[Football] Real or fake? England fans in Qatar.

[Me and my Monkey]

well?

oh, and where are the women?

f***ing sham.

 

[Zeberdi]

The Qatar welcoming committee? What a bunch of twankers.

 

[Springal]

Most of them aren’t even Qatari so the connotation of this thread feels a bit racist to me

 

[Insel affe]

Utter fake bullshite, a taste of things to come....

Probably all paid to be there, and if you had time to trawl through other nations arriving in Hell, then I would not be surprised for similar receptions with possibly the same actors....

Utter Utter bullshite.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Most of them aren’t even Qatari so the connotation of this thread feels a bit racist to me

What?

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Just a funny little titbit, they're all wearing a fake England shirt created from a mockup done by Footy Headlines which they did after seeing an image of a leaked football....

 

[Eric the meek]

100% fake, albeit possibly with the odd stray real England fan.

That was so, so bizarre.

Will we see the same fans welcoming all the other national teams to their hotels?

 

[Springal]

What?

Every World Cup I’ve been to has had a lot of local support for England. Ukraine, South Africa etc. A lot of Indians etc are travelling to Qatar and not surprising that they will be ‘supporting’ England

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Every World Cup I’ve been to has had a lot of local support for England. Ukraine, South Africa etc. A lot of Indians etc are travelling to Qatar and not surprising that they will be ‘supporting’ England

No, still don’t get it. Which is the racist bit?

 

[Mackenzie]

Definitely fake, they’ve got far too much hair.

 

[Originunknown]

How embarrassing, this tournament is a farce

 

[Insel affe]

Most of them aren’t even Qatari so the connotation of this thread feels a bit racist to me

How do you know they are not ?
The "real or fake" to me relates to the fact none of them really knew any songs, it seems so staged...

Don't look for or be offended just because....

We all know this world cup was bought and paid for....
We all know certain high profile people, The England band are being paid to promote the world cup and Qatar as a welcoming place for all....

Unless of course your "damaged in the head" that is......

I see no problem with the thread title at all.

But you focus on non existent racism if it makes you feel king of the hill....

 

[jcdenton08]

Laughably fake. How embarrassing.

 

[Springal]

How do you know they are not ?
The "real or fake" to me relates to the fact none of them really knew any songs, it seems so staged...

Don't look for or be offended just because....

We all know this world cup was bought and paid for....
We all know certain high profile people, The England band are being paid to promote the world cup and Qatar as a welcoming place for all....

Unless of course your damaged in the head that is......

But you focus on existent racism if it makes you feel king of the hill....

They’re obviously not English or Qatari are they. I’m not really sure what the problem is, every World Cup has always had fans of other countries ‘supporting’ England. I have photos of South Africans in Jo’Burg wearing (fake) England shirts in fan parks

 

[hart's shirt]

When you love football but your country of origin never qualifies for World Cups, you'll be happy to support another country that does.

Yes, they may have been financially incentivized to be there, but where's the harm there? I wouldn't begrudge them that.

Let's not pass judgments about what football supporters are like or may look like based on our own cultural experiences.

A Dubai friend of mine who's Armenian/Lebanese loves German football both at club and country level. He's more obsessed than I am.

Add on the global appeal of the Premier League and it's easy to see the attraction.

You don't need to be born in Brighton to support the Albion.

 

[knocky1]

The choreographer and musical director deserve to have their heads cut off for such rubbish.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

When you love football but your country of origin never qualifies for World Cups, you'll be happy to support another country that does.

Yes, they may have been financially incentivized to be there, but where's the harm in that? I wouldn't begrudge them that.

Let's not pass judgments about what football supporters are like or may look like based on our own cultural experiences.

A Dubai friend of mine who's Armenian/Lebanese loves German football both at club and country level. He's more obsessed than I am.

Add on the global appeal of the Premier League and it's easy to see the attraction.

You don't need to be born in Brighton to support the Albion.

Speak for yourself

 

[beorhthelm]

comments below the video suggest Indians from Kerala (SW India) adopting England as their team.

 

[Originunknown]

Most of them aren’t even Qatari so the connotation of this thread feels a bit racist to me

Curious objection to this thread. Surely this farcical organised support, taking advantage of cash poor Bangladeshis? Pakistanis? Indians? is racist, levelled solely at Qatar.
Much like the cheap labour they exploited throughout the stadium builds.

 

[Normal Rob]

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