Guest Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I'm not sure how reliable TNT Sports are, but they say there have been secret meetings at FIFA to strip Qatar of the World Cup rights. Explosive news, if true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 It's coming home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Not going to get my hopes up that FIFA do the right but the UK would be such a great host Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 would be attending matches in the UK for sure, nice little trip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 would be attending matches in the UK for sure, nice little trip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Surely can't strip it from Qatar and then give it to a country who's fans have been terrorising Europe for the last 3 years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Just give it to whoever came 2nd in voting for 2022... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Give it to England or a joint host like Holland and Belgium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 If football manager has taught me anything, its that it'll go to Australia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Qatar have already built stadiums and spent £bns. Nee chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamninator Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Qatar have already built stadiums and spent £bns. Nee chance. I'm sure if it get's bad enough FIFA will magically just all of a sudden discover a pile of evidence of various Qatar bid wrong-doing, sacrifice a couple of middle tier execs and use it as an excuse. No doubt the bidding and hosting agreements contain clauses for the World Cup to be stripped in those circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Qatar have already built stadiums and spent £bns. Nee chance. I'm sure if it get's bad enough FIFA will magically just all of a sudden discover a pile of evidence of various Qatar bid wrong-doing, sacrifice a couple of middle tier execs and use it as an excuse. No doubt the bidding and hosting agreements contain clauses for the World Cup to be stripped in those circumstances. Don’t get me wrong it’s bent as fuck but it’s surely too far down the line. The corruption and subsequent loss of life has been obscene, to turn back now would take cojones not available in Fifa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Surely can't strip it from Qatar and then give it to a country who's fans have been terrorising Europe for the last 3 years Russia had it last year. Agree with what others have said though. Surely too late to move it after all the lives lost building the infrastructure to host it, not to mention insane money spent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Surely can't strip it from Qatar and then give it to a country who's fans have been terrorising Europe for the last 3 years Miguel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Fuck, I can't believe I'm going to defend this in any way, but the construction deaths that are always touted need to be taken with a pinch of salt because when you have 100,000s men aged 18-55 doing construction for the best part of a decade, there is a percentage which are statistically expected to die which then get included in these "X number of men died making stadiums". Are they treated well? No. Are they all dying like 1900s miners? No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 It should be taken off them and the workers should be commemorated in the opening ceremony & throughout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenum Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 What Anon said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamninator Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 World Athletics Champs in Doha are apparently an utter disaster so far - empty stadiums and competitors openly slating the conditions and atmosphere. Current excuses are the local strife between Qatar and their neighbors and events starting too late, so people can't come because they have to go to work (Pardew-esque) Now while it is the poor cousin of the Olympics and small compared to the World Cup, it is still a reasonably big international event so be interesting to see if this is a precursor of what we should expect to see in 2022. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Fuck, I can't believe I'm going to defend this in any way, but the construction deaths that are always touted need to be taken with a pinch of salt because when you have 100,000s men aged 18-55 doing construction for the best part of a decade, there is a percentage which are statistically expected to die which then get included in these "X number of men died making stadiums". Are they treated well? No. Are they all dying like 1900s miners? No. Surely the comparison should be with 21st century construction workers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I doubt out of work deaths are included in the statistics, if that's what you mean Anon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 World Athletics Champs in Doha are apparently an utter disaster so far - empty stadiums and competitors openly slating the conditions and atmosphere. Current excuses are the local strife between Qatar and their neighbors and events starting too late, so people can't come because they have to go to work (Pardew-esque) Now while it is the poor cousin of the Olympics and small compared to the World Cup, it is still a reasonably big international event so be interesting to see if this is a precursor of what we should expect to see in 2022. Aye, an appalling decision to give it to them in both cases. Nobody gives a shit over there, feel for the athletes doing their lap of honour in front of empty seats and stadium cleaners. 28 of 68 of the marathon runners couldn't finish because of the conditions, heat and humidity. Fucking brutal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Oh, and they marched the army in yesterday to fill up some seats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 https://youtu.be/YOInEf0yCEc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Canny watch that, Neville comes across very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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