Miercoles Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Saw this bumped and was really hoping the bribery scandal had come out: Gay Pope Buys World Cup For Muslim Leaders The bribery scandal had essentially come out the moment they won. Sad but true I guess. I remember seeing a picture of the f***ing money packet. The 24 hour news cycle is amazing for pushing s*** under the rug. There's always some new outrage, so monoliths can just fire somebody and wait 30 days and then go back to their usual business. edit- And the USA should send our women's team regardless. Better chance of winning that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 The annoying thing is that they were award the Cup on the basis that they would build air conditioned facilities to get over the summer heat issue. Two months later, it's not going to be a summer tournament. If part of their original package had been a switch in the football calandar, I don't think they'd have won. This stinks. http://news.sky.com/story/1059397/world-cup-2022-could-be-moved-to-winter-fifa Da-daaa! Platini actually voted for Qatar, even though its presentation was for a summer tournament. Then he changed his tune. I'm sure it's a complete coincidence that shortly afterwards the Qataris bought PSG, started pumping money in, and Platini began softening his stance on Financial Fair Play. Likewise his son getting a job as a Legal Adviser for Qatar Sports Investments, who bought the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Platini actually voted for Qatar, even though its presentation was for a summer tournament. Then he changed his tune. Platini doesn't have to do much to confirm our low opinion of him. Still better than Blatter though Though thats hardly saying much, is it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Platini actually voted for Qatar, even though its presentation was for a summer tournament. Then he changed his tune. Platini doesn't have to do much to confirm our low opinion of him. Still better than Blatter though Though thats hardly saying much, is it ? I don't actually think he is any different to Blatter. Total scumbags the pair of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 What a farce, I suppose the main club season will get a winter break to make up for the WC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 The whole thing is bent as fuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I'd hate it to be moved to winter, like. The whole 2022 thing looks a farce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 the clubs won't allow it they'll say fuck you to fifa if they try and shoehorn in the world cup in the middle of the season, they barely tolerate international football as it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 They said they could cool open air stadia to 28 degrees which is never gonna happen in a million years. Now they want to ban alcohol and hold the tournament in winter. Just give the world cup to the country that should have been awarded it in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 The future Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 You lot would've hosted a smashing tournament. Long overdue to have it in Britain. Infrastructure is already there too. WC games at SJP (of course, knowing FIFA, they'd probably insist every game be held in London). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 You lot would've hosted a smashing tournament. Long overdue to have it in Britain. Infrastructure is already there too. WC games at SJP (of course, knowing FIFA, they'd probably insist every game be held in London). Nah, they're good with spreading the games around, usually only one city is allowed two grounds. Another rule that'll be changed for Qatar as most of the grounds will be in Doha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I don't think a winter World Cup will be that bad tbh as long as all the major leagues in the world stop for the month and a half. (It will be pretty shit for a major footballing country who don't qualify though) I like the idea of the Premier league being played in June and July. Dat terrace suntan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I don't think a winter World Cup will be that bad tbh as long as all the major leagues in the world stop for the month and a half. (It will be pretty s*** for a major footballing country who don't qualify though) I like the idea of the Premier league being played in June and July. Dat terrace suntan. The idea that you just stop for a month and a half then carry on is bullshit though. The last World Cup went on for about a month (a day over). The group stages took two weeks. Then you add in the prep time beforehand - let's say two weeks. Then you consider that you should probably have a break before that, because you'll have just played half a season. Let's say two weeks. Then you add in a break afterwards. Again, let's say two weeks. It's for argument's sake of course, but that's eight weeks even if you get knocked out immediately. The players involved will be f***ed - not to mention, many will be injured. Then what happens in July, when you have teams full of players who are absolutely shattered, who then have to go straight into pre-season training for the next season without a break? I mean, there will be ways to make it work, of course, but these are crazy lengths to go to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I like the idea of the Premier league being played in June and July. Dat terrace suntan. Nah, our summer this year is scheduled for a Thursday, doubt we'll be playing that day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I like the idea of the Premier league being played in June and July. Dat terrace suntan. Nah, our summer this year is scheduled for a Thursday, doubt we'll be playing that day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Wouldn't the idea of moving it to winter fuck up the logistics of the following season? With a stupidly short Summer break, transfer window during the season ect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Wouldn't the idea of moving it to winter fuck up the logistics of the following season? With a stupidly short Summer break, transfer window during the season ect. they'd basically have to rewrite the entire season schedule to force it in rather than lets say giving it to a country that can handle it already and actually allows silly things like alcohol or people being gay after all remember this gem of a quote http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9284186.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 The idea of moving the World Cup to the winter can go to fuck. FIFA are a farce. Would love to see most of them within done for corruption - the organisation needs a fresh start with fresh, reliable faces. Although admittedly, nothing is ever that simple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 @honigstein Blatter to @SkySportNewsHD: "ExCo will follow my proposal to move 2022 World Cup to winter. Can't air-condition whole country" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 This is what happens when FIFA get greedy. They sell the rights to a whole tournament to a tiny nation with no historical ties to the game and the competition gets moved to the winter. Were England bidding for the 2022 WC? It's scandalous that it's gone to Qatar. Fans should just boycott it tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 This is what happens when FIFA get greedy. They sell the rights to a whole tournament to a tiny nation with no historical ties to the game and the competition gets moved to the winter. Were England bidding for the 2022 WC? It's scandalous that it's gone to Qatar. Fans should just boycott it tbh. Nah, it was Australia, USA, South Korea, and Japan. I'd be expecting them to be challenging FIFA with a lawsuit as the whole process is now redundant given they were bidding for a June/July World Cup. Not a Dec/Jan one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 This is what happens when FIFA get greedy. They sell the rights to a whole tournament to a tiny nation with no historical ties to the game and the competition gets moved to the winter. Precisely. It's a pathetic situation, which lots of people raised before the decision was made, yet the decision went the way it did purely because of money. And the weather thing is only one of the problems - there's then the whole mountain of questions about playing the tournament in such a repressive country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Such massive FIFA has shot his own foot with this; clubs don't actually give a fuck about international tournaments and I can see them showing him the finger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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