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Listening to the Qatar details i think it said as part of their bid they will dismantle stadiums and pass the materials over to third world countries once the competition is over......looks like Glentoran and Portadown will be in new stadiums come 2023!!
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It is yet another example of amateurish English failure. We're simply not good enough at the bribery and corruption required to get ahead in organisations such as FIFA. The writing was on the wall when Sir Stanley Rous was ousted as FIFA President by Joao Havelange (who was, of course, extremely good at corruption) in a thoroughly corrupt vote over 35 years ago and we haven't had anybody good enough at corruption ever since!
I mean, just look at the people we have in charge of this type of thing - they couldn't bribe their way out of a paper bag!
For further reading I suggest:
Do we really want to be involved with a corruption that is continually going on in FIFA.
Lets organise our own tournament from world wise and show the crooks what we are all about, disgraceful we only got two votes OLDFOOTBALLER
Read those and you'll be gobsmacked just how much the crooked scum who run FIFA have gotten away with over the years.
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Whereas Russia is a country full of racist hooligans where taunts towards black players at matches are rife. Some teams will only sign white players since signing dark skinned players will cause the fans to boycott the club. Don't be flipping daft. Of course it's down to bribes and corruption.
Their entire economy is based upon bribes and corruption. Their president is the former head of the KGB! I think we should leave FIFA and set up our own organisation,
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We could never have an alternative WC - our football is just as much in the pockets of the money grubbers as FIFA is. Just look at who owns the Prem clubs and look at the players in there.
They don't love England, they don't love the English, they don't love football .... they just worship money. The Prem is a ready made cash cow and the ones who feed it are the same fans who are now moaning that England is the "home of football" and that we should have got the Cup.
Can't these supporters see that they have made that impossible by being conned into this Sky controlled scam financed by oil money from America, Russia and the Middle East? They can't have it both ways - they want to see a Prem full of so-called international stars and that means giving away the England game. England is finished in football terms, sad but true, and it was the fans who blindly followed the club chairmen and the FA who have done it.
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We could never have an alternative WC - our football is just as much in the pockets of the money grubbers as FIFA is. Just look at who owns the Prem clubs and look at the players in there.
They don't love England, they don't love the English, they don't love football .... they just worship money. The Prem is a ready made cash cow and the ones who feed it are the same fans who are now moaning that England is the "home of football" and that we should have got the Cup.
Can't these supporters see that they have made that impossible by being conned into this Sky controlled scam financed by oil money from America, Russia and the Middle East? They can't have it both ways - they want to see a Prem full of so-called international stars and that means giving away the England game. England is finished in football terms, sad but true, and it was the fans who blindly followed the club chairmen and the FA who have done it.
Easily your best post ever IMHO
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I think we should who needs FIFA anyway.....i mean what do they put back in football NOTHING.....The World Trophy....hey i like the sound of that. The problem is how will the countires be decided as voting definately seems to creat corruption much like the eurosong contest lol....maybe all football authorities vote for the country that gives the best presentation...obvioulsy they cant vote for themselves......i guess brown envelopes will come out at some stage so there no getting away from it.
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I'm annoyed we lost out but this all sounds like whiney sour grapes from people who didn't get what they wanted.
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I think there's room for another world body and potentially world cup. Rugby split into two games some time ago and more recently the abomination that is the Premier League was created. FIFA refuse to use technology but a new set of rules could be codified around it and other changes (I'd like to see a sin bin for example). It's probably not going to happen but if everyone hates FIFA and they contribute nothing to the game other than dinosaurs taking backhanders and clinging to power like Robert Mugabe, then why stick by them?
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We could never have an alternative WC - our football is just as much in the pockets of the money grubbers as FIFA is. Just look at who owns the Prem clubs and look at the players in there.
They don't love England, they don't love the English, they don't love football .... they just worship money. The Prem is a ready made cash cow and the ones who feed it are the same fans who are now moaning that England is the "home of football" and that we should have got the Cup.
Can't these supporters see that they have made that impossible by being conned into this Sky controlled scam financed by oil money from America, Russia and the Middle East? They can't have it both ways - they want to see a Prem full of so-called international stars and that means giving away the England game. England is finished in football terms, sad but true, and it was the fans who blindly followed the club chairmen and the FA who have done it.
Spot on That 100% Agree.
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I'm annoyed we lost out but this all sounds like whiney sour grapes from people who didn't get what they wanted.
I don't mind losing but it all sounds very suspicious to me. Sepp Blatter said we had an " exceptional bid " yet we only got 2 votes. I can only conclude that either the Russian bid was so exceptional as to be unbelievable ( highly unlikely ) or that there is some kind of grudge against us. I'm not one to go into " conspiracy theories " but I think there is more to this than meets the eye. It's not as if Russia is easily accesible to visiting fans. As for Qatar I can see even less visiting fans so what do these choices do for world football.
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