Qatar World Cup

Collie D · 18-12-2022 10:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011868#Comment_120011868

This is one of my favourite responses on Boards ever.

Kudos.

AllGunsBlazing · 19-12-2022 4:01am

Happy for Messi but gutted for Mbappe. France will be back challenging for honours for years to come with all those youngsters coming through.

Polar101 · 19-12-2022 5:29am

At least the final was entertaining, even though it felt like FIFA had told the referee it would be good to see lots of penalties. The better team won too.

Didn't think much of the tournament otherwise - bad quality playing surfaces, and the group stage was terrible. Qatar were a ludicrous choice for a host (both on and off the pitch), and I don't think they or FIFA did themselves any favours.

Cookie_Monster · 19-12-2022 6:30am

First couple of games I've watched in a long long time. Final was good but why do the refs take the abuse from players? Its crazy, anyone spekaing out of turn to ref should be carded, anyone who touches the ref should be instant red. It really ruins the event tbh.

farmingquestion · 19-12-2022 11:15am

What a great world cup.

So then, after all the talk pre tournament about pundits using their platform. What did they do? What has changed? Absolutely nothing except Gary Neville, Lineker and co have a few million extra in their bank account courtesy of the Qataris.

Gary Neville really grates on my tits by the way. His foray into politics will be about as successful as his foray into football management. We just want to escape the stresses of life and watch football. We don't wanna hear you shite on about UK politics and wages for nurses and bus drivers!

Darragh Maloney was painful to listen to on commentary yesterday too. Does he realise that he's not just broadcasting to Dubs? References to Beaverstown and St Annes Park and some golf club. He seemed to act like Hernandez was an absolute liability defensively. He's probably the 2nd best LB in the world behind his brother and he had no help from Mbappe defensively.

The obsession with Messi was vomit inducing. Best player of all time probably but the kick of a ball in a penalty shootout doesn't make or break him as being the best of all time like all pundits seem to think. If they could have had a Messi cam as the main broadcast feed, I think most pundits and commentators would have chosen that one!