[Football] 2034 World Cup and Saudi Arabia.

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Australia had an option for 2034 but they pulled out.

Why spend a fortune bidding for something you know you aren't going to win?

 

[Mellotron]

Ultimately Qatar was their soft launch for this and a world cup in Saudi Arabia was inevitable as soon as 2022 wasn't a complete disaster. For all the negative noise about it there were no major boycotts by teams, players or high profile media people and it'll be the same in 2034. They'll all follow the money just like all the players who have gone to their domestic league, boxing, WWE etc.

Saudi Arabia are willing to throw money at things that they want in order to "showcase" themselves to the world

As long as Emi Martinez is around as a useful idiot to undermine the whole thing.

 

[bhafc99]

Putting aside the pros and cons of Saudi Arabia 2034 for a moment...

Having been born in 1967, so just missing the 66 World Cup, it's looking increasingly likely I'll live my entire life without a World Cup being staged in England (or the UK).

I'd have to live to 2038, so 71 years old, just for it to even be a 'possibility' now.

Which makes me sad, tbh.

It seems ridiculous that, in all that time, there's not been a World Cup here.

 

[slartibartfast]

What depresses me most is that they aren't even trying to hide the corruption and lack of fairness with this decision now. At least in Blatter's day, we smelt corruption, but there were clumsy attempts to hold a vote ceremony - even he was shocked at Qatar winning, I understand. But - yesterday was a bloke standing there telling us basically that "the decision has been made, we aren't having a vote, we dont want to listen to any arguments about 'who is killing who" or any of that soft nonsense, and there is nothing that you can do about it".
It's almost Putin like in its brazenness. Weve moved beyond 'secretive envelopes stuffed with cash' , to just blatant 'what are you going to do it about it, punk?"

 

[peterward]

The game has gone....in fairness it went a long time ago.

Last week there was much made about 3 PL captains not wearing rainbow armbands to support our LGBTQ community, 2 refusing citing Muslim faith and Mark Guehi wrote he loves Jesus on his, for which he was reprimanded.

The very Next week the world's biggest football tournament and showpiece event is given to a country with medieval laws, limited human rights who will kill or jail the very same LGBTQ people the PL captains were asked to support.

#Hypocrisy

 

[peterward]

What depresses me most is that they aren't even trying to hide the corruption and lack of fairness with this decision now. At least in Blatter's day, we smelt corruption, but there were clumsy attempts to hold a vote ceremony - even he was shocked at Qatar winning, I understand. But - yesterday was a bloke standing there telling us basically that "the decision has been made, we aren't having a vote, we dont want to listen to any arguments about 'who is killing who" or any of that soft nonsense, and there is nothing that you can do about it".
It's almost Putin like in its brazenness. Weve moved beyond 'secretive envelopes stuffed with cash' , to just blatant 'what are you going to do it about it, punk?"

A friend just sent me this, exactly as you say..... its a corrupt stich up.

Infantino = Blatter

A vote without a vote: the Saudi World Cup is an act of violence and disdain | Barney Ronay

The shamelessness of Fifa’s process was fully on show in Zurich during a display of contempt for governance, democracy, love, hope and good sense

www.theguardian.com

 

[PeterT]

I went to the women's gold medal match at the Olympics. My abiding memory was Infantino walking past in his suit and white trainers waving to the crowd and getting nothing but abuse back. And that was for a women's game!

 

[highflyer]

Jaysus.
From the latest Private Eye.
International football is dead to me

And Newcastle can f*ck the f*ck off and keep on f*cking off... etc

 

[raymondo]

View attachment 195152Jaysus.
From the latest Private Eye.
International football is dead to me

And Newcastle can f*ck the f*ck off and keep on f*cking off... etc

Shocking stuff.

 

[Eeyore]

Putting aside the pros and cons of Saudi Arabia 2034 for a moment...

Having been born in 1967, so just missing the 66 World Cup, it's looking increasingly likely I'll live my entire life without a World Cup being staged in England (or the UK).

I'd have to live to 2038, so 71 years old, just for it to even be a 'possibility' now.

Which makes me sad, tbh.

It seems ridiculous that, in all that time, there's not been a World Cup here.

There's only been 14 since. And there's a lot of countries out there.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

View attachment 195152Jaysus.
From the latest Private Eye.
International football is dead to me

And Newcastle can f*ck the f*ck off and keep on f*cking off... etc

We must be grateful for this diligent and insightful journalism from private eye.

