England

[Mike E]

56 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Give it resr RF99. 

Football decisions should be based on footballing issues and nothing else

What species do you think plays and watches football? Daleks?

Edited 13 hours ago by Mike E

[RoverDom]

Saudi, where everyone is welcome to watch football, unless you're a woman or a gay. 

 

[RoverDom]

Also what are the football reasons  for it being in Saudi? 

Edited 9 hours ago by RoverDom

[Silas]

1 hour ago, RoverDom said:

Also what are the to football reasons do for our being in Saudi? 

I swear there's a sentence in there somewhere if I rearrange the words. 

[RoverDom]

2 hours ago, Silas said:

I swear there's a sentence in there somewhere if I rearrange the words. 

Ha! Had a couple of bevvies.... I don't get out much these days... 

[chaddyrovers]

7 hours ago, RoverDom said:

Also what are the football reasons  for it being in Saudi? 

I'm sure FIFA will say its spread the game around the world and no other countries even bid for 2034 world cup. 

I wouldn't have gone to Saudi for footballing reasons. I would have held solely in South America given its the 100 years anniversary in 2030, then Europe(UK or Spain/Portugal/Morocco) for 2034. Then in 2038, I would look at Japan/South Korea or Australia/Indonesia/Singapore host. 

A Saudi world cup 2034 is likely to winter one again and wreck the footballing schedule again 

7 hours ago, RoverDom said:

Saudi, where everyone is welcome to watch football, unless you're a woman or a gay. 

 

Didn't people say similar things about Qatar? Did they stop these people attending? 

[Herbie6590]

12 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Shouldn't come into play. Separate issues. Football should be based on footballing issues and thats it. Other always want to bring in non football issues all the time into these situations 

“Well Mr Vader…about this 2038 bid…can you categorically confirm that Alderaan will NOT be destroyed if they were to knock you out in the last 16..?”

”Well…it shouldn’t come into play…”

”Oh…OK…in that case…Death Star 2038 it is…congratulations…”

[Jimmy612]

12 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Shouldn't come into play. Separate issues. Football should be based on footballing issues and thats it. Other always want to bring in non football issues all the time into these situations 

I don't think it can or even should be as simple as isolating football from other issues, they are inherently linked.  It's the global sport and probably the most accessible and inclusive on the planet. I can understand not using football as a political vehicle, but in my opinion that's a very different issue to completely ignoring fundamental human rights when selecting the stage for the biggest tournament in the world.  Where next, Russia?  If not, why not?

[chaddyrovers]

33 minutes ago, Jimmy612 said:

I don't think it can or even should be as simple as isolating football from other issues, they are inherently linked.  It's the global sport and probably the most accessible and inclusive on the planet. I can understand not using football as a political vehicle, but in my opinion that's a very different issue to completely ignoring fundamental human rights when selecting the stage for the biggest tournament in the world.  Where next, Russia?  If not, why not?

We been to Russia for a world cup just 7 years ago. 

I think we should have gone South America in full for 2030 world cup. Then Europe for 2034, then Asia like Japan/South Korea or Australia 

[Mattyblue]

No other counties bid because they knew FIFA and Saudi had carved it up between them for 2034 💰 💰 💰