World Cup 2018

[worm]

People saying we should pull out of FIFA

[funkymp]

Perhaps we should give Pro Evo a go.

[ralph250]

Pretty much spot on imo.

Edited December 4, 2010 by ralph250

[irons]

Only two read it? two voted yeah, but sure he said 3 on the show requested the info.

[Budweiser]

Travel advice for a tournament 11.5 years away? Jesus wept.

[Cardboard Box City]

Yes I know. So where was the Scottish, Irish and welsh votes?

Edited December 4, 2010 by Cardboard Box City

[rexclark]

There were none. There aren't any Scottish, Irish or Welsh members of the Executive Committee:

[irons]

Racialists!

[irons]

I see Boris Johnston has cancelled all the hotel rooms for FIFA at the Olympics. Good on the man, hit them where it hurts, in that luxury lifestyle.

Edited December 5, 2010 by irons

[Snufflebutt]

I see Boris Johnston has cancelled all the hotel rooms for FIFA at the Olympics. Good on the man, hit them where it hurts, in that luxury lifestyle.

[irons]

They just look like very sore losers. Its as if they are taking back all the stuff they used to try and bribe the fifa executive committee - kinda hypocritical.

[funkymp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_World_Cup

That's the world cup for nations not in FIFA, maybe dropping out of FIFA and joining that might actually mean england would win something at International level

[Ed209]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_World_Cup

That's the world cup for nations not in FIFA, maybe dropping out of FIFA and joining that might actually mean england would win something at International level

[ampersand]

world cup looking like it could be in january.

the more i think about it though, i don't mind. january (as proven so far) are normally boring and rubbish. i wouldn't say no to a world cup right now. and it leaves june/july free for doing fun things like festivals!

[eFestivals]

world cup looking like it could be in january.

the more i think about it though, i don't mind. january (as proven so far) are normally boring and rubbish. i wouldn't say no to a world cup right now. and it leaves june/july free for doing fun things like festivals!

I'm in two minds about it.

From one angle, it seems wrong that somewhere gets awarded the cup on the basis of saying it'll be in June, but that June is then thought as not suitable. If June isn't suitable then it shouldn't have been awarded on that basis in the first place.

But from the other side, it's wrong that how a world-wide sport happens is dominated by the view of just a small part of the world.

[jump]

world cup looking like it could be in january.

the more i think about it though, i don't mind. january (as proven so far) are normally boring and rubbish. i wouldn't say no to a world cup right now. and it leaves june/july free for doing fun things like festivals!

Edited January 7, 2011 by jump

[ampersand]

I'm in two minds about it.

From one angle, it seems wrong that somewhere gets awarded the cup on the basis of saying it'll be in June, but that June is then thought as not suitable. If June isn't suitable then it shouldn't have been awarded on that basis in the first place.

But from the other side, it's wrong that how a world-wide sport happens is dominated by the view of just a small part of the world.

[Ed209]

Blatter is expecting 2022 world cup to be in January

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9297416.stm

This could get ugly

[ampersand]

we've started discussing that in the football thread. any chances the posts could be moved? forgot about this thread!

[Ed209]

we've started discussing that in the football thread. any chances the posts could be moved? forgot about this thread!

[ampersand]

Ahh ok. Tend to avoid the football thread

[eFestivals]

what's the time difference there? we wouldn't be getting it at silly times again would we? that's what annoyed me about the japan/s.korea one. but as you say, why should we be catered to all the time.

Off the top of my head I'd guess that Qatar is about 4 or 5 hours ahead of the UK - so, with games played late in their day to lesse3n the heat, I'd guess the times that we see the matches won't be too inconvenient.

[eFestivals]

nah i'm meaning to move our posts in that thread to here. if neil or sco77ie would be so kind!

I'll have a go, tho it's not something I've done before. Fingers crossed....

[eFestivals]

blimey, success.

[Ed209]

Off the top of my head I'd guess that Qatar is about 4 or 5 hours ahead of the UK - so, with games played late in their day to lesse3n the heat, I'd guess the times that we see the matches won't be too inconvenient.