craigkillie Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Sadly it'll never get back to being about the football. It started with seeding and has just got worse and worse. There has been seeding since the first ever World Cup in 1930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Sky breaking news "senoir fifa figures walk out of a meeting with blatter" Basically the english rep has walked out after telling blatter to quit The Dutch lad's tea is definitely out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Blatter finished his speech to the FIFA Congress suggesting, going forward, there should be an interplanetary Galactic Cup. Really.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX5ohtggF-A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/11/europe-football-associations-sepp-blatter-fifa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 There has been seeding since the first ever World Cup in 1930. That just means there has been manipulation of tournaments since 1930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Oh God no, not Platini. He voted for Qatar and is almost as bad as Blatter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Blatter finished his speech to the FIFA Congress suggesting, going forward, there should be an interplanetary Galactic Cup. Tbf, something I would like to see is an Intercontinental Cup, held perhaps every 8yrs or 16yrs as a special occasion. There have been irregular games before... e.g. Gordon Durie is the most recent Scot capped for Europe... but this would be a formal, competitive cup played over 1 week, perhaps: First Round (Saturday/Sunday) North America v Oceania Asia v Africa Semi-Finals (Tuesday/Wednesday) Europe v [R1 winner] South America v [R1 winner] Final (Saturday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Tbf, something I would like to see is an Intercontinental Cup, held perhaps every 8yrs or 16yrs as a special occasion. There have been irregular games before... e.g. Gordon Durie is the most recent Scot capped for Europe... but this would be a formal, competitive cup played over 1 week, perhaps: Something like that could help fill that "dead" summer after every world cup where nothing happens, You have the Euros and the olympics in year 2. And the confederations cup in year 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Tbf, something I would like to see is an Intercontinental Cup, held perhaps every 8yrs or 16yrs as a special occasion. There have been irregular games before... e.g. Gordon Durie is the most recent Scot capped for Europe... but this would be a formal, competitive cup played over 1 week, perhaps: In practice would it ever be anything other than a Europe v SA final? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Something like that could help fill that "dead" summer after every world cup where nothing happens, You have the Euros and the olympics in year 2. And the confederations cup in year 3. True, although tbf we're going to the the Finals Tournament of the UEFA League of Nations going some way to filling-up that blank June from 2019 onwards. In practice would it ever be anything other than a Europe v SA final? People said that about the Club World Cup, and occasionally the South Americans lose. You'd have to give all continents an opportunity, but it's no problem having an extra round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need2Speak2Caesar Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 If it is proven beyond all doubt that backhanders then -Yes it should be taken away from Qatar. Would like to see it go to Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Have any of the failed bids talked up a legal challenge yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I do wonder how much of the megatove public opinion towards Blatter/Platini/FIFA/UEFA has been manufactured by the xenophobic British press. The point today about how football one day could be played on other planets is absolute correct. Surely it's more ludicrous to believe that when humans inhibit other planets (in the very near future) they won't play football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaldo Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I do wonder how much of the megatove public opinion towards Blatter/Platini/FIFA/UEFA has been manufactured by the xenophobic British press. The point today about how football one day could be played on other planets is absolute correct. Surely it's more ludicrous to believe that when humans inhibit other planets (in the very near future) they won't play football. It is funny how the only people to have walked out of meetings with Blatter or called for him to quit have both been English. However, they are in the right in this instance. Fifa can't be defended in any way and the tournament shouldn't have gone to Qatar, corruption or no corruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 The guy from the Dutch FA was the one who led calls for Blatter to resign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 It is funny how the only people to have walked out of meetings with Blatter or called for him to quit have both been English. However, they are in the right in this instance. Fifa can't be defended in any way and the tournament shouldn't have gone to Qatar, corruption or no corruption. However if england were awarded 2018 uncle sepp would have been dining in buck palace with the queen as a waitress on tournaments eve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Britain gave football to the world, along with Anglicanism, cricket and railways and stuff. It's only right that we should decide if Mars or Qatar gets the World/Galactic cup first. Come to think of it, we probably created Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Have any of the failed bids talked up a legal challenge yet? Australia have been talking about it and the Americans mentioned it. But the problem is what court do you go to? In what country? What odds of you winning? What odds that FIFA's cronies turn you into pariahs for doing so? Originally, the Aussies were talking about it regarding Qatar needing the tournament to winter... at least that's a tangible you can prove to the threshold a damages court would require, bribery is harder. On the 'Home Nations' thing: just because it was England who started the ball rolling at the last FIFA Congress, however much of a hash they made of doing so (with us in tow), doesn't mean they're wrong... most of UEFA now think Blatter should go. It's also interesting that Platini and UEFA rejected our offer to turn our VP into a UEFA-wide seat, instead keeping it for us but with the Briton in question elected by all UEFA. There is still respect for the Home Nations FAs, in Europe at least, and for what we're perceived to stand for. Britain gave football to the world, along with Anglicanism, cricket and railways and stuff. It's only right that we should decide if Mars or Qatar gets the World/Galactic cup first. Come to think of it, we probably created Qatar. Not really in this instance, although it was a British Protectorate from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire until 1971. Tbf, we wouldn't have put-up with this sort of nonsense from upstart Arabians in the jolly old days of the Trucial States... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need2Speak2Caesar Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 The other countries can't do anything tell foul play is proven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounce Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Whether there was corruption in the bidding process or not, people are dying every week building the infrastructure for this tournament. The figures I've heard/read say anywhere between 900-1200, mostly migrant workers are already dead because of this and 8 more years to go. The World Cup should be taken from them immediately. I'd hope that in the event that the World Cup stayed there and Scotland qualified, we'd refuse to send a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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