THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

This.

The new documentary on Netflix about the corruption in FIFA is worth a watch - "It's still, by far, the biggest sports corruption scandal that we've ever had..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0UlWZNp6cI

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P46_ _W _D _L PTS
07/08 29 10 _7 97 PI 1st
14/15 27 10 _9 91 KR 2nd
21/22 26 11 _9 89 LM 3rd
05/06 12 14 20 50 DW 22nd R
22/23 11 12 23 45 lm/MJ 21st R
17/18 11 12 23 45 rn/DM 23rd R
15/16 _9 12 25 39 KR 23rd R
LS: A rocky start, that's all it is.

It is going to be interesting to see what happens off the back of this World Cup.

So far I've read and heard lots of praise from players, fans and journalists regarding the stadiums, the training facilities, the infrastructure, the hospitality, the lack of crime, the short distance between stadiums and much more. For me it is clear when the press all quickly jumped on their planes and when players wouldn't even take a yellow to wear an armband it became clear that many of the moral issues were not a priority and they would just crack on with their jobs.

This is in no way defending and praising the decision to host it in Qatar, nor does this in anyway say the work conditions, treatment of certain communities or whatever else was acceptable.

But for the powers that be will the success of this tournament so far lead to further tournaments in either Middle Eastern countries or maybe nations in South East Asia with money and modern infrastructure such as Singapore?

It will be interesting the reviews comparing this tournament to USA, Canada and Mexico - which is also a fucking farce by the way - due to distances between grounds, lack of public transport, local crime etc.

There's a joint bid for 2034 that involves Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

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Damn. That bid also includes Brunei, Mynamar, Cambodia, Phillipines and Laos

The 2030 bids are pretty weird too. Egypt, Greece and Israel together??? Spain, Portugal and Ukraine is just a joke, with the latter included as a pity inclusion. Not sure why Australia need Indonesia , a nation that has just banned sex outside of marriage, in their bid.

Lots of nations bidding for the next few World Cups where homosexuality is also outlawed.

I doubt if there is any country in the world that the media would not be able find (or invent) some reason why an event should not be held there.

I think it's Egypt, Greece and Saudi Arabia bidding together.

Easy to get Saudi Arabia and Israel confused.

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It's Pete's train set, and we should all feel honoured to be granted the privilege of paying to play with it.

"Shut the fuck up, you sausage!"

Sorry I merged that with the Israel, Bahrain and UAE expression of interest

Obvs, all world cups should be played in England. Nowhere else.

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