21st Century Fox Posted 17 September 2013 Posted 17 September 2013 Aussies are contemplating suing if their forced to play a winter tournament. Most bitter people alive. Although FIFA deserve every bit of it. I wouldn't say it's bitter. If you spend however many millions on bidding for a summer tournament, tailoring your bid towards exactly that, only for the winners to then be given a winter tournament because their bid for the summer wasn't up to scratch, you'd feel pretty aggreived and a few million out of pocket.
Dan Posted 17 September 2013 Posted 17 September 2013 Wouldn't have put it past Blatter to have voted for USA as an attempt to cover his own back. The bloke's no idiot. Absolute scum of the earth but definitely not an idiot.
Manwell Pablo Posted 17 September 2013 Posted 17 September 2013 I wouldn't say it's bitter. If you spend however many millions on bidding for a summer tournament, tailoring your bid towards exactly that, only for the winners to then be given a winter tournament because their bid for the summer wasn't up to scratch, you'd feel pretty aggreived and a few million out of pocket. They have a write to feel aggrieved it's just typical Australian toys out the pram and it's quite funny. As I say FIFA do deserve everything they get whole thing is rapidly becoming more and more of a farce with every new story.
21st Century Fox Posted 17 September 2013 Posted 17 September 2013 They have a write to feel aggrieved it's just typical Australian toys out the pram and it's quite funny. As I say FIFA do deserve everything they get whole thing is rapidly becoming more and more of a farce with every new story. Well apparently all the other bidders are going to file a suit as well, it's just Australian are getting in first. It'll be amazing when Fox and NBC challenge any winter change, because they paid $1 billion for the TV rights for a summer tournament and any winter event will clash with the NFL. FIFA are so screwed, unfortunately they'll worm their way out somehow.
Dan Posted 18 September 2013 Posted 18 September 2013 If FIFA and all the scum who 'work' for them end up with more money then they've won regardless of what happens. They're a bunch of greedy, corrupt non-football men who should somehow be over-ruled. ttfn was spot on. Every one of them knows Blatter is scum - but why would they bite the hand that feeds them?
21st Century Fox Posted 19 September 2013 Posted 19 September 2013 UEFA members back winter tournament in Qatar. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24160879
FoxesAreBlue Posted 19 September 2013 Posted 19 September 2013 Can anybody body think of a bigger total fvck up in the history of all fvck ups?
Bert Posted 19 September 2013 Posted 19 September 2013 Can anybody body think of a bigger total fvck up in the history of all fvck ups?Appointing Blatter as president.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 19 September 2013 Posted 19 September 2013 Appointing Blatter as president. Hmmmm. Touché
AKCJ Posted 19 September 2013 Posted 19 September 2013 Qatar shouldn't be denied the opportunity of a World Cup because the Europeans want it in the Summer. It's called a World Cup for a reason. However, Qatar should have bid for a winter World Cup.
Kitchandro Posted 19 September 2013 Author Posted 19 September 2013 Qatar shouldn't be denied the opportunity of a World Cup because the Europeans want it in the Summer. It's called a World Cup for a reason. However, Qatar should have bid for a winter World Cup. It's called the World Cup because teams from all over the world compete in it. I'm not sure what that has to do with it being staged at a completely different time of year to every other World Cup there's ever been. Qatar shouldn't have bid at all from my point of view. I can't name one Qatari player, I've never seen them play a match, I can't imagine they get respectable crowds for their matches, I can't name one of their stadiums, they have never played in the World Cup, their country is backward, their climate is unreasonable in the summer. In every sense there was no good reason why they should have the World Cup. All this 'the world cup is for everybody' is absolute bollocks. Countries who are staging it need to be able to stage it properly. And they should be passionate about football. There needs to be some criteria for getting a World Cup.
Beliall Posted 19 September 2013 Posted 19 September 2013 Quite how Blatter has remained in power is astonishing. If he's being bribed he has to go and if he's not being bribed he's making absolutely ludicrous decisions. Either way he's clearly not fit to run FIFA. Bonkers. Read the OP then read this http://www.goal.com/en/news/13/united-states/2013/01/01/3639686/sepp-blatter-criticises-major-league-soccer-for-lack-of Hypocrite. "Speaking to Al Jazeera TV" ... that would be the notedly anti-American (who, incidentally, were also bidding for 2022), official state broadcaster of where, exactly???Sure, he'll sometimes make crazy statements and claims, but virtually all of them have some sort of very shrewd political reasoning behind them. It's all about reinforcing his support base ahead of the 2015 election. Blatter doesn't care about what the state of MLS is - the World Cup TV rights are becoming a big deal over there and don't depend on it being a huge success vs. a moderate one - as if he did he'd be well informed enough to know that his comments around the calendar are dumb. He cares about being able to play to the crowd there a bit while putting a bit of a "don't think you can have this" message to the Americans and a couple of digs about the "FIFA Calendar" that presumably are aimed at the Premier League with 2022 in mind (as the summer season is obviously fine in Scandinavia and has been a big benefit to MLS) . There's a bunch of ways he can play out the 2022 thing when it comes to the 2015 election and I can't see him losing out because of any of them. The guy's a genius when it comes to dirty politics. Any possibilty that sep intended this, planned to have a winter world cup and move the euro season to summer that year...and then forever?Id like to add that I agree with a comment further up about them never qualifying before. I think if your country has never qualified before perhaps you shouldnt be allowed to host the biggest football tournament. Saying that im not sure japan ever qualified before and that was ok. But at least they have a football league ive heard of.
FuriousFox46 Posted 19 September 2013 Posted 19 September 2013 http://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/boycott-blatters-bullst/
Larry_LCFC Posted 19 September 2013 Posted 19 September 2013 World Cup 2022: Uefa members back winter tournament in QatarComments (1512) The prospect of a winter World Cup in 2022 took a step forward after European football chiefs agreed a summer event could not be played in Qatar. Summer temperatures in the Gulf state can reach 50C, sparking health fears for players and fans alike. Uefa's 54 member associations backed the switch at a meeting in Croatia. "The World Cup cannot be played in Qatar in the summer," said Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce. "Everyone was certainly in agreement about that." Play media Greg Dyke: "You can't hold this tournament in the summer in Qatar" Boyce, a former president of the Irish Football Association, added that the debate was now whether the tournament would be played in January of 2022 or in November and December of that year. Uefa favours January so that it does not impact on the Champions League, but British associations want to ensure their domestic festive fixtures are protected. Boyce says the associations do not want Fifa to rush that decision. "There is still nine years to go and people feel Fifa should sit down with all the major stakeholders and come up with a solution that would cause the minimum disruption to football," he said. "There is plenty of time to do that in my opinion." Fifa could agree in principle to alter the timing of the World Cup at a meeting in Zurich early next month, but the news that European football chiefs are backing a switch is significant. Analysis Phil McNulty Chief football writer The Premier League's position on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - as voiced recently by chief executive Richard Scudamore - is that the bid process was thorough and dealt with all the issues of staging the event in the summer. It was on this basis that the World Cup was awarded, with all the climate implications. If this is now regarded as the wrong decision, Scudamore's view is that a switch to winter is not the right way to make amends. The Premier League also has understandable concerns about the disruption to its own calendar should the World Cup be moved. Would there be a break in the season? Would the schedule of an entire season be altered? There are also reservations about staging Premier League games in England in June and July. Is there an appetite for it in this country? The agreement from Europe's football leaders that it cannot be played in Qatar in summer will be welcomed by Fifa and almost certainly used against any Premier League objections, as momentum grows for a switch. That is because European associations represent 10 members of Fifa's 22-strong executive committee, which will make the final decision. Some domestic leagues around the world are likely to be unhappy at Thursday's news. The English Premier League declined to comment, but has always opposed a switch and together with other European leagues, has called for there to be no definitive decision next month and a full consultative process. Chief executive Richard Scudamore said last month that a winter World Cup would be too disruptive and cause major disruption to three domestic seasons - 2021-22 and the ones either side - as well as impacting on broadcasting contracts. Scudamore was adamant the tournament could go ahead in the summer. Fifa's own medical chief, Michel D'Hooghe, has already advised that the risks posed to supporters by extreme heat are too great, while Fifa president Sepp Blatter admitted the governing body may have made a "mistake" in awarding the competition to Qatar. Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has already said the World Cup might have to move location if a suitable time to play the event in Qatar cannot be agreed. However, the head of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Hassan al-Thawadi, has rejected calls for the tournament to be awarded to another country. Earlier this week, Australia's soccer chief Frank Lowy said his country's Football Federation (FFA) may seek compensation if the 2022 World Cup is switched to the winter. Australia lost out to Qatar in the voting but have asked Fifa to look at awarding "just and fair compensation" to those nations that "invested many millions, and national prestige, in bidding for a summer event". http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24160879 Not happy with this at all. Completely **** our domestic leagues up. Will be a split season. Ridiculous. Those clowns should never have got it in the first place!
MrSpaM Posted 26 September 2013 Posted 26 September 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24282713 The more I read about this, the more I think they should just scrap it and play the whole thing somewhere else. I cannot see this ending in anything other than a catastrophe. They've already had 40 people die in the past month just building the grounds!
Dan Posted 26 September 2013 Posted 26 September 2013 Qatar shouldn't be denied the opportunity of a World Cup because the Europeans want it in the Summer. It's called a World Cup for a reason. However, Qatar should have bid for a winter World Cup. Qatar should be denied the opportunity because they've been given it due to corrupt FIFA members voting in their favour. They're a bunch of absolute no marks in the footballing world. They'll come 4th in their group inevitably being smashed by sides like Norway and Senegal in the process. They'll never be in a world cup again and they'll have all the infrastructure in place despite probably never filling it again. From a footballing perspective it's the worst decision I've seen.
Dan Posted 26 September 2013 Posted 26 September 2013 It's called the World Cup because teams from all over the world compete in it. I'm not sure what that has to do with it being staged at a completely different time of year to every other World Cup there's ever been. Qatar shouldn't have bid at all from my point of view. I can't name one Qatari player, I've never seen them play a match, I can't imagine they get respectable crowds for their matches, I can't name one of their stadiums, they have never played in the World Cup, their country is backward, their climate is unreasonable in the summer. In every sense there was no good reason why they should have the World Cup. All this 'the world cup is for everybody' is absolute bollocks. Countries who are staging it need to be able to stage it properly. And they should be passionate about football. There needs to be some criteria for getting a World Cup. There is. Whoever offers FIFA the most. It's undeniable.
21st Century Fox Posted 26 September 2013 Posted 26 September 2013 For once Blatter might not be pubic enemy number one in this scenario (Although the buck ultimately stops with him as the head of a corrupt organisation). It seems Platini is far more in favor of Qatar and some FIFA delegates were apparently leaned on by respective governments to vote for Qatar for political reasons, which obviously goes against FIFA's manifesto. Nicolas Sarkozy happens to be EXTREMELY chummy with the Emir of Qatar, who both met with Platini before the vote. Just when you think there's hope after Blatter finally dies in his throne, another will just step straight in. Depressing.
Dan Posted 26 September 2013 Posted 26 September 2013 Is Twatini actually going to replace Blatter then? Christ. That nobheads arguably even worse. Someone who actually played the game as one of the true icons and he can't even lie in bed straight. He's single handedly defeated any argument in favour of ex-players running the game.
Jordan Posted 26 September 2013 Posted 26 September 2013 Qatar should be denied the opportunity because they've been given it due to corrupt FIFA members voting in their favour. They're a bunch of absolute no marks in the footballing world. They'll come 4th in their group inevitably being smashed by sides like Norway and Senegal in the process. They'll never be in a world cup again and they'll have all the infrastructure in place despite probably never filling it again. From a footballing perspective it's the worst decision I've seen. I can see a few Brazilian, Senegalese, and Ghanaian players being given Qatari passports over the next few years.
Dan Posted 26 September 2013 Posted 26 September 2013 I can see a few Brazilian, Senegalese, and Ghanaian players being given Qatari passports over the next few years. Good luck to them. They'll still be utter no-marks who'll not break the top 100 of the world rankings in my lifetime.
breadandcheese Posted 14 November 2013 Posted 14 November 2013 Another one to add to the list for Qatar being an excellent choice http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/13/french-footballer-claims-prevented-leaving-qatar
kingcarr21 Posted 16 May 2014 Posted 16 May 2014 The FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted that it was "a mistake" to choose Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup. Blatter said that the technical report into Qatar's bid had warned that it was too hot but despite that, FIFA's executive committee had voted for the Middle Eastern country. The FIFA president said it was now "probable" that it would be played in the winter rather than the summer due to the heat. Blatter told Swiss TV station RTS: "Yes, it was a mistake of course, but one makes lots of mistakes in life. "The technical report into Qatar said clearly it was too hot but the executive committee - with a large majority - decided all the same to play it in Qatar." NO SHIT SHERLOCK
Fox42 Posted 16 May 2014 Posted 16 May 2014 Doesn't matter, have €€€€€€€€€€€€
Grandad. Posted 16 May 2014 Posted 16 May 2014 Haha I woke up earlier than expected this morning and read this on a Sky Sports notification thing, I just turned back over and laughed. Sooner that **** dies the better.
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