Disgusting doesn't cover it

 

[BadFish]

View attachment 195152Jaysus.
From the latest Private Eye.
International football is dead to me

And Newcastle can f*ck the f*ck off and keep on f*cking off... etc

yep, this shit slides way over my line in the sand. Another world cup i wont be watching.

That doesn't matter to FIfA or England of course.

 

[Bozza]

No getting on the lash, even when you get back to your hotel...

No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, says the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.​

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In an interview on LBC, Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.​

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Fifa confirmed Saudi Arabia would host the men's World Cup in 2034.​

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"At the moment, we don't allow alcohol," Prince Khalid told LBC., external​

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"Plenty of fun can be had without alcohol - it's not 100% necessary and if you want to drink after you leave, you're welcome to, but at the moment we don't have alcohol."​

2034 World Cup: Saudi Arabia will not allow any alcohol during tournament says ambassador

No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, says the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Wozza]

I'm out.

Not that I'd be going anyway.

F**k F**a.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Let me think - my options are :

1. Watching a WC hosted by hand chopping beheaders

2. Drinking a BEER while watching something on Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ or Britbox

The Saudis can f*** off ..... and I'll have a drink on purpose just to piss them off while I go for option 2 !

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

No getting on the lash, even when you get back to your hotel...

No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, says the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.​

​

In an interview on LBC, Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.​

​

Fifa confirmed Saudi Arabia would host the men's World Cup in 2034.​

​

"At the moment, we don't allow alcohol," Prince Khalid told LBC., external​

​

"Plenty of fun can be had without alcohol - it's not 100% necessary and if you want to drink after you leave, you're welcome to, but at the moment we don't have alcohol."​

2034 World Cup: Saudi Arabia will not allow any alcohol during tournament says ambassador

No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, says the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

www.bbc.co.uk

As long as we're taking the game to new parts of the world, surely that's all fine

 

[BBassic]

"Plenty of fun can be had without alcohol - like dismembering journalists and executing over 300 people in a single calendar year"

I'll pass, thanks.

 

[Commander]

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"Plenty of fun can be had without alcohol "​

Why do they come out with these sickening lies?

 

[GT49er]

No getting on the lash, even when you get back to your hotel...

No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, says the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.​

​

In an interview on LBC, Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.​

​

Fifa confirmed Saudi Arabia would host the men's World Cup in 2034.​

​

"At the moment, we don't allow alcohol," Prince Khalid told LBC., external​

​

"Plenty of fun can be had without alcohol - it's not 100% necessary and if you want to drink after you leave, you're welcome to, but at the moment we don't have alcohol."​

2034 World Cup: Saudi Arabia will not allow any alcohol during tournament says ambassador

No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, says the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

www.bbc.co.uk

I'm not that bothered about drinking at football matches - not that I don't drink, sometimes rather more than is good for me, just it never occurred to me, 60 years ago, to have a drink at the football when I first went to one, so I never have since - but maybe the Saudi ban on alcohol (and it looks like on our LBG fellow-fans too) should be the straw that breaks the camel's back, as it were, and finally takes the event away from Saudi and moves it to a civilised country?
It only requires two or three national associations to break ranks and say no, we're not going; maybe we'll arrange an alternative event among ourselves and invite a few other countries to join in, and the strains at FIFA would cause it to wobble on its commitment to beheaders.
Yeh, I know it won't happen, sadly - and that's the annoying thing; it could happen, it could happen so easily - but because of an acute shortage of spines it won't.

 

[PeterT]

No getting on the lash, even when you get back to your hotel...

No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, says the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.​

​

In an interview on LBC, Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.​

​

Fifa confirmed Saudi Arabia would host the men's World Cup in 2034.​

​

"At the moment, we don't allow alcohol," Prince Khalid told LBC., external​

​

"Plenty of fun can be had without alcohol - it's not 100% necessary and if you want to drink after you leave, you're welcome to, but at the moment we don't have alcohol."​

2034 World Cup: Saudi Arabia will not allow any alcohol during tournament says ambassador

No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, says the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

www.bbc.co.uk

You can see the catchy slogan now, ‘go on the lash, the lash goes on you!’

Unless they go for the more Aussie type slogan of ‘drinking at the match (or anywhere, in fact)? Bloody idiot’.