World Cup 2018.....Who Wins The Prize?

[StevieH]

it's birmingham in december. those lads were just throwing flares at each other as a friendly way of helping their neighbours to keep warm. . .

[mrbojangles]

Well I must admit, that was an absolute fantastic bid by all who presented. Prince William showed real passion, Cameron was excellent and flawless and Beckham really impressed me.

They showed a film with 4 current managers who are supporting England's bid. Wenger, Mancini, Redknapp and....wait for it.....wait for it.........SAF A Scott taking time out to support OUR bid.

[MSingh]

That was a much better bid than the Spanish/Portugese one..

[Northpoint]

The violence at Birmingham v Aston Villa last night will tip the vote to Spain/Portugal. Which is a real shame as England infrastruture is better.

What absolute rubbish..

If you think that, why are Russia even being entertained ??

& why are Spain being entertained with things like this happening over the past few Years, which you haven't seen at English Grounds in two decades or more ??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4751876.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4024167.stm

However, there's no way them Brummies will get away with that sh*t when we are there in Januray, i know that...

I hope England gets the nod from FIFA. It will make it so much easier for Germany to win another World Cup so close to home. Poor Germany must be getting sick and tired of only managing second and third places since winning the trophy in 1990. Germany and Brazil have always been the most exciting teams as far as I am concerned. These two teams are a far cry from boring Italy and cheating Argentina. By the way, I am Australian

[MSingh]

The violence at Birmingham v Aston Villa last night will tip the vote to Spain/Portugal. Which is a real shame as England infrastruture is better.

What absolute rubbish..

If you think that, why are Russia even being entertained ??

& why are Spain being entertained with things like this happening over the past few Years, which you haven't seen at English Grounds in two decades or more ??

http://news.bbc.co.u...ope/4751876.stm

http://news.bbc.co.u...ope/4024167.stm

However, there's no way them Brummies will get away with that sh*t when we are there in Januray, i know that...

I hope England gets the nod from FIFA. It will make it so much easier for Germany to win another World Cup so close to home. Poor Germany must be getting sick and tired of only managing second and third places since winning the trophy in 1990. Germany and Brazil have always been the most exciting teams as far as I am concerned. These two teams are a far cry from boring Italy and cheating Argentina. By the way, I am Australian

How's the Cricket getting on ??

[mrbojangles]

How's the Cricket getting on ??

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[Moonrakers]

You can watch this live on the beeb site, should you want to

[mrbojangles]

What a load of crooked cr4p

[Farma]

RUSSIA gets it

[Lite Beer]

Yep. Russia

[Moonrakers]

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[Farma]

QATAR gets 2022

[MSingh]

So much for the " Kick Racism out of Football Campaign " aye FIFA ??

Guess the Rouble is more persuasive..

[Lite Beer]

England were knocked out in the first round of voting.

4th out of 4.

Looks iffy to me.

[MSingh]

England were knocked out in the first round of voting.

4th out of 4.

Looks iffy to me.

Yet was the " best bid ".......

[Moonrakers]

And at at time when they (FIFA) really need to clean up their image.

Blatter's kids must have a fat trust fund by now, in a certain Middle Eastern country perhaps?

[MSingh]

And at at time when they (FIFA) really need to clean up their image.

Blatter's kids must have a fat trust fund by now, in a certain Middle Eastern country perhaps?

I think it sums FIFA up perfectly to be honest..

[StevieH]

please tell me nobody is surprised.

qatar in 22 is all about mohammed bin hammam not challenging blatter for the presidency. pure politics. air conditioned stadiums, 50 degree heat outside and you won't even be able to have a cold beer to cool down. that'll be fun.

[tso310]

Totally logical these 2 winners if you ignore logic.

[Old Croc]

Qatar, an absolute monarchy of only about 1.7 million people covering about 11000 sq kms. The country has very little water and the temperatures during the World Cup will likely be in the forties.

Their football side has never reached the finals (this is one way of getting there!) and is ranked about 108.

On the plus side they have some of the richest oil and gas deposits in the world and close to the highest GDP per capita in the world, they are an arabic country.

Not hard to work out how they won 2022.

[salty]

Russia where racism is rife 2018

Qatar where the heat will be crucifying 2022.

Says it all about FIFA. How many palms have been greased I wonder?.

[MSingh]

please tell me nobody is surprised.

qatar in 22 is all about mohammed bin hammam not challenging blatter for the presidency. pure politics. air conditioned stadiums, 50 degree heat outside and you won't even be able to have a cold beer to cool down. that'll be fun.

No no, Fifa summed up today completely, in 10 mins..

Long Live Panorama..

[tso310]

England out in first round with 4 votes. Russia wins in 2nd round with a majority 12 votes.

[Moonrakers]

4 (four) votes?

Russia got 12 (Twelve) votes

WHAT??????

How many did Spain/Portugal get?

[mrbojangles]

How many did Spain/Portugal get?

Don't know yet. But even though ours was (by FIFA's own admission) the best Technical and Commercial bid, so how on earth can we have come 4th out of 4. What effin criteria is needed to win.

[Devil]

sad sad day for football

[Moonrakers]

How many did Spain/Portugal get?

Don't know yet. But even though ours was (by FIFA's own admission) the best Technical and Commercial bid, so how on earth can we have come 4th out of 4. What effin criteria is needed to win.

National TV not exposing them as a corrupt bunch of <deleted> might be a criteria. A few Rubles and Riyals would likely be seen as a positive factor also.

[tso310]

latest report is that we actually only got 2 votes.

[mrbojangles]

Just in.

First round votes:-

England 2

Holland / Belgium 4

Spain/Portugal 7

Russia 8 (i think)

What an absolute joke. If the criteria isn't the best bid FIFA should tell what the criteria is so that6 countries don't waste time, effort, money and most of all....hope.

[tso310]

Looks like the NoW sting and the Panorama report must have done some damage. Well thats it until 2030 which is when we are allowed to bid again.