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willmcc83
Davey Langan
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Posted: 19 Dec 2018 at 10:31am |
1986 World Cup was take off Colombia in 1985 and given to Mexico so there is a precedent for this.
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Zinedine Kilbane 110
Jack Charlton
Man City records obsession
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Posted: 19 Dec 2018 at 11:13am |
willmcc83 wrote:
1986 World Cup was take off Colombia in 1985 and given to Mexico so there is a precedent for this. |
Colombia couldn’t afford it - the country was broke.
Qatar are in a completely different boat.
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane
Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon
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Posted: 19 Dec 2018 at 11:31am |
willmcc83 wrote:
1986 World Cup was take off Colombia in 1985 and given to Mexico so there is a precedent for this. |
Taken off them in early 1983. So had 3 years preparation
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn
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Charlton's Child
Liam Brady
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Posted: 19 Dec 2018 at 12:54pm |
Denis Irwin wrote:
willmcc83 wrote:
1986 World Cup was take off Colombia in 1985 and given to Mexico so there is a precedent for this. |
Taken off them in early 1983. So had 3 years preparation |
Id imagine less red tape as well back then
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane
Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon
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Posted: 19 Dec 2018 at 12:58pm |
Charlton's Child wrote:
Denis Irwin wrote:
willmcc83 wrote:
1986 World Cup was take off Colombia in 1985 and given to Mexico so there is a precedent for this. |
Taken off them in early 1983. So had 3 years preparation |
Id imagine less red tape as well back then |
And a lot more Shenanigans as well. Canada and the US put in separate bids
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn
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Shedite
Jack Charlton
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Posted: 19 Dec 2018 at 3:43pm |
Denis Irwin wrote:
Charlton's Child wrote:
Denis Irwin wrote:
willmcc83 wrote:
1986 World Cup was take off Colombia in 1985 and given to Mexico so there is a precedent for this. |
Taken off them in early 1983. So had 3 years preparation |
Id imagine less red tape as well back then |
And a lot more Shenanigans as well. Canada and the US put in separate bids
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Never knew Fergie was Scotland manager for WC86
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane
I am MALDING
Joined: 30 Nov 2014
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Posted: 19 Dec 2018 at 3:47pm |
Shedite wrote:
Denis Irwin wrote:
Charlton's Child wrote:
Denis Irwin wrote:
willmcc83 wrote:
1986 World Cup was take off Colombia in 1985 and given to Mexico so there is a precedent for this. |
Taken off them in early 1983. So had 3 years preparation |
Id imagine less red tape as well back then |
And a lot more Shenanigans as well. Canada and the US put in separate bids
| Never knew Fergie was Scotland manager for WC86 |
He was Stein's assistant for Scotland when he died in Cardiff, a night that had a huge impact on him.
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willmcc83
Davey Langan
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Posted: 20 Dec 2018 at 2:41pm |
Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote:
willmcc83 wrote:
1986 World Cup was take off Colombia in 1985 and given to Mexico so there is a precedent for this. |
Colombia couldn’t afford it - the country was broke.
Qatar are in a completely different boat. |
Yeah, not suggesting it's going to happen or situation is comparable. Just pointing out it has been switched previously.
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Time To Get Behind Mick & The Team
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bannerboy95
500 Club la la la
Joined: 23 Apr 2015
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 3:04pm |
Hi lads, recently returned back from a week long visit to Qatar. Visited some of the World Cup stadia, facilities along with the Aspire Academy and meeting with the commercial director of PSG amongst other things. Prior to visiting I was very apprehensive obviously because of what had been purported in the media. Having returned however I can only say I have been blown away from the experience as a whole. Naturally not everything is running smoothly behind the scenes but it is nowhere near as what we are led to believe. I have written a blog post on the week's events. Attached below is part one. Please feel free to offer feedback I hope it's a good insight as to the country itself and what they have planned in accordance with 2022. Any questions you have please ask, I am only excited to offer any useful insights I may have and elaborate on my experience. Thanks.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane
I am MALDING
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 3:16pm |
bannerboy95 wrote:
Hi lads, recently returned back from a week long visit to Qatar. Visited some of the World Cup stadia, facilities along with the Aspire Academy and meeting with the commercial director of PSG amongst other things. Prior to visiting I was very apprehensive obviously because of what had been purported in the media. Having returned however I can only say I have been blown away from the experience as a whole. Naturally not everything is running smoothly behind the scenes but it is nowhere near as what we are led to believe. I have written a blog post on the week's events. Attached below is part one. Please feel free to offer feedback I hope it's a good insight as to the country itself and what they have planned in accordance with 2022. Any questions you have please ask, I am only excited to offer any useful insights I may have and elaborate on my experience. Thanks. |
I would say the lads building the stadia would have a slightly different view.The ones who are still alive. The dead ones would probably go along with it. They are quite passive about the whole thing.
