Group I: France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq

[Drico]

FFS, what a cringe.

Out in the first round beaten by Iraq.

 

[Furey1878]

FFS, what a cringe.

Is that like an official team media thing or AI rubbish?

 

[davek]

Is that like an official team media thing or AI rubbish?

Official media.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Attempting to go to Senegal Norway. Tickets are holding at around $500 so it might not happen.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Every Team’s last meeting

France vs Senegal - 31/05/02 WCA (L 1-0)
France vs Iraq - first meeting
France vs Norway - 27/05/14 Friendly (W 4-0)
Norway vs Senegal - 01/03/06 Friendly (L 2-1)
Norway vs Iraq - first meeting
Senegal vs Iraq - first meeting

 

[Furey1878]

Official media.

The game has never been more gone

 

[davek]

The runic lettering on these Norwegian kits.

A little bit troubling in this day and age.

 

[polish]

The runic lettering on these Norwegian kits.

A little bit troubling in this day and age.

Why?

 

[davek]

Why?

Why?

Because it's associated with nazism and white supremacist groups. So called 'Volkisch' lettering.

I would have thought the Norwegians given their recent history of being attacked by such people would have steered clear of such bunkum.

Apparently not.

Haaland and Norway team under fire for 'Viking' World Cup photoshoot

Erling Haaland and his Norway team-mates have been accused of 'chauvinism' and 'neo-Nazi' imagery for their World Cup photoshoot.

www.dailymail.com

I know it's the Mail, but even so: when you're right, you're right.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Why?

Because it's associated with nazism and white supremacist groups. So called 'Volkisch' lettering.

I would have thought the Norwegians given their recent history of being attacked by such people would have steered clear of such bunkum.

Apparently not.

Haaland and Norway team under fire for 'Viking' World Cup photoshoot

Erling Haaland and his Norway team-mates have been accused of 'chauvinism' and 'neo-Nazi' imagery for their World Cup photoshoot.

www.dailymail.com

I know it's the Mail, but even so: when you're right, you're right.

What are you talking about?

 

[datblygu]

Why?

Because it's associated with nazism and white supremacist groups. So called 'Volkisch' lettering.

I would have thought the Norwegians given their recent history of being attacked by such people would have steered clear of such bunkum.

Apparently not.

Haaland and Norway team under fire for 'Viking' World Cup photoshoot

Erling Haaland and his Norway team-mates have been accused of 'chauvinism' and 'neo-Nazi' imagery for their World Cup photoshoot.

www.dailymail.com

I know it's the Mail, but even so: when you're right, you're right.

The Nazis used Antiqua typeface. If you're looking for an anti-fascist font, look no further than Bauhaus (not used by any national team as far as I cam tell) or the Wim Crouvel inspired fonts used by the Dutch national team.

 

[polish]

Why?

Because it's associated with nazism and white supremacist groups. So called 'Volkisch' lettering.

I would have thought the Norwegians given their recent history of being attacked by such people would have steered clear of such bunkum.

Apparently not.

Haaland and Norway team under fire for 'Viking' World Cup photoshoot

Erling Haaland and his Norway team-mates have been accused of 'chauvinism' and 'neo-Nazi' imagery for their World Cup photoshoot.

www.dailymail.com

I know it's the Mail, but even so: when you're right, you're right.

The fact that some white supremacist groups have appropriated Nordic imagery or certain typefaces doesn't make every use of them racist or Nazi-related.

Context matters and extremists don't get to claim ownership of an entire culture's history and symbolism.

 

[davek]

The Nazis used Antiqua typeface. If you're looking for an anti-fascist font, look no further than Bauhaus (not used by any national team as far as I cam tell) or the Wim Crouvel inspired fonts used by the Dutch national team.

The fact that some white supremacist groups have appropriated Nordic imagery or certain typefaces doesn't make every use of them racist or Nazi-related.

Context matters and extremists don't get to claim ownership of an entire culture's history and symbolism.

They also made use of the 'mysticism' of 'Aryanism' and runic lettering fits into that. It's an extremely controversial subject and the use of it in conjunction with photo-shoots of 'Viking raiding parties' (which the British photographer took and admitted was going to cause controversy...but still did it anyway) and their fans doing 'the Viking row' in the stands is dodgy as anything.

Besides, FIFA last year told the Norwegians that their U-20 team had to bin that runic lettering through it lacking legibility.

So why are they allowing it now?

 

[DualityNSNO]

They also made use of the 'mysticism' of 'Aryanism' and runic lettering fits into that. It's an extremely controversial subject and the use of it in conjunction with photo-shoots of 'Viking raiding parties' (which the British photographer took and admitted was going to cause controversy...but still did it anyway) and their fans doing 'the Viking row' in the stands is dodgy as anything.

Besides, FIFA last year told the Norwegians that their U-2o team had to bin that runic lettering through it being lacking in legibility.

So who are they allowing it now?

Wild BS.

 

[davek]

Wild BS.

How do you mean?