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Football World Cup - great or groan?

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Smileless2012 Mon 26-May-14 20:55:04

Well I'm afraid it's a great big groan from me. I'm not really a football fan but it's not the matches that get on my nerves it's the long and boring monologue before the game even begins, then the one we're subjected too during the half time interval, and don't even get me started on the long and boring dissection once the match is over.

From a less selfish perspective I have to say that I find the obscene amount of money spent on hosting these games, not to mention the amount the players are paid as distasteful to say the least especially when there's so much poverty. I'm sorry to say that I doubt the poor Brazilians will get any real benefit, when do the poor in any of the hosting countries ever benefit from all of the money generated by the World Cup?

papaoscar Mon 26-May-14 20:35:42

I've always enjoyed the razzmatazz of these footballing extravaganzas, but what with all the poverty in Brazil and the obscene wealth on display I'm not so sure now. I hope England do well though I'm not optimistic, but I do hope that the poor happy people of Brazil get some benefit out of it. What do you think?