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Post by oscardelta on Dec 19, 2018 21:30:11 GMT
I still can't get my head round a winter world cup. They should go ahead and buy a fake world cup trophy from a market to award to the winner. The winner would also have to be desperate to put the gold star on their shirt and openly associate themselves with this cash grab travesty. I won't shed any tears if Wales fails to qualify for this nonsense. For Brazil when they come to Europe they are always playing in a Winter World Cup. |
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Post by marsvolta on Dec 19, 2018 22:45:56 GMT
I still can't get my head round a winter world cup. They should go ahead and buy a fake world cup trophy from a market to award to the winner. The winner would also have to be desperate to put the gold star on their shirt and openly associate themselves with this cash grab travesty. I won't shed any tears if Wales fails to qualify for this nonsense. History says that you won’t have to worry about Wales in a World Cup, whatever time of year it’s on. |
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Post by insertname on Dec 20, 2018 0:05:17 GMT
I still can't get my head round a winter world cup. They should go ahead and buy a fake world cup trophy from a market to award to the winner. The winner would also have to be desperate to put the gold star on their shirt and openly associate themselves with this cash grab travesty. I won't shed any tears if Wales fails to qualify for this nonsense. History says that you won’t have to worry about Wales in a World Cup, whatever time of year it’s on. Oh we will qualify for this one. It would be typical Wales, miss out on the Russian one which proved all the naysayers wrong and qualify for the one that doesn't even take place during the summer, in a horrible part of the world in terms of civil liberties. |
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Dec 20, 2018 4:51:09 GMT
Well I wil be going when we qualify 👍
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Post by oscardelta on Dec 20, 2018 12:51:08 GMT
History says that you won’t have to worry about Wales in a World Cup, whatever time of year it’s on. Oh we will qualify for this one. It would be typical Wales, miss out on the Russian one which proved all the naysayers wrong and qualify for the one that doesn't even take place during the summer, in a horrible part of the world in terms of civil liberties. 48 team WC so Wales and ROI should both qualify. |
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Post by pendragon on Dec 20, 2018 21:14:51 GMT
Oh we will qualify for this one. It would be typical Wales, miss out on the Russian one which proved all the naysayers wrong and qualify for the one that doesn't even take place during the summer, in a horrible part of the world in terms of civil liberties. 48 team WC so Wales and ROI should both qualify. Has it been confirmed that the 2022 WC will include 48 teams?? |
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Post by eppingblue on Dec 20, 2018 22:17:55 GMT
48 team WC so Wales and ROI should both qualify. Has it been confirmed that the 2022 WC will include 48 teams?? I thought they were talking of 2026. Only 3 extra spots for European teams so qualifying not much easier. |
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Post by melynwy on Dec 21, 2018 0:01:50 GMT
History says that you won’t have to worry about Wales in a World Cup, whatever time of year it’s on. Oh we will qualify for this one. It would be typical Wales, miss out on the Russian one which proved all the naysayers wrong and qualify for the one that doesn't even take place during the summer, in a horrible part of the world in terms of civil liberties. How on earth would that be “typical Wales”?! |
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Post by pendragon on Dec 21, 2018 2:49:17 GMT
Has it been confirmed that the 2022 WC will include 48 teams?? I thought they were talking of 2026. Only 3 extra spots for European teams so qualifying not much easier. And that was going to be my next point! I thought they'd dropped the talk of 48 teams for the 2022 stint as well. That's bound to get international leagues' backs up even further. |
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Post by oscardelta on Dec 21, 2018 7:23:02 GMT
48 team WC so Wales and ROI should both qualify. Has it been confirmed that the 2022 WC will include 48 teams?? That has been the talk for a while. I had assummed it had been decided.
The talk of just 3 additional Euro spots may get pushed back bearing in mind that adding 15 no hopers will leave a lot of empty stadiums.
The numbers attending from Senegal and Nigeria were in the hundreds which doesn't auger well if there are another 5 African countries.
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Post by pendragon on Dec 21, 2018 23:12:50 GMT
Has it been confirmed that the 2022 WC will include 48 teams?? That has been the talk for a while. I had assummed it had been decided.
The talk of just 3 additional Euro spots may get pushed back bearing in mind that adding 15 no hopers will leave a lot of empty stadiums.
The numbers attending from Senegal and Nigeria were in the hundreds which doesn't auger well if there are another 5 African countries.
I hope so. I can't see much value in watching a borefest between Thailand and Solomon Islands 😞👎 |
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Post by majorraglan on Dec 22, 2018 0:33:32 GMT
Has it been confirmed that the 2022 WC will include 48 teams?? That has been the talk for a while. I had assummed it had been decided.
