Winter World Cup agreement Reached!!

[Saint86]

Uefa's 54 member associations have given their backing to moving the Qatar World Cup in 2022 to winter after agreeing it cannot take place in summer.

"What has come out of this meeting is that the World Cup cannot be played in Qatar in the summer," said Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce.

"Everyone was certainly in agreement about that."

However, Boyce added that the dates of the competition are yet to be decided.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24160879

[hutch]

The awesome power of the plain brown envelope in all it's glory.

[VectisSaint]

Reached by UEFA, hardly surprising given the vested interests of the UEFA major leagues. FIFA organise the World Cup, not UEFA.

[Hatch]

the other countries that were outbid to host this have every right to kick off, and probably will.

[aintforever]

Thats a disgrace, the problem is everyone at FIFA is on the gravy train so there is no appetite to confront the corruption.

 

I have no interest in a World cup in that middle eastern sh!t hole.

[lifeintheslowlane]

Shameful...an absolute farce.

[The Kraken]

Was always going to happen, no surprise at all unfortunately.

 

Australia and the other bid nations will sue and FIFA will use some of their filthy money to grease the wheels.

[solentstars]

Thats a disgrace, the problem is everyone at FIFA is on the gravy train so there is no appetite to confront the corruption.

 

I have no interest in a World cup in that middle eastern sh!t hole.

 

Trouble is football is big business now and governments love the prestige so politicians use influence to win the event .just the same thing with the Olympics.

 

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[Hatch]

for my money it will be held in England in 2022 anyway. I said this at the time when it was awarded to the highest briber, and I stick with it.

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

Thats a disgrace, the problem is everyone at FIFA is on the gravy train so there is no appetite to confront the corruption.

 

I have no interest in a World cup in that middle eastern sh!t hole.

 

Well you should. Greg Dyke says we should win this one.

[hypochondriac]

the other countries that were outbid to host this have every right to kick off, and probably will.

 

Hope they sue the a*se off them. Utterly corrupt.

[stevegrant]

for my money it will be held in England in 2022 anyway. I said this at the time when it was awarded to the highest briber, and I stick with it.

I didn't go as far as to say it'll be in England, but I do still firmly believe it won't be played in Qatar.

[angelman]

Oz, I suspect, will get paid off as in the scheme of things, their £43m that they spent is but a drop in the ocean. It had to be changed, as there was no way that it could happen in summer. We all know that, so it was just a question of a change of date or a change of location. Why you want to hold it in a country of 2 million people that is 30 times the size of the Isle of Wight is anyone's guess, even taking the financial incentives into account. A shame that the game has prostituted itself to money rather than taking the fans into account first - nothing new though.

[pangy]

What happened to these air conditioned super stadiums they were building??

[Saint Charlie]

International football is on its knees. Hardly anyone is really that bothered by it anymore, surely?

[Sour Mash]

Yet another clear example of the corruption and incompetence of the people that "run" the game of football at a world level, disgusting.

[Wurzel]

International football is on its knees. Hardly anyone is really that bothered by it anymore, surely?

 

For countries like us with strong leagues I'd agree. But try telling that to Tahiti.

[Sour Mash]

International football is on its knees. Hardly anyone is really that bothered by it anymore, surely?

Plenty of people are bothered about it. England home game still get 60k+ even when playing Moldova, the country still gets massively into any major tournament.

[hypochondriac]

The thing is I remember when this was first announced that people were saying there was no way they could play it in the summer as it would be too hot and then saying that they will definitely move it to the winter. This will have been fifa's plan all along but they couldn't announce it at the time as it would have been viewed as corrupt.

[Toadhall Saint]

So how will that effect the domestic leagues? Will it mean a winter break for all leagues? Or am I missing something?

[Sour Mash]

So how will that effect the domestic leagues? Will it mean a winter break for all leagues? Or am I missing something?

Yep, going to be at least a 2 month break in the middle of the season I'd guess.

[Toadhall Saint]

Yep, going to be at least a 2 month break in the middle of the season I'd guess.

