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It's not really stupid, why does it take him so long to show whats inside the ball and why does he have to hide his hands every single time he opens one?

K3V0

16 years ago

1 year ago

5,966

10 Dec 2013 19:53:06

Yeah it's a bit odd that he's opening all the team balls himself and hiding his hands doing so whilst taking forever.

Carroll.

15 years ago

4 years ago

3,361

10 Dec 2013 23:38:27

Hardly hiding his hands, the camera angle is so shit it doesn't even show that

Slashman X

18 years ago

1 year ago

6,000

11 Dec 2013 00:07:45

Nah, he's clearly putting his hands behind that stand thingy

Ninja

15 years ago

7 years ago

5,341

11 Dec 2013 11:09:49

That is some mightily impressive cleavage.

Slashman X

18 years ago

1 year ago

6,000

08 Jan 2014 12:00:46

Qatar World Cup won't be in the summer

Good move, be interesting to see how it's dealt with now

Crane

15 years ago

1 month ago

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08 Jan 2014 12:45:58

What a disgrace. Qatar bid to have the WC in the summer, won on that basis, and now they can't fulfil that, but will still get to keep the WC.

Slashman X

18 years ago

1 year ago

6,000

08 Jan 2014 12:48:16

This is why I think it's a good move. All the comments about it being a disgrace and a farce are highly amusing to read

Sam

18 years ago

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5,092

08 Jan 2014 12:53:33

FIFA have come out and said the decision still hasn't been made. Not like it matters as it's bound to be winter anyway.

It shouldn't be held in Qatar, but it will be, so it has to be winter in that case.

Jonas

18 years ago

4 years ago

1,380

08 Jan 2014 13:25:33

Qatarstrophy.

Franck

18 years ago

3 days ago

4,255

08 Jan 2014 14:04:58

Said it before, and I'll say it again: Move the bloody thing to the US or Germany already.

Telegram Sam

16 years ago

4 months ago

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08 Jan 2014 16:25:48

Qatar won the World Cup on the promise that they could hold it in the summer, and if they've breached this promise, then it should go to someone else. You know, perhaps somewhere it isn't illegal to be gay and a nation that actually has some footballing pedigree, rather than bucketloads of oil money.

Slashman X

18 years ago

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6,000

08 Jan 2014 17:30:31

a nation that actually has some footballing pedigree

Why should that be criteria? Never was before

Tommo.

13 years ago

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24 Apr 2014 19:46:34

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2040779-strange-world-cup-requests-revealed?search_query=strange%20world%20cup

Number 1

17 years ago

1 year ago

3,650

25 Apr 2014 00:45:20

I thought Kosher was more for people of a Jewish faith and Halal was the way Muslims meat was prepared, though apparently a quick Google says some Kosher meats can eaten by Muslims.

Even so...

Jonas

18 years ago

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1,380

25 Apr 2014 03:48:12

Someone must be misinformed; no muslim would request kosher food over halal unless it would be absolutely impossible to serve the latter, and as the WC's going to be played in Brazil and they are infact quite big on halal meat I don't think the French muslim players won't get to eat halal/they requested kosher instead.

The knockout stages of the tournament will most likely be played during the holy month of Ramadan btw. (The final, semi- and quarter finals for sure)

Slashman X

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25 Apr 2014 12:10:32

By Number 1 | On 25 April 2014 - 01:45 AM

I thought Kosher was more for people of a Jewish faith and Halal was the way Muslims meat was prepared, though apparently a quick Google says some Kosher meats can eaten by Muslims.

Even so...

101gg mistranslated it (surprise, surprise)

Ninja

15 years ago

7 years ago

5,341

25 Apr 2014 12:21:57

Why is asking for religiously appropriate meat in a list of 'strange' requests.

Jonas

18 years ago

4 years ago

1,380

25 Apr 2014 21:55:47

Heh, true that. In fact most of the requests aren't really strange.

Poe

18 years ago

1 week ago

3,675

25 Apr 2014 22:31:29

Religiously appropriate meat is great terminology too.

Number 1

17 years ago

1 year ago

3,650

26 Apr 2014 00:14:36

By Jonas | On 25 April 2014 - 03:48 AM

Someone must be misinformed; no muslim would request kosher food over halal unless it would be absolutely impossible to serve the latter, and as the WC's going to be played in Brazil and they are infact quite big on halal meat I don't think the French muslim players won't get to eat halal/they requested kosher instead.

I didn't know halal was a big thing in Brazil but even if it wasn't, whoever wrote it fucked up by getting their religions confused. I think last time I saw such a misunderstanding was on an old series of The Apprentice when some clueless dullards bought halal chicken thinking it was Kosher in a Moroccan market.

Crane

15 years ago

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26 Apr 2014 07:10:33

I bet Benzema and Ribery have some "strange" requests.

Slashman X

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26 Apr 2014 10:18:30

By Number 1 | On 26 April 2014 - 01:14 AM

I didn't know halal was a big thing in Brazil but even if it wasn't, whoever wrote it fucked up by getting their religions confused. I think last time I saw such a misunderstanding was on an old series of The Apprentice when some clueless dullards bought halal chicken thinking it was Kosher in a Moroccan market.

The actual request (translated) was:

As many players on the squad are muslims, the chefs are going to cook only meats of animals that did not suffer in death.

So yeah, the article reporters got it wrong

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