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I believe we can see there from Russia. Or something.

reds8n wrote: I believe we can see there from Russia. Or something.

Wait...Britain controls RUSSIA?!?!?!?!

reds8n wrote:
If only we'd known they were looking for an arctic wasteland with a useless transport system and institutional racism for the World Cup.

We could've put in a joint bid with Scotland.

Scotland reps would have acted belligerently, intimidating the FIFA officials, thus giving Britain the opportunity to host.

Scottish football hooligan wrote:WHIT! Yer nay ge'an us the bid? *headbutt*

Medium of Death wrote:

reds8n wrote:
If only we'd known they were looking for an arctic wasteland with a useless transport system and institutional racism for the World Cup.

We could've put in a joint bid with Scotland.

Scotland reps would have acted belligerently, intimidating the FIFA officials, thus giving Britain the opportunity the host.

Scottish football hooligan wrote:WHIT! Yer nay ge'an us the bid? *headbutt*

I would respect that.

I'm really not that bothered. We got the Olympics and I'm not sure we could afford another International Sporting event in the same decade when we've got more important things to spend money on like multi-billion pound floating missile platforms that never do anything.

The corruption side of it is irritating, but I'm fast losing interest in football anyway for all manner of reasons that are well documented and frequently discussed.

Frazzled wrote:

Melissia wrote:I will lol if/when Qatar is unable to follow up on their promises.


Also, I imagine Qatar will raise hell over any homosexual competitors given its Islam-based laws.

And no booze. NO BOOZE!!!

Yeah... fething backwards-ass Shari'a laws.

Melissia wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

Melissia wrote:I will lol if/when Qatar is unable to follow up on their promises.


Also, I imagine Qatar will raise hell over any homosexual competitors given its Islam-based laws.

And no booze. NO BOOZE!!!

Yeah... fething backwards-ass Shari'a laws.

They said they will allow boozing (more fool them). It was part of their bid.

Mn, maybe, but I doubt it'll be that simple.

Even still, this isn't a country I would want to visit. Any country where I would be a second class citizen simply because of my gender-- IE, any country that uses Shari'a law-- is on the bottom of my list of places I'd visit. I'd rather visit the slums of Brazil with all their gang wars going on than a Muslim country run by Shari'a laws.

Melissia wrote:Mn, maybe, but I doubt it'll be that simple.

Even still, this isn't a country I would want to visit. Any country where I would be a second class citizen simply because of my gender-- IE, any country that uses Shari'a law-- is on the bottom of my list of places I'd visit. I'd rather visit the slums of Brazil with all their gang wars going on than a Muslim country run by Shari'a laws.

I think my chances of quality quality biscuts, gravy, sausage, and bacon, would be less in Qatar. Did I mention its really hot there?

Not to mention that it's surrounded by some of the West's favourite countries. Security problems a go go!

Although we may have settled our 'dispute' with the extreme Islamic fundamentalists by then...

(hold for comedic effect)

Melissia wrote:Any country where I would be a second class citizen simply because of my gender.

I'm not debating that women are treated poorly in some arabic countrys, but this should have little to do with Islam and Sharia Law. The Prophet Muhammed's first wife was a very successful business woman who supported him until her death. The poor treatment of women is more to do with the arab population as a whole and their system of values only some of which are based on Islam proper.

mattyrm wrote:The game is dying of cancer, if you arent willing to send the FIFA execs hookers and suitcases full of money, you dont get jack. And this isnt just some bitterness speaking, this is documented evidence, have you seen the hidden footage they obtained? FIFA is almost as corrupt as the mafia.

Think Russia and Qatar have scruples about that type of thing? The FIFA execs would be getting gobbled before they got off the runway!

USA/UK wont host jack because they have scruples about hiring prostitutes to fellate foreign officials.

I have lost more and more interest in sports the older i get, i think im ready to give up altogether now. Its just flagwaving, idiotic Patritiosm and corruption starting at the top. Followed by endless advertising, overpaid nancy boys and whinging.

Im giving up on sports and devoting more time to drinking non advertised micro brews from small real ale distilleries.

Well.. unless Stella is a pound a pint...

So.....how does one become a FIFA exec?

sebster wrote:Hey, us Aussies not only failed to get 2022, we managed to get a whopping 1 vote in the first round. Despite spending $45 million on the bidding process (only the best hookers were used, presumably).

In the end though, I think FIFA looks to countries where they can grow the game, instead of places where the market is pretty much peaked. And then there's TV rights as well, you want it going into Europe live at a decent time. The rest is down to hookers and blow.

Seriously, we spent $45 million, including a really embaressing advert thing, that would have been cringe worthy in the 80s. And we don't even like soccer.

They won't grow the game in Qatar, the population is only 1.7 million. I suppose they can look beyond that to the rest of the Arab world as well.



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The thing is, football is already a pretty massive sport nearly everywhere except the USA.

You would think that American is the last big target for FIFA to bag.

I don't care about football, but hosting the World Cup brings a lot with it thats beneficial to the host country.

The UK bid was superior to its rivals, and while Qatar no doubt has the cash to build world class facilities its no stretch of the imagination to suggest the USA could compete with that.

I can't say what happened with the yanks, the fact they hosted in the 90's could rightfully have a lot to do with denying their options. However its common knowledge that the BBC scuppered our chances. Yes we know FIFA are corrupt, but wouldn't it be wise for a national television service to hold off on an expose until after bidding was concluded. Dumb fethers. Putin made comments earlier this week about 'smear campaigns' in the UK press, in relation to this. He knew what to play.

