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Post by sihath on Jan 8, 2011 20:19:22 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. I agree with you that holding it in Qatar in January makes more sense, but the issue is that FIFA are changing the rules as they go along. Would the delegates who voted for Qatar have done so if they knew they would change the date of the World Cup. Solution: Vote again "We want to change the date of the World Cup to suit Qatar, so we will all vote again knowing that if Qatar win, it'll be in January" How must the Aussies and USA feel.
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Post by Yellowbrains on Jan 8, 2011 21:43:34 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. Not likely. According to this article on the BBC website he's going for at least another 4 years.
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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 13, 2011 21:48:47 GMT
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Post by 'Beav' on Jan 13, 2011 22:35:21 GMT
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said they were "definitely achievable" despite the searing summer heat.
Massive support given
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Post by Belgian Yellow on Jan 13, 2011 22:50:12 GMT
The clubs and European federations should get together and refuse to release the players.
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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 13, 2011 23:04:47 GMT
The more and more I read about this particular tournament the more and more i can't see it happening.
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Post by Agadoo on Jan 13, 2011 23:18:51 GMT
The way I see it is, it's not for 11 1/2 years so I don't give a fuck
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Post by amarillo on Jan 14, 2011 10:05:35 GMT
The clubs and European federations should get together and refuse to release the players. yep and hold a world cup in England in the summer. I reckon we would have support from most of the world. Agree with Concrete Bob as well - I can see it not happening, wonder what the odds are of the world cup not being in Qatar that year?
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Post by Belgian Yellow on Jan 14, 2011 16:26:00 GMT
Qatar themselves now saying "no thanks" to Fifa, we'll have it in the summer.
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