POLL: 2018 F$FA World Cup

[MaineRoadMemories]

Who will put in [strike]the biggest bung[/strike] the best bid and get the votes?









I'm voting Spain/Portugal as they have the nicest logo :-}

[lets all have a disco]

I reckon it's between England and Russia the other two have held major tournaments recently.


Obvious choice is England but they will probably go with Russia.

[dazby]

I would say Ingerland but I reckon the Panorama program and the other bung will have done your bid irreparable damage.

Russia if I was betting on it.

I like Australia's chances for 2022 if we can survive the early rounds.

[Beeks]

There is no way on earth England will get this...Blatter hates us...plus Panorama have probably screwed it anyway

Hilarious...considering England invented the game...that some corrupt Johnny Foreigner can tell us whether we can hold the competition or not

[Twobob]

Going to be Russia, they have much more available cash to 'misplace' and very good at making sure there are no press leaks. The football will be shite, but twatter will have a new wing to his mansion and oil for life - so all will be fine.

[The Man In Blue]

Personally reckon we should tell the whole stinking cartel to fuck off and withdraw.

Edit: Reckon Spain/Portugal will get it.

[ryanmjo]

I'm hoping for England 2018 and US 2022. But I think it will be Spain and then Qatar or Korea.

[sandman]

There is no way on earth England will get this...Blatter hates us...plus Panorama have probably screwed it anyway

Hilarious...considering England invented the game...that some corrupt Johnny Foreigner can tell us whether we can hold the competition or not

From running the forum to running the entire sport, bit of a promotion.

[Bluez]

I still think we are in with a chance. Technically FIFA have already said we have one of teh best bids. And today a report came out saying that Financially we have by far the best bid, so if they want to raise money, we are the best bet (Russia was the worst). Spain held it recently and on top of that you have to question local interest when a friendly between Spain and Portugal barely sold any tickets, whereas England v France (2 shit teams at WC2010) sold out.

[Manx Blue]

I reckon it's between England and Russia the other two have held major tournaments recently.


Obvious choice is England but they will probably go with Russia.

sadly that doesn't mean anything....Italy held the Euro's in 1980, and WC in 1990

[Ted Hughes]

If England were to get it, my opinion of FIFA would improve but as Russia is the world capital of corruption & general criminality, I fully expect those disgusting sleazy shithouses from FIFA to take the World Cup there.

If they do, we should accept that they don't like us & cause as much shit for the cunts as we possibly can, for the rest of their miserable, corrupt lives. If they give us the World Cup, we should still do it anyway. Horrible bunch of jumped up, thieving, backstabbing, slimeballs.

[Beeks]

If England were to get it, my opinion of FIFA would improve but as Russia is the world capital of corruption & general criminality, I fully expect those disgusting sleazy shithouses from FIFA to take the World Cup there.

If they do, we should accept that they don't like us & cause as much shit for the cunts as we possibly can, for the rest of their miserable, corrupt lives. If they give us the World Cup, we should still do it anyway. Horrible bunch of jumped up, thieving, backstabbing, slimeballs.

What I fail to understand is WHY don't they ever get investigated?!?!

Are they above the fucking law?!

[Fish111]

Russia will win it hands down and we should have saved a lot of time and money by withdrawing a long time ago. The whole process is benter than a nine bob note and the bidding process is just a way that the slimey fuckers from FIFA can get a few more dollars in their bank accounts and get to stay in 5 star hotels with high-class whores sucking their old, shrivelled dicks paid for by the FA.

[13021J]

Personally reckon we should tell the whole stinking cartel to fuck off and withdraw.

Edit: Reckon Spain/Portugal will get it.

Absolutely, if we don't get it then it proves we've kicked the hornets nest and they have shit to hide. After hearing how they demand tax breaks and law changes they can piss right off. It's a cartel of criminals that needs to be broken up and made far more transparent.

[Ted Hughes]

If England were to get it, my opinion of FIFA would improve but as Russia is the world capital of corruption & general criminality, I fully expect those disgusting sleazy shithouses from FIFA to take the World Cup there.

If they do, we should accept that they don't like us & cause as much shit for the cunts as we possibly can, for the rest of their miserable, corrupt lives. If they give us the World Cup, we should still do it anyway. Horrible bunch of jumped up, thieving, backstabbing, slimeballs.

