Sepp Blatter won't ever die, he and his ****-ups are eternal.
Yes. He won't leave until he dies.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that ain't evidence.
So they're going to put the World Cup in a country whose football team has never qualified for a World Cup (and have only been close once, oh, and they have only advanced pass the group stage once in continental championships), has the smallest population and land mass in the history of world cup hosts, is 125 ******* degrees fahrenheit during the summer, normally doesn't allow drinking or ***, has a brutal dictatorship supported by usurious oil prices, and whose most exciting tourist attractions are a mall and an indoor ski resort...yeah, it's going to be a ******* blast. this is the place they chose over the US (the site of the most financially successful world cup in history) and australia (a growing soccer nation that has friendly, fun people who know how to have a great time, great weather during that time of year, and is one of the world's best tourist destinations in the world. and this decision was made in conjunction with putting the world cup in russia over england, spain/portugal, and holland, when even though england had the best bid technically, it only got one vote. yeah, i'm SURE there was no corruption involved there. they did it for the sake of the fans, didn't they.
sooo, you have no evidence, but decide its fishy? what?I haven't bothered reading Curtis' posts but I'm inclined to agree there was something fishy about the Qatari bid.
Still - Anyone to knock Blatter off his very high horse gets my vote.
The FA have said they will back him. He is waiting for a few more in Europe to back him but he has got pretty much the rest of the world on his sideI haven't bothered reading Curtis' posts but I'm inclined to agree there was something fishy about the Qatari bid.
Still - Anyone to knock Blatter off his very high horse gets my vote.
Yeah, yeah. Whatever you can spout here about it being unfair or Qatar not deserving it, it is all pointless. There is no evidence. There are plenty of conspiracy theories, sure, but they are not evidence. Stop pretending they are.
sooo, you have no evidence, but decide its fishy? what?
...it might turn out to be a frogIf it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck...
The World Cup's going to be in Qatar.
So they're going to put the World Cup in a country whose football team has never qualified for a World Cup (and have only been close once, oh, and they have only advanced pass the group stage once in continental championships), has the smallest population and land mass in the history of world cup hosts, is 125 ******* degrees fahrenheit during the summer, normally doesn't allow drinking or ***, has a brutal dictatorship supported by usurious oil prices, and whose most exciting tourist attractions are a mall and an indoor ski resort...yeah, it's going to be a ******* blast. this is the place they chose over the US (the site of the most financially successful world cup in history) and australia (a growing soccer nation that has friendly, fun people who know how to have a great time, great weather during that time of year, and is one of the world's best tourist destinations in the world. and this decision was made in conjunction with putting the world cup in russia over england, spain/portugal, and holland, when even though england had the best bid technically, it only got one vote. yeah, i'm SURE there was no corruption involved there. they did it for the sake of the fans, didn't they.
...it might turn out to be a frog
you can trot out sayings, but you havent even shown a shred of edvidence.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck...
True, their national team may be weak, but the Qatari people's love for football is immense. They have great passion for the game, and they see football as their main sport. The Gulf Arabs, especially the Qataris and Emiratis, are a very accepting people. They live in a very cosmopolitan society, and are used to having foreigners around. Did it not occur in your mind that maybe the people don't want drinking and *** to be normally allowed?
True, they have an absolute monarchy, but when the Emir gives them free electricity, free water, free land, free healthcare, and free eduction, they have very little reason not to like living under him. Qataris enjoy a very high standard of life.
Well what do you expect them to have in terms of tourist attractions? This country was just a small pearling protectorate of the British Empire untill forty years ago. They don't have much, but that is the point of the world cup, they're trying to create a name for themselves.
but how does that link to him personally? this is my point. not a smoking gun, not even a loaded gunTwo members of FIFA were suspended a month before the bidding process for allegedly offering to take bribes. Grondona in Argentina had unusual financial activity right afterwards. When the BBC tried to investigate FIFA officials, FIFA let the world know that they didn't want anyone looking into those matters. It's an organization that's known to be corrupt. The two countries least likely to win the bids got them, and they both were the most corrupt countries out of all of the bidders. Not a smoking gun yet, but I'm sure that they did plenty to keep it secret, since such an exposure would ruin them.