell some of our players that the Queen died a few months ago.

[Hamus]

Saka the right choice for me. He's more direct and can smash through plus has the legs to come back.

 

I reckon a 5-1 win!

[Gabe]

18 minutes ago, Plissken said:

The FA (or rather, governing bodies) have a habit of pushing the blame onto those least able to defend it.  Why should it be the players fault?  Either the FA takes a stand or they don't.  They choose not to on this, and they choose not to support their players either.

I mean looking at it rationally you are right of course, but at the same time I am so fed-up of nobody standing up and taking some responsibility. Not just in football, but generally in life. The FA would never drop Kane because the team is bad enough with him in it, let alone without, and yes, they could've taken a stand - but at the same time, Kane had an opportunity to really show his worth as a captain and a man - and showing-up both FIFA and the English FA for what they are, and yet he's happy to fall in line.

 

It's even worse that they are taking the knee, because how can they say they care about the message but only when they aren't going to get told off by daddy for it? Like I say, I think they are cowards.

 

And yes, I know I'm being overly harsh, but I'm just angry today.

[feltmonkey]

How is that not a penalty?

[Sidewaysbob]

Two men getting that close, never happens.. No nothing happened there. They didn't touch. 

[Hamus]

1 minute ago, feltmonkey said:

How is that not a penalty?

 

QATARVAR

[Eighthours]

2 minutes ago, feltmonkey said:

How is that not a penalty?

 

Why isn't VAR used for this kind of thing instead of infinitesimal offside decisions (ie. yesterday's)?

 

[Stoppy2000]

That is a real nasty clash of heads.

[Danster]

Oof, not sure we needed a super slow closer of that.

[Plissken]

Ouch. That’s a nasty collision.

[Hamus]

That's harsh luck on the Iranian players, don't want to see that.

[Eighthours]

OOOOOF.

[Sidewaysbob]

That doesn't look good at all. 

[Ork1927]

How many babies are in the ground?

[The Fox]

I think we need a few more replays of their heads smashing into each other.

[Stoppy2000]

This is stupid. He should be off.

[ryodi]

Concussion protocol working well. 

[Ork1927]

His nose is still bleeding.

 

If it was boxing they’d have stopped it.

[Yobo Ahoy]

This is fucking horrible. I've seen guys look better after 5 round UFC fights. 

[Plissken]

This is ridiculous. He shouldn’t be playing on.

[feltmonkey]

I don't like this. He shouldn't be carrying on. They shouldn't let him.

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Not making the keeper go off is an absolutely ridiculous decision!

[glb]

Awful decision. Utterly baffling.

[ChewMagma]

Bloody hell they are leaving him on.

[Danster]

Get on with it! I've got a meeting at 3pm...

 

 

[Angles Morts]

Are they forcing the keeper to play against his will?

[Hamus]

11 minutes injury time? Employers around the country are furious!

[Eighthours]

Finally going off, but bloody hell that could have been much worse if he'd been on during an attack that went somewhere.

[feltmonkey]

He's going off now. As the commentary team said, it should never have been his decision. Just watching him stumble as he tried to pull his socks up was horrible to watch.