Yeah, like the US and England didn't pass anything under the table 
They just didn't do it as well as Q & R.
... Something like Calciopoli
They just didn't do it as well as Q & R.... Something like Calciopoli
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Because it means Qatar isn't big enough to have a use for those stadiums. If Qatar is so small why should it host the World Cup? Would we want Andorra to host the World Cup? San Marino? And constructing entire stadiums with airconditioning and deconstructing them afterwards and reconstructing them again in other countries looks like a waste of energy and money. It's just not right.
They're spending that :money: from their "own" pocket, Why would anyone other than their citizens feel that its injustice or not right ?! They can do whatever they want with their money.
Personally I'd rather sit back and enjoy the show in 12 years time (if Im still around). And for the first time in my life, I can drive by car to Qatar to watch WC football matches and return home the very next day if i want to
Personally I'd rather sit back and enjoy the show in 12 years time (if Im still around). And for the first time in my life, I can drive by car to Qatar to watch WC football matches and return home the very next day if i want to
“It’s very difficult to understand what happened and why it happened, and it raises a question: how this World Cup is voted for,".
"You would like to have much more technical criteria than human criteria. You could imagine you could have 100 criteria for example with a different weight and you put that in a computer and the best comes out.
“It doesn’t look right in modern life that people have to go and lobby and say ‘please believe in us’.
"Is the suspicion right or wrong, I don’t know, but you don’t want a vote of that importance to have suspicion.”
"I’m very sad because I supported that [England] bid as much as I could,”.
“I am sad for the people who have a passion in their country for football. I don’t believe Fifa was conscious of how much it meant to people here."
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Looks like the boss is bitter too, well he can fuck off as well. Forza Russia , Arshavin should tell Wenger to shut his trap
"You would like to have much more technical criteria than human criteria. You could imagine you could have 100 criteria for example with a different weight and you put that in a computer and the best comes out.
“It doesn’t look right in modern life that people have to go and lobby and say ‘please believe in us’.
"Is the suspicion right or wrong, I don’t know, but you don’t want a vote of that importance to have suspicion.”
"I’m very sad because I supported that [England] bid as much as I could,”.
“I am sad for the people who have a passion in their country for football. I don’t believe Fifa was conscious of how much it meant to people here."
- Wenger
Looks like the boss is bitter too, well he can fuck off as well. Forza Russia , Arshavin should tell Wenger to shut his trap
Yeah, like the US and England didn't pass anything under the table They just didn't do it as well as Q & R.
... Something like Calciopoli
They just didn't do it as well as Q & R.... Something like Calciopoli
That's clearly not how you win a World Cup bid anymore.
And no more of this 'deserve' bollocks, the only countries who deserve anything are the ones who put the best bids on the table, not for other political, geographical or money making reasons.
Qatar World Cup maybe be held in January
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar could take place in January or February to avoid the scorching temperatures of the summer months in the desert state, FIFA Executive Committee member Franz Beckenbauer has said.
Beckenbauer, who won the 1974 World Cup as West Germany captain and also coached his nation to the 1990 title, said hosting the tournament during the winter would be an alternative.
The World Cups are traditionally held during the northern Hemisphere's summer months after the end of the domestic league competitions.
Qatar, which beat bid rivals Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States, said it would deploy climate-control technology to keep the temperature on the pitch to 27 degrees Celsius while outside it was a scorching 50 degrees.
"One should think about a different solution," Beckenbauer told Bild, where he also works as a columnist.
"In January or February you have a comfortable 25 degrees there. Plans for the biggest leagues would have to change for 2022 but that would not be a major undertaking.
"It would be an alternative to using climate control at great expense for stadiums and fanzones," added Beckenbauer, who is stepping down from FIFA's powerful executive committee in March.
Qatar, which has never qualified for the World Cup finals, was picked by FIFA on Thursday to stage the 2022 tournament, a first both for the Middle East and for an Arab country.
