Nov/Dec World Cup

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aggie

aggie

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You know, every time this Qatar fiasco comes up in the news, I'm newly astounded that this was ever even awarded to them.

We've now almost certainly got the prospect of a mid-season World Cup for the leagues who provided 75% of the players for the last WC: BBC Sport - Qatar 2022: Fifa taskforce says November/December is only option

And that's not even to mention the continuing affront of the "human resources" expended in getting the thing off the ground: BBC Sport - World Cup 2022: Concern for migrant workers in Qatar

It really is the most brazen swindle in football history, and an indelible smear on the game. :sad
 
I think several big football nations will boycott this World Cup and I very much hope they do. Having a World Cup in November/December will cause unbelievable disruption to national league schedules. Also, when you consider the conditions many of the workers are enduring in this place getting the stadiums built, it is an absolute disgrace that this country was given the most prestigious football tournament on the planet.

This lot are so wealthy, FIFA if they had any balls would insist that every stadium built for the WC be covered and totally air conditioned as well as insisting on indoor, air-conditioned training facilities for the teams. It's not as if they couldn't afford to build them.
 
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aggie said:
You know, every time this Qatar fiasco comes up in the news, I'm newly astounded that this was ever even awarded to them.

We've now almost certainly got the prospect of a mid-season World Cup for the leagues who provided 75% of the players for the last WC: BBC Sport - Qatar 2022: Fifa taskforce says November/December is only option

And that's not even to mention the continuing affront of the "human resources" expended in getting the thing off the ground: BBC Sport - World Cup 2022: Concern for migrant workers in Qatar

It really is the most brazen swindle in football history, and an indelible smear on the game. :sad
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It'll play havoc on the "best league in the world". They may have to consider playing some home grown talent in matches for a couple of weeks ffs.
 
Agree with all the above, no way should it be there at anytime of the year.Trying to find a positive from it all, I think a winter tourney to watch would be OK.Players will not be as buckled after an entire season so maybe fresher legs too?


I think FIFA should be more concerned about the WC being staged in Russia in three years time.Given the issues they've got at the moment I think contingency plans for moving that one should be more important?
 
FIFA are one of the most corrupt companies in the world. Russia and Qatar? They're not even hiding it.

Only slight positive I could think of is that 2022 could be an ideal time to start the SPL from scratch as a summer league, if demand is there.
 
The__Proclaimer said:
FIFA are one of the most corrupt companies in the world. Russia and Qatar? They're not even hiding it.

Only slight positive I could think of is that 2022 could be an ideal time to start the SPL from scratch as a summer league, if demand is there.
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That's a great idea for summer football,the naysayers always say dates are the problem.

Be interesting to see how Russia 2018 pans out,we're effectively already in Cold war with them
 
WC final friday 23rd - lunchtime in the boozer for the final with xmas night out that evening - if carlsberg did world cups - can't see what your all moaning about. :laff:
 
The__Proclaimer said:
Only slight positive I could think of is that 2022 could be an ideal time to start the SPL from scratch as a summer league, if demand is there.
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PILTONSTANY said:
That's a great idea for summer football,the naysayers always say dates are the problem.
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I like the idea of the season finishing with the festive fixtures.Have the NY day game the final fixtures then have Jan/Feb off.
 
The__Proclaimer said:
FIFA are one of the most corrupt companies in the world. Russia and Qatar? They're not even hiding it.

Only slight positive I could think of is that 2022 could be an ideal time to start the SPL from scratch as a summer league, if demand is there.
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I would hate for us to go to summer football.

Give me my saturdays with no football in the Summer when I can enjoy the weather and be off on holiday. January/Feb is already a bleak time of the year and having no football would make that much worse for me.
 
DarrenSQH said:
I would hate for us to go to summer football.

Give me my saturdays with no football in the Summer when I can enjoy the weather and be off on holiday. January/Feb is already a bleak time of the year and having no football would make that much worse for me.
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Would be much less of chore going up to Aberdeen in a scorching summer's day than a Baltic January. Personally I'd be much more inclined to take the kids to games too, it's child abuse making a kid sit in sub zero temperatures for 2hrs watching 1st Division football. Also give us a decent hand to negotiate with sky, if we have presidents with any gumption in 2022, summer is the traditional sky subscription mass cancellation period - puts us in a decent position to barter.

Aye winter is bleak and no guarantee of decent weather any month but Scottish football needs a major shot in the arm and fresh ideas, what we got to lose?
 
Wannabehibee said:
Whilst I completely agree with you re the bit in bold above, do you think the conditions of the workers that built the stadiums in Brazil was any better?
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Yes.

For a start, they were free to hold their own passports, and allowed to leave if they so desired.

Brazil is still a developing country in parts, with a host of problems, as I well know - I lived and worked in Belo Horizonte and the surrounding rural areas of Minas Gerais from 2005-6. There were indeed failings in terms of conditions during the World Cup preparations - hours, pay, and 9 men died during the construction of the WC infrastructure. It's also well-documented that there was widespread disgust with the money spent on it, which could have been far more productively used elsewhere.

But comparing Brazil in this way to Qatar, where passports are confiscated and the death toll is already in three figures, where the fatality rate is measured in deaths per day, utterly dwarfing the toll in Brazil from start to finish, is just fatuous.
 
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