EthiGeordie Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I know USA finish second to Qatar who finish second to Russia? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Was Portugal and Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Was Portugal and Spain. Thanks both second place finished nations deserve to get the tournament. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevo Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Was Portugal and Spain. Yes please! Life goal is to go to a WC, no chance of me visiting Russia or Qatar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I would say that we probably bribed someone too, but our FA president loves money way too much to part with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Was Portugal and Spain. Thanks both second place finished nations deserve to get the tournament. No they don't. The votes were cast in a way to get the favourites for the bidding out, then the next favourites. For example England were knocked out in the first round of voting, Holland then went out in the round after that with less votes than they had in the first round. The question is why did Holland have less votes in the 2nd round than the 1st when Holland were already still in contention of winning the bid? Votes for other nations should have only gone up due to the votes of England now being allocated elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 http://www.starsandstripesfc.com/gold-cup/2015/5/28/8683457/gold-cup-2015-copa-america-centenario-2016-fifa-corruption Copa América Centenario in danger because of Concacaf arrests. This would really suck, I was looking forward to that tournament. I hope they manage to put it together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 La Liga has sued FIFA in the CAS, due to losses related to the switching of dates for the 2022 WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 La Liga has sued FIFA in the CAS, due to losses related to the switching of dates for the 2022 WC. Nice I'd like all the leagues to just give FIFA a big fuck off and continue with their fixtures like normal, wouldn't work obviously since the players would want to play in the WC. Would be awesome if it turned into a B-tournament because all the stars stayed home and played for their clubs (since it's in the middle of the season). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 La Liga has sued FIFA in the CAS, due to losses related to the switching of dates for the 2022 WC. Yes! Moar pls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Blatter's blamed the French and Germans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33401602 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33577956 Emmanuel Frimpong: Ex-Arsenal player reacts to 'monkey chants' Former Arsenal player Emmanuel Frimpong was sent off playing for Russian side FC Ufa after he gestured to the crowd with his middle finger in response to alleged monkey chants. The midfielder, 23, was playing away to Spartak Moscow in the opening game of the Russian Premier League season. "When the match was stopped, the fans started shouting 'monkey' at me," said Ghana's Frimpong after the 2-2 draw. "I just did not keep my cool, I showed my emotions and it was my mistake." Frimpong was shown the red card after half an hour of the game in Moscow, with the score at 1-1. He wrote on Twitter after the match: "A human being shouldn't be racially abused for the game that I love. I'm going to serve a sentence for being abused." Ufa general director Shamil Gazizov said his club would not be calling for Spartak to be punished, describing it as an "unfortunate incident". "There were people who could have shouted things. These are emotions which go away after the game. We are partners with the red and whites and are on good terms," he said. "What Frimpong did was wrong. Sometimes you even have to hold back the tears and just put up with it." Russia hosts the next World Cup in 2018, and Frimpong added: "Abused... and yet we going to hold a World Cup in this country where Africans will have to come play football." Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure, who has been racially abused while playing in Russia in the Champions League, has previously said black players might boycott the World Cup unless the country tackles racism in football. Last season, Torpedo Moscow's Congolese defender Christopher Samba was banned for two matches for gesturing to fans following racist abuse. There have been more than 200 cases of discriminatory behaviour linked to Russian football over the past two seasons. But in March former head of Russian football Vyacheslav Koloskov said too much is made of racism in the country and has also questioned why monkey chants are assumed to be racist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Predictably appalling response from the club and the league. Do agents when arranging deals for black players going to Russia give them warnings: 'you're going to be racially abused and you're the only person who will get any blame for it' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Put up with racism, ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Wankers and arseholes to a man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antz1uk Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 how the fuck Russia gets away with being part of anything, Uefa, UN etc when they have such barbaric and shitty human rights issues is beyond me. They have utter disregard for anything other than themselves, such a shitty set of people, they're like gypsies. one rule for them one rule for everyone else, the world cup there is going to be an absolute mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 irony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 irony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Complains about a country being racist, uses a racist comparison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Creased Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Complains about a country being racist, uses a racist comparison You know gyppos, VI. They're always throwing dogs in with deals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Its weird because I know a few Russians living here in Newcastle and although radge as fuck, they are quite liberal. Clearly as a country though the place is fucked up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 how the fuck Russia gets away with being part of anything, Uefa, UN etc when they have such barbaric and shitty human rights issues is beyond me. They have utter disregard for anything other than themselves, such a shitty set of people, they're like gypsies. one rule for them one rule for everyone else, the world cup there is going to be an absolute mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Its weird because I know a few Russians living here in Newcastle and although radge as fuck, they are quite liberal. Clearly as a country though the place is fucked up. Generally those who emigrate tend to be more cultural, educated people than those who don't. You don't often find people who emigrate to be against immigrants and and people with different ethnicities. Well I say that but fare few of these Brits who go and emigrate to the Costa's will do their best to prove me wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I went to russia a while ago, everyone was lovely. Though at one point people were fighting dogs in the street, so on second thoughts maybe they weren't all lovely after all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now