Qatar 2022

[Maestro]

It's not about one thing being better than another, Wenger has been chosen as manager whether we like it or not and the ordinary fan has never had a say as to who the manager should be, I agree Wenger is a terrible choice but what's done is done and now you have to make the best of it and having Wenger sacked clashing with the board's aims certainly doesn't work, that leaves having Wenger stay on for a few more years. It should be easy enough for most fans as they can just shift their mental breakdown. more difficult for the die hard fans perhaps but I've got little sympathy, they don't do anything in the interest of the club either they generally do things because of money.

It's a one off FA Cup win in 10 years, it's hardly the end of the world.

Agreed totally

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Call me old fashioned but i prefer my corruption to be surreptitious

The worst thing about the FIFA parasite is that it it's so brazenly corrupt

Qatar is the shining example of this, it's taken until four years until after the tournament was awarded to the gulf state to decide for definite "no we probably shouldn't hold it here during summer because fans and players will probably die". We know before an event is awarded to a country or city that they are meant to pass certain feasibility requirements (at no point was the question asked about hosting a summer tournament in a country where during that time of year it gets hotter than the sun's corona)

But that aside, i'm not annoyed at the time of year the world cup will have to be held, if i felt the bid was above board and that the FIFA delegates had genuinely decided to be that flexible to allow that part of the world to host the event for the first time than you'd say fair enough. But no attempt has even been made to pretend that this is the case.


I don't know what i will think come 2022, but at the moment i have no interest in watching this world cup....hosted by a country whose rulers have no regard for human life.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Blatter to the rescue. A victory for football. This is like a rapist generously promising he'll cum on your tits. No thanks necessary.

[LDG]

Who fuckin cares about this corrupt tournament.

I won't bother watching it. The game is ruined, and the sooner we all stop feeding the cunts with cash by watching, the better.

[fakeyank]

I am all against Qatar getting the WC because everything about the bidding process was as clean as the tap water in Bangladesh.

However, does bad weather just mean that the Middle East should never host a WC? If it is the world cup, every nation with the resources should have a decent shout. I think being flexible for one year to host the WC in winter will be a good challenge. May be it should not be for a nation like Qatar, but our fixation that a WC should only happen in the month of June/July needs to be overcome.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I am all against Qatar getting the WC because everything about the bidding process was as clean as the tap water in Bangladesh.

However, does bad weather just mean that the Middle East should never host a WC? If it is the world cup, every nation with the resources should have a decent shout. I think being flexible for one year to host the WC in winter will be a good challenge. May be it should not be for a nation like Qatar, but our fixation that a WC should only happen in the month of June/July needs to be overcome.

The Middle East is not a viable place to hold the world cup, not because of the weather in summer but because none of these states have any respect for human rights, fairness or openness. Once Democracy, women's rights and freedom of/from religion comes to these places then perhaps they should be able to host an international tournament.

[Injury Time]

I am all against Qatar getting the WC because everything about the bidding process was as clean as the tap water in Bangladesh.

However, does bad weather just mean that the Middle East should never host a WC? If it is the world cup, every nation with the resources should have a decent shout. I think being flexible for one year to host the WC in winter will be a good challenge. May be it should not be for a nation like Qatar, but our fixation that a WC should only happen in the month of June/July needs to be overcome.

I recall as part of the bid was reassurance re airconditioned stadium to take account of the heat, solar powered to not ruin the environment, why wouldn't you believe an extremely rich oil producing country that this wouldn't actually be the case. Now where are those thick envelopes to help keep me cool by wafting them?

[fakeyank]

I recall as part of the bid was reassurance re airconditioned stadium to take account of the heat, solar powered to not ruin the environment, why wouldn't you believe an extremely rich oil producing country that this wouldn't actually be the case. Now where are those thick envelopes to help keep me cool by wafting them?

I think having air conditioned stadiums is not a problem for the Arabs... what is the problem is the 'experience' for the fans. You cannot get AC on the streets for the fans to 'soak in the WC atmosphere'. WC is a lot about the fans experience and in the summer heat of Qatar, you cannot experience anything other than a heatstroke!

[Injury Time]

I think having air conditioned stadiums is not a problem for the Arabs... what is the problem is the 'experience' for the fans. You cannot get AC on the streets for the fans to 'soak in the WC atmosphere'. WC is a lot about the fans experience and in the summer heat of Qatar, you cannot experience anything other than a heatstroke!

About the fans

Stop it you're killing me

[Marc Overmars]

Officially switched to winter with the final confirmed as 18th December. Expected start date is 21st November.