World Cup 2022

[davek]

I love this. The Welsh FA have done brilliant sanctioning this official video of ‘Yma o Hyd' (We're still here) as it's very political.

 

[roydo]

I love this. The Welsh FA have done brilliant sanctioning this official video of ‘Yma o Hyd' (We're still here) as it's very political.

It is utterly fantastic. Am I right that it was kinda adopted by the fans, a bit like Hymns and Arias was at the Arms Park all those years ago, in an organic way? Pretty sure the singer/writer(?) said as much in an interview a while back.

 

[davek]

It is utterly fantastic. Am I right that it was kinda adopted by the fans, a bit like Hymns and Arias was at the Arms Park all those years ago, in an organic way? Pretty sure the singer/writer(?) said as much in an interview a while back.

I think he wrote it years and years ago. He was a Plaid Cymru politician and quite radical. He went to gaol for defending Welsh language issues.

Wales as a nation are becoming a lot more separatist minded now, so I think that's the organic link you refer to. As the Welsh national football team has become more competitive and successful they've been caught up with that mood.

 

[roydo]

I think he wrote it years and years ago. He was a Plaid Cymru politician and quite radical. He went to gaol for defending Welsh language issues.

Wales as a nation are becoming a lot more separatist minded now, so I think that's the organic link you refer to. As the Welsh national football team has become more competitive and successful they've been caught up with that mood.

I had never heard it until that clip where he performed it at the game and the crowd joined in was covered on Talksport. Thats probably when I heard him interviewed as well. You know how footie fans are, we love a great song to adopt. When that song actually has some real relevance, its very powerful.

And also very Welsh. Thats a compliment. My Grandmother was Welsh.

 

[davek]

I had never heard it until that clip where he performed it at the game and the crowd joined in was covered on Talksport. Thats probably when I heard him interviewed as well. You know how footie fans are, we love a great song to adopt. When that song actually has some real relevance, its very powerful.

And also very Welsh. Thats a compliment. My Grandmother was Welsh.

It's anthemic. Stirring. Songs that go beyond football always are. In that vein I also like Hibs' adoption of Sunshine on Leith.

 

[LostLegend]

In other words if you are rich enough, all the VIPs, invited guests and business partners will be able to enter the stadium and drink in their private lounges

That's always been the case in these countries tbh.
Any one who's ever visited a Gulf state will know that the alcohol being forbidden thing has a huge asterisk at the end.
If you are wealthy enough there will be places you can go to get it.

£19k though!

 

[roydo]

It's anthemic. Stirring. Songs that go beyond football always are. In that vein I also like Hibs' adoption of Sunshine on Leith.

My Scottish team, thanks to a mate who is Godfather to my eldest. Fabulous song, and when the Hibbies sung it when they won the cup it was mesmeric.

I never knew till this season that Forest fans sung Mull of Kyntyre. Not a great song, but some of the lyrics kinda fit their last 20 odd years as fans.

Its a shame, it seems anyrate, that there wont be enough fans at this WC to recreate the atmosphere great songs can provide.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Hopefully this is the start of the football bubble bursting. World Cup is terrible , sponsor’s sue FIFA and pull out of future events , disgraced products who associate themselves with the corruption , gambling companies banned from sponsoring and TV rights moneys drops due to streaming and general lack of interest and people no longer willing to pay a lot of money to watch a group of moron sounding millionaires dive their way to a 0-0 .
Football will survive but the game was disgraced has been for years. I sincerely hope this is the beginning of Football Armageddon and we start again. Cap wages, Salary Caps for teams , get rid of agents and bosman whatever it is that ruined the game I dunno but its a horrible sport in every way. I loved it

Nothing wrong with the Bosman ruling. The notion that a club should have hold over an out of contract employee is ridiculous whether that employee plays football, sells tickets or whatever.

And agents are merely there to negotiate for clients - you can't 'get rid' of them. They're often a convenient pantomime villain to blame and there are plenty of shady ones but they are far from the source of all that is wrong in the game.

 

[davek]

My Scottish team, thanks to a mate who is Godfather to my eldest. Fabulous song, and when the Hibbies sung it when they won the cup it was mesmeric.

I never knew till this season that Forest fans sung Mull of Kyntyre. Not a great song, but some of the lyrics kinda fit their last 20 odd years as fans.

Its a shame, it seems anyrate, that there wont be enough fans at this WC to recreate the atmosphere great songs can provide.

An estimated 1.2 million fans are going to attend this WC.

 

[roydo]

An estimated 1.2 million fans are going to attend this WC.

Thats less than 20000 a game though.

And there are just about enough locals to fill Goodison. And apx half of them are female, who cant go unless Hubby lets them. Maybe some games will see an influx of floaters from around the region to see a Messi or a Ronaldo I guess.

But lets see.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Waiting for the next new set of rules to be brought in stating no person entering a stadium should make a sound above a whisper and the individual national anthems to be scrapped with players to sing the Qatari one instead. Any player swears or spits shall be stoned to death.

 

[Yank]

Yea I don't trust Arabs.

They don't negotiate in good faith in that region ever.

 

[Yank]

Brilliant ploy that. Fly all the fans in, then tell them they can’t have a beer. Beer and footie go hand in hand

My rant isn't against the beer part per se but that it's just yet another thing in the long long long long long list of things Qatar never should have even been considered for hosting the world cup with. They agreed to XYZ in order to put forth a bid and have basically reneged on just about every single one of them.

It's a shame it's the fans who suffer because I've found the Qatari's and Fifa equally gross through this whole process

Two leadership groups the world would be better off bereft of.

 

[Lee Smith]

Baddiel ans Skinner have re done 3 Lions. The original is fine, but a bit dated, but I watched the new video, and how they have done it works really well. Kin ages you and no mistake.

Heard about this earlier, thought it would be proper cringe, but just watched it an yeah, it works really well (and yeah, makes me feel very old ?)

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Yea I don't trust Arabs.

Oof