Dunno, I can't imagine Putin not being there if they had it in the bag. He'd want to be there to take the glory.
World Cup 2018 & 2022 bids
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Dunno, I can't imagine Putin not being there if they had it in the bag. He'd want to be there to take the glory.
And then you've got good iconic footballing places, stadiums etc too...Wouldn't mind it at all. Won't happen though, it's very clearly between England and Russia now.
Yes, he said almost exactly the same thing for England.
As a paddy, I want England to get it, purely because it's the closest we'll ever get to one.
The flipside to that being he thinks it's in the bag.
Hope England & USA get the rights to stage 2018 & 2022. If thats the case that will be 2 World Cups I plan to attend matches.
To stage the WC in Russia would be a disaster as they would have to start from scratch not to mention the level of racism that currently exists in that country.
To stage the WC in Russia would be a disaster as they would have to start from scratch not to mention the level of racism that currently exists in that country.
Word for word...
But I was being a bit cheeky, I'm sure he didn't mean anything by it. His english is not the best, he tried to say it in a lighthearted manner.
If we get the world cup, does that mean we'll see topless Brazilian fans (preferably not blokes) strutting their stuff in Manchester City Centre in a carnival type atmosphere?
Also if Russia get 2018 I wouldn't be surprised to hear news of spectators "vanishing"
So whats the voting schedule then for the afternoon.
Knowing our luck we'll probably host Scotland.....
I reckon the 'hosting' would be done on a ranking rather than ballot basis. The top teams would go ape shit if they got Burnley...especially since loads of them play here anyway....Either that or it'll rotate depending on who's playing that week.
I wouldnt be so sure - the Spainish seem to have done some crafty manoeuvres on the political side, deals with Qatar and all that.
Anyway it is all just speculation really and we will find out soon enough!
Or Wales. I wouldn't be best pleased about that, in all honestly.
Voting is at 1pm, announcement at 3pm.
Apparently Iberia have the South American votes wrapped up. The Iberian contingent believe it's between England and them. Personally I don't think we have a chance.
cheers.
Still time for a few brown envolopes to be passed around then
Which will be a trifle embarrassing considering the PM, future king and biggest sports star tried their level best to bring it home.
As the creators of football I believe we should be able to recall football to it's spiritual home after a certain period of time has passed since we last hosted, considering it's over 40 years, should we want the World Cup we should get it.
Same goes for Greece in the Olympics after a certain amount of time.
So Russia and Spain can get to feck.
Same goes for Greece in the Olympics after a certain amount of time.
So Russia and Spain can get to feck.
Does anyone know where I can find Russia's eurovision entry again?...it's the funniest thing I've seen all week
We definitely have a chance - I think it will be close between the 3 bids in the 2nd round and literally 1 vote either way could sway it
As in the song contest?
Not really...we pulled off a good presentation and as Jason pointed out the reasons to host in England are self evident and starring everyone in the face jumping up and down in front of them screaming with blazing flaming hair...Failure would be entirely political (or nefarious) and thus not really our fault.. Our big name team did well to get us back in the running after all the feck ups
But yeah, I can tell you one secret. I LOVE FOOTBALLLL!!
If England don't get it then they NEVER had a chance and FIFA just wasted a lot of people's time. Bunch of corrupt assholes.
I've a feeling we'll win it. We've sent them three of our greatest knob-heads, imagine if we threatened FIFA with our reserve 3 Lions. Katie Price, Kerry Katona and Gillian McKeith.
In fairness if England don't get it it will be down to their bribe not being good enough.
If Russia get it, it's not down to a slick presentation is it. I dunno, I hope we've not wasted our time.
Do it for Becks' Grandad!!
To be fair, our bid is so self propelling that's all we can do..Everyone knows we have the facilities to host it tomorrow if need be. There's no need to wheel out 3D model hollogram maps or even the fact we haven't hosted it for ages...We love it's all we need to say. At least we didn't get James Corden to do it.
Russian getting it should be a complete joke given the very real risks for fans and players.
It doesn't matter if they've never had it if they have a brutual police force and a unremittingly racist population.
It doesn't matter if they've never had it if they have a brutual police force and a unremittingly racist population.
Why can't our media fecking help themselves? Ihni binni dimi diniwiny anitaime.
We should all march down to fleet street/television center and thrown fire extinguishers through their windows.
We should all march down to fleet street/television center and thrown fire extinguishers through their windows.
Same was said about South Africa, same is being said about Brazil.
Russia is getting alot of stick in here, but they handled a Champions League final very well, which is probably equivalent to a WC quarter or semi, so they could do it. But they don't deserve it, at least that what my grandma says, bless her.
"It's too cold and miserable for a world cup in Russia." She says, sipping her tea. "fecking bunch of communist, vodka drinking arseholes." She often adds.
"It's too cold and miserable for a world cup in Russia." She says, sipping her tea. "fecking bunch of communist, vodka drinking arseholes." She often adds.
Yeah! We'll teach them to use their freedom of speech properly!
...It's just counter productive reporting...it's hardly in anyone's interest to know that is it? It's not watergate. It's reporting JUST so they can get more views/ratings.. Opportunism. Like the Panorama doc.Say (perhaps, however unlikely) someone sees that and decides "well feck that" and doesn't vote for England out of stubborn annoyance, what will have been achieved? What great truth will have been revealed? What bastion of free speech will have been rightfully expressed? None. Cos it's not about free speech or reportage, it's about getting a good headline people will read. Like how the Panorama doc was aired this week just so it'd get more ratings...it's mongish.
Not that i've actually read that article...I've just used it as an excuse to go off on a rant.