kocunar Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Congrats to Saudi Arabia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Miggys First Goal said: I look forward to all the journalists who have done nothing but complain about our takeover boycotting the 2034 WC. It’ll upset Ollie the twat Holt and Delaney, that’s for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomson Mouse Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 08/10/2023 at 10:52, TheBrownBottle said: Yep, for a 32 team WC. 2030 is 48. I don’t think Qatar was suitable in any way, shape or form BTW. But Australia most assuredly could not host a WC next month. All of this would be compounded by the small local population, general lack of real interest in football, being a time zone nightmare for most football fans and its distance from anywhere that isn’t NZ meaning that travel to it isn’t easy wouldn’t be great, nor would the massive distance between actual cities. This country isn’t an ideal venue for a WC - though the weather in June would at least be temperate. There would be a massive interest in the WC but the NRL and AFL will doing anything to stop it. Time zone argument is out of the window after a very successful Japan/SK World Cup. Travel to Australia/NZ I’ll grant you but the distance between cities is no different to the US/Canada. The main problem I could see would be the lack of hotel rooms for a WC that size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 42 minutes ago, FloydianMag said: It’ll upset Ollie the twat Holt and Delaney, that’s for sure. It won't. They'll be treated like royalty and lap it all up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 It's scandalous we've not hosted another world cup yet? 1966 is a long time ago now and the usa will be hosting two since 94. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 We’re despised like, no getting away from that. Eurovision lets us know on an annual basis as do those polls about the ugliest nations where we often come out on top Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) I think 1966 and 1996 were memorable only to England. Can only really speak for Euro 96 and for whatever reason it was poor if were honest. USA 94 on the other hand was fantastic. I'd give a WC to America before England every day and I'm English. At this point we may as well just say the World Cup starts with the qualifiers and everybody is a joint host. Just designate a neutral venue for the knockouts and be done with it and just skip the inevitable 92 team tournament in 21 co-host venues shit show. Edited October 31, 2023 by Jonas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 What was so good about usa94 like? All the kick offs were terrible for European fans to watch. The final was piss poor. Cannot remember the, stadiums filling out either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 57 years since we last hosted the thing that's shocking in my book like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Mexico have had it twice already with a one on the horizon. USA once with one on the horizon. Italy france Germany Brazil all twice aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Someone check on Olly Holt, the absolute shit stain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, andycap said: What was so good about usa94 like? All the kick offs were terrible for European fans to watch. The final was piss poor. Cannot remember the, stadiums filling out either. That's wrong on all counts except the shit final but then most finals are. *Most of them were literally on in Prime Time 6-11pm. A lot better than half the games on during work/school or morning's (Japan/Korea) - they changed the times to suit Europe. And its no different to Brazil or Mexico (home of two well remembered tournaments) *It was the best attended world cup in history. The average attendance was 69,000, smallest 44,000 which was as big as it got at Euro96 outside of Wembley and the average or above of previous world cups and was far more full despite the stadium sizes. There was arguements at the time as to whether it was the best or best since 1970. And neither of the next two were close. Edited October 31, 2023 by Jonas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 16 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: Shame, Australia would be great hosts. They’ve got to focus on the…er… *checks notes* “Women's Asian Cup in 2026 and the Club World Cup in 2029”. Of course they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 15 hours ago, kocunar said: Congrats to Saudi Arabia! The writing’s been on the wall for a little while now, but it’s still so bleak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 TBF I quite enjoyed the last Cristmas world cup, much prefer the summer mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 The Qatar WC was a lot more memorable than the 3 or 4 that came before it, I'm all for another winter tournament in the ME. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 The Qatar world cup was fantastic to be fair, superbly well organized and full of action and one of the greatest world cup finals of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Oliver Holt getting his cock in a twist over Saudi getting the WC. Naturally, he couldn’t help resist a few sly pops at Eddie. I take it Holt won’t be travelling to the Saudi for that WC then on moral grounds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxsln Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Yes, I know that the World Cup is not going there now, but do you prefer that a World Cup in Australia be placed in June-July or in November-December. You almost became depressed when the ladies had their WC in 5 degrees. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) Match schedule for WC2026 Opening game in Mexico City Final in New York/New Jersey Edited February 4 by Jack27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Still can’t believe Kansas City got in over Denver. 😭 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapo Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 It’s just New Jersey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) New York and Boston sounds cooler than New Jersey and Foxborough like it did in 94 apparently. Nobody gives a shit where the games are now. Can see why they did it then, when wc's had a local flavour Edited February 4 by Jonas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 MetLife might be the most soulless stadium in the entire world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 40 minutes ago, timeEd32 said: MetLife might be the most soulless stadium in the entire world. Perfect for FIFA’s crown jewel match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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