Wally Qatar wouldn’t give a fuck if a England didn’t turn up

      If the England squad expend as much energy on the pitch as they do talking about non-football related issues, they might stand half a chance.

      Football as institution isn’t very LGBTQ friendly is it? Sure you can wear an armband with a rainbow on it, but I’d wager that 90% of the players who are gay, are too scared to come out anyway.

      RichM Bullshit. You’re aware as the WC is going on, Qatar are negotiating gas prices and deals for the next 30 years with European countries (including the UK).

      How’s that going to look in negotiations - oh, our national team told you to fuck off and made you look daft in front of the world because of your horrific human rights records - but by the way, can we have 30 years of gas on the cheap please?

      My point was England would be going - even if several high profile players / Southgate had pulled out - they’d have just been replaced with anyone else. The global corporate finance machine demands it.

      FWIW, the ones who have went - why should they pull out - they are there to play footy in an opportunity they may never get again - TBF, I think it was pretty sound of them to want to sling an armband on and pay the fine in the first place. Still, they should have a bit more courage - Kane to take the yellow in the first game against a team we should be thrashing, make the whole thing look pantomime for a game and then drop it.

          Wally maybe Kane should wear a rainbow armband the next time Spurs play your lot

              alistair WAHEY!

              Sure, highlighting LGBTQ+ support is important. No denying the Saudis have an awful human rights record.

                Why can’t we all just get along?

                Wally money talks, gas deals would happen regardless of England playing football in Qatar or not. We will be home in a couple of weeks anyway

                  SM001 I love you all. Even Dave. The cunt.

                  Not wanting to be the thread police here, but shouldn’t this be in Millsys Slogan Jamboree thread?

                    Already pissed off with listening to the Chinese TV build up and their pronunciation of Harry Kane ‘哈里·凯恩’ (ha-li kai-en), LOL.

                      On the plus side, they have some total slags in short skirts in the studio promoting broadcast ‘official partners’ Tsingtao, which is the only type of thing women should be doing in a football broadcast studio.

                        I swear Mount and Trippier, plus maybe a couple of others were still singing “God save the Queen”.

                        Hossein Hosseini in the sticks. Sould be peppering this cunt from the half way line.

                        Wasn’t expecting this from England. Think we are going to win it now?

                        Nice to see them not playing down to Iran. Also, fuck it’s early here, these games need to start at a reasonable time.

                        Bellingham has been outstanding