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the price of the tickets is due to supply and demand.
its basic economics, if they were overpriced, nobody would buy them.
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the price of the tickets is due to supply and demand.
its basic economics, if they were overpriced, nobody would buy them.
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Seriously? Epic LOLZ here. Catarrh and their "footballing programme" ?? I take it your not a footie follower?
Seems their bid has got you hook line and sinker.
Anyone with any brain realises the WC in Catarrh will be total balls just like the South African one was.
FIFA dont care about the fans, thats evident. Slack bladder seems to think football will save teh world, well it wont do anything in Catarrh, they dont even play football properly!!!! its beyond a joke.
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Just like the last world cup then.
No local south africans could afford them, and they ended up giving some tickets away free to encorage more attendance.
Still didnt work! lol
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Its not what you could make based on your performance in the UK afaik, tennis players that don't like playing in the UK, say they play 5 tournaments, one in the UK, but all their sponsorship money comes from US firms, into US accounts, etc, etc, the UK will still want to tax you for 1/5th of your income because you played 1/5th of your tournaments in the UK, its a joke, though a lot of other countries have similar rules but not quite as over the top.
As with most things in this country, we prefer to push rich people away. For all the sports stars, actually wasn't it runners mostly, decided not to compete here because of the taxation issue. Its better to tax the winnings from Usain Bolt from just a UK performance, rather than loss however much more tax the UK think they deserve when he just decides never to compete here.
Anyway, the tournament talk is rubbish, theres so much pure rubbish being spouted about it.
Firstly, we keep hearing in the press how our bid was the best because yesterday Beckham, Cameron and William were there and Putin wasn't, sorry but having 3 well known people there doesn't improve the bid, nor make us deserve it more.
The world cup SHOULD go to area's that haven't had it before. Fifa, quite rightly, tried to do this for the 2010/2014 world cups, only African federation countries were allowed to bid for 2010, South Africa, pretty clearly the best capable of putting it on, won the bid. The world cup was great, the noise was awful, the football was mostly rubbish, this is because international football is mostly rubbish. The pitches and stadiums were fine, the fans had no major problems, the teams had no problems, except being rubbish.
THe big problem came when South American countries got the chance to bid, Brazil didn't have the best bid, they had the only bid, and thats the ONLY reason the rotation from one confederation to another was changed, to stop only one team applying and getting it be default as the 2014 result was a bit of a farce in that sense.
Too many people seem to suggest(on every website, forum I've seen) that it should be held somewhere that makes it easiest for the FANS to see the football and hence it should have gone to England or Spain, what people are utterly unwilling to see is that worldwide football fans have just as much right to see it as European fans, which is essentially what all those posts(and many here) have in common. Why should European fans get preferential treatment and and easier time getting to games than anyone else?
Either way, I'm not fussed, might have been nice, but how many people here can't afford, if they REALLY want to, to go to a world cup to see a game. Lets be honest, if it was in the UK, how many games would you get tickets for, would you have a chance in hell of getting England game tickets? Would you watch 99% of the games on TV and end up going to one match, with two crap teams? Most likely, I'd suggest your normal England fan has a better chance of getting a ticket for Qatar than if the tournament was here, why?
Because the England games would have tickets for players families, sky sports people and their families, rich people, businesses etc, etc. Getting an England vs anyone ticket, for an England world cup would be next to impossible.
99.9% of people who watch the world cup in England, even if the world cup was held here, would watch the same games, in the same bars, with the same friends, just more dissappointment when England crash out in a pathetic performance.
Like i said my earlier point proves what an imbecile you are...kudos for the spelling on Qatar...why you feel the need to take the mick out of their countrys name is beyond me but then small minded fools such as yourself are of no big surprise.
And i am a footie follower and a big one at that
...sadly seeing as you havent got a brain then id refrain from making stupid assumptions....so if they dont play proper football in Qatar then exactly what do they play oh well travelled one??.Like i said butthurt on your part epically.
Then why even accept the English/Spanish & Portuguese/American/Japanese/South Korean bids in the first place? Why not specify at the start that you're only looking to go to new markets, and let an interesting range of unknown names bid.
As much as you'll argue for it, there was never a FIFA statute that said previous hosts would not be accepted, so you can't use that to discount the failed bids.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ermine-Fifa-claims-over-poor-attendances.html
Next response please.
God knows how a country of 1.7m is going to be expected to provide full stadiums.
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Like i said my earlier point proves what an imbecile you are...kudos for the spelling on Qatar...why you feel the need to take the mick out of their countrys name is beyond me but then small minded fools such as yourself are of no big surprise.
And i am a footie follower and a big one at that
Like i said butthurt on your part epically.
WOW, I take it all back, they would be the PERFECT host for a world cup
Not sure why you feel the need to keep trolling with your butthurt comments though. Perhaps you should vacate the thread for the rest of us to actually want to discuss how rubbish the two host decisions were.
