Qatar World Cup

I was thinking about this the other day and can't see how it'll be possible to fit a winter World Cup into the current league calendar.

Think about the effect of the team also.

If you are 1st and the season stops for 2 months, then all of a sudden you're 3 best players all get injured.....  What happens then?

What about the Jan window?

The league has been fine for years and FIFA come and intend to F**k everything up.

I think it's vile.

Hope all prem teams boycott IT! Either that or make the reserves available only for selection.

Regardless of the extremely hot desert weather having the World Cup in the Persian Gulf isn't the best location for Western supporters with the threat of terrorism. It'd be the perfect target for extremists considering the Middle East especially the Gulf still has a high threat of extremism and there are still wars going on around the areas.

There would be plenty of English supporters locked up in prisons also for drinking in the streets as Qatar, UAE and the rest of the Muslim countries have very strict laws which not all Western supporters would be familiar with.

Regardless of the extremely hot desert weather having the World Cup in the Persian Gulf isn't the best location for Western supporters with the threat of terrorism. It'd be the perfect target for extremists considering the Middle East especially the Gulf still has a high threat of extremism and there are still wars going on around the areas.

There would be plenty of English supporters locked up in prisons also for drinking in the streets as Qatar, UAE and the rest of the Muslim countries have very strict laws which not all Western supporters would be familiar with.

That is their own stupid fault then.

Regardless of the extremely hot desert weather having the World Cup in the Persian Gulf isn't the best location for Western supporters with the threat of terrorism. It'd be the perfect target for extremists considering the Middle East especially the Gulf still has a high threat of extremism and there are still wars going on around the areas.

There would be plenty of English supporters locked up in prisons also for drinking in the streets as Qatar, UAE and the rest of the Muslim countries have very strict laws which not all Western supporters would be familiar with.

Tell me Odd Job, are Western supporters targeted in Bahrain,Dubai,Abu Dhabi,Qatar,Kuwait when they host Formula 1 Grand Prix's, Tennis & Golf Tournaments, cross country rallies?.

Also you don't need to be in a Muslim country to be Westerner locked up for Alcohol related football hooliganism do you? seen plenty of that on our borders and across Europe when England get knocked out after the first 2 qualifying games

Have you been to those countries you have pointed out for strict alcohol laws? You will find alcohol consumption is allowed but what you won't find is those states allowing their streets to look like ours on a Friday & Saturday night stretching our emergency services to the limit

Umm...

Yup, lovely and corrupt isn't it.

Tell me Odd Job, are Western supporters targeted in Bahrain,Dubai,Abu Dhabi,Qatar,Kuwait when they host Formula 1 Grand Prix's, Tennis & Golf Tournaments, cross country rallies?.

Also you don't need to be in a Muslim country to be Westerner locked up for Alcohol related football hooliganism do you? seen plenty of that on our borders and across Europe when England get knocked out after the first 2 qualifying games

Have you been to those countries you have pointed out for strict alcohol laws? You will find alcohol consumption is allowed but what you won't find is those states allowing their streets to look like ours on a Friday & Saturday night stretching our emergency services to the limit

Those sports aren't as popular as Football, especially the World Cup attracting far more Western supporters than the likes of Formula One and Golf tournaments. Not saying football supporters are at risk but there is a threat just like all in non-Muslim and Muslim countries. I have been to Dubai not far from Qatar, being drunk in the street is a criminal offence, drinking alcohol in the street is a criminal offence and swearing and being loud in the streets is a criminal offence also which at least one English supporter fits in each category. Not to mention carrying drugs or being under the influence can lead to a prison sentence, dealing drugs is a different matter.

I do understand where you are coming from just don't think Qatar would of been the best place for a Winter World Cup tournament. Not to mention also that the Persian Gulf is one of the hottest places in the world.

Those sports aren't as popular as Football, especially the World Cup attracting far more Western supporters than the likes of Formula One and Golf tournaments. Not saying football supporters are at risk but there is a threat just like all in non-Muslim and Muslim countries. I have been to Dubai not far from Qatar, being drunk in the street is a criminal offence, drinking alcohol in the street is a criminal offence and swearing and being loud in the streets is a criminal offence also which at least one English supporter fits in each category. Not to mention carrying drugs or being under the influence can lead to a prison sentence, dealing drugs is a different matter.

I do understand where you are coming from just don't think Qatar would of been the best place for a Winter World Cup tournament. Not to mention also that the Persian Gulf is one of the hottest places in the world.

While I agree Qatar may not be the best location for a World Cup if the English fans are too stupid to follow the laws of the country and get arrested then they only have themselves to blame.

Might teach some of the morons a lesson.

While I agree Qatar may not be the best location for a World Cup if the English fans are too stupid to follow the laws of the country and get arrested then they only have themselves to blame.

Might teach some of the morons a lesson.

Do only the intelligent among us believe this, or is there room for idiots to believe in this too? 

Do only the intelligent among us believe this, or is there room for idiots to believe in this too? 

I seem to have irked you a little with that comment Beer.

Surely you don't think I had you down as anything other than one of the intelligent?

I seem to have irked you a little with that comment Beer.

Suerly you don't think I had you down as anything other than one of the intelligent?

No mate, I was just mucking around.

No mate, I was just mucking around.

Good job.

Good job.

Mind you...

Qatar getting the World Cup is a travesty

For the FIFA business is business in fact Qatar maneged to add to its records "Schedule World Cup Final in a city that doesn't exist yet" xD

Qatar getting the World Cup is a travesty

Taking away the weather factor do you have any other particular reason why?.

Qatar getting the World Cup is a travesty

To be fair, I do not think it is a travesty, but economics.

India sending a rocket to the planet Mars as well as building an aircraft carrier whilst obtaining economic aid, or the USA developing a Hypersonic drone airplane to bomb people on the other side of the world whilst people starve, and cannot get health care is a travesty.

Taking away the weather factor do you have any other particular reason why?.

A few yeah: it's a tiny, sand-blasted shithole with no football stadia, no football culture, and no football teams, but very big issues with human rights.

A few yeah: it's a tiny, sand-blasted shithole with no football stadia, no football culture, and no football teams, but very big issues with human rights.

Qatar has a football league.

Qatar has a football league.

So does Wales.

So does Wales.

So does Merseyside.

A few yeah: it's a tiny, sand-blasted shithole with no football stadia, no football culture, and no football teams, but very big issues with human rights.

That tiny sand blasted sh*t hole which punches above its weight by bailing out countries and snapping up industries keeping the likes of you in work, investing in the game whilst others take out will build some of the best Stadia leaving the likes of you in awe, having a football culture does not mean Qatar cannot host such events, did the USA have a football culture when it hosted the World Cup?.

Human rights abuses take place in majority of the countries in the world but we still go to sporting events if they host them ie: Russia (Sochi).

Brazil has human rights issues too, should we take away the WC from them & have England host them so its affordable to you?.