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How can you have a go at him because you feel they should be involved yet they have laws against Jews and homosexuals?

They reckon they've solved that and they're apparently asking Fifa if it can be held in January as although the stadiums will be indoor they weren't as sure how to make a load of training facilities. What a fucking joke it just becomes more and more pathetic with every passing day. There's still not been any one that's defending the stupid bid mention the anti-Semitic and homophobic AND sexist laws that stand in that place.

Boro's current position shows we should have just let the cunts in so we could all cuff them to finally shut them up. Rangers striker is Kenny Miller end of any argument about them being good tbh.

They don't want Jews or homosexuals in their country ffs, they restrict womens rights and they dont allow any alcohol consumption how is that a fair and equal place to hold a world cup? You can't just give it to a country for the sake of giving them it, it's been backhanders and dodgy dealing that's how they have it they do not have it on merit. Australia hasn't held a world cup either and have had a much larger impact on the world game the country is smaller than greater Manchester ffs they've done nothing for football history, they've not even qualified for a world cup and never will until they get their automatic spot due to being hosts. If there are no better host possibilities in the region then you can't just give it to them on default because you want one there, it's just been gained through money into Fifa rep's pockets not merit.

Nail on the head pal, Qatar is just a prefabbed shithole in the middle of a desert totally soulless place same as dubai.

Happy birthday mate

Think I read somewhere that platini voted for Russia and Qatar, supposedly we've scrapped this friendly with thailand and all the training we do in Trinidad and tobago and using that money for grass roots football.

I agree, loaning youngsters like Vela wont help us advance it's like the mackems loaning welbeck he's done decent and they want to keep him but man utd told them to fuck off so what will they do next season.

Just had a quick spy on the mackem forum and they have 2 threads about this, I'm really unsure why it's seen as funny Williamson barely puts a foot wrong in any game he plays fair enough he's no world beater but he's better than every single centre back they have at the club and Ranger is a decent young prospect. You lot signed a player we all recognised as totally braindead and chucked away for nowt as a £5m signing who is probably on more than Williamson's new deal. One of them even laughed when one lad had the sense to say Williamsons better than mensah fuck me how is that even up for dispute? Like I said before it's good news 2 decent players who wont be on astronomical wages tied down for a while you have to tie people down to these long deals now because they can arrange contracts with other clubs, buy out their contracts etc with so much time remaining on them now.

He's been solid glad he's on a long deal, Ranger is raw but hopefully could turn into a decent player.

Like the end of Men in black where we're in a marble!

I think it's definitely disillusioned a lot of people worldwide.

Aye it does my head in as well. especially when you start thinking about where does it end and what comes after it all like how does it just keep going? into what exactly?

It was just on the news there saying they're going to build around 5 new cities for the world cup and it's half the size of wales then after the tournament the stadiums will be deconstructed and sent (sold) to African nations, wonder what will happen to the cities they've built round them probably ghost towns i reckon. I've no problem whatsoever like you say of expanding where the game is but a country of 1.6m where there's no where to even play football except in one of these air conditioned stadiums they're having a laugh. I know it had a WC recently but if expanding the game was the real motive (which it's obviously not) it should have went to USA as it's beginning to pick up in interest over there lads are playing it to an older age whereas it used to just be played until they were deemed old enough to play american football the cable that my lass' parents have in their house has a mental amount of football channels the MLS is expanding I know the New York Cosmos are being reformed supposedly by 2013. I'd imagine a lot of the interest maybe comes from the fact you can get full scholarships to colleges now to play football there, I was shocked how much some lads knew about it (not as much as most lads over here but still decent) and I think having the 2022 world cup would have been a big deal. sorry for the rambling just seems FIFA have fucked up a lot of good opportunities I mean I'm not sure what Oz is like maybe it's gaining a better following like in the USA and the 2022 WC would have converted more, the decision to not give us the 2018 was political I mean the fact we got 1 fucking vote besides out own shows that but this Qatar 2022 thing is a total shocker to me.

Interesting but we also have to consider women - whom aren't allowed to do most things in Qatar and of course - synonymous with a lot of football supporters and their raison d'etre, drinking! Well this is it, like I said a bit higher up what will the Israel national team do? Jews don't exactly have many fans in Qatar and like you've said drinkings a complete no-no and there wont be a world cup fanny thread sadly . Might be wrong, but I don't think you're allowed into Qatar with an Israeli passport... I know this is true with UAE and that Qatar is part of the same anti-Jewish group (something about not receiving any imports from Israel) so that could well be true mate.

Interesting but we also have to consider women - whom aren't allowed to do most things in Qatar and of course - synonymous with a lot of football supporters and their raison d'etre, drinking! Well this is it, like I said a bit higher up what will the Israel national team do? Jews don't exactly have many fans in Qatar and like you've said drinkings a complete no-no and there wont be a world cup fanny thread sadly .

It'll be interesting to see what happens if Israel qualify for the 2022 world cup then.

Aye the top billionaires give a fuck but the regular people dont, it's the same in Dubai the regular people that live in the slums just outside the centre couldnt give a fuck about all the fancy hotels, race tracks etc theyre building. These countries arent leaving fucking legacies man it's all about power and money the Chinese uprooted half their working classes and bulldozed slums to build hotels that stand empty because no one can afford them. It'd have been better off going to Oz in 2022 than Qatar if they weren't going to give it to America.

an entire world cup on indoor pitches tbh with fake grass it's a joke there's not even 1 single player thats any good from the place, have they even ever qualified for any world cup? FIFA must be the most corrupt sporting organisation bar none. The very fact the head of it is swiss (where no one cares and theyre shit) and then the vice-president (?) warner is from trinidad and tobago or something is an utter disgrace letting fuck ups from shit countries have this much power over our game. lets take away our ball and play Scotland, N Ireland, Wales and Ireland eh? At least we'd see the fucking games though, regardless what I'm meaning by 'our game' i'm meaning countries that give a fuck about the sport Qatar definitely doesn't.

an entire world cup on indoor pitches tbh with fake grass it's a joke there's not even 1 single player thats any good from the place, have they even ever qualified for any world cup? FIFA must be the most corrupt sporting organisation bar none. The very fact the head of it is swiss (where no one cares and theyre shit) and then the vice-president (?) warner is from trinidad and tobago or something is an utter disgrace letting fuck ups from shit countries have this much power over our game.

What a fucking joke FIFA are it's a farce. Brazil and Russia wey aye 2 world cups in a row where there will be shootings, they had the fuckin Chelsea fans in cages before the champions league game that was hosted there ffs.

and they call us deluded?

I agree I think he's absolute class and would be very excited if we got him on even just a loan, im just not convinced if Ashley would want to pay over this cap he's set unless he only counts the cap for full signings.

He wants out of City from what I've heard and he would come here the sticking point is wages, he's on something like 60k a week and Man city have said they wont contribute to the wages of any players leaving them (guessing that covers loans in all) and I seriously doubt Ashley would want to break his 30k a week cap.

Aye I noticed it in all proper bright and then the rumble went on for ages that confused me started thinking it was someone dragging a bin outside