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The World cup is becoming a joke now, and I hope the premiership only gets stronger and better.
Lets hope for all English CL final, that will really give Slack Bladder chest pains.
Hopefully might push his corrupt heart over the edge.
Lets hope for all English CL final, that will really give Slack Bladder chest pains.
Hopefully might push his corrupt heart over the edge.
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I'm sure Russia and Qatar will put their own spin on things and both will be able to put on a hell of a show.
But to not have a World Cup in Europe for at least 16 years seems odd to me, given that Europe is the centre of football in terms of popularity and culture.
I actually agree with the policy of sending World Cups to places that haven't hosted them before. Both countries will be able to throw hideous amounts of state cash at marketing and making sure the stadia etc. are up to scratch. But both countries are football back waters and the World Cup will be a poorer affair for it.
PS Spawn what's with the imbecile comments? Given that you are resorting to personal insults, you are the one that's coming across as butthurt that some people think the Qatar World Cup will be ****.
But to not have a World Cup in Europe for at least 16 years seems odd to me, given that Europe is the centre of football in terms of popularity and culture.
I actually agree with the policy of sending World Cups to places that haven't hosted them before. Both countries will be able to throw hideous amounts of state cash at marketing and making sure the stadia etc. are up to scratch. But both countries are football back waters and the World Cup will be a poorer affair for it.
PS Spawn what's with the imbecile comments? Given that you are resorting to personal insults, you are the one that's coming across as butthurt that some people think the Qatar World Cup will be ****.
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To think that Catarrh have never even been in a world cup, its just going to be LOLworthy seeing them being trounced 10-0 by real football nations.
I shudder to think that they have taken the place of some other country who would actually be able to play football.
Can people even imagine the refs being put under pressure by the russian mafia/KGB etc.
Lol. I bet Russia get more penalties than anyone else.
I shudder to think that they have taken the place of some other country who would actually be able to play football.
Can people even imagine the refs being put under pressure by the russian mafia/KGB etc.
Lol. I bet Russia get more penalties than anyone else.
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WOW, I take it all back, they would be the PERFECT host for a world cup
Not sure why you feel the need to keep trolling with your butthurt comments though. Perhaps you should vacate the thread for the rest of us to actually want to discuss how rubbish the two host decisions were.
Wow rolleyes...awesome way to counter my post lol.
Listen son the decision was rubbish but FFS get over it....and why do you care eh??...its not like you like this country do you??...arent you trying to become an ice trucker in Canada??.
Russia is hardly a footballing "backwater"
Semi-finals of Euro 2008, were unlucky not to qualify for this year's World Cup, will almost certainly get to Euro 2012, and a collection of club teams who have continued to improve in the Champions/Europa League.
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Seems like your blood sugars too low. Better ask mummy for a cookie.
I care because blatant corruption is scandalous, as is not giving two hoots about the real football fans all over the world, who would have loved to have seen a WC final in Wembely or the Camp Nou.
But no, we get to have the WC in AKballa-Abdul-Bin-Mohammed Mohammed stadium or whatever, which wont even exist after the cup, as it will be broken into bits and shipped somewhere else.
Wonderful.
The bid was so shocking, im struggling to even comprehend the level of bribary that the commitee must have taken.
It must be 100's rather than 10's of millions thats for sure.
Maybe that's why he hates Qatar? Probably wanted the tournament in the US.
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are you telling me the laws of economics and supply and demand dont apply to the world cup? seriously???????
your link doesnt provide anything valid to your argument? where does it say that people still bought tickets even though they are overpriced??? it says people bought tickets yet never used them, which proves my theory that the tickets arent overpriced because people could afford to throw them away even with their high prices.
its like saying a pair of g star raw jeans are overpriced, when they clearly arent because everyone is wearing them. its basic supply and demand
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Not by the KGB given that they ceased to exist about about 15 or so years ago.
And there is no such thing as the Russian mafia.
I know I know. Pedant.
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Ach you know what I mean!!
Can you imagine the pressure a ref would be under?
I'd bet a "friendly visit" would be paid to the ref in his hotel room.
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Russia is an inherently corrupt nation and has been throughout its history. Organised crime is rife throughout all walks of life, law enforcement and government.
FIFA is currently mired in allegations of corruption withing its ranks and seemingly has nobody to answer to.
While I can only speculate, something just doesn't seem right.
Spawn sums it up though in that it's a **** decision but it's done and given FIFAs lack of accountability we will likely never find out why although awarding two world cups in one sitting will no doubt have resulted in secret agreements that you vote for me and I will vote for you.
What's done is done tho
FIFA is currently mired in allegations of corruption withing its ranks and seemingly has nobody to answer to.
While I can only speculate, something just doesn't seem right.
Spawn sums it up though in that it's a **** decision but it's done and given FIFAs lack of accountability we will likely never find out why although awarding two world cups in one sitting will no doubt have resulted in secret agreements that you vote for me and I will vote for you.
What's done is done tho
