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[Football] Real or fake? England fans in Qatar.

Real or fake

  • Real

    Votes: 3 5.8%
  • Fake

    Votes: 31 59.6%
  • Genuine, enthusiastic fan behaviour

    Votes: 2 3.8%
  • Cynically choreographed

    Votes: 16 30.8%

  • Total voters
    52






Zeberdi

Brighton born & bred
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Oct 20, 2022
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The Qatar welcoming committee? What a bunch of twankers.
 


Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
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Most of them aren’t even Qatari so the connotation of this thread feels a bit racist to me
 


Feb 23, 2009
23,073
Brighton factually.....
Utter fake bullshite, a taste of things to come....

Probably all paid to be there, and if you had time to trawl through other nations arriving in Hell, then I would not be surprised for similar receptions with possibly the same actors....

Utter Utter bullshite.
 






TWOCHOICEStom

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Sep 22, 2007
10,590
Brighton
Just a funny little titbit, they're all wearing a fake England shirt created from a mockup done by Footy Headlines which they did after seeing an image of a leaked football....


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Eric the meek

Fiveways Wilf
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Aug 24, 2020
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100% fake, albeit possibly with the odd stray real England fan.

That was so, so bizarre.

Will we see the same fans welcoming all the other national teams to their hotels?
 


Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
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Every World Cup I’ve been to has had a lot of local support for England. Ukraine, South Africa etc. A lot of Indians etc are travelling to Qatar and not surprising that they will be ‘supporting’ England 🤷🏻‍♂️
 












Feb 23, 2009
23,073
Brighton factually.....
Most of them aren’t even Qatari so the connotation of this thread feels a bit racist to me
How do you know they are not ?
The "real or fake" to me relates to the fact none of them really knew any songs, it seems so staged...

Don't look for or be offended just because....

We all know this world cup was bought and paid for....
We all know certain high profile people, The England band are being paid to promote the world cup and Qatar as a welcoming place for all....

Unless of course your "damaged in the head" that is......

I see no problem with the thread title at all.

But you focus on non existent racism if it makes you feel king of the hill....
 




Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
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How do you know they are not ?
The "real or fake" to me relates to the fact none of them really knew any songs, it seems so staged...

Don't look for or be offended just because....

We all know this world cup was bought and paid for....
We all know certain high profile people, The England band are being paid to promote the world cup and Qatar as a welcoming place for all....

Unless of course your damaged in the head that is......

But you focus on existent racism if it makes you feel king of the hill....
They’re obviously not English or Qatari are they. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’m not really sure what the problem is, every World Cup has always had fans of other countries ‘supporting’ England. I have photos of South Africans in Jo’Burg wearing (fake) England shirts in fan parks 🤷🏻‍♂️
 




hart's shirt

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
10,214
Kitbag in Dubai
When you love football but your country of origin never qualifies for World Cups, you'll be happy to support another country that does.

Yes, they may have been financially incentivized to be there, but where's the harm there? I wouldn't begrudge them that.

Let's not pass judgments about what football supporters are like or may look like based on our own cultural experiences.

A Dubai friend of mine who's Armenian/Lebanese loves German football both at club and country level. He's more obsessed than I am.

Add on the global appeal of the Premier League and it's easy to see the attraction.

You don't need to be born in Brighton to support the Albion.

 




Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
70,338
When you love football but your country of origin never qualifies for World Cups, you'll be happy to support another country that does.

Yes, they may have been financially incentivized to be there, but where's the harm in that? I wouldn't begrudge them that.

Let's not pass judgments about what football supporters are like or may look like based on our own cultural experiences.

A Dubai friend of mine who's Armenian/Lebanese loves German football both at club and country level. He's more obsessed than I am.

Add on the global appeal of the Premier League and it's easy to see the attraction.

You don't need to be born in Brighton to support the Albion.


Speak for yourself :down:
 


beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,329
comments below the video suggest Indians from Kerala (SW India) adopting England as their team.
 




Originunknown

BINFEST'ING
Aug 30, 2011
3,070
SUSSEX
Most of them aren’t even Qatari so the connotation of this thread feels a bit racist to me
Curious objection to this thread. Surely this farcical organised support, taking advantage of cash poor Bangladeshis? Pakistanis? Indians? is racist, levelled solely at Qatar.
Much like the cheap labour they exploited throughout the stadium builds.
 




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