The talk of just 3 additional Euro spots may get pushed back bearing in mind that adding 15 no hopers will leave a lot of empty stadiums.
The numbers attending from Senegal and Nigeria were in the hundreds which doesn't auger well if there are another 5 African countries.
I would imagine there would be a lot of pressure brought about to try and make the game more inclusive which would mean a wider representation from all the confederations, but in reality the big money is concentrated in Europe and having more European teams will boost FIFA’s TV revenues and feral income. So I can see it going a little higher than 3. |
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Post by marsvolta on Dec 22, 2018 7:43:30 GMT
Oh we will qualify for this one. It would be typical Wales, miss out on the Russian one which proved all the naysayers wrong and qualify for the one that doesn't even take place during the summer, in a horrible part of the world in terms of civil liberties. How on earth would that be “typical Wales”?! Ha ha, not sure. Maybe he’s saying Wales have a history of qualifying for tournaments every time they change the time of year they hold the said tournament..........um, no, no idea why this is typical Wales. |
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Post by derynglas on Dec 22, 2018 10:49:06 GMT
Apparently they are looking into the feasibility of expanding to 48 for 2022.
Although unlikely,if it did happen it would mean some games having to
be played in neighbouring countries like UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Infantino says this might help relations between those countries and build bridges.
Sounds like a nightmare to me.Deffo wouldnt go to Saudi after whats gone on there.
Got no enthusiasm for Qatar.Shocking decision by a corrupt organisation.
Japan would have been brilliant,but practically anywhere would have been better than this.
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Post by cadno on Dec 22, 2018 13:32:06 GMT
Crap World Cup
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Post by pendragon on Dec 24, 2018 9:16:23 GMT
Apparently they are looking into the feasibility of expanding to 48 for 2022. Although unlikely,if it did happen it would mean some games having to be played in neighbouring countries like UAE and Saudi Arabia. Infantino says this might help relations between those countries and build bridges. Sounds like a nightmare to me.Deffo wouldnt go to Saudi after whats gone on there. Got no enthusiasm for Qatar.Shocking decision by a corrupt organisation. Japan would have been brilliant,but practically anywhere would have been better than this. It is a nightmare. Does Infantino not read the news or something?! Those two countries hate each other. Expanding the competition to neighbouring countries would not only be potentially foolish and shortsighted, but also dangerous. I was only just starting to grow used to the idea of Qatar. I wouldn't touch Saudi with a barge pole, quite frankly. |
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Post by 1gwaunview on Dec 24, 2018 11:14:04 GMT
Money,Money, Money, must be funny, in the FIFA world!!
Cash over quality everytime.
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Post by manulike on Dec 24, 2018 12:22:50 GMT
Apparently they are looking into the feasibility of expanding to 48 for 2022. Although unlikely,if it did happen it would mean some games having to be played in neighbouring countries like UAE and Saudi Arabia. Infantino says this might help relations between those countries and build bridges. Sounds like a nightmare to me.Deffo wouldnt go to Saudi after whats gone on there. Got no enthusiasm for Qatar.Shocking decision by a corrupt organisation. Japan would have been brilliant,but practically anywhere would have been better than this. It is a nightmare. Does Infantino not read the news or something?! Those two countries hate each other. Expanding the competition to neighbouring countries would not only be potentially foolish and shortsighted, but also dangerous. I was only just starting to grow used to the idea of Qatar. I wouldn't touch Saudi with a barge pole, quite frankly. I imagine Tony Blair and Becks shuttling across the borders. They might even try to get Bibi Nethanyahu on side as well ;-)
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Post by pendragon on Dec 24, 2018 12:40:39 GMT
It is a nightmare. Does Infantino not read the news or something?! Those two countries hate each other. Expanding the competition to neighbouring countries would not only be potentially foolish and shortsighted, but also dangerous. I was only just starting to grow used to the idea of Qatar. I wouldn't touch Saudi with a barge pole, quite frankly. I imagine Tony Blair and Becks shuttling across the borders. They might even try to get Bibi Nethanyahu on side as well ;-)
This will be the first World Cup overseen by the United Nations. Ban Ki-Moon and a team of useless and nervous delegates to preside over the opening ceremony, where they will give us the usual drivel about peace and unity, and we'll hear a few renditions of "Imagine". And it'll all happen at Christmas as well! It sounds like a daft script to the next Die Hard film, but it might actually be the reality! 😮 |
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Post by manulike on Mar 12, 2019 11:14:52 GMT
A 81-page feasability document leaked today talking about expanding the WC 2022 to Oman and Kuwait.
The idea is increasing it to 48-teams AND having up to six games a day in the group stages.
