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Old 12-02-2010, 10:18 AM   #3221 (permalink)
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What a con!
3.25 pm and Spain make a press release claiming Russia win the bid.
3.30 pm sees the Associated Press announce that England aren't in the envelope for the final 2.
3.35 and Blatter makes his speech claiming China invented football (kicking a sphere around blindly with no rules, is not inventing football) and explains how he doesn't know who the final 2 bids are, just before declaring Russia the winners!
No wonder Putin pulled out of attending this circus. After the allegations of bribery he's not going to want to be associated.
The whole thing stinks!!!
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:21 AM   #3222 (permalink)
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Absolutely couldn't agree more. And Qatar in 2022? Really?
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:24 AM   #3223 (permalink)
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Money in the right places, talks.
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:39 AM   #3224 (permalink)
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So much for Politics being kept out of football, eh? I think it's about time Blatter was used for a Bladder, and booted out of the stadium.
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:40 AM   #3225 (permalink)
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Money in the right places, talks.
Well it must do, mustn't it? The temperature during the world cup will be between 45-50 oC, they dont have a major domestic league, their (current) biggest stadium is still smaller than St. James' Park and the rest of them are no bigger than the Don Valley stadium and Craven pissing Cottage.

They would have been my first choice to host a world cup too.
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:56 AM   #3226 (permalink)
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I hate soccer and don't follow it too closely... but seeing Qatar getting the nod to host the World Cup is a joke. Worst decision possible.
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:43 AM   #3227 (permalink)
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I hate soccer and don't follow it too closely... but seeing Qatar getting the nod to host the World Cup is a joke. Worst decision possible.
I don't think so. Many times sports is a bridge between cultures, and spotlighting an area that many do not understand is a great idea. Opens up the conscious to a better understanding of all of our brothers and sisters from all over the world.
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:53 AM   #3228 (permalink)
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Yeah...like that world cup in the U.S did.
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:24 PM   #3229 (permalink)
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Talked a little in the shoutbox but I'll echo myself here a little bit.

Qatar has no experience hosting anything even close to this magnitude. They are going to have to build a ton of **** to accomodate everything and it's gonna be at least a million degrees. Their plan doesn't sound all that secure or realistic... Something about building air conditioned stadiums and then dismantling them to give parts to needy countries or something??? Good luck with that.

As for spreading the popularity of soccer, who cares? It's already the world most popular sport, and as the USA has shown, some countries just aren't soccer crazy and never will be. Qatar better start preparing ASAP, I just don't think they have what it takes to accommodate everyone and everything. it's such a huge scale event for a place that doesn't hold large scale events.
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Old 12-06-2010, 09:23 AM   #3230 (permalink)
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BBC Sport - Football - Boss Chris Hughton sacked by Newcastle United

You've gotta be fucking kidding me.

Here's a guy who's seen Newcastle, in their immediate return season to the top flight, beat Arsenal away, push on the top 5 at points (however fleetingly), get the best out of Andy Carrol and play some great-looking football on top of it all, and this is how Mike Ashley thanks him?

Jeez, some people...
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