Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: avmark on December 02, 2010, 02:57:15 PM
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FOOTBALLS COMING HOME!
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Stamford Bridge to host 2018 World Cup games!
Abramovich delighted at Birmingham fans helping successful Russian bid.
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Well done Bluescum from Russia with love :(
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"All the fish are sold"
England lose.
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England have the Blues
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I wouldn't have been sure it was going to go England's way regardless of whether or not last night's scenes had occurred.
I started the day thinking it would go to Spain/Portugal, but now I have a feeling it'll be Russia.
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Henry Winter on Twitter: "Belief that England being punished for media, sources claim."
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Russia and Qatar
Both countries who will not give a fuck about worker's rights, tax and all the other unsavoury stuff.
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5 Live saying we didnt even get to the last round of bids.
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Same being reported on Sky. Defeated in the first stage.
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Blatter is blathering and telling us what footbaa' is all about.
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Didn't want it anyway
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Didn't want it anyway
Me too, but I didn't want to be charged with treason.
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Like we don't know.
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Russia
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No crowd trouble there then.
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Well done Russia. I'm sure they'll do a good job.
I honestly could not give a toss about England getting it.
I hope their mascot is a scarf and gloves.
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Money talks.
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J Pearce said our next chance is the 2030 WC, why can't we bid for the 2026?
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Dirty cash I want ya
Dirty cash I nedd ya
woah oh
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J Pearce said our next chance is the 2030 WC, why can't we bid for the 2026?
Because it has to move around the world.
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J Pearce said our next chance is the 2030 WC, why can't we bid for the 2026?
2026 will be the turn of a continent that hasn't had it 'recently' which would rule out Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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2026 will be in the States again.
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no one should be surprised! all these votes were bought ages ago!
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no one should be surprised! all these votes were bought ages ago!
I'd love to know what Russia did to get the vote, as there are so many holes in their proposal, especially regarding transport. I'd imagine the State-sponsored mob have been very busy over the last year or so and not just with bribes. The more I read about modern day Russia, the more I fail to understand how they were even a candidate for 2018.
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The more I read about modern day Russia, the more I understand how they won 2018.
"Fixed" it for you.
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It will be interesting to see how the Russian World Cup turns out.
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The more I read about modern day Russia, the more I understand how they won 2018.
"Fixed" it for you.
Thanks.
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Who else were competing with Qatar for 2022? How did a country of less than 2 million land the world cup? It would be like Wales, the West Mids or Perth, W.A. getting it, crazy.
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Just been announced, England only got TWO votes.
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It will be interesting to see how the Russian World Cup turns out.
Expensive
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Just been announced, England only got TWO votes.
And one of those was England. So basically one country voted for us
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Who else were competing with Qatar for 2022? How did a country of less than 2 million land the world cup? It would be like Wales, the West Mids or Perth, W.A. getting it, crazy.
Not even that.
Qatar - population 1.6m, which is half the population of the West Midlands conurbation.
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Who else were competing with Qatar for 2022? How did a country of less than 2 million land the world cup? It would be like Wales, the West Mids or Perth, W.A. getting it, crazy.
Not even that.
Qatar - population 1.6m, which is half the population of the West Midlands conurbation.
In Qatar in June/July time it's the hottest place in the world! The temperatures are around 55 degrees!
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I would imagine the rightwing press (Sun/The Mail) are already blaming the BBC and will call for the licence fee to be abolished and the BBC broken up.
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Who else were competing with Qatar for 2022? How did a country of less than 2 million land the world cup? It would be like Wales, the West Mids or Perth, W.A. getting it, crazy.
Australia only got one vote, and they were seen as the main contender to Qatar.
Not even that.
Qatar - population 1.6m, which is half the population of the West Midlands conurbation.
In Qatar in June/July time it's the hottest place in the world! The temperatures are around 55 degrees!
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Didn't see that coming, Qatar in June...ouch it will be warm!
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Didn't see that coming, Qatar in June...ouch it will be warm!
With the time difference, the games will no doubt be played at midnight local time to appeal to European television.
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It's not so much annoying that England didn't get it, it is the hypocrisy I don't like.
Like FIFA and their anti racism campaigns giving the world cup to a country where racism in football is endemic. It is similar to the hypocrisy in UEFA fining teams like Real Madrid 10,000 euros for racist chanting.
Then there's pretending there is any real benefit in giving it to a tiny oil rich gulf state.
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Didn't see that coming, Qatar in June...ouch it will be warm!
With the time difference, the games will no doubt be played at midnight local time to appeal to European television.
Well that would work, is Qatar as muslim country, that could be interesting for all the beer sponsors FIFA love?
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Wembley is hosting the biggest football match in the world in May. International football is increasingly irrelevant and of a standard below the best club competitions in the world.
Russia you can just about understand but Quatar is a joke. It should at least go to a country that has a chance of qualifying on merit.
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I hope our journalists REALLY go after those corrupt FIFA bastards now.
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Is that how you say "F*** O** Small Heath" in Russian?
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It's not so much annoying that England didn't get it, it is the hypocrisy I don't like.
Like FIFA and their anti racism campaigns giving the world cup to a country where racism in football is endemic. It is similar to the hypocrisy in UEFA fining teams like Real Madrid 10,000 euros for racist chanting.
Then there's pretending there is any real benefit in giving it to a tiny oil rich gulf state.
They have promised the stadia will be able to be picked up and shipped out to go to countries in the developing World that can't afford to build such grounds themselves after the tournament. Clever vote-winning tactic. Wonder if they will stick to it?
In hindsight, it was obvious Qatar would get it once FIFA committed the World Club Cup to UAE for the next few years. There is obviously something about massive amounts of oil-cash that FIFA executives like.
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In some ways i agree that Russia should have got it, but lets get rid of the ridiculous, parasitical circus that surrounds the whole selection process.
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Didn't see that coming, Qatar in June...ouch it will be warm!
With the time difference, the games will no doubt be played at midnight local time to appeal to European television.
Well that would work, is Qatar as muslim country, that could be interesting for all the beer sponsors FIFA love?
I was at the WC in Germany 2006 and despite the tournament being held in the world's best beer country all you could buy in stadia was the official FIFA approved purveyor of bat piss, aka Budweiser. It is so weak and crap they will have no problems passing it off as a non-alcoholic drink in a muslim country..
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Didn't see that coming, Qatar in June...ouch it will be warm!
With the time difference, the games will no doubt be played at midnight local time to appeal to European television.
I wonder if Budweiser will be keen to throw their usual millions to become an official partner of the world cup?
It'd be pretty ironic considering its a dry state.
South Africa was pretty disappointing from a fan attendance perspective (empty seats m'lord) but Qatar could be an embarrassment. Compared to S Africa it is hotter, more expensive, less tourist sights and a I'd guess a lot less to do. Who will go?
Fan enjoyment is obviously low down on FIFA's priority list.