Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:47 pm  

That's what you get for getting someone affiliated with Manchester City to speak at the presentation.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:51 pm  

Corrupt organisation plumps for mafia state. That'd be my headline tomorrow morning.

[Kosh]

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:59 pm  

Dan_FC wrote:

:CLAP:

Brilliant post mate, spot on. Apparently FIFA have said they'll release the details of how the voting went but I'd be very surprised if they did. I'd love to know how they all voted, if the rumours are true I'd like to see someone try and justify how our bid went first and Holland/Belguim survived the first round of bidding.

Just been released that we got 2 whole votes - and one of those was our own rep.

Why anyone is surprised that the corrupt FIFA executive led by the England-hating Blatter came up with this result is beyond me. We never stood a chance.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:14 pm  

Kosh wrote:

Just been released that we got 2 whole votes - and one of those was our own rep.

Why anyone is surprised that the corrupt FIFA executive led by the England-hating Blatter came up with this result is beyond me. We never stood a chance.

It also seems to be the case that two people who voted for Belgium/Holland in the first round switched allegiance to Russia in the second round, which is pretty strange.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:30 pm  

Gareth1984 wrote:

It also seems to be the case that two people who voted for Belgium/Holland in the first round switched allegiance to Russia in the second round, which is pretty strange.

That sounds like a tactical vote to get us knocked out.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:36 pm  

Gareth1984 wrote:

It also seems to be the case that two people who voted for Belgium/Holland in the first round switched allegiance to Russia in the second round, which is pretty strange.

Same thing happened in the 2022 vote. Qatar and Japan both lost a vote each from the first round

Round 1: Australia 1, Japan 3, USA 3, South Korea 4, Qatar 11
Round 2: Japan 2, South Korea 5, USA 5, Qatar 10
Round 3: South Korea 5, USA 6, Qatar 11
Round 4: USA 8, Qatar 14

As for the 2018 vote

Round 1: England 2, Belgium/Netherlands 4, Spain/Portugal 7, Russia 9
Round 2: Belgium/Netherlands 2, Spain/Portugal 7, Russia 13

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:41 pm  

How did Australia get less votes than 3 others that have hosted 2 of the last 5 world cups

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:41 pm  

Really don't know how we have come last. We might not have had the best bid but we certainly didn't have the worst.
I'm interested to see how this Russian world cup goes as travelling must surely be a problem. The country is huge and unless there is a marked improvement on the travel side of things I can see some issues. I also hope they don't do a South Africa and have huge stadiums that don't get used in the middle of nowhere.

It's been noted by a lot of people that I know that the two oil rich countries have managed to pick up the two tournaments.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:48 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

What a surprise that the 2 bids that won are the 2 that the FIFA men can get the most backhanded payments from.There's no point in bidding for any future world cup because not only do the rest of the football world hate us,FIFA know they'll get no extra payments from us.It's now time for the might of the whole British media to get together and investigate and prove how corrupt FIFA is.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:55 pm  

LFCRhino wrote:

Same on sky sports news, Prince William`s face looks like a slapped arris

It's called heredity.