Zatman Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, magnkarl said: Which is fair enough, Morocco were rumoured to have won their bid when SA got the cup from that dodgy NZ-delegate. It would be really good for one of the more decent countries in the Arabic world (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt etc) to get it, rather than a rich Sheikh with a reputation to launder. New Zealand delegate was 2006 his withdrawal sent it to Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: New Zealand delegate was 2006 his withdrawal sent it to Germany My bad, the corruption in FIFA is so rife that I can't separate the years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Will this be the first tournament that they wont hire a specific cameraman to search the stadium for beautiful women in the crowd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Will this be the first tournament that they wont hire a specific cameraman to search the stadium for beautiful women in the crowd That's always annoyed me, the girls they zoom in on are always planted there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, magnkarl said: My bad, the corruption in FIFA is so rife that I can't separate the years.. South Africa wheeled Mandela out at the last minute when it was clear he was in no condition to be globetrotting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, duke313 said: Because it's a rhetorical question and completely irrelevant. But you're saying the US has no interest in football culture... ...which is demonstrably incorrect as a] they were at the first ever World Cup and b] attendances are growing year on year, making the MLS one of the fastest growing sports leagues in the World. So they have both a rooted interest in football and also current growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I think the Qatari's have done the people going to the world cup a massive service by banning Budweiser from the stadiums. Who'd want to drink that nasty chemically shite anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Seems like they really couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, handsworthvilla said: It's pretty pathetic to do this 2 days before the tournament starts. An announcement at any point in the 12 years since they were awarded the hosting rights would have been preferable. This really is quite a depressing world cup isn't it? I've seen every one since 98 and never felt like this heading in to one before. I usually get really emotionally invested in international tournaments (98 being the first one I remember as well). It’s so sad just to not care about it. Such a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 hours ago, PieFacE said: Dont worry they are still serving pies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 41 minutes ago, bobzy said: But you're saying the US has no interest in football culture... ...which is demonstrably incorrect as a] they were at the first ever World Cup and b] attendances are growing year on year, making the MLS one of the fastest growing sports leagues in the World. So they have both a rooted interest in football and also current growth. Ah yes, they got to the semi-finals of the only World Cup that teams didn't have to qualify for but were invited too. Tell me, how did the fare in 12 World Cups after 1930? When the USA was selected to host in 1994, they were by world standards not a "footballing nation" The "current growth" you mention is a direct result of them hosting in 94. Who knows, maybe in 30 years you'll be lauding over the growth of the QSL, one of the fastest growing leagues in Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Dont worry they are still serving pies Are they halal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Genie said: Beer and football have gone hand in hand pretty much forever. People like to consume some beers watching either in the stadium or at home. 48 hours before the start having it banned from the stadiums is just lunacy. I expect once it’s over and all the FIFA delegates are safely back at home FIFA will slate the place and vow never to do it this way again. It’s not banned from the stadium completely. It’s still allowed in the corporate seats so the FIFA boys should be sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 The football culture thing is a bit overblown. USA in 94, Japan, South Africa and now Qatar were not at the time football nations Only South Africa have not really improved since hosting. Issue is they are a lot bigger countries than Qatar so hosting wasnt a problem. If FIFA decided to host the next World Cup in Denmark it would be similar issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 18, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2022 2 hours ago, tomav84 said: tell him it's the tournament of corruption. what did he expect? He didn't expect to win it, which he did. Spawny bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, LondonLax said: It’s not banned from the stadium completely. It’s still allowed in the corporate seats so the FIFA boys should be sorted Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Zatman said: The football culture thing is a bit overblown. USA in 94, Japan, South Africa and now Qatar were not at the time football nations Only South Africa have not really improved since hosting. Issue is they are a lot bigger countries than Qatar so hosting wasnt a problem. If FIFA decided to host the next World Cup in Denmark it would be similar issues The Danes wouldn't support spending 6 gazzilion quid so Infantino could bathe in goat's milk. That is the issue for FIFA, IOC etc. They want to be treated in a corrupt manner, something which won't happen if you put the tournament in Scandinavia. It's not long since IOC turned Norway\Sweden\Denmark down for the winter games due to them wanting to use already built infrastructure and for the fact that officials had to sort their own stuff out. They picked Russia\China and France instead. Edited November 18, 2022 by magnkarl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 There was a decision made some years back to rotate the hosting around the different confederations (this time is Asia, next one is North America, last one was South America etc). “History of footballing culture” is not the main metric for choosing a host but Qatar was a ridiculous choice for the latest Asian host for a number of reasons. The main advantage they had was a Europe friendly time zone compared with the other Asian bids and the promise to donate their stadiums to other confederations after the tournament had finished (i.e. they had financial clout). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Zatman said: The football culture thing is a bit overblown. USA in 94, Japan, South Africa and now Qatar were not at the time football nations Only South Africa have not really improved since hosting. Issue is they are a lot bigger countries than Qatar so hosting wasnt a problem. If FIFA decided to host the next World Cup in Denmark it would be similar issues Agreed. As someone above mentioned, Arabs love football. I used to live in Dubai and I remember a massive poster of Salah going up outside one of the malls when he won the PL golden boot or player of the season or something. I think it was a good idea to get the WC into the Middle East but surely there are better options than Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 English fans think they are great at fighting with drink in them at matches - at least this decision takes that off the table . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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