 

Ah well at least we'll be able to watch saints in the summer!

[Whitey Grandad]

Let's hope we don't qualify. Then we could have our normal season, minus all the mercenaries of course. Some clubs would struggle to put out a team.

[Hatch]

Rugby Union and Cricket just carries on without the international players, let football do the same.

[hypochondriac]

Rugby Union and Cricket just carries on without the international players, let football do the same.

 

Imagine if it was this year. We wouldn't fare too well without rickie and osvaldo!

[Fan The Flames]

Whilst the road to this decision is at bit dodgy I can't see what the big deal is about playing the WC in the winter is. It's not a permanent change, it just happens when the WC is played in that part of the world. With rotation that will not be for another 30 years.

[Horley CTFC Saint]

Uefa's 54 member associations have given their backing to moving the Qatar World Cup in 2022 to winter after agreeing it cannot take place in summer.

"What has come out of this meeting is that the World Cup cannot be played in Qatar in the summer," said Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce.

"Everyone was certainly in agreement about that."

However, Boyce added that the dates of the competition are yet to be decided.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24160879

Hopefully we wont qualify nor France, Italy, Uruguay, Kenya.....:/

[Bourne Valley Saint]

I remember the amount of effort that England put into their bid by giving details of the stadia to be used, the surrounding infrastructure and specific details on the timings, ultimately to be unsuccessful. Qatar on the other hand put in a bid that was impossible for FIFA to turn it down - the only oversight being the lack of facilities (perhaps stadiums being the biggest omission) and when the tournament would actually be played!!. A thoroughly well thought out and comprehensive bid by Qatar - FIFA had no choice but to accept What the criteria was for their acceptance, well we can only guess!!!!!! It certainly wasn't for footballing reasons. The sooner we leave FIFA the better. Perhaps UEFA can stretch their wings and embrace the Americas/Australasias and set up an alternative World Cup!

[Horley CTFC Saint]

Ah well at least we'll be able to watch saints in the summer!

 

Sod that - I'll be watching the cricket!!

[trousers]

http://dohanews.co/post/58898402174/official-qatar-sees-record-number-of-nepalese-deaths

[orchardsaint]

Rugby Union and Cricket just carries on without the international players, let football do the same.

 

didn't this used to happen? if you had players away, you played the reserves, or the players came back quicker. but then again, that would tire out our fully paid professional athletes that struggle to play three games in any two week period!

[saint_disco123]

but how is that going to work?! the main leagues in the world (la liga, prem, etc etc) all play in the winter?!

 

 

wait does that mean everyones best players will leave to play for their country? hmmm could that work in our favour? think about it guys? GUYS?

[OldNick]

but how is that going to work?! the main leagues in the world (la liga, prem, etc etc) all play in the winter?!

 

 

wait does that mean everyones best players will leave to play for their country? hmmm could that work in our favour? think about it guys? GUYS?

i assume they will point at the African cup of nations and how all the players leave to play in that, but the leagues carry on

[suewhistle]

Some European leagues have a reasonable winter break over Christmas/January, possibly as long as 4/5 weeks anyway (paging MLG, MLG?), so they'd find it easier to cope with.

[hypochondriac]

Whilst the road to this decision is at bit dodgy I can't see what the big deal is about playing the WC in the winter is. It's not a permanent change, it just happens when the WC is played in that part of the world. With rotation that will not be for another 30 years.

 

But a winter world cup was not what they were bidding for.

[aintforever]

The only thing that will make it a decent World Cup in Qatar is if Israel qualify and take 50,000 fans.

Edited 19 September, 2013 by aintforever

[jjsaint]

The only thing that will make it a decent World Cup in Qatar is if Israel qualify and take 50,000 fans.

 

This. I'd also like a homosexual country to qualify, this would really test the limits of Middle East 'tolerance'.

[Saint86]

This. I'd also like a homosexual country to qualify, this would really test the limits of Middle East 'tolerance'.

