connormckay Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Hi all, After recently making it to the Euros, there's quite rightly a lot of excitement due to Scotland making it to their first tournament since 1998. The tartan army is notorious for their following, but all the euro games are scheduled to go ahead in the UK for Scotland. With the euros coming up soon, I'm interested to know the everyone's thoughts on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Would people travel to Qatar to follow Scotland if we make it through another qualification process? Seems like so many positives and negatives to hosting the tournament there, and with it being Scotland's first World Cup in over 20 years. Is there too much putting you off? The climate, culture, winter world cup? There is currently research being conducted at the University of Stirling on the Qatar 2022 World Cup, with views from UK football fans on their perceptions of Qatar and the World Cup. https://stirling.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/qatar-fifa-2022-world-cup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erih Shtrep Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) Done. I'd go to Chernobyl if Scotland qualified for the WC Edited February 8, 2021 by Erih Shtrep 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Erih Shtrep said: Done. I'd go to Chernobyl if Scotland qualified for the WC Just make sure you dont wear Ukranian underpants or chernobyl fall out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Done. I'll watch on TV but I wouldn't go to matches in Qatar even if it was free. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheJTS98 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Erih Shtrep said: Done. I'd go to Chernobyl if Scotland qualified for the WC That'd be silly. There'd be no games there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Went to Russia in 2018, it was superb so guess I will go to Qatar even if we don't qualify. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 'Qatar cares about human rights of its citizens' - was this intended to mean labour force? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connormckay Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 30 minutes ago, harry94 said: 'Qatar cares about human rights of its citizens' - was this intended to mean labour force? Their citizens as a whole, labour force, religion, gender.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotts56 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I'll be there. Most countries do something that I don't agree with. If I let that dictate whether I travelled there or not, I would never leave the house. A bit like the last year, in saying that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 On 08/02/2021 at 17:48, connormckay said: Their citizens as a whole, labour force, religion, gender.. It's not how they treat their citizens that's the really big problem though, it's how they treat their migrant labour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Shotts56 said: I'll be there. Most countries do something that I don't agree with. If I let that dictate whether I travelled there or not, I would never leave the house. A bit like the last year, in saying that Saudi Arabia treat women like possessions and kill people for being gay, but Denmark is sometimes not very nice to refugees so it's all the same? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Wouldn't go to Qatar, next WC is in America though and I'd go there cause they know how to treat people right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 9 hours ago, The Golden God said: Wouldn't go to Qatar, next WC is in America though and I'd go there cause they know how to treat white people right. FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connormckay Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 What are we all saying to the video circulating social media right now of the female official not being acknowledged by the Sheik at the Qatar Club World Cup? also interesting point, the female referees are wearing shorts showing body parts usually banned in Qatar. Is this a step in the right direction for people or are Qatar not doing enough? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 14 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: FTFY If you'd fixed it properly it would have been "white, straight, middle/upper class, male people" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 16/02/2021 at 18:06, connormckay said: What are we all saying to the video circulating social media right now of the female official not being acknowledged by the Sheik at the Qatar Club World Cup? also interesting point, the female referees are wearing shorts showing body parts usually banned in Qatar. Is this a step in the right direction for people or are Qatar not doing enough? Qatar don't even have a women's football team. They briefly put one together for their World Cup bid, then abandoned it once they'd won. There's a lot of countries that aren't perfect, but Qatar are definitely at a level that should see them excluded from hosting the world's great sporting and cultural events. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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