FIFA drop world cup rotation policy
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FIFA drop world cup rotation policy
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Re: FIFA drop world cup rotation policy
My thoughts are that every journalist in the land has spectacularly mis-understood the situation.Verbal wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7067187.stm
Opens way for 2018 bid by England.
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FIFA's position was that no confederation could host it if it had hosted either of the last two world cups. Given that 2010 is going to Saath Iffrica and Brazil is widely tipped to host 2014, there was never any question of England not going for 2018. I don't really know where this misconception has come from, and why the story is 'FIFA decision opens door for England' as opposed to 'FIFA policy means door open for England' if they hadn't changed it...
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Well we'll see after the teatime press conference but if your version's true then I don't understand why they've felt the need to have a meeting, press release and conference given that the executive committee vice-president Chung charlie-joon has apparently said today that all associations are free to apply providing their confederations hadn't hosted either of the two preceding WCs - ie what you already said was the situation. Even FIFA's fatties aren't daft enough to set up a quango to triumphantly trumpet the new old regulations. Are they?
In other words, what precisely did they vote unanimously on today?
In other words, what precisely did they vote unanimously on today?
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It was always bollox.
That South America ... with only about 3 countries even close to capable of hosting it should get the same opportunity as Europe with about 15 capable was always shite.
Add that to the African shoe-in & it shows what a shambles it all is.
When Blatter pops his clogs I expect to be brought in for questioning.
That South America ... with only about 3 countries even close to capable of hosting it should get the same opportunity as Europe with about 15 capable was always shite.
Add that to the African shoe-in & it shows what a shambles it all is.
When Blatter pops his clogs I expect to be brought in for questioning.
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I'm 15. I "liked" american football before, but I was never very interested in it. It was more of a "you have to pick a team" type of thing. Everybody supported the NY jets, or NY giants. So I just followed along. I picked bolton because when I started liking football, I didn't want to be a glory hunter (top 3), and because I knew three players from Bolton. Nakata, Giannakopolous, and Borgetti. Stelios is the only one left now, but I couldn't leave the team behind, I was too attached to it. Even if they get relegated, and I can't watch them on the tv, I don't think I'll be able to leave them now. As for why I didn't give a second glance at football back then, I think it's pretty obvious. I was 2Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Welcome aboard... and wait yer turnlibreg wrote:Yeah, but I didn't give a second glance at football back then.CrazyHorse wrote:1994.libreg wrote:damn... now it's never going to be in the USA.
As a matter of interest, how old are you, what was your sport before futbol and why Bolton?
About the new rotational policy, I think it's pretty convenient that they decided to do this right before it came to the concacaf region. They obviously couldn't wait to get back to Europe. Weren't Europeans content with hosting 98 and 06? They want more? Nevertheless, if USA can't win the bid in 2018, I hope England wins it, for obvious reasons. Such as, it's an English speaking country. I want to be able to go and communicate with other people there.
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Welcome aboard. Small point of order: it's "us", not "them" I like yer reasons for supporting BWFC, although I wonder how you knew of Stelios - Euro 2004, p'raps?libreg wrote:I'm 15. I "liked" american football before, but I was never very interested in it. It was more of a "you have to pick a team" type of thing. Everybody supported the NY jets, or NY giants. So I just followed along. I picked bolton because when I started liking football, I didn't want to be a glory hunter (top 3), and because I knew three players from Bolton. Nakata, Giannakopolous, and Borgetti. Stelios is the only one left now, but I couldn't leave the team behind, I was too attached to it. Even if they get relegated, and I can't watch them on the tv, I don't think I'll be able to leave them now. As for why I didn't give a second glance at football back then, I think it's pretty obvious. I was 2Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Welcome aboard... and wait yer turnlibreg wrote:Yeah, but I didn't give a second glance at football back then.CrazyHorse wrote:1994.libreg wrote:damn... now it's never going to be in the USA.
As a matter of interest, how old are you, what was your sport before futbol and why Bolton?
About the new rotational policy, I think it's pretty convenient that they decided to do this right before it came to the concacaf region. They obviously couldn't wait to get back to Europe. Weren't Europeans content with hosting 98 and 06? They want more? Nevertheless, if USA can't win the bid in 2018, I hope England wins it, for obvious reasons. Such as, it's an English speaking country. I want to be able to go and communicate with other people there.
