Deuce Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Quote Saudi Arabia overwhelming favourites for 2034 World Cup Well of course they are. What’s the point of all this sportwashing and greasing all these FIFA wheels otherwise? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Deuce said: Yeah there are very few countries who could pull off hosting the tournament single-handedly (I’d think Spain would be one of them, logistically/infrastructure-wise). I do like regional co-hosts provided it makes sense, which of course this one doesn’t. I’m not sure USA-Mexico-Canada makes sense either tbh. Spain definitely does, has the high speed rail and airports for it etc. The issue is the 48 team expansion means it has to have Portugal and Morocco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bally21 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Its almost as if somebody blurted out 6 random countries, and someone else went "cracking idea son". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 It's like something that would only have happened on The Hurricanes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 25 minutes ago, Ben said: WTF, ridiculous idea, looks like the World Cup is fucked now. Makes me appreciate the competency of the FA and the PL, FIFA. Utterly fucking corrupt to the core. It's like Italian football in the 00s on steroids Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 52 minutes ago, timeEd32 said: A single host country is better, but I think it's become very hard to many single countries to host the World Cup (or Olympics) so I'm fine with Morocco, Portugal, and Spain as co-hosts. It's only a few games but so needless to add the South America part. If you want it there for the 100th anniversary then just put it there. I think most of us are perfectly fine with Morocco Portugal and Spain. It’s the rest of it that’s complete bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Even Morocco seems a bit superfluous in that grouping (i.e. Spain-Portugal would be fine), but I suppose they wouldn’t be able to easily host by themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) I actually don't think the Spain - Portugal - Morroco World Cup sounds that bad tbh. At least the other countries are just 3 games but I wouldn't like to be the teams that have to do the needless travelling. Its a shame that the thing is so expensive to host these days that countries are opting to share pretty much every competition now (including the Euros). I think it had a lot more character when it was all in the one country. Edited October 4, 2023 by Decky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamninator Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Apparently inviting bids from Oceania and Asia for 2034. Hope Australia sit this one well the fuck out after what happened with the 2022 sham. They'd have the best bid, but no way them or anyone else is winning against the Saudis. Rather taxpayers money went elsewhere, and that the money saved by the PIF not having to bribe everyone is redirected to Newcastle getting another marquee signing or two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 21 minutes ago, Pandamninator said: Apparently inviting bids from Oceania and Asia for 2034. Hope Australia sit this one well the fuck out after what happened with the 2022 sham. They'd have the best bid, but no way them or anyone else is winning against the Saudis. Rather taxpayers money went elsewhere, and that the money saved by the PIF not having to bribe everyone is redirected to Newcastle getting another marquee signing or two. Australia’s 2022 bid was a delusional mess, replete with arguments with other codes. Australia is only marginally a less shit choice than Qatar - bad for most of the world’s population time-zone and travel-wise; small population and not a football country; plus a general lack of suitable stadia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 22 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Australia’s 2022 bid was a delusional mess, replete with arguments with other codes. Australia is only marginally a less shit choice than Qatar - bad for most of the world’s population time-zone and travel-wise; small population and not a football country; plus a general lack of suitable stadia. Australia would put on a first class world cup. Did you not just see the record breaking numbers for the women? In fact we're one of teh few countries in the world with all the existing stadia and infrastructure. We could put on a world cup with a month's notice. The instant support of the Asian Confederation for the Saudi bid is not going down well in Oz... Could the AFC split into two confederations? - FTBL | The home of football in Australia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, Coastie said: Australia would put on a first class world cup. Did you not just see the record breaking numbers for the women? In fact we're one of teh few countries in the world with all the existing stadia and infrastructure. We could put on a world cup with a month's notice. The instant support of the Asian Confederation for the Saudi bid is not going down well in Oz... Could the AFC split into two confederations? - FTBL | The home of football in Australia Yes, I was here in Sydney during the WWC. A mens WC is a very, very different beast. Australia doesn’t have the stadia at all. The NRL and AFL were acting the silly buggers last time. I mean, I’m sure old Gladys knows a few contractors who can sort out some stadium builds - just as long as we don’t let ICAC know A bid needs a minimum of sixteen 40,000+ all seater stadiums. Australia has 10, and that’s allowing for venues wholly unsuited to football (ie cricket grounds). