Such a ballache this World Cup.
https://www.qatar2022.qa/en/news/cov...fifa-world-cup
Also an issue with me bringing in legally prescribed medication.
Giving serious consideration to chinning it off.
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Such a ballache this World Cup.
https://www.qatar2022.qa/en/news/cov...fifa-world-cup
Also an issue with me bringing in legally prescribed medication.
Giving serious consideration to chinning it off.
Never mind COVID, this will be a nightmare world cup full stop.
Ball-ache is an understatement.
Not sure why people even want to go to be honest.
I know we're playing there obviously, but they'll make it an absolute nightmare.
This might well be the first ever "no fun" football tournament ever.
I'd love to be there, but I'd rather not go through the BS.
Its just because we've done it after so many efforts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninja
I couldn't go to France in 2016, my Mother died a couple of months before and I was back in Wales for Around 6 weeks...so didn't have any vacation time.
Obviously Covid cocked up the last one.
Now this bollocks.
I wouldn’t go if someone offered to pay for me. A backward country still living in the dark ages is not for me.
Not for me. Going to go away for a week and watch the Wales games in a bar in Italy or somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninja
Yet to meet anyone who is going
Most sensible thing to do I think, go abroad elsewhere and watch it somewhere in a bar, hassle-free!Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
Fair enough for the people going but there is absolutely no way I can justify those costs. Thousands of pounds to go to a sterile city sized shopping centre in a country where I'd be constantly worried about breaking some obscure law and ending up in a Qatari jail. No thank you.
From snippets I've read and heard, a week out in Qatar would be around about a months wages for me.
Germany 2024 will be a fraction of the cost and be a much greater atmosphere and I'll probably go regardless of if we qualify. The RWC in France in 2023 is also tempting me.
I had a great time in 2016 in Coopers Field and in the pubs in town and I'm looking forward to doing the same again.
I didn't realise England was hosting it.Quote:
Originally Posted by William Treseder
I never really gave it any serious consideration really. Even at say £1,500, it's unaffordable. I would enjoy some sun I guess, but the rest of it doesn't appeal much
I’m still disappointed about the Euros and had tickets for the Italy game in Rome. I think Qatar will be very stressful for a lot of people and it’ll be a huge culture shock. I’ve said enough about all the other bollox about the tournament.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
I am sure we agree on the general points about the world cup being there, and it doesn't appeal to me etc, but I'm not sure why it will be stressful as such. A mate of mine is going with daily flights from Dubai. It's gonna be different, and less enjoyable etc but I'm not sure he's envisaging it being stressful as such.Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
It's stressful if you like a beer...Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
Last I read, (not sure if true mind) was that it might hit you for as much as £15 a pint!
Imagine going all that way, paying £15 for numerous pints of watered-down Fosters, and you can't even piss in a bush 😭
If anyone is part of or has family and friends who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, or is female, I’d say it will be pretty stressful.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
I get why people are doing it that way but it’s just madness to me. Spending all that money to spend half your holiday in airports and on planes.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
I’d definitely find the travel stressful too these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
I don't like the look of that covid app it's full-on 1984 tracking your every move, and reading the user comments it looks like it doesn't work too well either, and it could seriously mess up your trip. People are complaining that they can't go to work because of errors with the app, and the user support is poor to non-existent leaving them in limbo. It sounds like a nightmare considering the app is required to enter every facility or building (including shops, etc.). The real kicker is if you do get pinged then you have to quarantine.
Disclaimer: I think that's a fair summary, but do your own investigation as I may have got some of the details wrong!
It has cost a fair whack.
The accommodation is a primitive hut.
I could do without a drink for a few days, the medication is a concern and a letter from my Dr will be provided to show that its necessary.
Now it seems that to be in the lap of the gods with a test for something that I've already had as well as having 3 jabs for with a 4th lined up which was the previous requirement.
I just want to see Wales at a major tournament!
More expensive and more logistically difficult than other tournaments and a less enjoyable experience at the same time. A number of uncertainties, human rights issues and, according to certain sources, washed down with only 0% beer available at the stadium.
Let's hope that Wales make it to Germany, which should be the real deal.
