So what do you think would have "won" us the 2018 bid?!?

[Kosh]

Well this would have how I would have handled the presentation...

Blatter: "Here to show us vy englander may host 2 0 1 8 vorld cup is my friends David, Boris, Eddie, David and Prince Villiam on bass guitar..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycuT9iFPAvo

Blatter: not vote REQUIRED Englander vins!

...and a nation rejoices.

alas... it wasn't to be.

But perhaps next time...

Kosh

 

[pottert]

Big brown envelopes.

 

[Conkers]

Big brown envelopes.

This.

 

[magoo]

A prostitute in a tight leopard print dress.

 

[Two Professors]

Sponsoring the Vatican to declare Septic Bladder a saint

 

[Superphil]

Not being England would have helped.

We have to face it, our country is not very popular, think about it, 5 people yesterday verbally committed to give us their vote, and 4 of them lied, this country has made its bed, and now has to lie in it. Don't believe that I like writing that, I really don't, but I think it may be the case. From a politcal point of view as a nation we need to get our own house in order before we butt in on other countries busines, and we need to show more humility on the international stage. Again, I don't like writing that, but that is how I think many many other countries see us.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Being someone else - preferably third world, obscenly rich, no football tradition or heritage, and willing to pay ENORMOUS bribes

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Posh Spice in a gangbang with the 22 FIFA voting delegates.

 

[Guerrero]

Beheading Wills,Becks and Dave live on stage.

 

[tonymgc]

The sudden & unexplainable deaths of Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini & Jack Warner. Perhaps in a plane over The Alps.

 

[PHCgull]

jordan noshing off sepp blatter while jack warner and pals pull 100k bungs out of her ringpiece ... live on stage

 

[Yoda]

Big brown envelopes.

and lots of them.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Not having the most diverse and established league pyramid in World football.

 

[Questions]

A prostitute in a tight leopard print dress.

Thats got my vote.................

 

[Gully]

Not having the most diverse and established league pyramid in World football.

...or one of the most diverse cultures ethnically speaking and the most established immigrant communities...which was one of our selling points!

 

[Ninja Elephant]

...or one of the most diverse cultures ethnically speaking and the most established immigrant communities...which was one of our selling points!

They certainly wouldn't want a World Cup in a country with stadiums pre-built, that would sell out for every game because the fan base for football in this country is so strong.

 

[Fungus]

They certainly wouldn't want a World Cup in a country with stadiums pre-built, that would sell out for every game because the fan base for football in this country is so strong.

And there would have been plenty of volunteers to dismantle the MK Stadium and transport it to a Third World country.

 

[GT49er]

Not big enough bribes...........Simples!

 

[perth seagull]

We have oil revenue from the North Sea and South Atlantic but we didn't utilise it in the same manner as the Russians and Qataris.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Not being England would have helped.

We have to face it, our country is not very popular, think about it, 5 people yesterday verbally committed to give us their vote, and 4 of them lied, this country has made its bed, and now has to lie in it. Don't believe that I like writing that, I really don't, but I think it may be the case. From a politcal point of view as a nation we need to get our own house in order before we butt in on other countries busines, and we need to show more humility on the international stage. Again, I don't like writing that, but that is how I think many many other countries see us.

We won the Olympics so that theory doesn't quite work. Qatar won the bid for 2022 with Mike Lee involved. He was also involved with our 2012 Olympics bid but the England World cup bid ignored him. A gross error it would seem.
Where England failed and why Qatar won - ESPN Soccernet