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22-03-2018, 10:15 AM
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Should we boycott the World Cup ?

I think we should .
In fact they should have never awarded it to Russia in the first place!
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22-03-2018, 10:18 AM
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Might as well, we won't win it which is pathetic considering we last won in in 1966.
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22-03-2018, 10:19 AM
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Re: Should we boycott the World Cup ?

Originally Posted by Muddy ->
I think we should .
In fact they should have never awarded it to Russia in the first place!
That's what I was going to say. Tbh, I don't think it matters from a football point of view as I'm sure we won't be in it for too long anyway. From a political point of view it would only be worth boycotting if the whole of Europe does the same but I can't see that happening.
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22-03-2018, 10:28 AM
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Re: Should we boycott the World Cup ?

We should make a stand and pull out.
And the home office should put a ban on any British football fans going out there.
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22-03-2018, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Muddy ->
We should make a stand and pull out.
And the home office should put a ban on any British football fans going out there.
I understand how you feel Muddy, but I think that banning people from traveling to Russia makes us as dictatorial as they are with their citizens.
I do worry that British drunken football fans may make this situation even worse though......how can we expect other countries to support us if Russia is able to demonstrate that British people, and their government, have no respect for other countries rules?
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22-03-2018, 10:55 AM
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Yes but not for what they've recently done, their stance on homosexuals should have meant they never got the chance to host it in the first place.
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22-03-2018, 11:11 AM
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Russia will not give two hoots if we withdraw.

We would be out very quickly anyway.

It would be a pointless exercise.

We are no longer a World Player, we are simply a fly to be swatted as far as Russia and China are concerned.

We have spent £Billions on two new Aircraft Carriers.

We cannot afford the planes to fly off them and both of them have absolutely no defence against the new Russian and Chinese Hypersonic Missiles.
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22-03-2018, 11:19 AM
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Re: Should we boycott the World Cup ?

Originally Posted by Twink55 ->
I understand how you feel Muddy, but I think that banning people from traveling to Russia makes us as dictatorial as they are with their citizens.
I do worry that British drunken football fans may make this situation even worse though......how can we expect other countries to support us if Russia is able to demonstrate that British people, and their government, have no respect for other countries rules?
British drunken fans are no match for the seriously dangerous Russian fans .
Russian football Hooligans make ours look like a playgroup outing .
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22-03-2018, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Muddy ->
British drunken fans are no match for the seriously dangerous Russian fans .
Russian football Hooligans make ours look like a playgroup outing .
Spot on.
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Hi

We have an overblown sense of our own importance.

It is not confined to fat football hooligans.
 
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