You can drink at the fan parks which charge £75 per day for entry, trouble is when you're making your way home half cut and bump into the wrong copper :yikes:
Do you want to enlighten us on prescribed medication? I know that if I would have been Honest with the USA customs with my legally prescribed meds back in the 90's I would have been on the first plane back to blighty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Yes another hurdle to jump over - they aren't making it easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
That said, seeing as this is potentially a once in a lifetime opportunity for me (my Dad never managed it for example), I'm not going to miss it and can't wait.
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Originally Posted by JamesWales
That is what I'm doing with my boys - it will be different and stupidly expensive, but a lot of the negative comments being made sound very bitter.
It's a no for me, Bale will be injured and I don't think we will get out of the group, will we even win a game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
I don't fancy our chances although apparantly the US are terrible, so maybe that game?
People are saying Iran are OK?
It just seems too much money for a poor experience?
No doubt those who go will have a great time, you and your boys included. Proper once in a lifetime stuff (until we qualify again hopefully :hehe:) but don't think its bitter for people to point out a lot of the shortcomings of Qatar hosting this World Cup. Mind you, people said Russia was going to be terrible and it had generally speaking glowing reports so hopefully for all going Qatar will end up the same way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
Yeah, we aren't as strong as 2016 (Ramsay and Bale haven't aged well...) but being there for the games will be fantastic. Who WOULDN'T want to be at Wales' first WC games in 64 years? :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
It just depends how much you want to go I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
I'm always surprised when I meet fellow Wales fans who talk about the Euros in 2016 and I of course I ask if they went - more often than not the answer is no. Well a major tournament doesn't get much closer than France so how badly DO you want to see Wales play?
It is a simple choice, and not going doesn't make you any less of a fan of course, but dredging up every single reason NOT to go is rather sad - just be happy for those who ARE going. We may not play in a WC for another 64 years......:shrug:
Yes quite :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Der Kaiser
See my post below about people being bitter - maybe that isn't the correct word. :thumbup:
Free bar i take it!Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
Of the Wales fans I know going, i don't know any actually staying in Qatar and with Journalist complaining a year ago that there was no accommodation, its probably only FIFA delegates in Qatar and the squads. Everybody else is in another country.
Fair enough good point, it could well be a once in a lifetime, I hope you all have a great time :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
(i) It is prohibited to carry medicines which contain narcotics or psychotropic substances while arriving in the State of Qatar. These include medicines like – Lyrica, Tramadol, Alprazolam (Xanax), Diazepam (Valium), Zolam, Clonazepam, Zolpidem, Codeine, Methadone, Pregabalin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whisperer
They certainly aren't!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
I'm flying to Heathrow on 17th couple of days in Wales and then out to Doha from Heathrow.
May look to get to Wales a bit earlier and just isolate.
Coming across a bit "holier than thou" with your posts mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
I'd love to be there, it's quite literally a once in a lifetime experience for pretty much everyone I know. But when costs come into it I don't see the value in going compared to watching it here or maybe out in Europe. Qatar and Dubai have zero interest to me as holiday destinations and the faff of getting to games by flying into Qatar each time isn't something I'd want to be doing on my holiday.
A few years back I spent a shit load travelling round Europe staying in grotty hostels, sleeping in train stations and getting hammered in dodgy bars. For the same price I could've flown over and stayed in a swanky hotel in New York for a week. I know loads would prefer that to what I did but for me it was worth the money. Just like for you going to the World Cup is worth it whereas for others it isn't.
I'm sure it'll be a brilliant experience for you and all who make the long journey, hopefully we put in a respectable performance on the big stage.
It sounds like a scene out of Withnail and I :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
:hehe: It's a classic to be fairQuote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Yeah I hear you DC, it was methadone for me at the time, if I would have declared I wouldn’t have got in USA so I filled a shampoo bottle up instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Seriously though I suppose you have to respect and adhere to the country’s rules or take a risk and be willing to pay the price if it goes tits up.
I guess so...it's just highlights yet again the idiocy/corruption of FIFA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whisperer
Here is some more information from someone who lives in Dubai and she works for Emirates, they have to get PCR tests and there are many test centres that do 4,6,8 and 12 hr tests ranging from £25. It is a nightmare, we don't know how many based in Dubai, estimates range from 300+, but it is other countries on top that will increase the numbers, we know 1,300 definitely based in Doha.
Same here mate. You have to ask yourself, is it really with the hassle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Spedger
So if your staying in Dubai and travelling in for matches youd need a test everytime you re-enter Qatar.?