Initial reports say that we were voted out in the first round. Incredible.
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We didnt just lose, we got beaten down.
Round 1: Australia1 vote, Japan 3 votes, US 3 votes, South Korea 4 votes and Qatar 11 votes.
Round 2: Japan 2 votes, South Korea 5 votes, US 5 votes and Qatar 10 votes.
Round 3 South Korea 5 votes, US 6 votes and Qatar 11 votes.
Round 4 US 8 votes and Qatar 14 votes (Qatar obtain absolute majority)
Round 1: Australia1 vote, Japan 3 votes, US 3 votes, South Korea 4 votes and Qatar 11 votes.
Round 2: Japan 2 votes, South Korea 5 votes, US 5 votes and Qatar 10 votes.
Round 3 South Korea 5 votes, US 6 votes and Qatar 11 votes.
Round 4 US 8 votes and Qatar 14 votes (Qatar obtain absolute majority)
Very happy with our position
Checker, I appreciate you may be quite disappointed at the moment: but as the biggest flag bearer/waver for the WC on the site- and who was very confident we had it in the bag (ie the bid was solid and assured) :
What's your perspective on the voting? 1 vote? I wasn't a supporter but I expected us to get to the third round.... What the hell happened?
Spiros is accepting apologies for those of you who mocked him. Given the voting breakdown - clearly he was correct.
Right on the money.
the oracle.
ah well.
still reckon the Australians made a mistake by pushing this 'last frontier', 'last continent' thing - - - Australasia.
Did that 'burn' any good will within the Asian confederation.
At least we didn't go calling Russia a continent
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It was a cirrupt bid because Bin Hamannman or whatever his name is the head of the AFC is QATARI and he is set to take over FIFA when Blatter retires. Doesn't surprise me really considering the corrupt nature of this organisation.
100% correct but we knew this way back when - this was no surprise.
Easy to be wise after the event but to quote the late great Johnny Warren, "I told you so".
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A serious question; the stadiums in Quatar will have air conditioners to keep the whole stadium cool enough to play and I was wondering how this would affect the flight of the ball (as in the temp and humidity)?
I reckon Checker has checked himself into a sanatarium, poor boy.
We wont be seeing him here for a while I expect. A broken man, no doubt. cummupance, frankly.
They wouldn't know as the technology has not even been tested.
Considering the complete ****-up they've made with the balls over the last 10 years, I hardly think they are likely to make a fuss.
Soccer is supposed to be an outdoor game - played in wind, rain and storm. At altitude (Mexico, Ecuador) and below sea-level (Jordan, much of Holland). A/C shouldn't be an issue.
And if it is, I am sure the discrete placing of some brown paper bags would clear up the problem quickly.
i know very little about the place:
here's a skim over doha
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i dont think theres a lot there
here's a skim over doha
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i dont think theres a lot there
here's a podcast discussing about the decisions
http://blogs.abc.net.au/files/a-league-lounge-world-cup-special.mp3
as virginia from abc news breakfast said this morning: our email is breakfast@yourabc.net.au, feel free to drop us an email/ have a whinge this morning
http://blogs.abc.net.au/files/a-league-lounge-world-cup-special.mp3
as virginia from abc news breakfast said this morning: our email is breakfast@yourabc.net.au, feel free to drop us an email/ have a whinge this morning
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not taking it too seriously huh? I guess they could have had 2018 too if they wanted get serious about it.
good call.
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Here is me putting my hand up and saying 'I was wrong', big time!
So to all those I dismissed for even suggesting Qatar had a chance, I apologise. Still gutted over the result.
The press here in the UK are absolutely going to town. They are even more bewildered by Qatar winning then they are Russia, which really says something I think.
So to all those I dismissed for even suggesting Qatar had a chance, I apologise. Still gutted over the result.
The press here in the UK are absolutely going to town. They are even more bewildered by Qatar winning then they are Russia, which really says something I think.
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I have lived and worked in Qatar over the last 4 years and this is the only 100% correct statement in this thread.
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