Groundhog63 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 On 08/10/2023 at 06:26, TheBrownBottle said: Yes, I was in some of them here in Sydney  You're either a top Shagger of a trans athlete? Which is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 4 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: 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. Â Spain / Portugal / Morocco is a good fit for this (apart from the fuzzy TV bit). Â England / the British Isles - not so much. Â Â There's literally one stadium in Spain and Portugal that had a running track that would qualify for a WC stadium now and it's the one in Seville. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 36 minutes ago, Deuce said: Spain and Morocco in the middle of July doesn’t sound all that appealing.   Seville in July is fun.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Quote The Australian FA has confirmed it will not bid for the 2034 men’s World Cup, leaving the way clear for Saudi Arabia as the only bidder Earlier this month Fifa confirmed only bids from countries from the Asian Football Confederation and the Oceania Football Confederation will be considered for the 2034 finals. Within an hour, Saudi Arabia announced it would be bidding to host the tournament in 2034 for the first time. The deadline for prospective hosts to submit confirmations of interest is today.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 The Australian football association is now one of the richest football associations in the world Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 This whole confederation rotation horseshit isn’t likely to come to an end, but it should.  Bloated world cups played in completely inappropriate places.  I’m losing all interest with international football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 12/10/2023 at 14:03, Gate4 said: …2002 fucking Korea and all their bullshit plus lots of shit stadiums…  Genuinely intrigued. What do you mean “all their bullshit”? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 59 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: This whole confederation rotation horseshit isn’t likely to come to an end, but it should.  Bloated world cups played in completely inappropriate places.  I’m losing all interest with international football  It is a world cup, it should be shared across the world no matter what you think of countries like Saudi. Edited October 31, 2023 by El Prontonise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrone Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67271423 Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 I look forward to all the journalists who have done nothing but complain about our takeover boycotting the 2034 WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Genuinely looking forward to another winter World Cup. Timings are so sweet for Asians, few super late kickoffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 3 hours ago, 54 said: Â Â Shame, Australia would be great hosts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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...
Guest 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...
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