 

Rainbow laces to be worn?

[JRM]

This. I'd also like a homosexual country to qualify, this would really test the limits of Middle East 'tolerance'.

 

if you were a gay Israeli alcoholic you certainly wouldn't feel very welcome at this world cup.

[Bewildered]

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/239353.html

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nicolas-sarkozy-colluded-to-get-qatar-2022-world-cup-8471758.html

[trousers]

This. I'd also like a homosexual country to qualify, this would really test the limits of Middle East 'tolerance'.

 

Which homosexual countries did you have in mind?

[derry]

By the middle of October the EPL will have lost a month to friendlies or World Cup qualifiers. The 2022 summer pre season would be international free. Another month out of the EPL season could be rapidly caught up. Making the CL and EL knock outs:lol: would free up a lot of weeks. Be interesting if somebody goes to court on behalf of the countries denied the WC. Although my guess is them being bought off. More likely a collection of clubs/leagues seeking damages. I think it won't happen.

[paulwantsapint]

What will happen if

England

Germany

France

Italy

Spain

Russia

As major leagues all decide to boycot

[Dark Munster]

Which homosexual countries did you have in mind?

Bulgayria?

[Cabrone]

Which homosexual countries did you have in mind?

 

[Turkish]

I'm going to go with my 'Southampton Yids' flag, rainbow laced trainers and come off the plane swigging on a can of cider singing 'we are English we are here, **** your men and drink your beer'

[Crazy Diamond]

How will this effect our mission to retain the Champions League that year?

[dubai_phil]

I'm going to go with my 'Southampton Yids' flag, rainbow laced trainers and come off the plane swigging on a can of cider singing 'we are English we are here, **** your men and drink your beer'

 

Mate, they won't even let you on the plane. They know what will happen when you land and won't put anyone at risk as you could sue the Airline

 

I remember the amount of effort that England put into their bid by giving details of the stadia to be used, the surrounding infrastructure and specific details on the timings, ultimately to be unsuccessful. Qatar on the other hand put in a bid that was impossible for FIFA to turn it down - the only oversight being the lack of facilities (perhaps stadiums being the biggest omission) and when the tournament would actually be played!!. A thoroughly well thought out and comprehensive bid by Qatar - FIFA had no choice but to accept What the criteria was for their acceptance, well we can only guess!!!!!! It certainly wasn't for footballing reasons. The sooner we leave FIFA the better. Perhaps UEFA can stretch their wings and embrace the Americas/Australasias and set up an alternative World Cup!

 

Oh it will get better. There are no hotels. There are no Restaurants. They say they will build them, but the contracts only go to Qatari Owned Companies (see Asian Games). Qatari Companies then sub contract to Specialist Companies. Then they do not PAY them. I know of MANY Companies suing Qatar for the Asian Games and other events. And for the EU fans? US$1500 a night for a hotel room.

 

IF we are still here and IF we aren't any more sh1t than we currently are we can at least commute using Fly Dubai or Air Arabia. Actually it would be the best solution for EU fans TBH

[Lord Duckhunter]

It's the world cup, so I've no issue with it being occasionally held in winter. To not do so, would mean certain countries would never have a chance of holding it. The issue here is that this wasn't made clear during the bidding process. I understand that there is some small print in the bid documents which allowed for this change, but everybody had an understanding that this was a june/july world cup.

 

The Arab world is entittled to a world cup ,.and personally I think its great that blatter is willing to make it truly global. However, the underhand corrupt way its been handled stinks.

[hypochondriac]

It's the world cup, so I've no issue with it being occasionally held in winter. To not do so, would mean certain countries would never have a chance of holding it. The issue here is that this wasn't made clear during the bidding process. I understand that there is some small print in the bid documents which allowed for this change, but everybody had an understanding that this was a june/july world cup.

 

The Arab world is entittled to a world cup ,.and personally I think its great that blatter is willing to make it truly global. However, the underhand corrupt way its been handled stinks.

 

Why are they entitled to a world cup?