Holden McGroin 6781 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 the spain/portugal bid is looking more credible now Not sure why Spain are sharing it. That might go against them tbh. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Penalty 'feints' banned ahead of World Cup.... Who made another world cup thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4855 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Penalty 'feints' banned ahead of World Cup.... how so? I know you cant stop your run up, youve got to keep moving, what have they added to the rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/w...010/8690435.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4855 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 they werent allowed to do that anyway were they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Always used to be banned in the good old days. Was only when one weak referee (i forget who) failed to ask for the kick to be re-taken that a prescedent had been set and the ruling became relaxed. Hope Ronaldo forgets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsweeney 0 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 Penalty 'feints' banned ahead of World Cup.... Who made another world cup thread. Look at the opening post's date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Penalty 'feints' banned ahead of World Cup.... Who made another world cup thread. Look at the opening post's date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2991 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonTheMag 4 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Thats really fucking cool, but how could 5 stadiums of such massive scale be financially doable? I mean, fucking TV's? Come on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell 0 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 The list of confirmed bidders are set and the next step is for the countries to submit their bidding agreements by December. So we've got: UEFA: England, Belgium/Netherlands, Russia, Spain/Portugal CONCACAF: USA, Mexico AFC: Japan, Indonesia, Australia, South Korea, Qatar I hope for: 2018: England 2022: Australia We will get: 2018: Spain/Portugal 2022: USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 878 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Thats really fucking cool, but how could 5 stadiums of such massive scale be financially doable? I mean, fucking TV's? Come on We're talking about Qatar here. Financially doable to the Western world is pocket change to them, especially when that money is spent on raising the profile of their country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3507 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 The biggest negative to the Qatar bid (and any Islamic country), thank god, is that there would be none of this if the WC was held there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Fifa inspectors criticise England's 2018 World Cup bid England's 2018 World Cup bid has been criticised by Fifa over training camps, hotel provision and government guarantees, the BBC has learned. However, the world governing body's inspection report has graded England's bid as low risk, along with those of rivals Spain and Portugal, and Russia. Spain and Portugal are also criticised in the report over the challenges posed by a joint bid. Russia's transport links are also highlighted as a potential problem. The Netherlands and Belgium, who are also jointly bidding to host the tournament, are the only bidders to be graded medium risk. The inspection report will provide the basis on which Fifa executive committee members will decide who wins the bid on 2 December. England face coming third behind Russia and the Spain/Portugal bid unless they can mount a dramatic fightback. More to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7167 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Only country in the world where our own media will do us out of a world cup to sell a few more red tops on a Sunday. I hope they are happy when we don't get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Tbf the press had a right to print what they did, I'd be more disappointed if they didn't expose the corruption in the voting system. The Panorama show, however, is designed and timed to cause controversy and the broadcast should be delayed until after the vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Fifa bans Adamu & Temarii over corruption allegations Adamu's executive committee seat is up for election in February Fifa has suspended Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii from the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting vote after completing a corruption investigation. Adamu was banned from football activity for three years and Temarii for one year over claims they asked for money in exchange for World Cup votes. Meanwhile, bid candidates Qatar and Spain-Portugal were cleared of colluding to share votes. The ballot will proceed on 2 December with 22 voters and nine candidates. Good news for the England bid as it proves the story wasn't needless muckraking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11542 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Fifa bans Adamu & Temarii over corruption allegations Adamu's executive committee seat is up for election in February Fifa has suspended Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii from the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting vote after completing a corruption investigation. Adamu was banned from football activity for three years and Temarii for one year over claims they asked for money in exchange for World Cup votes. Meanwhile, bid candidates Qatar and Spain-Portugal were cleared of colluding to share votes. The ballot will proceed on 2 December with 22 voters and nine candidates. Good news for the England bid as it proves the story wasn't needless muckraking. Aye, not sure if FIFA will see it that way though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 I hope you're not suggesting that the FIFA delegates are not rational beings who will cast their votes purely based on the merits of each country's bid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11542 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 I hope you're not suggesting that the FIFA delegates are not rational beings who will cast their votes purely based on the merits of each country's bid? Wouldn't dream of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 The voting process is always corrupt but we're only bothered when we're bidding to host a WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WDP Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 (edited) I had a look at the betting three weeks ago for this, we were 1/2 favourites, we're now behind Russia at 6/4. I'm sorry like but who the fuck wants to watch a World Cup in Russia? It'll be like it was in America with the vast distances between stadiums, the vast majority of which aren't even built. It's very easy to get defensive about it, but forget about all of the politics, SURELY this is England's time to host the World Cup. We are culturally, league wise, worldwide appeal wise, an absolute Grade A footballing country. Germany had it twice in 32 years, Mexico had it twice in 16 years, we've not had it for 44 years, and it will be at least 60 years by 2026 if we don't win this bid. That is absolutely criminal. It's criminal that the politics involved surrounding this, the corruption, the beaurocracy is causing this bid to fail. It should be a no brainer that it's our World Cup. We have the best infrastructure, some of the best stadiums, we have everything in place to host this and the sad thing is our only hope of ever winning the fucking thing is if we had it at home. Edited November 18, 2010 by WDP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Agree it's our turn like. Mexico is a bit of a red herring though because they helped Fifa out in '86 when Colombia decided they couldn't fulfil their promise to host it but for the country. Agree about Russia too, when I was watching the news last night I thought "It would be shit having it in Russia". Spain are in the running too and they had it in '82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WDP Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Agree it's our turn like. Mexico is a bit of a red herring though because they helped Fifa out in '86 when Colombia decided they couldn't fulfil their promise to host it but for the country. Agree about Russia too, when I was watching the news last night I thought "It would be shit having it in Russia". Spain are in the running too and they had it in '82. Aye it would be mint in Spain though lets be honest. 5 weeks of Spain would be quality. Yes though it's our turn without doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Agree it's our turn like. Mexico is a bit of a red herring though because they helped Fifa out in '86 when Colombia decided they couldn't fulfil their promise to host it but for the country. Agree about Russia too, when I was watching the news last night I thought "It would be shit having it in Russia". Spain are in the running too and they had it in '82. Aye it would be mint in Spain though lets be honest. 5 weeks of Spain would be quality. Yes though it's our turn without doubt. Yeah, Spain/Portugal would be good like. I wouldn't mind them getting it in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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