It will also be the smallest nation ever to host the World Cup.
FIFA awarded the 2018 World Cup to Russia on the same day and Beckenbauer had long opposed the double vote by FIFA, which has been severely criticised for it.
"It was a mistake to do both 2018 and 2022 on the same day but now it has happened. I would be happy to leave the 2022 decision to the next generation," Beckenbauer said.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04122010/58/...ld-january.html
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Fuck that. So Beckenbauer is only a minor pawn at FIFA.
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar could take place in January or February to avoid the scorching temperatures of the summer months in the desert state, FIFA Executive Committee member Franz Beckenbauer has said.
Beckenbauer, who won the 1974 World Cup as West Germany captain and also coached his nation to the 1990 title, said hosting the tournament during the winter would be an alternative.
The World Cups are traditionally held during the northern Hemisphere's summer months after the end of the domestic league competitions.
Qatar, which beat bid rivals Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States, said it would deploy climate-control technology to keep the temperature on the pitch to 27 degrees Celsius while outside it was a scorching 50 degrees.
"One should think about a different solution," Beckenbauer told Bild, where he also works as a columnist.
"In January or February you have a comfortable 25 degrees there. Plans for the biggest leagues would have to change for 2022 but that would not be a major undertaking.
"It would be an alternative to using climate control at great expense for stadiums and fanzones," added Beckenbauer, who is stepping down from FIFA's powerful executive committee in March.
Qatar, which has never qualified for the World Cup finals, was picked by FIFA on Thursday to stage the 2022 tournament, a first both for the Middle East and for an Arab country.
It will also be the smallest nation ever to host the World Cup.
FIFA awarded the 2018 World Cup to Russia on the same day and Beckenbauer had long opposed the double vote by FIFA, which has been severely criticised for it.
"It was a mistake to do both 2018 and 2022 on the same day but now it has happened. I would be happy to leave the 2022 decision to the next generation," Beckenbauer said.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04122010/58/...ld-january.html
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Fuck that. So Beckenbauer is only a minor pawn at FIFA.Throwing the likes of Andorra and San Marino into the mix was quite funny! Qatar is the size of Andorra and San Marino combined X 20. Of course, Andorra or San Marino hosting the World Cup is somehow impossible, they can't manage to build 6 stadiums without demolishing some other buildings and houses.
Anyways, I can't understand why the World Cup would be bad because the size of Qatar. In fact, I find it 'perfect', no extra travels for national teams and fans. You'll have a chance to meet people from all over the world. Yet, it's not very small to cause a crowd traffic.
Finally, why do you really care if Qatar wasted their money and energy to help the construction in poor countries? Well, another way to look at it, a lot of unemployed people can get paid for construction jobs in the process.
Anyways, I can't understand why the World Cup would be bad because the size of Qatar. In fact, I find it 'perfect', no extra travels for national teams and fans. You'll have a chance to meet people from all over the world. Yet, it's not very small to cause a crowd traffic.
Finally, why do you really care if Qatar wasted their money and energy to help the construction in poor countries? Well, another way to look at it, a lot of unemployed people can get paid for construction jobs in the process.
Chicken littles love to say we're doomed when it's not the pick they hoped for.
People are honestly thinking that this is a bid beauty contest? C'mon -- how naive can you get? The only way England will get to host again is when everyone else's European bid falls through or implodes.
And that's the way it should be. I mean, even the Olympics didn't return to Athens for over 100 years...
I was thinking about that. It would be a genius idea if not for the fact that the club calendars of much of the world would clash with it.
People are honestly thinking that this is a bid beauty contest? C'mon -- how naive can you get? The only way England will get to host again is when everyone else's European bid falls through or implodes.
And that's the way it should be. I mean, even the Olympics didn't return to Athens for over 100 years...
I was thinking about that. It would be a genius idea if not for the fact that the club calendars of much of the world would clash with it.
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