Should England boycott the World Cup?
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Should England boycott the World Cup?
It's obvious Russia used a deadly nerve agent in the UK directly against two people, but putting many others at risk.
There seems to be growing support for the idea of an English boycott of the World Cup in the UK media. Certainly would get more world press attention than expelling a few drunken Russian "diplomats" as the predictable government response.
There seems to be growing support for the idea of an English boycott of the World Cup in the UK media. Certainly would get more world press attention than expelling a few drunken Russian "diplomats" as the predictable government response.
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What has any boycott ever achieved? Especially a boycott by England; a team that will exit in the first round anyway?
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The English have done far worse in Russia.
This thread reminds me of this classic clip:
Maybe your shitty country should be more concerned about the rape gangs that are on the loose. I read a story today about a rape gang in Shropshire of all places:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b ... g-12165527
Far from being the idyllic green and pastoral landscape that most of us read about in Housman's "A Shropshire Lad," Shropshire is now the host of a south asian rape gang, one of many in merry old England.
Let's face it, you are just afraid to go Moscow after the Russian hooligans made English soccer fans look like punks in Marseille in 2016:
This thread reminds me of this classic clip:
Maybe your shitty country should be more concerned about the rape gangs that are on the loose. I read a story today about a rape gang in Shropshire of all places:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b ... g-12165527
Far from being the idyllic green and pastoral landscape that most of us read about in Housman's "A Shropshire Lad," Shropshire is now the host of a south asian rape gang, one of many in merry old England.
Let's face it, you are just afraid to go Moscow after the Russian hooligans made English soccer fans look like punks in Marseille in 2016:
TBF, whilst Telford is technically in Shropshire, it's also one of the biggest shitholes in the West Midlands, an area punching above its weight in shit hole towns.Harold wrote:
Maybe your shitty country should be more concerned about the rape gangs that are on the loose. I read a story today about a rape gang in Shropshire of all places:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b ... g-12165527
Far from being the idyllic green and pastoral landscape that most of us read about in Housman's "A Shropshire Lad," Shropshire is now the host of a south asian rape gang, one of many in merry old England.
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Clearly never heard of Sir Geoffrey Boycott!Hanno wrote:What has any boycott ever achieved? Especially a boycott by England; a team that will exit in the first round anyway?
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
With respect, England has done fantastically well versus the rest of Europe/Russia to stamp out hooliganism since the brutal days of the 70s & 80s. The fans that went to France were just that, fans, British hooligans are monitored & have their passports revoked during major tournaments to ensure they cannot get to games and cause trouble. What you had in France was Russian hooligans, not fans, there purely to fight, and not there for the tournament at all - beating up unarmed fans/families.Harold wrote:Let's face it, you are just afraid to go Moscow after the Russian hooligans made English soccer fans look like punks in Marseille in 2016:
I'd argue the best thing the British government could do is to:
1. Rescind the ban on football hooligans traveling.
2. Actively arm said fans with nerve gas, AR15s (it's not a machine gun, so that's OK right?) + whatever else they need for a proper hooligan fight.
3. Boycott the tournament from a footballing perspective (the hooligans will still go anyway).
4. After the hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of nationalist idiots are away causing trouble in Russia, hold a flash second referendum on whether to leave Europe.
5. Blame FIFA & Russia for not organising the tournament safety properly; but let them incarcerate all those Millwall fans that traveled without protest
6. Live happily ever after!
Last edited by Spigzy on Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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Gareth Southgate would probably be the luckiest England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey if England boycotted the World Cup, 4 more years, 4 more years. # ABE
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A boycott could be the best possible result for the English team.Hanno wrote:What has any boycott ever achieved? Especially a boycott by England; a team that will exit in the first round anyway?
And for everyone else. It save us from the national hysteria pre tournament and the inevitable despair after the early exit.
I vote boycott.
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I'm pretty sure the question should be Should the World Cup boycott England for thier long history of underperforming and generally being crap
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So Russia assassinates a UK citizen on British soil, and the response is "we shouldn't send our football team to play on their soil"? That's a great foreign policy there, sure to solve all the world's issues, and a clear detterent to future actions.Cinque SLA wrote:It's obvious Russia used a deadly nerve agent in the UK directly against two people, but putting many others at risk.
There seems to be growing support for the idea of an English boycott of the World Cup in the UK media. Certainly would get more world press attention than expelling a few drunken Russian "diplomats" as the predictable government response.
"Mr. Putin, if we carry out this next assassination they will forbid Andy Murray to play at the next Open".
"I ordered you to shoot down a passenger airliner, why would I care about football or tennis or whatever?"
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Boycotting the World Cup would be the worst thing to happen to English football since getting kicked out of the Euros by Iceland.
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Sorry to bring up this irritating little technical/legal detail, but there is absolutely zero proof Russia did anything.Miguelito wrote:So Russia assassinates a UK citizen on British soil, and the response is "we shouldn't send our football team to play on their soil"?
BBC (yes, that acronym and another have something in common) and Fox News at it again...
The indignity! They assassinated our spy! It was hilarious watching Boris the fuckwit Johnson venting his spleen, a minister can't even afford a decent bloody haircut. Does the retard even know where Russia is?
Let's assume Russia is guilty...they could just buy off the UK govt, I mean Israel did it, Gaddafi did it, Saudi has done it...
Russia was probably paid to do by May it so Britain could have a pretext for not going and failing in round 1 by losing to The Vatican or some such team, LOL
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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True, there is not irrefutable proof, but there is some proof. That is why the UK has actually demanded an explanation from Russia on how a Russian military grade nerve agent was used in this instance. One of two options: government sanctioned, or the government lost it to a third, which would be even worse.vladimir wrote:Sorry to bring up this irritating little technical/legal detail, but there is absolutely zero proof Russia did anything.Miguelito wrote:So Russia assassinates a UK citizen on British soil, and the response is "we shouldn't send our football team to play on their soil"?
BBC (yes, that acronym and another have something in common) and Fox News at it again...
The indignity! They assassinated our spy! It was hilarious watching Boris the fuckwit Johnson venting his spleen, a minister can't even afford a decent bloody haircut. Does the retard even know where Russia is?
Let's assume Russia is guilty...they could just buy off the UK govt, I mean Israel did it, Gaddafi did it, Saudi has done it...
Russia was probably paid to do by May it so Britain could have a pretext for not going and failing in round 1 by losing to The Vatican or some such team, LOL
The problem with "demanding an answer by EOD Tuesday" is the next part, "or what?" Kind of like Obama and his red line in Syria, these governments should be careful with absolutes, demands and ultimatums they don't follow through on.
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