Anyone else not watch a single minute of the World Cup

Funky_Chicken said:
Yes it has, but not to the extent it is now
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Match fixing was absolutely rampant back in the day.

Referees, officials and players regularly paid off.

Off the field, awarding it to Qatar is the worst decision since the fascist Argentine and Italian World Cups.
A situation that should never have happened and will hopefully never be repeated.

But on field corruption is probably lower than it's ever been.
 
winker said:
strange to post on a football forum that you never watched any football .
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Despite its confrontation style I don’t see why the subject of giving this particular World Cup a miss can’t be discussed on a football forum? You would have had to have been buried head deep in sand if you hadn’t realised that this WC was not universally welcomed.
 
It appears that there's actually 4 reasons for not watching going on.

1) Protest against Qatar's human rights record, but only specifically related to the building of the stadiums.

2) Protest against Qatar's human rights generally, which ironically were hardly (if ever) mentioned on here before they were awarded the WC.

3) Protest against FIFA corruption.

4) Not interested in international football (mainly because their heads are still in the 70s/80s).

All very different reasons but they seem to be clubbing together as if they are all on the same righteous crusade.

Then of course there is the additional group who are disgusted that alcohol was banned in the vicinity of the stadiums.
 
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Cardiffdaffs said:
But those who have boycotted it did it out of personal principal and not to stop the football going ahead. That was inevitable. You seem to be suggesting that there was nothing gained by boycotting the football. You seem to have missed personal satisfaction. Good on them that did.
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I said above if it makes them feel good, fair play.
 
winker said:
strange to post on a football forum that you never watched any football .
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No its not its a forum that covers every debate under the sun, obviously its upset sone folk that people have stated they didnt watch any WC football
 
atypical_boro said:
Whilst I appreciate the stance some have taken, not watching it (or posting about not watching it) hasn’t really achieved anything if we’re being honest.

I don’t mind admitting that I’ve totally indulged it as I do every World Cup/Euros. Watched as many matches as possible and even when I’ve been looking after the kids or whatever, it’s been on and I’ve been invested.

I do think it’s terrible that the tournament was in Qatar, but that wasn’t my decision, and I do think some of Qatar’s laws are totally barbaric, but I didn’t make them. If I took such a puritan attitude towards all the stuff I like it, life could get pretty boring pretty quickly.

Sometimes you just have to accept that you can’t cleanse humanity yourself, and just try to enjoy things while you can.

Sunday was an absolute joy and I feel priveleged to have witnessed it live. That’s not down to FIFA, the Qatari state, or anything other than the blokes on the pitch and throughout the tournament. Football is still the biggest & best sport on the planet imho and isn’t going anywhere for a long while yet, despite its obvious flaws.

I do like cricket too, and I haven’t boycotted the series in Pakistan either, despite some of their absurd laws. I presume plenty on here have boycotted that too.
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it has achieved something.
Firstly, I feel a whole lot better for it. btw - I’m happy for those who enjoyed it too).
It has also led to further debate

Sometimes, it’s tiny tiny things.

This thread also brought out the worst in some people. The OP posted asking if others hadn’t watched the WC.
Then people (from a simple wuestion) decided to infer all sorts of stuff and have a go.
 
I never said I wouldn't but I think I watched about 2 full matches worth overall. England France being the only full match I watched. A bit of Wales Iran and a few penalty shoot outs. I expected to get in to the latter stages but just never did
 
It was arguably the best World Cup I've ever seen.

The final was the best WC final I've ever witnessed.

And the fact Messi won it made it one of the best fairytales in football ever.

I can't stand FIFA and what Qatar stand for. I know by not watching it would make no difference whatsoever and I love football so I am pleased I got to view it.
 
1finny said:
it has achieved something.
Firstly, I feel a whole lot better for it. btw - I’m happy for those who enjoyed it too).
It has also led to further debate

Sometimes, it’s tiny tiny things.

This thread also brought out the worst in some people. The OP posted asking if others hadn’t watched the WC.
Then people (from a simple wuestion) decided to infer all sorts of stuff and have a go.
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The OP itself inferred that everyone who said they were going to boycott probably hadn’t. So, let’s not pretend there was no mischief in it.
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
Haha, chicken 🐔 is assistant manager at Majestic Wines so he's the only person in Northallerton not happy....
PS I could have made some of that up 😂
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Anything to avoid having drive through Northallerton is fine with me, its like a 24 hour le mans but with the cast of Wacky Races on a daily loop.
 
KDG said:
Anything to avoid having drive through Northallerton is fine with me, it’s like a 24 hour le mans but with the cast of Wacky Races on a daily loop.
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Drive through Northallerton regularly. Seems fine to me. Certainly better than the racetrack which is the A19.
(Though my current look is very Prof. Pat Pending).
 
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