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Match Day Thread England v San Marino

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  1. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Good on the Norway team


    Norway players wore T-shirts bearing the message 'Human rights on and off the pitch' before their 2022 World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar to show support for Qatar migrant workers.

    Captain Martin Odegaard had said before the game that the players were planning to do something to show their feelings.

    The players also wore T-shirts saying 'Respect on and off the pitch' as they warmed up in Marbella.

    The World Cup is scheduled to get under way in Qatar on 21 November next year.

    Norway went on to win their Group G opener 3-0.

    Football's world governing body, Fifa, said Norway will not face "disciplinary proceedings" for the protest.

    "Fifa believes in the freedom of speech, and in the power of football as a force for good," a statement said.

    It was the latest and most high-profile show of dissatisfaction in Norway towards Qatar hosting the World Cup.

    Earlier in March, top-flight side Tromso called for the Norwegian FA to consider boycotting the World Cup if they qualified. A number of other Eliteserien clubs then made similar requests.

    The clubs were prompted to act by a report in the Guardian last month which said 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since the World Cup was awarded in 2010.

    In response to that report, the Qatar organising committee said: "We deeply regret all of these tragedies and investigated each incident to ensure lessons were learned. We have always maintained transparency around this issue and dispute inaccurate claims around the number of workers who have died on our projects."

    The Qatari government said the "mortality rate among these communities is within the expected range for the size and demographics of the population".

    The country controversially beat rival bids from the United States, Australia, South Korea and Japan to host the tournament, with hundreds of thousands of construction workers arriving from overseas.

    Qatar has been building seven new stadiums to stage the tournament, which has been moved to winter to avoid the country's extreme summer heat.

    Earlier this week, Amnesty International called on Fifa to press Qatar to honour promised labour reforms before the tournament.

    In a four-page letter to Fifa president Gianni Infantino, the human rights organisation said "urgent and concrete action" was needed.

    In response, the Qatar government said it "is committed to working closely with its international partners, including Amnesty International, to protect all workers and ensure the new laws are effectively implemented and enforced".

    The Football Association said in a statement that it recognises there was "evidence of some progress" in improvements of conditions for migrants, but said there was still more work to be done.

    "We are working closely with all to ensure that, if we qualify, we approach our participation in the upcoming World Cup in a socially responsible manner," it added.

    Netherlands head coach Frank de Boer said taking part in Qatar if they qualify for the World Cup "can better promote the cause", but added that talks about boycotting the event are justified.

    "A lot of attention is now focused on whether we should go there if we qualify," he said before their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign started with a surprise 4-2 defeat by Turkey on Wednesday.

    "It is right to ask that question. Everyone knows that what is happening there is not good."
     
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  2. LeftSaidFred

    LeftSaidFred Well-Known Member

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    So Watkins gets in the squad, gets on and scores, yet Bowen doesn't make the squad. Ok different positions but curious as to how close, or not, Bowen might have been to making it. Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere since the squad was announced. Maybe Linguard's springtime revival has put Bowen firmly in the shade, I dunno.
     
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  3. balkan tiger

    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

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    6500 builder workers killed in 10 years, by the time they get round to the reforms the work will be finished.
     
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  4. oldman

    oldman Well-Known Member

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    Just out of interest I got this from the HSA data:
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    They have 20 times as many fatalities as we have in GB.

    Worst thing about our figures, although there's a cumulative risk factor involved, is that around 1/3rd are over 60.
     
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  5. balkan tiger

    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

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    Not Qatar but when i was out in the middle east over 30 years ago they were talking about improving migrant workers conditions.
     
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  6. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    20 times as many in a far smaller number of workers.
     
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    oldman Well-Known Member

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    Yep, scandalous yet FIFA seem happy enough.
     
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  8. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    Comes under the heading "Well they would, wouldn't they?" to no one's surprise.
     
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