The news that England has bid bid out in the first round was broken to the BBC in particular five minutes live on TV before the results were announced. It was also mentioned that the England presentation was particualrly impressive, which is wa way of saying, it could have been your but next time play it by our rules.

Russian commentators have also suggested that they heard the ill timed Panorama program scuppered the bid.

Flashman wrote:

Melissia wrote:Any country where I would be a second class citizen simply because of my gender.

I'm not debating that women are treated poorly in some arabic countrys, but this should have little to do with Islam and Sharia Law. The Prophet Muhammed's first wife was a very successful business woman who supported him until her death. The poor treatment of women is more to do with the arab population as a whole and their system of values only some of which are based on Islam proper.

OI don't think Melissia was being specific about why, only that she would be.

While doesn't take place here in Spain...... anyway, why to bother about, i don't understand all this arguing for having the world cup in Quatar, especially in UK and US cases where Football (soccer for the US iirc) didn't have the importance than other countries (especially when i refer to US, UK has also a good account on football), what do you want? that sort of madness that seem to mesmerize the population when some sort of this event came??? believe me, if you don't like it, or just a bit you'll have soccer for lunch to dinner, fething annoying, believe me, you've avoided an annoying event

Flashman wrote:

Melissia wrote:Any country where I would be a second class citizen simply because of my gender.

I'm not debating that women are treated poorly in some arabic countrys, but this should have little to do with Islam and Sharia Law. The Prophet Muhammed's first wife was a very successful business woman who supported him until her death. The poor treatment of women is more to do with the arab population as a whole and their system of values only some of which are based on Islam proper.

Shoulda coulda woulda don'ta matta wortha damn.

Shari'a laws are VERY frequently used to abuse and oppress women. While this might not be the intent of the laws, it is their end effect. Similarly, they're used to oppress homosexuals, non-muslims, and so on.

That statement had 1.1428 'a's per word. Nice.

I'm ashamed of it, but meh, it's something that was rather ingrained in my head.

Why would we want Soccer anyway? I don't get the point of watching a sport that scores maybe 2 points on a side for an entire game and often ends in a tie, and includes a bunch of grown men crying like babies over fake injuries to try to get free kicks. Really, if the players didn't do the crybaby fake injury thing I could put up with the lack of actual scoring happening, but the injury thing is just too embarassing for me to want to get near a game.

Flashman wrote:I'm not debating that women are treated poorly in some arabic countrys, but this should have little to do with Islam and Sharia Law.

So you're saying that you think women should be treated poorly, just that it shouldn't be for that specific reason? I don't see how your statement makes sense otherwise - in the real world Sharia Law = women treated badly (along with gays, and Christians, and Jews, and...) , in an ideal world no one would be treated badly regardless of gender.

Melissia wrote:Mn, maybe, but I doubt it'll be that simple.

Even still, this isn't a country I would want to visit. Any country where I would be a second class citizen simply because of my gender-- IE, any country that uses Shari'a law-- is on the bottom of my list of places I'd visit. I'd rather visit the slums of Brazil with all their gang wars going on than a Muslim country run by Shari'a laws.

Well you're in luck! As the World Cup is in Brazil in 2014. plus think of all of those world class stadiums they're going to have in Qatar to stone their women in.

I may be clutching at straws here but is there any chance David Beckham was the one that counted our votes?

I dont follow any sports at all but I hope like hell there is a lot of homosexuals in soccer just to make those little fanatical buggers squirm

Jubear wrote:I dont follow any sports at all but I hope like hell there is a lot of homersexuals in soccer just to make those little fanatical buggers squirm

What on earth is a "Homersexual"?
The word is spelt HOMOsexual.

sebster wrote:
Seriously, we spent $45 million, including a really embaressing advert thing, that would have been cringe worthy in the 80s. And we don't even like soccer.

a moderator wrote:For general information:

"Don't be a racist arsehole, a homophobic spanker, a xenophobic idiot or a sexist pig. You know when you're crossing a line - if you don't, learn."

Grimtuff wrote:

Jubear wrote:I dont follow any sports at all but I hope like hell there is a lot of homersexuals in soccer just to make those little fanatical buggers squirm

What on earth is a "Homersexual"?
The word is spelt HOMOsexual.

lol listening to simpsons =) while I typed it out

I rather like Soccer/Football. It's too bad most Americans don't, I think it is far superior to American Football.

Although, I really couldn't care less where the World Cup is held.

Jubear wrote:

Grimtuff wrote:

Jubear wrote:I dont follow any sports at all but I hope like hell there is a lot of homersexuals in soccer just to make those little fanatical buggers squirm

What on earth is a "Homersexual"?
The word is spelt HOMOsexual.

lol listening to simpsons =) while I typed it out

JAJAAJA Awesome episode JAJJAJAa i remember it

Mike Noble wrote:I rather like Soccer/Football. It's too bad most Americans don't, I think it is far superior to American Football.

This.

I don't care where they host it, I'll be watching from a bar or at home anyway.

Too bad the Iberian bid didn't win, though. We could've actually made some money from the 3 stadiums we put into the bargain (nevermind about the other 8 or so we renewed (ie, spent a lot of friggin' money which didn't get it's return - for the Euro 2004. Well, Braga's stadium is nice, at least).


At least Nelly Furtado won't be on the radio 24/7, every 5 minutes

I don't particularly care for either, but if I had to pick one... RUGBY!

Or hockey.

Either one is violent enough to be worth watching.