World Cup Bid 2018 & 2022

Originally Posted by thulfi

Australia is just too far away for a world cup.

Bollox. Not too far for cricket fans from the UK, so why too far for footy fans? Besides if you're going from New Zealand then it's only 3 hours on a plane.

Qatar - I heard on Radio 4 that it's 95% sand. With a population of 1m, how are they going to cope with 1 - 2m visitors, do they have an airport big enough? - and being a Muslim country are they going to sell beer?

What crap decisions. FIFA - a joke.

[MisterTommyH]

Originally Posted by specialone

Your not one of 'them' are you?

Villa fan?

I am definatly not. Old gold and black all the way. We might be having a ****e season, but at least we can blame you lot for the world cup loss.

Originally Posted by Tommy H

I am definatly not. Old gold and black all the way. We might be having a ****e season, but at least we can blame you lot for the world cup loss.

One of my good mates is a wolves fan (assuming you meant them), dont mind the wolves.
Glad your not one of the scum.

2 votes!

Oil and gas resources,that was all this pantomine was about,end of.

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

Oil and gas resources,that was all this pantomine was about,end of.

OH NO IT WASN'T!

Pete

[maviczap]

Ooh yes it was!!!

[Biker Biggles]

Watch out he's behind you.

Originally Posted by Ed

Bollox. Not too far for cricket fans from the UK, so why too far for footy fans? Besides if you're going from New Zealand then it's only 3 hours on a plane.

And how many people live in New Zealand? Australia is just far for a lot of countries. Much more money to be made in a footy world cup than a cricket world cup, and FIFA know that Qatar will prove a geographical advantage in potentially bringing in more fans. But who wouldn't rather go to Australia over Qatar anyway.

Originally Posted by Ed

Qatar - I heard on Radio 4 that it's 95% sand. With a population of 1m, how are they going to cope with 1 - 2m visitors, do they have an airport big enough? - and being a Muslim country are they going to sell beer?

It probably is 95% sand. I don't even get people's fascination with places like Dubai. What's the big deal if you're oil rich and build a load of massive buildings and malls. I'd rather go somewhere like Turkey or Egypt. Nontheless, I'm sure Qatar will probably deliver, and aren't they doing that thing where they demolish the stadiums they build for the World Cup, and donate the material to third world countries. Bet that helped their case.

Also, I think the majority of muslim countries permit the sale of alcohol. Saudi, Kuwait, Iran, Libya, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the one's that don't to my knowledge.

[L3nny]

I have a mate who lives in Qatar and he says you can drink in quite a lot of places but mostly large hotels and it's about 8 quid a pint!! I also think he said you have to have a special license to buy alcohol but I may have just imagined that.

EDIT: Why guess when I have Google