Championship start in July and halts after 12 November

asredastheycome · Nov 16, 2021

Its been bad enough with this international break. Doing my head in. Bad timing for us having players away when the new manager comes in. If they return fit they will be plaing catch up with his thoughts and ideas.

asredastheycome · Nov 16, 2021

S7DiscoDown said:
It seems like such a f*cking hassle for a world Cup. I'm all for everyone having the right to host it.

Yet completely changing the footballing calender to give it to a god awful nation with absolutely no footballing Heritage is just shocking. I simply can't see where they sat around a table and thought 'this is a good idea'

That doesn't even include the 'social' side of fans traveling to these tournaments. Everything from hotels / flights and 'what to do through the day' is a nightmare. I know English are larger louts but it's very much part of treating it as a footballing holiday. I have been out that way a few times with the navy. The only places to drink are hotel bars and restaurants. I'm not sure how they are thinking of catering for everyone.

Absolutely nothing appeals to me about this world Cup. That's without going into the human rights issues.

Good post although I think the agreement to give World Cup to Qatar was not done around a table with them thinking 'this is a good idea'. More likely done in private in shady deals probably in this modern era with bitcoin rather than brown envelopes.

Like you I have been there a few times and it beggars belief that they could host the World Cup. It was dry when I last went but as you say now the only places to drink are hotel bars and restaurants. That said the second biggest town outside of Doha when I was there was Dukhan but that was only really the camp for the Oilworkers. Now it looks like its been transformed into a big city. Also development in lots of other places. Look at size of the cities. Still only small outside Doha.