Newcastle Fan Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 This was while i was driving in Bahrain (right next to Qatar) Last week, in f***ing May You took that while travelling at 110 kph? Having experienced the driving in the middle east, I expect he was probably the least dangerous driver on the road at that point Seconded, this is what people do for fun around these parts: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Disappointed it's just the Qatar one that's coming under scrutiny, the Russian bid had to be completely corrupt too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Disappointed it's just the Qatar one that's coming under scrutiny, the Russian bid had to be completely corrupt too. Based on what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Russia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Disappointed it's just the Qatar one that's coming under scrutiny, the Russian bid had to be completely corrupt too. I would imagine the Russians know how to cover their tracks, bribery is the only thing that gets you anywhere there, it's ingrained into their culture. The Qataries would have covered up as well this it's easier to follow the trail wit their bid, as I said earlier FIFA fucked it up in anyway by practically admitting it was rigged by their voting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamninator Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Disappointed it's just the Qatar one that's coming under scrutiny, the Russian bid had to be completely corrupt too. I would imagine the Russians know how to cover their tracks, bribery is the only thing that gets you anywhere there, it's ingrained into their culture. The Qataries would have covered up as well this it's easier to follow the trail wit their bid, as I said earlier FIFA fucked it up in anyway by practically admitting it was rigged by their voting. Russia wouldn't have left a trail of e-mails and bank transactions, just shadowy men appearing in hotel rooms with bags of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kaizero Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Austrailia. On merit I think the US should've won it. Think they were the number 1 choice of the FIFA report (Qatar last and got a failing grade). Sport on the rise there, a WC would've perhaps seen the final nudge needed to make it an "accepted" US sport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Austrailia. On merit I think the US should've won it. Think they were the number 1 choice of the FIFA report (Qatar last and got a failing grade). Sport on the rise there, a WC would've perhaps seen the final nudge needed to make it an "accepted" US sport. They already had a world cup recently enough though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Disappointed it's just the Qatar one that's coming under scrutiny, the Russian bid had to be completely corrupt too. I would imagine the Russians know how to cover their tracks, bribery is the only thing that gets you anywhere there, it's ingrained into their culture. The Qataries would have covered up as well this it's easier to follow the trail wit their bid, as I said earlier FIFA fucked it up in anyway by practically admitting it was rigged by their voting. As I said, I don't doubt there were bribery with Russia as England and the other nations had much better bids. But if FIFA hadn't fucking let Qatar get a WC it'd be a lot easier to pass off the corruption as FIFA wanting new nations to get the WC as Russia at least have an existing long football culture. It's insane how they thought they could give it to Qatar and get away with it. No redeeming qualities to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 A scando world cup would be cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Austrailia. On merit I think the US should've won it. Think they were the number 1 choice of the FIFA report (Qatar last and got a failing grade). Sport on the rise there, a WC would've perhaps seen the final nudge needed to make it an "accepted" US sport. They already had a world cup recently enough though Not saying they should've got it (though granted I would've wanted them to). Just based on FIFA's actual bid "report" they were clear winners and Qatar failed every aspect of their report . That said Australia would've been great as well. New continent for the WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The ridiculousness of giving it to Qatar doesn't bear thinking about. They failed in every aspect of the report except the brown envelope test. Nice job FIFA. http://baccalabloggala.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/james-van-der-beek-clapping-gif-dawson-b7279382-sz624x350-animate1_zpse885157d.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Was fucking stupid announcing both at the same time in the first place. Utterly unnecessary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Was f***ing stupid announcing both at the same time in the first place. Utterly unnecessary. Saved on the buffet costs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10871065/Qatar-World-Cup-2022-France-embroiled-in-corruption-scandal.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10871065/Qatar-World-Cup-2022-France-embroiled-in-corruption-scandal.html Mr Platini’s son Laurent became the chief executive of Burrda, a Qatar owned sports company. He has always said that his son’s role was unconnected to his vote. Amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 If platini goes down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 If platini goes down Will be one of the greatest senses of justice in the governing football world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 What is going to happen is that Blatter is going to strip Qatar of the competition, point out that he never wanted them to have it, and lap up the praise as the rescuing hero. Whatever happens, Sepp always wins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 What is going to happen is that Blatter is going to strip Qatar of the competition, point out that he never wanted them to have it, and lap up the praise as the rescuing hero. Whatever happens, Sepp always wins. yep and as a bonus gets to finish off Platini before he can even challenge his dictatorship. If he weren't so despicable I'd admire such brilliant political thinking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 What is going to happen is that Blatter is going to strip Qatar of the competition, point out that he never wanted them to have it, and lap up the praise as the rescuing hero. Whatever happens, Sepp always wins. To be fair to Sepp I don't think he ever did want Qatar to win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I had to stop the car to puke yesterday when Cameron came on the radio praising himself, Beckham and the royal prince while criticising the nasty foreigners for giving the 2022 world cup to someone else. Yes there is plenty of money and resources in English football, it is all concentrated at the top in foreign players and agents pockets. If you are one of the thousands of volunteers who run football in this country at grassroots level, You will know that there is no money for you other than what you can fund raise and the local county FA will only have contact with you to take much of what little money you can raise off you in charges, fees and fines etc. Meanwhile there are less facilities and fewer kids taking up the game than ever before. Football perfectly mirrors the rest of society in this country. All the gain at the top of the pyramid, all the pain at the bottom. The FIFA delegates chose another country because they could probably see our structure for what it is, a rotten structure benefiting the few. A bid led by the privileged elite of an Old Etonian prime minister, the Royal prince and brand Beckham were not surprisingly blind to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I had to stop the car to puke yesterday when Cameron came on the radio praising himself, Beckham and the royal prince while criticising the nasty foreigners for giving the 2022 world cup to someone else. Yes there is plenty of money and resources in English football, it is all concentrated at the top in foreign players and agents pockets. If you are one of the thousands of volunteers who run football in this country at grassroots level, You will know that there is no money for you other than what you can fund raise and the local county FA will only have contact with you to take much of what little money you can raise off you in charges, fees and fines etc. Meanwhile there are less facilities and fewer kids taking up the game than ever before. Football perfectly mirrors the rest of society in this country. All the gain at the top of the pyramid, all the pain at the bottom. The FIFA delegates chose another country because they could probably see our structure for what it is, a rotten structure benefiting the few. A bid led by the privileged elite of an Old Etonian prime minister, the Royal prince and brand Beckham were not surprisingly blind to it. We were never in the race for 2022 were we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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