Smiley Culture 1,651 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Great. Proper football country with readymade grounds gets to host it. Would love to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,633 Posted September 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2018 Would have been a total joke if they selected Turkey. Anyway, good news and unlike 2006, Düsseldorf will be among the hosting cities. Can't wait edit: Actually, I can wait. 2024 is a bit far away still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,330 Posted September 27, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted September 27, 2018 Might be a good excuse to visit home and combine it with this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted September 27, 2018 Administrator Share Posted September 27, 2018 Good news. Proper footballing country gets it and shouldn't be any delays or controversies given they only hosted WC 12 years ago. Relatively new stadiums. Maybe I'll finally get to visit Germany! @Tommy can have a house party and we're all invited. But not @Cannabis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Its coming home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Germany gets these things because it's better prepared, has a better grouping of stadiums and most importantly, better infrastructure and transport than places like England. It's world's apart here, the transport links are absolutely awful to nearly every major stadium apart from the London ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 hours ago, The Artful Dodger said: Germany gets these things because it's better prepared, has a better grouping of stadiums and most importantly, better infrastructure and transport than places like England. It's world's apart here, the transport links are absolutely awful to nearly every major stadium apart from the London ones. How often did you use the public transportation system in Germany? 2 hours ago, Cannabis said: What an absolute farce. A country is given Euro 2024 when it hosts a major tournament as recently as 2006. Not to mention that the World Cup in 2006 was quite comfortably the most forgettable and bland experience in modern memory. The ones that I was alive for (and old enough to remember) 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014 & 2018 quite frankly blew it out of the water. Even 2014 when England were AIDS was better than the absolute wet fart Berlin coughed up. Amazing that a country that hasn't hosted a major tournament in a fantastic location such as Turkey has been overlooked. But then again, this is UEFA so why am I surprised? UEFA MAFIA!!111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,651 Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 hours ago, The Artful Dodger said: Germany gets these things because it's better prepared, has a better grouping of stadiums and most importantly, better infrastructure and transport than places like England. It's world's apart here, the transport links are absolutely awful to nearly every major stadium apart from the London ones. Getting back to Wembley Park after a game there is hell on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted September 27, 2018 Administrator Share Posted September 27, 2018 I'm guessing Germany is considerably safer than Turkey, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,651 Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Not really if Merkel's immigration attitude continues. How was today's "Tommy Robinson" rally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,651 Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Ah, the usual Tommy Robinson shout. Top stuff. Touchy. Viva a fella who hides behind someone else's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted September 27, 2018 Administrator Share Posted September 27, 2018 26 minutes ago, Smiley Culture said: How was today's "Tommy Robinson" rally? 2 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Ah, the usual Tommy Robinson shout. Top stuff. funnily enough I saw him today while I was playing football. He was on the pitch next to us. I think his kid was there with his club that he plays for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,651 Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 Just now, Stan said: funnily enough I saw him today while I was playing football. He was on the pitch next to us. I think his kid was there with his club that he plays for. Funnily enough, the rally wasn't far from where I work. Made for some "interesting" viewing at lunchtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,651 Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Cannabis said: I'm a bit confused (honestly). Are you pissed? That's not surprising. Nope, not had a drink for a good couple of weeks actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 59 minutes ago, BartraPique1932 said: How often did you use the public transportation system in Germany? Several times, though obviously a tourists impression obviously is not always indicative. I'm just aghast at how piss poor public transport is in the UK, German cities (from my experience) all seem to have some sort of functioning light rail or tram service which makes it easy to travel around a city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithcore 1,276 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Could not care less and that is pretty sad. Let's hope things will be a bit better until then but I doubt it. Fuck DFB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithcore 1,276 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 7 hours ago, nudge said: Might be a good excuse to visit home and combine it with this... May I use your bungalow during that time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,330 Posted September 27, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted September 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Faithcore said: May I use your bungalow during that time? Sure. I will be visiting your home after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithcore 1,276 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, nudge said: Sure. I will be visiting your home after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,633 Posted September 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 hours ago, BartraPique1932 said: How often did you use the public transportation system in Germany? To be fair, we do have a great public transformation system. It's just that people will complain as soon as the train/tram/bus is more than 2 minutes late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,107 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 8 hours ago, Smiley Culture said: Great. Proper football country with readymade grounds gets to host it. Would love to go. As opposed to what? An improper country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Spike said: As opposed to what? An improper country? A country that wins the world cup or reaches the semi final/final every now and than or in England's case reaches the second round and sends four five teams to the Champions League out of which one wins it or reaches the semi final/final every now and than. Proper football country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,107 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 20 minutes ago, Devon Von Devon said: A country that wins the world cup or reaches the semi final/final every now and than or in England's case reaches the second round and sends four five teams to the Champions League out of which one wins it or reaches the semi final/final every now and than. Proper football country They must absolutely abhor the sport in Iceland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,212 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Tommy said: To be fair, we do have a great public transformation system. It's just that people will complain as soon as the train/tram/bus is more than 2 minutes late. Mate people will complain when the wait for a train on the Tube goes to 10 minutes rather than 4-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,406 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I imagine that England are earmarked for 2030 World Cup if they launch a bid for it so complaining about a well prepared country hosting a tournament is unnessecary. Turkey winning it would have been a farce and unfortunately unsurprising given Fifas obsession with legacies. Whilst 2006 doesn't seem that long ago it's better than the alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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