World Cup Bid

[Barry the bird boggler]

Blatter has now come out and said we're just bad losers apparently.

It's not that we lost its the totally "unique" manner in which it occured. Not getting votes because our media dug up stories of naughty goings on that FIFA took action on - or is it perhaps more a case of only taking action cos they were backed into a corner.

[RoyalChicagoFC]

As a general matter, Blatter should be skinned alive at a leisurely pace and then get chucked into a vat of boiling lard, and as the high point of the opening ceremony at Qatar '22 would be as fitting an occasion as any

Absolute clownpenis

[Royal Rother]

Blatter has now come out and said we're just bad losers apparently.

It's not that we lost its the totally "unique" manner in which it occured. Not getting votes because our media dug up stories of naughty goings on that FIFA took action on - or is it perhaps more a case of only taking action cos they were backed into a corner.

Indeed. But many people on here do think we are bad losers. I am not. But I can't stand injustice, corruption, lying and cheating, whoever dishes it out or receives it. And some of that was certainly in evidence last week.

[Royalee]

Blatter has now come out and said we're just bad losers apparently.

Actually hoping he's dead by the 2018 World Cup, he should get an Oscar for his bullshit.

[who are ya?]

[TFF]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 270128.stm

the final round of group games were marred by the disruption of the MSK Zilina v Spartak Moscow tie because of crowd trouble.

Spartak fans threw flares on to the field and the game was suspended for 20 minutes after the referee took the players off the pitch.

I honestly think there will be bloodshed at the 2018 world cup.

[Gordons Cumming]

On the contrary, I think England are very good losers.

History tells us that doesn't it?

[LUX]

Blatter has now come out and said we're just bad losers apparently.

I accept all of Blatter's/FIFA's failings, but he is taking the piss with this comment.

10/10.

[brendywendy]

cant help but agree with the dodgy bribe taking cnut

[Silver Fox]

Wahtevs Brendo

[frimmers3]

how many bribes were accepted for the successful 1966 bid?

[brendywendy]

none, it was a cleaner, nicer world back then

[frimmers3]

none, it was a cleaner, nicer world back then

and you know that for a fact?

[Hoop Blah]

Wouldn't Stanley Rous have been President back in those days. Between him and the Krays we wouldn't have needed bribes would we?

Seriously though, I don't think we've taken the loss of the bid well, but the way the whole thing has been done raises some really good points on how FIFA run things. How much money has been wasted by the likes of us, USA, Australia etc on bids that were never really appraised fairly.

If it takes a bad loser to correct a flawed system then so be it. I just hope there is some long term good to come out of it. I won't hold my breath though.

[Svlad Cjelli]

how many bribes were accepted for the successful 1966 bid?

No-one needed to bribe anyone - in a world before global television contracts and endless commercial endorsements, tournaments hardly broke even.

In such a massively different commercial environment it was a question of finding a host nation public-spirited enough to bear the cost of hosting a tournament on behalf of the world.

[LUX]

good post, Hoop Blah , fair enough.

/no patronisingo/

[frimmers3]

how many bribes were accepted for the successful 1966 bid?

No-one needed to bribe anyone - in a world before global television contracts and endless commercial endorsements, tournaments hardly broke even.

In such a massively different commercial environment it was a question of finding a host nation public-spirited enough to bear the cost of hosting a tournament on behalf of the world.

so why take issue with my original stance that the "world cup" is nothing now but a cash cow?

[Svlad Cjelli]

how many bribes were accepted for the successful 1966 bid?

No-one needed to bribe anyone - in a world before global television contracts and endless commercial endorsements, tournaments hardly broke even.

In such a massively different commercial environment it was a question of finding a host nation public-spirited enough to bear the cost of hosting a tournament on behalf of the world.

so why take issue with my original stance that the "world cup" is nothing now but a cash cow?

When did I do that?

[Silver Fox]

oROFLiginaLOL stance!

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

how many bribes were accepted for the successful 1966 bid?

there were only two bids for the 1966 world cup, England and West Germany.

West Germany didn't even have a national league at the time.

England won by 34 votes to 27, which doesn't really hint at strange voting patterns.