Frankly Mr Shankly Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Some of the mentalist looking stadia I've ever seen. I truly hope they win their bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddylad02 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Some of the mentalist looking stadia I've ever seen. I truly hope they win their bid. just seen the advert for it on ssn with zidane! a french guy advertising another countries bid?! good job we've got the golden boy 'becks' helping with ours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 just seen the advert for it on ssn with zidane! a french guy advertising another countries bid?! good job we've got the golden boy 'becks' helping with ours! Well he was born in Algeria, which is an arab country, so there is a bit of a tie in. Though it's not like you normally get footballers turning money down anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 carn't see it happen , for 2reason's 1 no alcohol is allowed in qatar , and 2 if israel qualify for the finals they won't be allowed in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 if israel qualify for the finals they won't be allowed in With all due respect Bob, it's a pretty big 'if'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 With all due respect Bob, it's a pretty big 'if'. mission impossible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 carn't see it happen , for 2reason's 1 no alcohol is allowed in qatar , and 2 if israel qualify for the finals they won't be allowed in Two reasons, both of which are factually incorrect. Well he was born in Algeria, which is an arab country, so there is a bit of a tie in. Though it's not like you normally get footballers turning money down anyway. He's not actually an Arab himself though, his family are from some random tribe who helped the French massacre civilians in their War of Independance, hence they left quite sharpish when the French got booted out (sort of). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Some of the mentalist looking stadia I've ever seen. I truly hope they win their bid. Wow...just wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 A combined GCC bid would have made a lot of sense. Could have done Doha x 2, Dubai x 2, Abu Dhabi City, Bahrain, Muscat at a pinch and as many as you like from Kuwait City, Jeddah, Riyadh and Damman for people who oppose fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 What Wembley could have been, eh...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Just goes to show what a bit of imagination and an even bigger budget can produce, no MFI stadiums there! I wonder if they fancy building a trial one at a plot of land I know about on the corner of Sheepfoot Lane and Furtherwood Road in Oldham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Just goes to show what a bit of imagination and an even bigger budget can produce, no MFI stadiums there! I wonder if they fancy building a trial one at a plot of land I know about on the corner of Sheepfoot Lane and Furtherwood Road in Oldham Rather you than me when they are trialling the cold air pouring down the stands... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Well he was born in Algeria, which is an arab country, so there is a bit of a tie in. Though it's not like you normally get footballers turning money down anyway. I never realised Marseilles was in Algeria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Well he was born in Algeria, which is an arab country, so there is a bit of a tie in. it's 3,000 miles away (???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 (edited) He's not actually an Arab himself though, his family are from some random tribe who helped the French massacre civilians in their War of Independance, hence they left quite sharpish when the French got booted out (sort of). Theres still a tie in, just not a positive one!! Edited November 5, 2010 by jimsleftfoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Would there be any sanctions in place to ensure the stadia would be delivered to those specs? It all looks very impressive, I guess it comes down to whether or not they could deliver what they promise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 it's 3,000 miles away (???) I did say bit of a tie in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Would there be any sanctions in place to ensure the stadia would be delivered to those specs? It all looks very impressive, I guess it comes down to whether or not they could deliver what they promise... It's amazing what can be done with a bit of planning, hard work, but mostly cheap labour!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Would there be any sanctions in place to ensure the stadia would be delivered to those specs? It all looks very impressive, I guess it comes down to whether or not they could deliver what they promise... The staff at Wembley got themselves a couple of years of overtime by not doing the job and the contractors were paid as per contract. It works a bit differently over there... They would get built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 it's 3,000 miles away (???) I think Algeria is an Arab country, because of the people, the language etc. as opposed to its proximity to the Arabian penisular. But also, put it this way, Algeria is a lot closer to Arabia than England is to the Caucasus, from where we get the word Caucasian. Those stadiums look proper sweet, but most of them won't get built as despite them supposedly not allowing Isrealis in (I think if they did win, they'd have to under the terms of getting it, like how that Isreali tennis player gets to go to Dubai), them not allowing alcohol (much), quite simply there are other candidates who have much better bids. An Arabian penisular world cup will probably happen, but not this time and the best candidate is probably UAE +/- Qatar/Bahrain etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I wonder too about how much importance would be attributed to the footballing quality of the nation...I mean South Africa were poor...but Qatar in a WC?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forte_Baby Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 To me Australia or USA will proberly get the 2022 but knowing what Blatter is like and with a FIFA election coming up pretty sure if it kept him in office he would let them win it if it came down to the casting vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 To me Australia or USA will proberly get the 2022 but knowing what Blatter is like and with a FIFA election coming up pretty sure if it kept him in office he would let them win it if it came down to the casting vote. blater wants locking up ,i am sure he being paid off by russia so england don't get the world cup in 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spadam Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I think Algeria is an Arab country, because of the people, the language etc. as opposed to its proximity to the Arabian penisular. But also, put it this way, Algeria is a lot closer to Arabia than England is to the Caucasus, from where we get the word Caucasian. Those stadiums look proper sweet, but most of them won't get built as despite them supposedly not allowing Isrealis in (I think if they did win, they'd have to under the terms of getting it, like how that Isreali tennis player gets to go to Dubai), them not allowing alcohol (much), quite simply there are other candidates who have much better bids. An Arabian penisular world cup will probably happen, but not this time and the best candidate is probably UAE +/- Qatar/Bahrain etc. Dubai is in the UAE so has nothing to do with Qatar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 blater wants locking up ,i am sure he being paid off by russia so england don't get the world cup in 2018 As both the Russian and Isreali federations are bankrolled by the same gentleman you might want to think twice about where you throw accusations around Bob. Before you break the habit of a lifetime and get everything utterly wrong, with a large slant of bigotry completely missing your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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