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nvidic
Moderator Group
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 3:39pm |
bannerboy95 wrote:
Hi lads, recently returned back from a week long visit to Qatar. Visited some of the World Cup stadia, facilities along with the Aspire Academy and meeting with the commercial director of PSG amongst other things. Prior to visiting I was very apprehensive obviously because of what had been purported in the media. Having returned however I can only say I have been blown away from the experience as a whole. Naturally not everything is running smoothly behind the scenes but it is nowhere near as what we are led to believe. I have written a blog post on the week's events. Attached below is part one. Please feel free to offer feedback I hope it's a good insight as to the country itself and what they have planned in accordance with 2022. Any questions you have please ask, I am only excited to offer any useful insights I may have and elaborate on my experience. Thanks. |
Find it a bit perverse to be honest, like a propaganda piece.
Fast forward one week and many including yours truly have had our questions answered emphatically
Did they answer your questions about the huge amount of deaths, labour camps and system of bonded labour they utilise to build the stadia? I know you cover it later on but bit worrying to accept it at face value.
The importance of CSR were ascertained.
You can't be serious....
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath
Cheese, it’s not just for eating
Joined: 27 Sep 2010
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 3:47pm |
Are you Richard Keys?
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane
Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 3:48pm |
lassassinblanc wrote:
Are you Richard Keys?
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn
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cardwizzard
Liam Brady
Joined: 05 Feb 2013
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 4:37pm |
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JohnSwift
Kevin Kilbane
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 5:43pm |
bannerboy95 wrote:
Hi lads, recently returned back from a week long visit to Qatar. Visited some of the World Cup stadia, facilities along with the Aspire Academy and meeting with the commercial director of PSG amongst other things. Prior to visiting I was very apprehensive obviously because of what had been purported in the media. Having returned however I can only say I have been blown away from the experience as a whole. Naturally not everything is running smoothly behind the scenes but it is nowhere near as what we are led to believe. I have written a blog post on the week's events. Attached below is part one. Please feel free to offer feedback I hope it's a good insight as to the country itself and what they have planned in accordance with 2022. Any questions you have please ask, I am only excited to offer any useful insights I may have and elaborate on my experience. Thanks. https://conorwalsh26.wixsite.com/thelowdown/single-post/2019/01/28/ONE-WEEK-IN-DOHA-%E2%80%93-PART-ONE?fbclid=IwAR1GjIGuRyTAbWaDpI7TpHiHnodHD6qB03JgjgUxDdFJgDs6qcmcu-bU1UI - https://conorwalsh26.wixsite.com/thelowdown/single-post/2019/01/28/ONE-WEEK-IN-DOHA-%E2%80%93-PART-ONE?fbclid=IwAR1GjIGuRyTAbWaDpI7TpHiHnodHD6qB03JgjgUxDdFJgDs6qcmcu-bU1UI |
The Qataris must have brainwashed you over there!
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craiglen
Kevin Kilbane
Joined: 25 Mar 2013
Location: Dublin
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Points: 384
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 6:09pm |
Oh my god get the boat you soulless immoral pr*ck!
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Fan's game record: 5 Caps, 1 goal, 2 assists, 140 km covered
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the_walls
Jack Charlton
6 in a row, alive alive oh..
Joined: 13 Feb 2009
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 6:18pm |
bannerboy95 wrote:
Hi lads, recently returned back from a week long visit to Qatar. Visited some of the World Cup stadia, facilities along with the Aspire Academy and meeting with the commercial director of PSG amongst other things. Prior to visiting I was very apprehensive obviously because of what had been purported in the media. Having returned however I can only say I have been blown away from the experience as a whole. Naturally not everything is running smoothly behind the scenes but it is nowhere near as what we are led to believe. I have written a blog post on the week's events. Attached below is part one. Please feel free to offer feedback I hope it's a good insight as to the country itself and what they have planned in accordance with 2022. Any questions you have please ask, I am only excited to offer any useful insights I may have and elaborate on my experience. Thanks. |
They could organise the greatest World Cup ever seen and everyone visiting could have a brilliant time. It still doesn't take away from the fact that it is a theocratic, absolute monarchy where people can be flogged for having consensual sex with someone they are not married to, where you can be executed for engaging in homosexual activity or being an apostate from Islam, where if you are a woman who has been raped you can end up in prison for "fornication" and need to have 4 Muslim men to testify that they witnessed the rape to avoid jail, where you can be imprisoned for blasphemy. I'm sure there is plenty I've left out.
That's before you get onto their use of actual slaves to build their stadiums. You don't address the conditions of the workers or the conditions they live and work in. You devoted one line about the reported death toll among the workers and that was just to state how your hosts told you that the number was grossly exaggerated. I'm sure a bunch of people who have no problem using slave labour wouldn't lie about something like that.
Edited by the_walls - 30 Jan 2019 at 6:22pm
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane
YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 6:19pm |
Auschwitz has a better human rights record than Qatar
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