Good points.... Dont the stadiums have air conditioning for fans? Which of the Emirates have more migrant workers than citizens ? Always recall the BBC bigging up our chances of getting the nod for 2022, after Blatter said our bid 'was exceptional', or words to that point. Some naive FA geezer was getting all excited, until Gary Lineker pissed on his cornflakes when he announced we got one vote and were out after the first round of voting. Made me laugh, if nowt else.
When I was working there I believe there where approximately 330,000 Qatar nationals living in Qatar out of a population of 2.8 million. Don't get me wrong I have some good friends living there. To me the problems won't be in the stadiums it will be outside where people won't drink enough water, with the symptoms of heat exhaustion and being pissed can be similar. Honestly thank God it's in the winter. I know I had to learn to live there from a sense of taking on fluids every chance I had. I must sound like a reet nutter lol.
a. I knew there was a place where the migrants outnumber the locals. b. So its not dry... c. Right on bro..
The reason Blatter and co where caught out is that many had verbally guaranteed England their vote. Thinking enough would vote for us they could always claim to be one of them. When we got the one vote it was from the English FA so the game was up.
Blatter said the England bid was 'exceptional' then the next sound you heard was the thud of the file heading into the nearest rubbish bin....Did the FA ever get the £5m spent on the feasibility study? I knew they were trying to claim it back from FIFA.
Eleven of the 22 committee members who voted on the 2018 and 2022 tournaments have been fined, suspended, banned for life or prosecuted for corruption.
b. No it's not a dry state. You can drink in hotels but we always had to either leave our passports at reception or they took a copy of it. I'm sure for the world cup it was part of the agreement that alcohol would be available. c. Cheers. I believe that there are three nationalities living and working in Qatar that have a higher presence than Qatari nationals. I used to drive past this stadium in Al Wakrah on my way to work. https://www.stadiumguide.com/al-wakrah-stadium/
there's a bizarre but interesting possibility of a change to the teams in the wc finals. chile has alleged that ecuador fielded an ineligible player (byron castillo, whom they claim to be colombian) in around a third of their qualifiers and should be disqualified. ecuador finished 4th in the south america qualifying group. peru finished 5th in the qualifiers and therefore went into the play-offs. they are due to play australia on june 13th to decide which team will go to the finals. chile, meanwhile, claim that if the games that the ineligible player appeared in were to be discounted, they should play in the finals instead of ecuador. chile finished 7th.
Ironic that Wales, having qualified for the first time in 60-odd years, half their staff are boycotting it because of Qatar's gay rights position. Agree with it or not you have to admire their conviction.
A really good watch QT, we don’t realise how the poorest in the world suffer, to the extent of losing their lives, for the richest. RIP to all those poor workers that lost their lives in those horrendous working conditions.
Thanks Plum said half their staff and good on em but no mention of who etx I was thinking it was the coaching staff at first
What do Qatar actually stand to gain out of hosting it anyway? Are they expecting a tourism boost longer term?
8 stadiums within a 30 mile strip. One will remain as the national stadium, one (which is made of shipping containers) will be completely dismantled, and the other 6 will be downsized. I guess that quick turn around, multi-game competitions will be the order of the day - pre-season tournaments and the like.
Apparently you can see one stadium from another as the country is so small. 30/40k stadiums in a town of 10k people. Really bad choice of venue for many reasons.
