[WC] World Cup 2014 - General Talk Thread (15 Viewers)
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good job on packing so much ignorance and arabism in one post, nasser would be proud 
I wholeheartedly believe that a world cup in Qatar will be serviced a 100 times better than anywhere in latin america and especially brazil and in even in most european countries. Qatar is rich, politically stable and has every interest in using the 2022 world cup to expand its tourism industry. Even if corruption was proven, the WC should be played in Qatar. All the money invested towards preparing for that worldcup should not go to waste. You cant just change your mind after billions were invested especially that there are no security risks involved.
Regarding racism, the self-victimization and the brandishing of the racism card at every turn imo are just as bad as actual racism. The awarding of the WC to a country with no football pedigree, furnace weather, and notorious reputation for slave labor(heck they hold people's passports) is a sham and with the only reasonable inference being corruption. Seeing otherwise imo points to extreme bias towards qatar.
Now to address your claims about the qatar WC. as for servicing the WC, apart from AFC 2011 we have no indication what qatar can and cant do on that scale and most stadiums are not built yet. As for the advantages of the country itself, it is rich because it's as big as compton with about 200k citizens, it's stable because it is an absolute monarchy that doesnt allow any dissent. And we as fans could care less about what the world cup would mean to the egos of a bunch of billionaires. The bold part is beyond ridiculous.
Now to address your claims about the qatar WC. as for servicing the WC, apart from AFC 2011 we have no indication what qatar can and cant do on that scale and most stadiums are not built yet. As for the advantages of the country itself, it is rich because it's as big as compton with about 200k citizens, it's stable because it is an absolute monarchy that doesnt allow any dissent. And we as fans could care less about what the world cup would mean to the egos of a bunch of billionaires. The bold part is beyond ridiculous.
Im more pissed off over the fact that ALL countries bidding for this event were obviously aware of the fact that they were bidding for a June/July World Cup, which would obviously render a tournament in fucking furnace like Qatar impossible...but of course, Qatar win the bid, and now they talk of moving the tournament to January. Massively unfair and annoying to the other countries who participated in the bidding process.
seriously. If whatever is good formation in fantasy is 3-4-3 with all defenders being wingbacks, all mid's - attacking and three WC strikers. Its not the case in my team, but I feel reasonable. Lukaku on the bench as he had ankle problems
How the fuck has it come to be that people here are comparing Iniesta and Baggio when they play in two different positions, why don't we compare Buffon to Pele while we're at it?
To me Iniesta was always the better player between him and Xavi, no question about it. Take Iniesta away from Xavi and how effective is he?
It also seems to be hip on Tuz at the moment for people to take shots at Baggio, anyone who is old enough will know that he is without doubt the single greatest Italian player of the last 35 years. If Buffon says he's the best, who is anyone to argue with him?
People saying ''biggest choker ever'', what bollocks, he missed a penalty which wouldn't have mattered much in the end because Brazil would have scored in all likelihood and won the trophy anyway. People always overlook that he scored in the QF against France in '98 and the SF against Argentina.
To me Iniesta was always the better player between him and Xavi, no question about it. Take Iniesta away from Xavi and how effective is he?
It also seems to be hip on Tuz at the moment for people to take shots at Baggio, anyone who is old enough will know that he is without doubt the single greatest Italian player of the last 35 years. If Buffon says he's the best, who is anyone to argue with him?
People saying ''biggest choker ever'', what bollocks, he missed a penalty which wouldn't have mattered much in the end because Brazil would have scored in all likelihood and won the trophy anyway. People always overlook that he scored in the QF against France in '98 and the SF against Argentina.