Panorama last night (world cup bid)

[RotorHeid]

As a Scotman, was hoping for the England team win the race,but praying they don\'t go on, on,on,on,on,on,on aboot winning the world cup... from now to then.................... but they\'re oot......... Thanks god from the every scotmen as ours ears can hear the haggis in the glen once again....

well done Russia. Volka,chaver and cheers...

[jetpilot]

Now you will just hear everyone winging and endless theories at why we didnt win it!

[RotorHeid]

Now you will just hear everyone winging and endless theories at why we didnt win it!

that\'s very true........... better to go back reading the local Scottish paper to see how high\'s oor snaw....mmmmm, intereseting... 3ft high at the moment.....

[syebba]

Im just watching the press grilling Anson on why he thinks we didnt get the vote! I actually feel quite sorry for him, i think Fifa needs to be grilled on their decision, not him!
 
I dont think they could justify it to fair and they should be accountable and each voter should give their reasons!
 
Figures for Russia to host this event have now risen to 6 billion!

 
Russia can afford to host the world cup,their economy at present is larger than UK\'s & by 2020 is forecast to be more powerful than Germany.
 
The sheer size of the country is bound to cause problems.
 
Dissapointing result for England,though had a feeling the Russians would get it,i would\'nt be surprised if they bribed officials.
 
Time to get over it & for England to start playing football which is a delight to watch rather than an embarassment.

[gsb876]

i have heard that FIFA  are looking for nations where they can develop the game more and are choosing nations that have not had the world cup before.

Which begs the question why not state that before allowing the likes of England and Spain to bid for it :2Mad very poor from Blatter as usual.

The fact that England could host the world cup next week goes against our bid as we do not need to promote football here, same as Spain.

Shoddy and badly presented by FIFA

On the one possible plus side, Brazil 2014 are way behind on everything and if they fail to meet the time frame then they would not be able to host the World Cup. The only country ready to host without needing to build loads of stadiums ?

ENGLAND :King

[jetpilot]

i have heard that FIFA  are looking for nations where they can develop the game more and are choosing nations that have not had the world cup before.

Which begs the question why not state that before allowing the likes of England and Spain to bid for it :2Mad very poor from Blatter as usual.

The fact that England could host the world cup next week goes against our bid as we do not need to promote football here, same as Spain.

Shoddy and badly presented by FIFA

On the one possible plus side, Brazil 2014 are way behind on everything and if they fail to meet the time frame then they would not be able to host the World Cup. The only country ready to host without needing to build loads of stadiums ?

ENGLAND :King

I heard this too, re promoting football, but it does beg the question, why we spent 2.5 million to bid for it if this was Fifa\'s primary objective!

It seems a shame sports such as football, F1 etc are governed by complete arses!

[TRex]

lol...
 Again you guys are living with your heads in the sand...

It is nothing about promoting this and that anywhere...
£££££££££££££ talks...  Sport is now a business and it\'s nothing more than lining pockets!

 Look at South Africa, corupt to the core... passed big money got the WC, FIFA and all the media spouting off about how it will help develop the Country and the benifits blah blah blah...
 The WC is now gone, SA has returned to the slum .... hole it was before, and actually it\'s now worse off as the Billions they pumped into the event and gave FIFA have emptied their coffers, the Stadiums are empty and degrading, and there are no funds to maintain....
 Do you believe Russia in 10 years will become the mecca of Football after it holds the WC.... :p:p
 
 I\'ll throw this at you, \'Why do you think FIFA will never approve Video tech and modern methods to improve the game?\'  

[jetpilot]

I dont see anyone actually saying "promoting the sport" is the real reason, most agree with you, the almighty $ talks, we are just commenting on the given reasons.

Interesting piece on sky sports news this morning by the head of sports writer from the Times or Telegraph i think, saying he his absolutely gob smacked that England actually proceeded with their bid knowing how corrupt Fifa and its members are, particularly the ones that promised their vote to the UK, his comments were the bid team "prostituted" themselves to Fifa!

So in light of the corruptness behind Fifa and its members and Andy Anson says is completely flawed and un fair voting system, where now and i do not mean any possible future bid attempts but the future of Fifa? Is a change at hand?

[TRex]

Unfortunatley it\'s not just Sport it\'s business in general, it starts from the Government, the Banks, and all the big businesses... it\'s how the World runs..
 
It even happens with my small business, to get certain contracts/jobs with the big boys, they would expect a bit of a thank you, if you know what I mean!

Someone I knew was a rep for a well known british Battery manufacturer, he was called to the head office and was asked if he would go to a certain middle eastern country to find out why they only bought batteries from the continent but never from britain, he soon discovered it was because there were no kickbacks for the importers as there were from our European competetors.

On reporting back to his office, they said to him " don\'t they realise our batteries are far better than theirs", to which he replied " they don\'t give a fcuk  how good they are,, if there\'s  no backhander , no business".
Batteries, football, it\'s all the same in this world, if you want, you have to pay, how much was a few brown envelopes worth to secure a deal worth nearly £2 billion in trade, sending 3 twerps out there with no cash was never any good , it\'s the spondulicks what counts.

 :Thumbs-up

[TRex]

This sums it up!
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