Flip Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 To be honest I think it would only take one big team to withdraw to start an unstopable shitstorm. And I know england haven't won anything in 50 years but they're still a huge team as far as sponsors and fans are concerned. England has to qualify first before withdrawing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Withdraw from qualifying then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 There is more chance of Alan Pardew being elected Head of FIFA then there is of England withdrawing from a major tournament,. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 http://screamer.deadspin.com/what-the-hell-is-fifa-doing-with-the-2026-world-cup-med-1685841819 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hope Telemundo have their shit together, because Fox is guaranteed to be horrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 My future children will be watching Alexi Lalas and Eric Wynalda as part of their World Cup experience. Christ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hope Telemundo have their s*** together, because Fox is guaranteed to be horrible. FIFA couldn't give a shit either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 My future children will be watching Alexi Lalas and Eric Wynalda as part of their World Cup experience. Christ. It's '94 forever in U.S. international soccer broadcasting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Jerusalem Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 This just shows how fucked up the bidding process is now. The US and Australia have two bites for 2022 and 2026. European teams have a bid for one in three? I'll most likely see two World Cups in the US and fucking zero in England in my lifetime. Fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Once one corrupt decision is made, others follow. UEFA should break away and invite others to join a new organisation. FIFA is beyond repair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 You speak like UEFA isn't corrupt to the bone itself Platini was one of the main drivers for Qatar getting the WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 so basically our one hope to stop FIFAs corruption is the clubs eventually getting sick of putting up with international football and fucking off from FIFA to do their own thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Grant Wahl @GrantWahl 12m12 minutes ago Done deal: Qatar World Cup will be in Nov-Dec 2022, MLS labor talks update, more http://on.si.com/1AGdGVW How will I be able to do Christmas shopping with this to distract me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 #cancelxmas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 As if this is actually going ahead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 So stupidly corrupt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Writing was pretty much on the wall after gifting Fox the '26 rights. Painful we could've been in England in 2018 and pretty much anywhere else for 2022 and now here we are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 It's a good bet Qatar will be under ISIS control by 2022, so I'm not too worried. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Incandenza Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Obviously, Qatar should not have been granted the 2022 world cup. Their bid was corrupt, their economy is essentially built on modern day slavery, they have no footballing history etc. However, moving it to the winter, I don't mind. If you ignore all the Qatar bullshit and look at the concept of a winter world cup in of itself, ruling out a winter world cup is tantamount to saying no country in the middle east can ever have a world cup. Thats not fair, no matter how ridiculous the idea of a middle east world cup might seem right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Not fair Might as well give them the winter Olympics while we're at it. Wouldn't be fair to look them over just because they don't have snow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Incandenza Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Thats different though, because countries with warm winters don't play winter sports anyways, whereas all countries play football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixx Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 In other news the handball World cup was held in Qatar last month. Dear me was that a farce. Germany got into the tournament through the back door, the referees were very obviously paid off and Qatar fielded a team with player-mercenaries from all over the world. The Qatari's even reached the final by way of very dodgy refereeing but fortunately lost. Handball isn't completely rid of corruption no less than football but this was a sad affair. This winter WC will be a disaster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Thats different though, because countries with warm winters don't play winter sports anyways, whereas all countries play football. I could not give less of a shit. They have about 10 professional teams and they're all fucking shit. As you say, all countries play football. So perhaps once the top 100 football playing nations have had their turn hosting a world cup, then we can consider a middle eastern world cup. Until then, they should all pipe the fuck down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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