World Cup controversy thread,Sepp seen leaving hotel with giant SWAG bags (101 Viewers)

[sallyinzaghi]

So how many Brazilians will Qatar have in there WC squad for 2022

who was in charge for oz's bid? I saw an interview on SBS with him, said he'd retire or something if Aus didn't get it, also spoke of a corruption prob.

 

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[swag]

The ball had a lot to say, but the weather weren't good either. It was the worst football I've ever seen in a WC or EC.

That's bound to happen when geographically half of the world thinks that July is in the summer and the other half thinks its winter. So it's either that or having a northern or southern hemisphere only events or playing it in January now and then -- which is a mess for global club schedules too.

That said, being there for it, the winter in Cape Town was nicer than summer in my home of San Francisco at the time.

And yeah, the actual football play was some of the worst and most boring I've seen. But I'd blame the teams and coaching for that, not the venue.

 

[Enron]

It's all about Brazil in 2014.

World Cup in Qatar. If I went, the only thing I'd be able to do is go to games, I doubt I could even afford to stay there.

Russia seems pretty cool.

 

[K.O.]

I thought Qatar was the best? Come on, admit it, you are just pleased an Arab country won one.

But England was running for the 2018. I wanted to be England 2018 and Qatar 2022.

 

[Enron]

Oh and South Africa will have some company in 2022.

 

[Ahmed]

As someone who isn't a big fan of English football, I can say that this development is rather pathetic. It appears that they never even considered England to host it.

Too much posing and not enough for England, yo.

just a shot in the dark, but perhaps they sold the 'passion' shit too much I guess.

And one was from an Englishman. This is very strange, doesn't even remotely follow predicted betting which had between 5 and 7 'certainties' for England.

indeed, effectively just one vote!

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Ronald de Boer was on Qatar's committee?

Don't they have anybody Qatari to do this stuff?

reason 379 why qatar shouldnt have won: you cant name one famous qatari

 

[JuveJay]

But England was running for the 2018. I wanted to be England 2018 and Qatar 2022.

To be honest, as I said before, I would have supported a stronger Arab bid for 2022 as I wasn't particularly sold on the US idea given they hosted as recently as 1994, but I think it is a very small country hosting which can only be successful if they use the opportunity to combine the whole middle east.

 

[Enron]

does qatar even play football or they only host games a la argie-brazil one??

Yes. Though they are very bad.

 

[Ahmed]

It's all about Brazil in 2014.

World Cup in Qatar. If I went, the only thing I'd be able to do is go to games, I doubt I could even afford to stay there.

Russia seems pretty cool.

one USD gives I think 4 Qatari dinars.

you will be fine.

 

[Hængebøffer]

http://www.aneki.com/expensive.html

http://www.pandaravadai.com/docs/Misc/MostOfTheMost.PDF

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http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tsier010

 

[Enron]

one USD gives I think 4 Qatari dinars.

you will be fine.

What about beer and titties? What are the rules concerning those?

I think you're my official travel agent.

 

[Gamaro]

I thought Qatar was the best? Come on, admit it, you are just pleased an Arab country won one.

Sure i'm pleased,but as long as Qatar was not competing with England i was supporting England for 2018.Who can deny the fact that a world cup in England would be amazing?

 

[Byrone]

Oh and South Africa will have some company in 2022.

Sad but true.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

What about beer and titties? What are the rules concerning those?

I think you're my official travel agent.

no hes just the official qatar bid promoter, qatar offers zilch as a tourist attraction unless you re into falconry

 

[Ahmed]

1703: So two people who voted for Netherlands/Belgium in round one, switched allegiances to Russia in round two even though Neth/Bel were still involved. I don't really understand that.

1657: Full results of 2018 voting:

Round 1: England 2 votes, Netherlands/Belgium 4 votes, Spain/Portugal 7 votes and Russia 9 votes.
Round 2: Netherlands/Belgium 2 votes, Spain/Portugal 7 votes and Russia 12 votes (Russia obtain absolute majority)

 

[Hængebøffer]

That's bound to happen when geographically half of the world thinks that July is in the summer and the other half thinks its winter. So it's either that or having a northern or southern hemisphere only events or playing it in January now and then -- which is a mess for global club schedules too.

That said, being there for it, the winter in Cape Town was nicer than summer in my home of San Francisco at the time.

And yeah, the actual football play was some of the worst and most boring I've seen. But I'd blame the teams and coaching for that, not the venue.

But shoulden't it be played under the best condition's? I have to blame the ball. Even Spain played like shit.

 

[JuveJay]

Sure i'm pleased,but as long as Qatar was not competing with England i was supporting England.Who can deny the fact that a world cup in England would be amazing?

I wasn't even bothered that much about England Although I think FIFA are taking it beyond a joke now, '66 was a long time ago. Of course now you have many more bids which in theory could be successful, so more competition, but FIFA is very cliquey and money orientated and I don't think England hold much sway. In fact looking at the bids gathered they have next to none, they were royally shafted, excuse the pun.

 

[Bjerknes]

Why didn't they have a co-bid with the UAE? Logistically it would have been similar to Korea-Japan and would have offered a bit more.

 

[Byrone]

reason 379 why qatar shouldnt have won: you cant name one famous qatari