FIFA meet up in Miami on Friday/Saturday to comfirm this ;-)
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Post by fiveattheback on Mar 12, 2019 18:43:46 GMT
Christ
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Post by manulike on Mar 16, 2019 12:12:01 GMT
Noises coming out of Miami are that everyone wants it, except ... Qatar ;-)
They have up until June to finalise.
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Post by zombienation on May 23, 2019 8:49:39 GMT
It's been confirmed that the 2022 World Cup will remain as a 32 team competition. From the perspective of someone who has lived in Qatar for 3 years, this will bring significant relief to the local organisers. On the flip side, my chances of seeing Wales play in it have been reduced.
For those that may be interested, great progress is being made here from a footballing and infrastructure perspective. In February, Qatar won the Asian Cup and they were by far the best team in the competition, winning most games by 3 or 4 goals. Granted, Asia is one of the weakest confederations but a number of teams with World Cup pedigree were competing - Iran, Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia spring to mind.
The first line of the most modern underground metro network in the world opened last week to coincide with the opening of Al Wakrah stadium, a 40,000 seater venue on the southern outskirts of Doha. Aside from witnessing Xavi's final appearance as a professional footballer (which, on that night's evidence, is not before time) as his Al Saad team lost 4-1 in the Emir's Cup final, the most striking feature of the experience was the air conditioning that blows from under every single seat. Whilst the temperature outside the stadium was a perfect 28 degrees, the AC ensured that inside the stadium was maintained at 18 degrees - slightly too cold if anything for those of us in shorts and t-shirts!
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Post by CrackityJones on May 23, 2019 8:53:24 GMT
Lovely stuff. I hope everyone involved in the construction was paid a decent wage.
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Post by 1gwaunview on May 24, 2019 10:37:50 GMT
I still think a 48 team World Cup finals is ridiculous. 32 should be the max in my humble opinion, and even that is too many.
If you go for 48 you may as well dispense with qualifiers and have everyone involved in a knock out competition.
Also the cost for any single host country would be almost unaffordable with 48.
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Post by insertname on May 24, 2019 11:41:09 GMT
I still think a 48 team World Cup finals is ridiculous. 32 should be the max in my humble opinion, and even that is too many. If you go for 48 you may as well dispense with qualifiers and have everyone involved in a knock out competition. Also the cost for any single host country would be almost unaffordable with 48. Personally I’m looking forward to us getting knocked out of the 2026 World Cup preliminary round by Burkina Faso in a match played in the car park of Solider Field in Chicago. I’m not even joking because one mooted solution for accommodating 48 teams was to have some teams play off at the finals to reach the group stage proper. Can you imagine qualifying and having to prepare for a one-off game at the finals with the rest of your group stage logistics on hold by in case you get knocked out? A 48 team World Cup will be yet another disgrace to the international game, from the same idiots that brought you the winter World Cup and the distributed euros. |
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Post by fiveattheback on May 24, 2019 14:27:20 GMT
32 is a good amount, 48 is ridiculous
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Post by ae15 on Jun 18, 2019 10:37:26 GMT
Platini arrested this morning on corruption charges after investigations into the decision to award Qatar the tournament (who would have guessed?), putting the tournament in even more questionable light.
I saw a stat on Twitter this morning saying that if we were to hold a minute of silence for every estimated death of a migrant worker due to the constructions of the Qatar World Cup, the first 44 matches of the tournament would be played in silence.
We'd have to get there first, but if we did qualify for the tournament, I don't think I could bring myself to go. I couldn't enjoy supporting Wales knowing that the experience was built on corruption, slave labour and diabolical working conditions.
In my opinion, the relative silence from FAs across the world on this has been embarrassing, and it's time people worked to stop this madness and stop evil people profiting from slave labour.
What do you guys think? If we qualified, would you go?
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Post by conwy10 on Jun 18, 2019 10:56:25 GMT
I completely see where you’re coming from, but we should not have any thought that we’ve got blood on our hands, the decision to take it there was a complete joke that many opposed and still do. If Wales get there I’ll go 100%. We will be barely putting money into their regime by going when you consider what sponsors will be putting in.
Wales as a set of fans are up their with the best. Donating blood, raising money for causes in the home country, acting responsibly. We should not miss out on an amazing achievement for the country and no doubt we’d do some amazing things for the people who have suffered so the FIFA representatives can live a life of luxury.
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Post by georgetm1 on Jun 18, 2019 11:06:24 GMT
Does any westerner want to go to a world cup where you can only drink inside a hotel at ridiculous prices and then get arrested if the police think you are drunk in public? It needs to move somewhere less fascistic. Their ridiculously backwards laws are not fit for holding one of the worlds biggest sporting events.
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