What I fail to understand is WHY don't they ever get investigated?!?!

Are they above the fucking law?!

Which law? They flit around from one country to another.

Some of it was investigated, in fucking Switzerland. Where do the mafia go if they want to stash a load of money? Switzerland. Where is the President of FIFA from ? Switzerland.

Now there's more evidence they're trying to ignore it yet the IOC are investigating one of the blokes who is also one of their members.

There's a dossier of corruption on that Jack Warner character stretching back decades. If you go to his manor & ask about it though, there's a fair chance you'll be waking up with your knob inserted in your own face. We've actually been courting that fucking bag of shite to get his vote! It's disgusting. Now our Prime minister & a member of our royal family is over there begging these fucking shithouses to give us the World Cup! Fuck that! Come home but before leaving, tell them they can shove their tainted tournament & we won't rest until half of them are in fucking jail.

[Beefymcfc]

The 2 dual bids don't stand a chance in my opinion and there is only 2 nations in the running - England and Russia.

England has an excellent bid and for me, the best out of the lot. We have excellent infrastructure in all aspects, stadia, transport/links, govermental backing, hospitality and outlet facilities are all to a standard that either matches or outshines the other bids. However, we all know that his isn't the be all and end all when it comes to being offered the WC. It's a business at the end of the day and as I see it, all business is corrupt in one way or another and most business is done with the 'You Scratch My Back' nod and a wink which leads to many thing's going on behind the scenes such as passing info or money in exchange for favours.

Russia is somewhat still an isolated state who do what they want when they want and if they wanted to help out one of their neighbour states, or a partner in business, then they could just pop down to their bank and hand-over a million in cash, no questions asked. And as Putin as promised $10 Billion on the WC, it is hard to fathom out how much they would be prepared to stake on getting the votes.

One thing that interests me in all this is the voting process. At the moment people like Beckham are basically arse-rimming the likes of Jack Warner in an effort to gain last minute support (anyone remember Ole 'Jack, the bloke who was reportedly asking for an honoury Knighthood for his support and who also had to donate a fortune to charity after flogging tickets to touts?) after previously treating these delegates like Royalty - ffs, even the future King and PM have been swallowing juices in an attempt to sway the voting! Well, these are the type of people we are trying to impress, and I know they can't all be dodgey but from all the real corruption reports, it is going to be very difficult to get anybody on board without a large input of investment to the various member states and possible individuals.

Anyone remember Triesman-Gate earlier this year when he basically said that the Russian's and Spanish were in collusion to ensure they both got something out of the WC - Russia get the 2018 bid after bribing the referee's for Spain? Well, Spain won the WC so it could be considered that the Russian's had stood up to their end of the bargain, and now Spain have the chance to repay the favour by moving their reported 8 votes to the Russian's once they are out of the running.

Well, we'll just have to wait and see but I won't be holding my breath. There are a lot of individual countries, and people, who stand to gain from a Russian bid in monetary or cross-partnership enterprise, while in reality, it will only be the World of Football who will benefit from it coming back to the 'Home of Football', such a shame, but at least some have already figured it out and are now outing those that have turned the voting process into a farce. Not much, but at least it's a start eh.

[Lev Bronstein]

Fifa can get stuffed as far as I'm concerned. I won't repeat the allegations of corruption others have made, I'll just say that the whole lot stink. Money without accountability. Football first -don't make me laugh.

Mind you I might join in the bashing of Jonny Foreigner a bit more readily if I didn't have the feeling that the game in our own country isn't exactly free of dark practices.

[brite blu sky]

Thats the thing, the UK has a grand tradition of pretending and believing the pretense that it is whiter than white, while johnny foreigner doesn't know the meaning of fairplay. I wouldn't trust any of the reps for FIFA wherever they were from and i wouldn't trust any of the countries bidding either. That said if you give me fiver i will change my mind.

[craigmcfc]

Thanks to the BBC and our wonderful press it'll be heading Russias' way, unfortunately

[Moonchesteri]

I hope FIFA give it to someone else than England (sorry) and then go on and publicly announce that if it wasn't the ridiculous british media you would have gotten it.