Poland cancels WC qualifier with Russia

[Cherie]

The Poland national football team are prepared to sacrifice their place in this year’s World Cup after declaring they are unwilling to play against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
Poland were originally scheduled to travel to Moscow on March 24 for their World Cup qualification play-off match against Russia, with the winner then hosting either Sweden or Czech Republic for a place in next winter’s tournament in Qatar.
Those three teams released a joint statement to FIFA saying Russia should not be allowed to host a World Cup qualifier, but now Poland have gone a step further.
On Saturday morning, Polish FA president Cezary Kulesza tweeted: ‘No more words, time to act

[Denver]

Russia should be made to forfeit it but we all know how corrupt Fifa are

[Niamh.]

Good for them [emoji122]

[Crimson Dynamo]

have FIFA done anything yet?

[Cherie]

have FIFA done anything yet?

shamefully no

[rusticgal]

As has been said...Russia should be Disqualified but FIFA bosses are corrupt.

[Alf]

Why are working class sports like football being attacked for all this again?

Go after the Russian ballet instead.

[The Slim Reaper]

Last summer - keep sports out of politics.

Now - sports should stop Russia.

Can't have it both ways, comrades.

[Alf]

Pour all the Vodka down the drain.

Anyone who drinks a vodka based drink is Putin's BFF

[Crimson Dynamo]

Pour all the Vodka down the drain.

Anyone who drinks a vodka based drink is Putin's BFF

waitr i just bought smallest boy LT Smirnoff ice

:worry:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Last summer - keep sports out of politics.

Now - sports should stop Russia.

Can't have it both ways, comrades.

Sending a missile into a block of flats is politics?


:facepalm:

[The Slim Reaper]

Sending a missile into a block of flats is politics?


:facepalm:

I don't get the facepalm emoji - you seem to think you've made some outstanding point here, but yes, business between nations concerning governance and power, is the absolute definition of politics.

Some footballers kneeling is politics


:facepalm:

[MTVN]

I don't get the facepalm emoji - you seem to think you've made some outstanding point here, but yes, business between nations concerning governance and power, is the absolute definition of politics.

Some footballers kneeling is politics


:facepalm:

That's a hell of a way to describe one country waging war on another

[MTVN]

RIP to the dozens of innocents who have been killed as a result of w̶a̶r̶ business between nations concerning governance

[The Slim Reaper]

That's a hell of a way to describe one country waging war on another

Whats your point?

Do you agree with my statement regarding the definition of politics?

[The Slim Reaper]

RIP to the dozens of innocents who have been killed as a result of w̶a̶r̶ business between nations concerning governance

Shameful.

From the man that brought you "talking about Palestinians being massacred is a comfort zone". Appalling stuff.

[MTVN]

Whats your point?

Do you agree with my statement regarding the definition of politics?

War is the failure of politics

[MTVN]

Unless you're Clausewitz

[Crimson Dynamo]

quite

[MTVN]

Shameful.

From the man that brought you "talking about Palestinians being massacred is a comfort zone". Appalling stuff.

Lol love a misquote accompanied by adding a 6 year old quote to your sig as a gotcha

Hope you're doing ok mate

[glib]

Oh will you all stop bloody fighting it’s a Saturday evening you miserable *******s

[MTVN]

Oh will you all stop bloody fighting it’s a Saturday evening you miserable *******s

Good point glib, I endorse this message

[The Slim Reaper]

Lol love a misquote accompanied by adding a 6 year old quote to your sig as a gotcha

Hope you're doing ok mate

I could tell by your post that you love a misquote. You got your knickers in a twist last night, so felt the need to carry it over today. If you were genuinely hopeful or concerned that I'm doing ok, you would have dropped me a private pm as I did to you when I genuinely thought you weren't, rather than writing it in 2 separate threads because you took offence, so yeah...

I'm guessing neither of us have anything to add to offer any substance, so I suggest it's left there as only one of us is eligible for infractions.

[MTVN]

Well you didn't exactly return in a harmonious fashion suggesting I'm a Tory party mouthpiece, going on about me having a Putin avatar then bringing me up in a conversation I wasn't involved in to say I'm a GB News viewer. I admitted yesterday I'd had a lot of bad takes in the past regarding Putin but you've still gone out of your way today to find a quote proving that so fair play, can't fault your work ethic

You just enjoy being back here, don't worry you won't be infracted

[The Slim Reaper]

Well you didn't exactly return in a harmonious fashion suggesting I'm a Tory party mouthpiece, going on about me having a Putin avatar then bringing me up in a conversation I wasn't involved in to say I'm a GB News viewer. I admitted yesterday I'd had a lot of bad takes in the past regarding Putin but you've still gone out of your way today to find a quote proving that so fair play, can't fault your work ethic

You just enjoy being back here, don't worry you won't be infracted

Ok, so let's sort this out.

