captaincaveman

So, looks like a winter world cup with group games in Bahrain, Oman and abu dhabi. While this all makes sense, it does make the whole bid process look shockingly flawed.

Still by then the football powerhouses will have formed a new association, and the Qatar final will be between ivory coast and Yemen.

Sandboy

Blatter roundly booed at the match last night

Spugsy

The man in a big stupid out of date prick, he should have went 10 years ago. And as for the number 2 Warner, he's even worse.

The Dean

If they didn't include non-Qatar matches in their original presentations during the selection process, they won't be able to add those now.

Mind you, that's assuming the FIFA regulations are adhered to - they've been ignored on "Number of Cities" - supposed to be a minimum of ten, but Qatar has... er... Doha, and... er... Doha... er.... that's it............

Jan/Feb tournament makes perfect sense though.

Bahtatboy

You're joking, right? I think the Hair Dryer and the managers and owners (and fans) of a few other top flight teams around the world might have a different opinion.

The Dean

Clarification:

a) The decision to award Qatar a World Cup is ridiculous in the extreme.
b) If it IS going to be in Qatar, a winter schedule makes sense.

We've got 12 years to get used to the idea, and to adjust that season to two 'halves' of, say Aug-Dec and Mar-Jun, and if necessary, the Prem can be reduced for that season only to 16 teams (i.e. only 30 matches) to help with the planning.

Bahtatboy

Fair enough. Blatter's blagged the ridiculous, and everyone else has to mop of his mess. Same old story: the bigger you are, the bigger the funk ups you can get away with.

co durham boy

Personally i think they'll not be ready , there is so much work to do here just on infastructure let alone Stadium builds and facilities.

It took them 3 years to open fu**ing Spinneys....!!!!!