England World Cup bid

[Vermilion]

Not great.

Bloody Fifa..fools!

[Leyton388]

Anyone who has an anti english view then so be it but that shouldn't blind the obvious corruption that has gone on at FIFA by people running the sport i love into the ground.

Why bother coming out stating one bid has the best technical report, visit report, economic report then it fails at the first hurdle. It doesn't add up.

Forget about the 2018 WC fair play to Russia. The big one is 2022 and why a country with a population smaller than birmingham have been awarded the WC

[Imy]

Go on then what exactly is wrong with the Russian bid?

Wasn't one of their weakness the vast travelling needed between venues.

Add to that the racist thuggish behaviour of their fans and it's going to put off a lot of fans travelling out there.

[Leyton388]

The 2008 CL final is a perfect example of why a lot of people have serious doubts about a WC in Russia.

[Kenneth]

Anyone who has an anti english view then so be it but that shouldn't blind the obvious corruption that has gone on at FIFA by people running the sport i love into the ground.

Why bother coming out stating one bid has the best technical report, visit report, economic report then it fails at the first hurdle. It doesn't add up.

Forget about the 2018 WC fair play to Russia. The big one is 2022 and why a country with a population smaller than birmingham have been awarded the WC

maybe they could justify Australia's one vote instead, to avoid the prejudice issue.

[red g]

Its Englands Fault.....we spent 430 milion on providing a glossy bid. That equates to nearly £20million to each FIFA exec.

Why didn't we just give 20million to each person and then BEckham could have done a simple powerpoint presentation and we would have pissed it.

Spending 430 million and hoping for fair play was just stupid.

[Imy]

Anyone who has an anti english view then so be it but that shouldn't blind the obvious corruption that has gone on at FIFA by people running the sport i love into the ground.

Why bother coming out stating one bid has the best technical report, visit report, economic report then it fails at the first hurdle. It doesn't add up.

Forget about the 2018 WC fair play to Russia. The big one is 2022 and why a country with a population smaller than birmingham have been awarded the WC

The World Cup has been to most areas of the world but not the Middle East, looking at the makeup of the countries in the area Qatar was the logical choice.

Australia for all its plus points is in a massively different time zone and it would have been a nightmare to watch matches for the Europeans (where the big audiences are).

[Reece]

Australia for all its plus points is in a massively different time zone and it would have been a nightmare to watch matches for the Europeans (where the big audiences are).

No real difference to Japan/Korea really. That was a pretty successful World Cup IIRC.

[Kenneth]

Its Englands Fault.....we spent 430 milion on providing a glossy bid. That equates to nearly £20million to each FIFA exec.

Why didn't we just give 20million to each person and then BEckham could have done a simple powerpoint presentation and we would have pissed it.

Spending 430 million and hoping for fair play was just stupid.

I think your figures are out by a factor of 10.

[Imy]

No real difference to Japan/Korea really. That was a pretty successful World Cup IIRC.

What time were the KO?

Can't remember was they around 8-9pm?

[Neil Young]

I think your figures are out by a factor of 10.

More like 25.

The FA spent £15m and councils have apparently spent £2.1m. I expect there are other costs as well but the total isn't going to get anywhere near £20m, let alone £430m.

[Reece]

What time were the KO?

Can't remember was they around 8-9pm?

Can't recall exactly. I remember being down the pub very early for the England - Argentina game, and being a complete mess by early afternoon. In fact I recall falling of my stool at the bar at one point. INGERLAND!!!1

[Shaggy]

I remember some games kicking off at 6.30-7am. Remember being in the pub for 5.30am one day. Nothing bang in the middle of the night - just early morning kick offs.

[Imy]

Can't recall exactly. I remember being down the pub very early for the England - Argentina game, and being a complete mess by early afternoon. In fact I recall falling of my stool at the bar at one point. INGERLAND!!!1

World Cup's as a whole are bit meh, the European Championships have more teams with quality, in fact the Champions League is the premier world competition imo.

Anyway the two world cups i've enjoyed the least USA 94 and Japan/Korea 02 (SA 2010 was close though)

The late/early KO of times being one of the factors.

[Imy]

Any Aussies out there confirm what time (UK time) KO's would have taken place had you won the World cup.

Qatar are 3 hours ahead.