One of the things i'd always liked about the few conversations we have is that you will challenge me directly and forcefully if you disagree with something I've posted, and I always thought that was a 2 way street. Maybe that assumption was false on my part.

I even wrote a post last night that said it wasn't my intention to make you feel the way you did and considered that the end of it. When anyone writes hope you're ok or are you ok? We both know what the implication is, and it's not the faux niceness you pretended to show. As I said, I pm'd you when I had genuine concerns, and you're running around splashing this BS around because you were challenged.

I'll also add that in the past, I've Pm'd you to have direct discussions about thread topics in pm to avoid them getting lost in the noise of threads. How many folks do you think I've ever done that with? Which shows I did have some respect for you. But here you are, a mod, not able to afford me the same courtesy. I know which method of dealing with issues I prefer, and it's not the weird direction you decided to take.

The bastardisation of my post was way off base - and following on from telling Kizzy to stop drinking, maybe it's others that should be asking you if you're ok?

The sig thing was admittedly silly, and it was done after your earlier post in this thread, but if you think it took a lot of searching, I don't know what to say.

Mentioning another FM/mod in a post about folks that may/may not watch a certain news channel is not a rule break or offensive in anyway. I even wrote it with a qualifier that I hadn't checked. Is that really what you're upset about? It's way sillier than my putin sig, but I'll remove it because feelings.

You decided to take offense at something that didn't require it, and rather than talk to me one to one (as I've done with you, so it's not as though it would be out of place), you've carried this on.

[MTVN]

Ok, so let's sort this out.

One of the things i'd always liked about the few conversations we have is that you will challenge me directly and forcefully if you disagree with something I've posted, and I always thought that was a 2 way street. Maybe that assumption was false on my part.

I even wrote a post last night that said it wasn't my intention to make you feel the way you did and considered that the end of it. When anyone writes hope you're ok or are you ok? We both know what the implication is, and it's not the faux niceness you pretended to show. As I said, I pm'd you when I had genuine concerns, and you're running around splashing this BS around because you were challenged.

I'll also add that in the past, I've Pm'd you to have direct discussions about thread topics in pm to avoid them getting lost in the noise of threads. How many folks do you think I've ever done that with? Which shows I did have some respect for you. But here you are, a mod, not able to afford me the same courtesy. I know which method of dealing with issues I prefer, and it's not the weird direction you decided to take.

The bastardisation of my post was way off base - and following on from telling Kizzy to stop drinking, maybe it's others that should be asking you if you're ok?

The sig thing was admittedly silly, and it was done after your earlier post in this thread, but if you think it took a lot of searching, I don't know what to say.

Mentioning another FM/mod in a post about folks that may/may not watch a certain news channel is not a rule break or offensive in anyway. I even wrote it with a qualifier that I hadn't checked. Is that really what you're upset about? It's way sillier than my putin sig, but I'll remove it because feelings.

You decided to take offense at something that didn't require it, and rather than talk to me one to one (as I've done with you, so it's not as though it would be out of place), you've carried this on.

Hang on I never said that to kizzy. If you think I did you've misunderstood, not that I think it's fair on other members to be brought up anyway

[The Slim Reaper]

Hang on I never said that to kizzy. If you think I did you've misunderstood, not that I think it's fair on other members to be brought up anyway

It's exactly what you said. If there is some missing context, or an apology that got caught up in an argument and accidentally deleted, then that's fair. It's never been a thing on here that you can't even bring fm's up to describe something. Nothing about the other poster was discussed/highlighted/criticised/praised. It wasn't even the main jist of my post, but it's the only thing you focus on, when you have the power to delete.

It's been a sh1tty couple of years in general, and we've had posters on here sectioned in the past. None of us really have any idea what anyone else is actually dealing with/has dealt with, and let's say for a second I was having suicidal thoughts, how do you think I would have read your posts? No fm would be allowed to get away with consistently posting that, and rightfully so.

If you want to clarify anything about your posts directed at the other poster, then I'll listen, otherwise I'm about done.

[MTVN]

If you're talking about this post:

I would recommend you stop drinking for a few days

It was directed at the OP because his last 2 posts in that thread seemed to be alcohol induced and it was making him feel worse about his situation. It wasn't directed at kizzy at all

I'll reflect on the rest of what you've said but your portrayal of my attitude and conduct on here is not really one that I recognise, I feel slightly baffled by this whole interaction

[Nicky91]

good for Russia this, with Poland chickening out with their russophobia


easier route for Russia towards the world cup



could've just played in neutral ground, but if polish FA wants to be russophobic bigots ok :facepalm: