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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 7, 2011 13:35:00 GMT
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Post by Toeby on Jan 7, 2011 13:43:52 GMT
Blatter, who is in Doha for the start of the Asian Cup, added: "Although we have the basic conditions of their bid for a June and July World Cup, the Fifa executive committee is entitled to change anything that was in the bid."
Make it up as you go along then?
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Post by sihath on Jan 7, 2011 13:45:58 GMT
Blatter, who is in Doha for the start of the Asian Cup, added: "Although we have the basic conditions of their bid for a June and July World Cup, the Fifa executive committee is entitled to change anything that was in the bid." Make it up as you go along then? I was going to quote the same thing. Bunch of cowboys. |
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Post by amarillo on Jan 7, 2011 14:00:58 GMT
Given that the ridiculous decision has now been made for it to be in Qatar, holding it in the winter makes sense. Theres more than enough time to make the necessary alterations to the domestic calendar.
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Post by Gavin Archery on Jan 7, 2011 14:06:22 GMT
Given that the ridiculous decision has now been made for it to be in Qatar, holding it in the winter makes sense. Theres more than enough time to make the necessary alterations to the domestic calendar. But generally speaking it is too hot to play football in England in June/July too. |
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Post by amarillo on Jan 7, 2011 14:09:34 GMT
But generally speaking it is too hot to play football in England in June/July too. have you ever experienced the British summer? |
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Post by chris1986 on Jan 7, 2011 14:18:32 GMT
But generally speaking it is too hot to play football in England in June/July too. have you ever experienced the British summer? I thought it was generally too wet to play in june/july  I bet most of the money in the budget for air conditioned stadia will be going to the executive committees pockets instead. We should lead a break away football tournament like the Packer world series cricket in the 70s |
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Post by Gavin Archery on Jan 7, 2011 14:21:16 GMT
But generally speaking it is too hot to play football in England in June/July too. have you ever experienced the British summer? 45 of them. And yes last week of June/first week of July is wet, but my recollection was it was too warm. |
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Post by amarillo on Jan 7, 2011 14:42:17 GMT
too warm for you maybe, but it shouldn't be too warm for professional athletes!
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Post by Gavin Archery on Jan 7, 2011 15:03:55 GMT
too warm for you maybe, but it shouldn't be too warm for professional athletes! Yeah but if you go to pre season friendlies in July, all the players are sweating like sweaty turkish wrestlers. |
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Post by kenskeen on Jan 7, 2011 15:12:26 GMT
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Post by Boogaloo on Jan 7, 2011 16:49:21 GMT
Good on him. FIFA is corrupt to the core. As chris1986 suggested a Packer style breakway would be a fantastic idea. As Uli Hoeness suggested, "It's time the strong federations from Germany, England, Spain or France start to clean things up." . FIFA won't be as big as they are without England, France, Spain and Germany. Maybe if we could also get Brazil and Argentina involved as well, and then that's all of the World Cup winners from 1954 onwards! Won't be much of a World Cup. |
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Post by amarillo on Jan 7, 2011 17:02:49 GMT
I wonder what the odds are on the 2022 world cup not being in Qatar? No-one (except the Qataris and Blatter) wants it there. It would only take one of those countries to threaten a breakaway and others would quickly follow.
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Post by kenskeen on Jan 7, 2011 18:15:33 GMT
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Post by OUFC Gav on Jan 7, 2011 19:10:37 GMT
The temp still averages mid 20's in Dec/Jan.. |
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Post by junior1 on Jan 8, 2011 5:21:56 GMT
Just a thought if it's held in January won't it clash with the winter olympics? Can't see that being to popular!
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Post by Gavin Archery on Jan 8, 2011 8:02:26 GMT
Just a thought if it's held in January won't it clash with the winter olympics? Can't see that being to popular! And the London Olympics next year will clash with pre season friendlies..... |
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Post by hairy on Jan 8, 2011 10:33:06 GMT
Ferguson sounds like he made a few quid out of endorsing the Qatar bid, but then his image as a football man was shown to be a load of shite by the Glazer affair. Great manager but his opinions are buyable.
What international football needs is a credible figure to stand against Blatter, Franz Beckenbaur would be an obvious choice but reading above Uli Hoeness could be a candidate too. If these type of candidates were to lose an election to Blatter it would show just how corrupt football governance has become and show that a breakaway by the leading football nations is a desirable option.
The trouble with international football at the moment is that countries where football is a tiny minority sport with no importance attached to it outnumber the countries where it is a large and important sport. Blatter has cultivated the former to gain easy votes and gain power and used this to push through his ridiculous agenda. Its very likely that this will eventually lead to a breakaway.
Who would want to watch a world cup without England, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Italy etc?
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Post by YellowHoods on Jan 8, 2011 10:44:22 GMT
Ferguson sounds like he made a few quid out of endorsing the Qatar bid, but then his image as a football man was shown to be a load of shite by the Glazer affair. Great manager but his opinions are buyable. What international football needs is a credible figure to stand against Blatter, Franz Beckenbaur would be an obvious choice but reading above Uli Hoeness could be a candidate too. If these type of candidates were to lose an election to Blatter it would show just how corrupt football governance has become and show that a breakaway by the leading football nations is a desirable option. The trouble with international football at the moment is that countries where football is a tiny minority sport with no importance attached to it outnumber the countries where it is a large and important sport. Blatter has cultivated the former to gain easy votes and gain power and used this to push through his ridiculous agenda. Its very likely that this will eventually lead to a breakaway. Who would want to watch a world cup without England, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Italy etc? I agree. Voting rights for FIFA members should be in direct proportion to, say, the number of registered clubs in a country. So Germany might have 20 votes, but Samoa just one. Of course this will never happen as FIFA is effectively a dictatorship where members are frightened to take Blatter on because they know they will not get enough support from others. Our only hope is he retires himself soon. |
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Post by Boogaloo on Jan 8, 2011 12:49:51 GMT
But Scotland won't be there, so his opinion doesn't really count. ;D |
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