aworkc Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 Sepp Blatter has admitted that deciding to award the 2022 world cup to world cup my have been a mistake..... Really??? Do you think??? I'm sure a world cup in a country that tops 50 degrees in the summer will be absolutely fine. I'm hoping that this may be the end of blatters comical career
fairm010 Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 To be honest, I can't imagine it's very pleasant to be playing 90 mins worth of Football in 50 degree heat!
fiza Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 To be honest, I can't imagine it's very pleasant to be playing 90 mins worth of Football in 50 degree heat! I went on holiday to Dubai a few years back and found just walking in 50 degree heat tiresome!!!
foofighterjim Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 All I will say is that they hold other sporting events such as the Moto GP there and just have the race at night. Admittedly this does tend to be around April time rather than June / July. They are on bikes that run very hot and the races last about 45 minutes and they don't get a change for a rest unless they fall off. I still think it could be done but as always people are over engineering and over thinking things. Play at night or don't play there at all simple.
Oaktech Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 Add into that the human rights and free speech record of the place and the FA's public focus on being inclusive, and Qatar seems more and more incongruous.
aworkc Posted May 16, 2014 Author Posted May 16, 2014 All I will say is that they hold other sporting events such as the Moto GP there and just have the race at night. Admittedly this does tend to be around April time rather than June / July. They are on bikes that run very hot and the races last about 45 minutes and they don't get a change for a rest unless they fall off. I still think it could be done but as always people are over engineering and over thinking things. Play at night or don't play there at all simple. I think it would be difficult to stage all the games at night, as they tend to have some during the day and some at night usually, so having them all at night would make it last longer I'd assume. I do take the point of Moto GP, same with the F1 race that happens in abu dhabi, but having said that they aren't doing potentially 7 races in less than 30 days.
aworkc Posted May 16, 2014 Author Posted May 16, 2014 For how much they get paid they should be prepared to do it barefoot over hot coals! How much they get paid is irrelevant, but I was waiting for a standard "They get paid loads so who cares response"..... The fact is whether they are paid 50p a week or £50,000 a week, they should not be playing in 50 degree heat. It will also ruin the spectatcle for the millions of people watching worldwide as the performances will certainly suffer.
SiliconAlley_Sam Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 As if England need an excuse to play poor football...
SiliconAlley_Sam Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 So why they get the green light to do it then? With the amount of money in football these people who make the decisions must be the best in their field! ( no jokes!). I dont like sport, im not interested in football for a start, but all this must have been discussed and debated at length with highly paid experts. The people who play the sport are also highly paid ! Maybe this year if it goes ahead the comedy value of players freeking out may elevate my interest to watch some. You'd certainly think so but then they picked Brazil and last I heard they still hadn't finished any/the majority of their stadiums with the first match less than a month away. Imagine the stress!
Andrew_C Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 debated at length with highly paid expertsAllegedly in used Oncers in brown paper bags etc.
Tesla Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 So why they get the green light to do it then? With the amount of money in football these people who make the decisions must be the best in their field! ( no jokes!). I dont like sport, im not interested in football for a start, but all this must have been discussed and debated at length with highly paid experts. The people who play the sport are also highly paid ! Maybe this year if it goes ahead the comedy value of players freeking out may elevate my interest to watch some. Bribes. Bribes is how they got the green light.
FN-GM Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 should have gone to Australia. by the time we get through quarantine, immigration and customs at the air port the tournament would be over!
aworkc Posted May 16, 2014 Author Posted May 16, 2014 So why they get the green light to do it then? With the amount of money in football these people who make the decisions must be the best in their field! ( no jokes!). . That's exactly the point of the thread..... As I said at the start, the president of Fifa (who made the decision to host in qatar) has now come out saying it was a mistake. The point I was making was that the whole thing is a farce, not anything else
machin05 Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 You got a source for the original post? Be interested to see what he's said.
SiliconAlley_Sam Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 You got a source for the original post? Be interested to see what he's said. Not sure if it's the OP's source but: Sepp Blatter: awarding 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a mistake | Football | theguardian.com It's trending.
aworkc Posted May 16, 2014 Author Posted May 16, 2014 Not sure if it's the OP's source but: Sepp Blatter: awarding 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a mistake | Football | theguardian.com It's trending. I saw it on the BBC Sport site, but it's the same thing
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