OK, here's the deal with rotation. It was brought in, entirely coincidentally, when Sepp Blatter needed votes to retain his big comfy seat at the head of FIFA's trough, sorry, table. Accordingly, 2010 was awarded to Africa with the promise of more rotation to come, and Uncle Sepp got an awfy lot of votes from the li'l federations, and Uncle Sepp won.
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PS is Bradley (yer avatar) the bloke who scored from the centre circle in the last week of the regular season?
I knew of Stelios because not only am I American.....Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Welcome aboard. Small point of order: it's "us", not "them" I like yer reasons for supporting BWFC, although I wonder how you knew of Stelios - Euro 2004, p'raps?libreg wrote:I'm 15. I "liked" american football before, but I was never very interested in it. It was more of a "you have to pick a team" type of thing. Everybody supported the NY jets, or NY giants. So I just followed along. I picked bolton because when I started liking football, I didn't want to be a glory hunter (top 3), and because I knew three players from Bolton. Nakata, Giannakopolous, and Borgetti. Stelios is the only one left now, but I couldn't leave the team behind, I was too attached to it. Even if they get relegated, and I can't watch them on the tv, I don't think I'll be able to leave them now. As for why I didn't give a second glance at football back then, I think it's pretty obvious. I was 2Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Welcome aboard... and wait yer turnlibreg wrote:Yeah, but I didn't give a second glance at football back then.CrazyHorse wrote:1994.
As a matter of interest, how old are you, what was your sport before futbol and why Bolton?
About the new rotational policy, I think it's pretty convenient that they decided to do this right before it came to the concacaf region. They obviously couldn't wait to get back to Europe. Weren't Europeans content with hosting 98 and 06? They want more? Nevertheless, if USA can't win the bid in 2018, I hope England wins it, for obvious reasons. Such as, it's an English speaking country. I want to be able to go and communicate with other people there.
OK, here's the deal with rotation. It was brought in, entirely coincidentally, when Sepp Blatter needed votes to retain his big comfy seat at the head of FIFA's trough, sorry, table. Accordingly, 2010 was awarded to Africa with the promise of more rotation to come, and Uncle Sepp got an awfy lot of votes from the li'l federations, and Uncle Sepp won.
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PS is Bradley (yer avatar) the bloke who scored from the centre circle in the last week of the regular season?
I'm Greek American But to be honest I don't like Stelios anymore. I think he's past his age, we might as well have sold him to sheffield utd. But who knows, he can regain his form with hard work.
Ahh, I see, so good ol' sepp just wanted to keep power? I always hated him.
No, that was Michael Parkhust. Michael Bradley is the US international, who I believe is 20 years of age. He plays for SC Heereeven now, in the dutch league. He's one of my favorite players, because neither Ronaldinho or Kaka could get past him, whenever he challenged them. And besides, he used to be a metrostar I'm one of the people that wants to make him a defender instead of a defensive midfielder, because USA's second defender, Onyewu, is careless.
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Is that 'Gooch'? Our H. Pedersen strongly believed BWFC should go for him, but he didn't settle in at all well at Newcastle... where, if he's a careless defender, he should've fitted like a glove!libreg wrote:No, that was Michael Parkhust. Michael Bradley is the US international, who I believe is 20 years of age. He plays for SC Heereeven now, in the dutch league. He's one of my favorite players, because neither Ronaldinho or Kaka could get past him, whenever he challenged them. And besides, he used to be a metrostar I'm one of the people that wants to make him a defender instead of a defensive midfielder, because USA's second defender, Onyewu, is careless.
I see what you did thereDave Sutton's barnet wrote:Is that 'Gooch'? Our H. Pedersen strongly believed BWFC should go for him, but he didn't settle in at all well at Newcastle... where, if he's a careless defender, he should've fitted like a glove!libreg wrote:No, that was Michael Parkhust. Michael Bradley is the US international, who I believe is 20 years of age. He plays for SC Heereeven now, in the dutch league. He's one of my favorite players, because neither Ronaldinho or Kaka could get past him, whenever he challenged them. And besides, he used to be a metrostar I'm one of the people that wants to make him a defender instead of a defensive midfielder, because USA's second defender, Onyewu, is careless.
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