No, I was actually hoping it would be in Spain/Portugal, it's merely the obviously corrupt choice of Russia that annoys me.
World Cup 2018 & 2022 bids
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No, I was actually hoping it would be in Spain/Portugal, it's merely the obviously corrupt choice of Russia that annoys me.
Where is the evidence? Please lets not make the UK and the BBC to be beacons of fair play and piety. Both organisation have engaged in heinous amounts of bribery and corruption over the years.
Greece had it's courtesy Olympics already 
We never stood a chance
Sums it up almost perfectly. I don't think it should always be hosted by a powerhouse though,..I think the idea of spreading the love is a fantastic one..But not EVERY time, because the World Cup is about the football, and the fans, more than it is about development opportunties, and it just feels like a constant fecking kick in the face to us that are actually going to go to these things that it's now going to be away from the main footballing powerhouses for 20 years, and especially that a country with no footballing history can just get the biggest thing in football just by virtue of it being very rich.
It's nothing to do with England, I'd be fine with Germany hosting it every 8 years. It's to do with catering to your actual audience, and to what would be best for everyone who actually goes, including the players, at least some of the time.
i hope your right about the stadia. and im sure it will be glittering made for HD tv spectacle. Anyways its over and im done.
well done FIFA
The sour grapes here are embarrassing to say the least...
Surely if Qatar can be considered a host, Canada can as well.
We put on the most successfull youth World Cup in terms of attendance.
Toronto is THE most multi cultural city on the planet.
The entire country has an excellent reputation of being multicultural.
We don't have stadia and our large cities are too far apart but a joint bid with the USA would really make sense. Imagine games in Toronto, Montreal, New York, Philidelphia and Detroit. So many cultures, and great cities with fantastic sports history and tons of character.
Absolute shame that a city like Toronto has never hosted a world wide event. Beijing screwed us of the 2008 summer games. feck.
We put on the most successfull youth World Cup in terms of attendance.
Toronto is THE most multi cultural city on the planet.
The entire country has an excellent reputation of being multicultural.
We don't have stadia and our large cities are too far apart but a joint bid with the USA would really make sense. Imagine games in Toronto, Montreal, New York, Philidelphia and Detroit. So many cultures, and great cities with fantastic sports history and tons of character.
Absolute shame that a city like Toronto has never hosted a world wide event. Beijing screwed us of the 2008 summer games. feck.
LiterallyJamie
Say what you like about the Qatar bid, but you can't knock their top, top stadiums.
Say what you like about the Qatar bid, but you can't knock their top, top stadiums.
It's aboot time for Canada.
I thought Toronto hosted one of the recent Winter Olympics?
LiterallyJamie
Say what you like about the Qatar bid, but you can't knock their top, top stadiums.
feck me...I would've liked to see either Australia, Holland & Belgium, or Korea ahead of Qatar.
Isn't the temperature very high in Qatar? With lots of humidity? If so...well, I can see players dying of exhaustion and dehydration.
Isn't the temperature very high in Qatar? With lots of humidity? If so...well, I can see players dying of exhaustion and dehydration.
Idiot shadow government minister on Sky at the moment.
funny how that works when cash is involved. Religion takes a back seat. I wonder what the less tolerant of the faith will think about that decison.
No I think Qatar is abit like giving it to South Africa .... in that its been awarded to the region/continent with Qatar being the host. Qatar's tournament will allow the entire middle east to participate and celebrate its culture and improve its footballing capability just as South africa facilitated the rest of Africa. Just be open minded about it and accept that every nation has the right to host this tournament if it can prove it has the capabilities to do so.
Yeah but thats bollocks to be fair.
We shouldnt be punished for our media - who the feck do fifa think they are?!
The best footballing bid should win. In having Old Trafford, Wembley, the Emirates, the council house etc we have the best grounds.
We have the most fanatic support, the best infrastructure, and also we have a widely supported league, cosmopolitan culture and we've got a good climate.
Qatar and russia have none of these (apart from russia summer maybe)
so, fine. I could understand a spain/portugal bid being successful, but its just motivated by money. Dont dress it up more than that.
