The Soccer Thread

[BigHouseUSA]

And the two worst nations. Fuck off.

 

[Sharkweather]

Russia and Qatar, couldn't have got a better result

Couldn't have got a worst result.

 

[kmanharris]

Qatar!? Nobody wants to travel to the Middle East for the god damn World Cup. Such horseshit.

 

[Chrispy]

Who the fuck wants to play in 130 degree heat, i dont buy they are going to be able to air condition atleast 10 soccer stadiums. Also its smaller then the state of CT, WTF

 

[Goober]

I had a pipe dream of traveling to see the world cup someday, but I sure as fuck aren't going to qatar. What a joke, can they get the world cup out of these third world shit holes?

 

[kmanharris]

Yea it looks like my best chance to travel to a decent country to watch the World Cup is going to be in Brazil in 2014. No way am I traveling to Russia or Qatar.

 

[Goober]

Yea it looks like my best chance to travel to a decent country to watch the World Cup is going to be in Brazil in 2014. No way am I traveling to Russia or Qatar.

I'd rather go to Russia over brazil. Either way it's fucking lame. I think you're better off going to your European nation of choice and partying it up there during the cup.

 

[Sharkweather]

Yeah I would go to Russia before Brazil or Qatar. Or maybe just wait until 2026 China.

 

[mgoblue2290]

And the two worst nations. Fuck off.

FIFA is just trying to be trendy and pick a "developing" nation over us. It isn't even good economically speaking for Qatar anyways. They'll just have a bunch of empty stadiums and hotels when its over. America is such a better choice in every way possible. We've got stadiums and hotels ready right now. We're also a safer and better tourist destination.

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

:smh: @ how ignorant some of you cunts are.

 

[Goober]

:smh: @ how ignorant some of you cunts are.

Please give a few reasons why qatar is a good choice, I can't think of any.

 

[Chrispy]

:smh: @ how ignorant some of you cunts are.

Please explain

 

[kmanharris]

I'd rather go to Russia over brazil. Either way it's fucking lame. I think you're better off going to your European nation of choice and partying it up there during the cup.

To each their own I guess. I would personally rather go to Brazil since I want to go there anyway and Russia isn't on my list of places to go.

 

[Chrispy]

THE HEAT

Those who have watched the odd soccer game may have noticed that for all the players’ skills, they don’t take discomfort too well.

Lord knows how they’d cope with spending a month in what is essentially an oversized Lego Land set inside a furnace.

Earlier this year the temperature in Qatar hit a record 53C. In summer it hovers above 40C much of the time.
Christiano Ronaldo’s hair simply wouldn’t take that kind of punishment.

THE BOOZE BAN

In some languages, “World Cup” translates loosely as “booze-fuelled hoedown”.

So try telling hundreds of thousands of soccer fans that the only way they can buy their own alcohol in Qatar is with a special permit, due to the country’s alcohol ban.

Word from downtown Doha is that these fabled permits can only be obtained at one particular shop, and that you need a permit before you’re allowed to enter the shop.

Makes sense, doesn’t it?

To be fair, you are able to buy alcohol at hotels and bars, but who would risk it, with public inebriation punishable by jail time?

THE FRIENDLY WILDLIFE

And we cop a bad wrap for our dangerous fauna?

Three words: Death Stalker Scorpions.

Mother of God.

If the heat doesn’t get you, there are scorpions roaming the streets with a taste for the flesh of Wayne Rooney fans.

Brown snakes suddenly seem cute and cuddly.

DO THEY PLAY SOCCER THERE?

While Australia is still a fledgling soccer nation and has competed in just three World Cups, that’s three more than Qatar.

Ranked 113th in the world in the latest FIFA rankings, the Qataris have never qualified for the event and aren’t likely to without a host’s free entry pass.

WHERE WILL THEY PLAY?

The Qatar bid centres around the construction of five stadiums, two of which already exist and will be expanded so that all the venues can house more than 40,000 people.

Qatar also announced each of the stadiums would be air conditioned.

I’m sorry, air conditioned?

Have you ever tried to hail an air conditioner repairman in the peak of summer?

What happens when the bank of Fujitsus pack it in during the final?

Think “dog in car”.

No alcohol and deadly fuckin scorpions, oh fuck yeah Qatar and btw their soccer team really sucks

 

[relaxedanderson]

Nice one FIFA.

What can we look forward to next? Andorra 2026? Zimbabwe 2030? Bangladesh in the rainy season of 2034?

Incompetent, corrupt fuckwits.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

Antarctica 2038?

 

[relaxedanderson]

Antarctica 2038?

"We know it would be a bold gamble and an exciting prospect but with no risk," the bid chief executive, Alan the Penguin, said. "Cold is not and will not be an issue."

 

[BigHouseUSA]

FIFA is just trying to be trendy and pick a "developing" nation over us. It isn't even good economically speaking for Qatar anyways. They'll just have a bunch of empty stadiums and hotels when its over. America is such a better choice in every way possible. We've got stadiums and hotels ready right now. We're also a safer and better tourist destination.

The one thing Qatar has, or will have are stadiums that will be taken apart and given to other developing nations. Could be bad or could be good. Other than that, this FIFA developing nations shit is awful. That's four developing nations in a row, of course picking them is justifiable at point, especially Russia. But SA gave us one of the worst WC's ever, you can't keep going back to unfamiliar climates, no football culture, and poor organization every cup. Germany 2006 was one of the best out there for many reasons, but we won't have a cup like that for decades now.

 

[kmanharris]

I'm still waiting on CaribbeanJoseph's reasoning for all of us being ignorant and why it is a good idea to have a World Cup in fucking Qatar.

 

[relaxedanderson]

The one thing Qatar has, or will have are stadiums that will be taken apart and given to other developing nations. Could be bad or could be good. Other than that, this FIFA developing nations shit is awful. That's four developing nations in a row, of course picking them is justifiable at point, especially Russia. But SA gave us one of the worst WC's ever, you can't keep going back to unfamiliar climates, no football culture, and poor organization every cup. Germany 2006 was one of the best out there for many reasons, but we won't have a cup like that for decades now.

Still, at least it means Wales are in with a chance of hosting one in the future, we're twice the size and have twice the population of Qatar!

Our bid could be "We're bigger than the last lot, we sell beer and your eyeballs won't melt when you go outside. Bring an umbrella".

I'm just off to start the Wales 2026 campaign.