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Aaaand.....now the £60 daily allowance for the fan stooges has been withdrawn: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/18/fans-paid-to-attend-world-cup-by-qatar-have-daily-allowance-cancelled “Due to the recent developments in the media, we are keen to protect our visiting fans from the...

Its worth remembering that this entire jamboree is just a vehicle for propaganda. There are plenty of reasons to mistrust the various Qatar/FIFA speil. This was a report at the end of May...

OK, I'll happily stand to be corrected when it all starts.

Probably because there simply isn't the demand for it. There are so many reasons NOT to want to go - location, draconian restrictions, logistics, and not least the cost of it, especially in the current economic climate. In terms of travelling fans (actual fans), this will probably be the most...

For the arabs, its all about appearances. Do you think there'll be 50,000 in the stadium for Denmark v Tunisia without a ranch of freebies ? Rafts of empty stands in these gleaming new stadiums would only reinforce the folly of awarding this tournament to a tiny population of migrants living in...

They'll be filling the stands with migrants on freebies. It would be a TERRIBLE look if there are acres of empty stands, they won't allow it. People will be marched in at gunpoint, if necessary.

I'm inclined to agree. Its very, very easy to sit at a keyboard and thumb your nose at it when you're not actually in a position to make a choice, and never will be. But if your inbox pinged with a legit offer of this paid trip to watch England in the World Cup, tickets travel and accommodation...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/04/england-and-wales-fans-being-paid-to-promote-world-cup-from-qatar "A number of England and Wales fans will be paid to travel to Qatar for the World Cup and given free tickets to the opening ceremony, but there is a catch: they will be expected to...