# Omnibus World Football Thread 2020-2022 (edited) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264 "2020-08-16T15:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 41
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/802 "2022-11-13T14:32:27Z")
Any recommendations on a free service to run a World Cup pickem group? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/803 "2022-11-18T23:05:28Z")
Whoa - no booze at the WC. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/804 "2022-11-18T23:09:43Z")
It’s gonna be a bizarre WC. No beer adds to the bizzaro world of this tournament. ETA: just read an article in a German news outlet, I think it was [spiegel.de](http://spiegel.de), that stated that Qatar stabbed FIFA in the back with this decision, after FIFA having made all kinds of concessions before to them. Qatar seems to have FIFA and the whole football world by the balls, especially the ones who hate FIFA anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/805 "2022-11-18T23:52:45Z")
It’s too late to do anything about it now, at least for this cup. If it’s a breach of contract I suppose FIFA can fine them and/or ban them from competition for X years. I’m skeptical that would happen, especially since they might be able to bribe themselves out of that one too. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/806 "2022-11-19T01:02:16Z")
“Qatar is a mistake.” - Sepp Blatter, everybody’s favourite former FIFA foulard. Cursing Discourse for the dot instead of dash. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/807 "2022-11-19T01:04:51Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Sepp Blatter, everybody’s favourite former FIFA foulard. Yeah, he should keep his yap shut, of all people. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/808 "2022-11-19T01:36:12Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Sepp Blatter, everybody’s favourite former FIFA foulard. Sepp Blatter is a…kerchief!? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/809 "2022-11-19T01:49:56Z")
Well, TIL - I ignorantly assumed a foulard was a foul person. I’ll just opt, then, with brazenly autocratic, snivelling, petty criminal, instead. ETA: not that he was a ‘petty criminal’, but rather a criminal who was exceedingly petty (and greedy). ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/810 "2022-12-12T16:49:26Z")
This is really a fun tool for comparing goal scorers across various dimensions. > ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/811 "2022-12-30T21:38:56Z")
Tomorrows headlines “Leicester’s Defense a Faes.” ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/812 "2022-12-30T21:44:58Z")
Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/813 "2022-12-30T21:49:11Z")
CR7 has signed with Al Nassr. Part of KSA wanting the 2030 WC I’m guessing. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/814 "2022-12-31T18:07:39Z")
Pretty unlikely to head back to the Arabian peninsula so fast, I think. Makes the money make more sense though. I can’t imagine they’re actually going to get that much more publicity. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/815 "2023-01-06T11:01:10Z")
Can I still post here in 2023 or would it be better to start a new thread? I came to post this: Gianluca Vialli has died today aged 58. > **[Gianluca Vialli, former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea striker, dies aged 58](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/06/gianluca-vialli-former-italy-juventus-and-chelsea-striker-dies-aged-58)** > > The former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli, who had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, has died at the age of 58 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/816 "2023-01-06T20:45:19Z")
I’d be fine with just taking the years out of the title and keeping it rolling in this thread…. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/817 "2023-01-15T23:24:51Z")
So we’re continuing with this thread, then? Marseilles are stonerzzz!!! Rad. Just now watching them play FC Lorient, and there was a shot of Marseilles players / VIPs / wives up in the (heh, darkened) stands. Saw a flame - buddy was lighting something, then passed it over. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/818 "2023-02-05T10:43:28Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > What a goal. > > [https://twitter.com/dylanwalsh\_/status/1588966095058137089](https://twitter.com/dylanwalsh_/status/1588966095058137089) > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Yesterday I saw a commercial with Lukas Podolski on German TV and asked myself “It’s been a long time since I’ve heard of Poldi. Is he still playing in the Polish league?” There’s my answer. Wonderful goal, and he scored a lot of great goals in his long career. > > ETA: there’s a long running game (for over 50 years) on the major German football program “Sportschau” called “Tor des Monats”, “Goal of the month”, where the spectators vote for one of the five greatest goals of the month. Podolski already is the record winner with 12 goals of the month, and the November goal should be a slam dunk for him. Like I expected, Podolski’s goal won the Goal of the Month for November, and also the Goal of the Year for 2022 out of the twelve best goals of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/819 "2023-02-06T15:26:02Z")
In shocking news, Manchester City is accused by the Premier League of financial misdeeds dating back to 2009: > **[Premier League charges Manchester City over alleged financial rule breaches](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/06/manchester-city-charged-by-premier-league-over-alleged-financial-rule-breaches)** > > Manchester City have been referred to an independent commission by the Premier League over alleged breaches of its financial rules Anybody taking bets on whether significant sanctions are handed down (by which I mean anything more than a fine or transfer ban)? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/820 "2023-02-06T15:50:20Z")
Interesting that City is being charged by the Premier League, not FIFA or UEFA. Because if it had been UEFA they would have had to charge PSG too to be coherent (yeah, I know…). As it stands now they only have to charge Chelsea. I guess the Premier League will have to get points taken off City, the more the better, otherwise it will look like just a slap in the wrist again. But no, I would not take bets on the severity of the sanctions applied. Because precedents. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/821 "2023-02-06T16:05:29Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Interesting that City is being charged by the Premier League, not FIFA or UEFA. Since when have FIFA and UEFA cared about corruption and creative bookkeeping? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=42)