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Deflection tactics.
I work in a school and usually it's buzzing as much for staff and pupils. This time more a whimper. We are showing the England game in classrooms and on large screens on Monday for those that want to watch. I was only saying yesterday to a load of staff that we need to keep our resentment at the tournament out of our attitude to it with the kids. It's not their fault nor would they understand all the politics involved (I work in Primary). But the whole thing sucks, whether we are sometimes unseeing of our own failures or not as @Springal quoted. It was underhand and disgusting that the Qataris lied so much in order to be given the tournament and paid so many $$$. That's disregarding their medieval societal views, which are a whole other area for disatisfaction.
Indeed. But the English FA are culpable in a small part for what built up to this when we played a pointless friendly / exhibition match in 2009 in Doha against Brazil in an attempt to win their vote for us to host 2018. I was part of the 2000 that travelled over and went, and then turned out they didn’t even vote for us anyway!Deflection tactics.
FIFA corruption is what awarded Qatar the World Cup, we all know that, it’s truly astonishing when you actually think about it that it was ever allowed to happen and everyone inside Fifa just let it happen…. I wonder why.
Russia and Qatar the last 2 world cups
3000 years? He might need a history lesson. But our atrocities don’t excuse anyone else’s.
Yes, I wouldn't react with much antipathy to the speech. I need to hear the whole thing.