When do we get to find out the actual voting pattern? That's what interests me the most at this point.
vancouver!
but yes Canada would be a great choice and even stronger with a Co USA support
You just pointed out how Qatar is almost the complete opposite of Canada. How does that show you can host the World Cup.
What you need is for those tar sands to get valuable.
If Qatar can be considered a host then Ontario can do it on its own, ten times over.
Ooh... they'll be fun!
This sort of thing reminds me why I don't really give a toss if we get the world cup.
Few bottles of Isotonic should do the trick.
It only makes sense that a country will do as much as possible when welcoming a plethora of foreign guests, but don't let your bitterness keep you from taking cheap shots.
Sammsky, mate, I'm not even English... but feck off.
A country are fortunate to be rich? And a good league is just a result? Freedom of Speech is flawed? Go live in a country with no Free Speech, please just go.
Everyone mistakes growing countries with rich countries. India, Russia China, Brazil, they're all growing, but they're all poor.
Here in Brazil its the same fecking speech about leaving a lasting infrastructure, but a country shouldn't need a WC to do it, they should jsut get on with it. Which goes back to the origin of the Wealth of Nations, some countries just get on with it.
Its all rubbish. Once you see how it operates with Brazil's FA, its just a microcosm of how FIFA operates. Blatter doesn't want to take the game to new shores, he wants to take the game to shores where his son's company can be in-charge of ticket sales, as opposed to the 'good' countries where they make sure they're in-charge of selling the tickets.
while i would love to believe in the idea that the voting members took your beliefs into their decision I fear that isnt the case. Whatever the case its clear that it wont be in england probably in my lifetime so thats ok i can watch on tv
I'm not English but I think a world cup there would be truly special. International football needs a venue like that. It's become rather stale.
Idiot Prime Minister talking on BBC live
Cameron absolutely bang on "we had the best bid, FIFA said we had the best technical bid, FIFA said that we had the best commercial bid and were the lowest risk - apparently this is not enough."
Say what you like about the Qatar bid, but you can't knock their top, top stadiums.
QualityI'd say it was a decent gesture - let foreigners enjoy the same luxuries they're used to beyond Qatarian borders, or would you rather they kept the alcohol ban?
I'm sure they'd revert back to normal policy following the world cup anyway.
What the Prime Minister said was absolutely correct, what the shadow sports minister said that there needs to be an inquiry into how English football is run and why we have failed to win the 2018 bid and the 2006 bid when we won the olympics is crap.
FIFA are drumming home the point that this decision has nothing to do with the bid, and everything to do with the English media
The money argument doesn't wash, at least in terms of how much the tournament generates, because if that was the case England would have won it. The technical reports said, England was the only bidding country that could host it tomorrow. Very little investment would have been required in infrastructure (transport, stadia, facilities, hotels, etc.) which would have allowed more money from the proceeds to have been pumped back into the game. It's a farce!
People have no idea how expensive Russia is, I was there last year and the cost of everything was beyond a joke, if you're thinking of going you better start saving now, will they be waving the $300+ visa waiver costs, thats quite a chunk of change just to get into the country
Just why is it that nothing seems to be able to be done about FIFA?
Everyone knows what a corrupt bunch of bastards they are, they even want the tax laws changed each time a World Cup takes place so that they pay no tax.
Unbelievable in this day and age.
Everyone knows what a corrupt bunch of bastards they are, they even want the tax laws changed each time a World Cup takes place so that they pay no tax.
Unbelievable in this day and age.
The very fact that the infrastructure needs to be put in place allows FIFA to use their influence to get even more kickbacks.
I honestly can't believe this paragraph... an open appeal for totalitarianism?!
Yes, slag of that Panorama all you like, but to suggest that a) the government should have banned the broadcast because b) that is how the world is going and we should get in line... well that just beggars belief!
"Freedom of speech for the sake of it", ffs. I've argued in the current events plenty of times against those who believe freedom of speech should be absolute (Americans mainly), but to censor something because it might upset some FIFA delegates? That's insane.