myol'man Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67271423 No other bidders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, myol'man said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67271423 No other bidders Great news for British fans! St James' Park will be one of the venues. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Another reason to loathe how international football is run. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 11 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: Another reason to loathe how international football is run. As they stockpile sports wash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 There was no point in anyone else bidding as Infantino had already indicated that Saudi Arabia would get it. It is after all a great football nation as shown by the fact that Gerrard's team had almost as big a crowd at their last game as Scunthorpe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) I was hoping in a dream world, some kind of ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand) joint bid might win. Edited October 31, 2023 by Mr Popodopolous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Probably paid Australia to drop out. Come 2034 they’ll most likely own most sport, sad really. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Does this mean another winter tournament? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebristolred Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 40 minutes ago, chinapig said: There was no point in anyone else bidding as Infantino had already indicated that Saudi Arabia would get it. It is after all a great football nation as shown by the fact that Gerrard's team had almost as big a crowd at their last game as Scunthorpe. It's also been engineered so that basically no one else can bid for 2034. With 2030 technically being across South America, Europe and Africa, and with 2026 being in North America, it means only a team from Asia or Oceania can get it.... Essentially Australia were their only 'competition'. How convenient. FIFA are a joke of an organisation. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Stop the season in November again, no alcohol there and heterosexuals only. FIFA's committee announced; "This is not about money, but spreading the game around" Saudi Arabia is set to host the men's 2034 World Cup after Fifa confirmed it was the only bidder for the tournament. Australia decided against bidding to stage the tournament hours before Fifa's deadline for declarations of interest on Tuesday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67271423#:~:text=Saudi Arabia is set to,declarations of interest on Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Garlandinho Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 9 hours ago, Harry said: Does this mean another winter tournament? Yes unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baba Yaga Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 9 hours ago, chinapig said: There was no point in anyone else bidding as Infantino had already indicated that Saudi Arabia would get it. It is after all a great football nation as shown by the fact that Gerrard's team had almost as big a crowd at their last game as Scunthorpe. To be fair there aren't really any great football nations at all to choose from in Asia or Oceania and every country there will have low attendances like that in their top flight. By the time this comes around the Saudi Pro League will probably become by far the biggest from that region and it could be surprising to see how far their obscene amounts of money changes the perception on them being a football nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 13 minutes ago, Baba Yaga said: To be fair there aren't really any great football nations at all to choose from in Asia or Oceania and every country there will have low attendances like that in their top flight. By the time this comes around the Saudi Pro League will probably become by far the biggest from that region and it could be surprising to see how far their obscene amounts of money changes the perception on them being a football nation. Except that the change will not be reflected inside their own nation as local fans will not give much of a damn, be priced out of attending or be North Korea'd into attending. The kind of growth a sport requires is a level of organic community that is completely antithetical to how a dictatorship rules its populace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baba Yaga Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 47 minutes ago, sephjnr said: Except that the change will not be reflected inside their own nation as local fans will not give much of a damn, be priced out of attending or be North Korea'd into attending. The kind of growth a sport requires is a level of organic community that is completely antithetical to how a dictatorship rules its populace. I looked up Saudi Pro League and found this video that made some interesting points... On the dictatorship ruling its populace it suggests that it is one of their big considerations but there is currently a football culture in Saudi where nobody cares about any of the clubs except the 4 biggest ones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Would love it to have been in Australia,but not surprised After one of the states thought it would not host/bid for the commonwealth games "due to costs" Just wondering how many brown envelopes area heading down under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedred31 Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 18 hours ago, Harry said: Does this mean another winter tournament? Yes it does. I enjoyed Qatar, but some of the stadiums had a longish walk from the bus; I did one 35 min walk in 26 degrees and almost needed an oxygen tent when I got there. In June/ July ( which amazingly was the original FIFA plan) the temperature could have been 40 degrees or more, basically non- survivable for a 50+ European. So expect Nov/Dec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 In the new enlightened Saudi for the world cup you'll be able to take your wife or girl friend but she'll have to sit two rows back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Bedred31 said: Yes it does. I enjoyed Qatar, but some of the stadiums had a longish walk from the bus; I did one 35 min walk in 26 degrees and almost needed an oxygen tent when I got there. In June/ July ( which amazingly was the original FIFA plan) the temperature could have been 40 degrees or more, basically non- survivable for a 50+ European. So expect Nov/Dec. Of course, Saudi is a much bigger country as well, so there'd be a lot more travelling involved for the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 10 hours ago, Baba Yaga said: I looked up Saudi Pro League and found this video that made some interesting points... On the dictatorship ruling its populace it suggests that it is one of their big considerations but there is currently a football culture in Saudi where nobody cares about any of the clubs except the 4 biggest ones. That's probably the video I saw to draw my conclusion from, it's a great channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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