But it's okay as Israel,supported by the West can do as it wishes also and partake in world event's,there is no moral conpass to any of it , I wonder when they get to hold it, they can come under the European banner or the American's also,no?
Tbh I'd just like to watch football for the love of football, without politics getting involved, football should be about 90 minutes of self indulgence, of passion and enjoyment/heart break, can't we just have a 90 minute window without politics or religion or whatever poking it's nose in?
I mean, fair enough if that is your stance (the Saudi World Cup will be delighted to accommodate people like you), but you were the one banging on about hypocrisy and human rights!
Not sure what you meant by "people like you"
I mean if you just want to watch football without any political subtext bubbling underneath then you can bet your bottom riyal that Saudi Arabia will do everything they can to make sure no-one is thinking or talking about politics, LGBT issues or human rights abuses (just like Qatar did). They are very much aligned with you on that one.
So shouldnt' it go to Australia to help grow the game there then?
Big stadia
Australians don't really care about football - A-League attendances are pitiful, and smaller than they were 10 years ago. Most would rather be watching Aussie rules or rugby.
I just mentioned Australia as they’d bid for it more recently.
Qatar has a population of around 3 million - 90 % are expats. Notions of growing the game there were always laughable.
Renouncing Islam while there is also not to be advised
World body seems different to national bodies,or intercontinental bodies or is it?
I reckon Gilead will get it before England does again.
Will it be a Summer event or will they push out to Nov/Dec?
So the alternative is what? Just give up on trying to improve the situation in our own country?
no, he means thick people
Having the previous winners hosting it would be a decent idea.
The A-League attendances would suggest otherwise. That’s not a knock on Australia, they just prefer other sports, always have.
I thought we wanted England to host it one day?
A real shame, a World Cup in Australia/New Zealand should of been given instead of Qatar. All the infrastructure already there stadiums transport etc. Money talks, Saudi one of the last places on earth I'd want to visit.
Indonesia and Malaysia another good shout, not some desert hell hole.
Australia only have three suitable stadiums over the 40,000 seat threshold. Nothing to say they can't build more. Russia, Qatar, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Germany and France all did that and Saudi are already building theirs now (almost like they knew isn't it!) but with the quick turnaround/stitch up with the bidding process understandably they couldn't commit to doing that. With the 48 team format more are needed than ever before so sadly very few countries can now host on their own.
It’s a stupid rule with the stadium capacity thing. No reason why a country should have to build loads of huge new stadia just to meet it. Should be able to build temporary structures, so long as security and crowd safety is taken care of then it shouldn’t really matter if the capacity isn’t huge.
Of the nine Euros tournaments held/scheduled this century, only three of them have had only one host country.