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 19 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Yes, I was here in Sydney during the WWC. A mens WC is a very, very different beast. Australia doesn’t have the stadia at all. The NRL and AFL were acting the silly buggers last time. I mean, I’m sure old Gladys knows a few contractors who can sort out some stadium builds - just as long as we don’t let ICAC know A bid needs a minimum of sixteen 40,000+ all seater stadiums. Australia has 10, and that’s allowing for venues wholly unsuited to football (ie cricket grounds). How many did Qatar have? Was it eight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) On 07/10/2023 at 08:26, Coastie said: How many did Qatar have? Was it eight? 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. Edited October 8, 2023 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Did you not see the constant sold out crowds for the Women's World Cup? The time zone is the true reason I suspect Oz would struggle (besides general corruption) but there's no doubt we hold a world cup and it would be a fucking ripper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 49 minutes ago, Coastie said: Did you not see the constant sold out crowds for the Women's World Cup? The time zone is the true reason I suspect Oz would struggle (besides general corruption) but there's no doubt we hold a world cup and it would be a fucking ripper. Yes, I was in some of them here in Sydney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Confirmed that UK and Ireland will host the 2028 Euros, and Italy and Turkey 2032. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 58 minutes ago, 54 said: Confirmed that UK and Ireland will host the 2028 Euros, and Italy and Turkey 2032. Downside to this is that it (imo) means any redevelopment of SJP is now on hold until after that. Unless they can start very soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 11 hours ago, 54 said: Confirmed that UK and Ireland will host the 2028 Euros, and Italy and Turkey 2032. Another Euros yet won't FIFA give us a World Cup. Wew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 22:19, Bizza said: Another Euros yet won't FIFA give us a World Cup. Wew. Hang on till 1862, which is close to the 200th anniversary of the FA. It would be a smart move to include Ireland, because they're more popular than we Brits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 In my heed, World Cups need to be held in warm countries with a strong football heritage, preferably where the stadiums have running tracks, and the TV reception is slightly fuzzy. Spain / Portugal / Morocco is a good fit for this (apart from the fuzzy TV bit). England / the British Isles - not so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gate4 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 I agree. I always thought world cups should have a "summer party" atmosphere. I even hate that a lot of games are played when it's dark nowadays, play in the freaking sunshine! Spain is like the perfect country to host and it's incredible they have essentially never hosted a euro. It's also why I personally hate big tournaments in countries like France and Germany (and by extension the UK)...they have everything you could ask for facility/infrastructure/etc wise but it's just a bit...to sterile and urban and not summery enough. Growing up when you thought world cup you pictured mexico 70 and 86 and spain 82...that's sort of the ideal. From 1990 until and including 2010, world cups for me were lacking something environment/atmosphere wise. 1990 dreadful stadiums, 94 usa which always a bit weird/off, 1998 france very meh and crap stadiums back then, 2002 fucking Korea and all their bullshit plus lots of shit stadiums, 2006 in germany utterly forgettable world cup for me and 2010 in SA vuvuzelas and shit boring football. Even with world cups in russia and Qatar which people moaned about a lot and were very skeptical about, me included, I found recent world cups much more fun both on and off the pitch (the isolated qatar leading to 10s of thousands of fans from poorer countries being brought in that would otherwise not be there resulted in fantastic atmosphere in the stands) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Spain and Morocco in the middle of July doesn’t sound all that appealing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 I've absolutely no idea what the infrastructure is like and nor do I have much of a clue about their footballing heritage beyond the performance of their national team and a few household names, but the idea of a World Cup in Morocco seems incredibly fun. As such - if they have to share the tournament between confederations - Morocco + Iberia feels like a very sensible shout logistics-wise/carbon-wise, given the lack of distance there compared to, say, somewhere like Paraguay and Spain. Oh, wait... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 South American qualifying is going to be a mad farce Bit Berber for the lads too... ⴰⵙⴷⴰⵡ ⵙⴳ ⵚⴱⴰⵏⵢⴰ – ⴱⵕⵟⵇⵇⵉⵣ – ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ 2030 Shoehorned in but think it's class it'll kick off in Uruguay as well. Hopefully they'll mark it themselves with one of their players only having one arm. Assume the one game in ArgParUru will be a home game for them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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