ScoRoss Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I just saw this, and it makes no sense to me. Which county(s) would get the automatic bids? Why include Mexico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Surprised US are allowed to be involved in a bid again so early when they already bid for 2022. Or is this the way around the rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Joint bids are pointless. It's all about the opening ceremony and the final where hosting prestige is in question. I doubt Mexico would want to be involved with the US as things stand right now and anyway... How would the fans get past Trump's wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 60 games for the USA, 10 games for Mexico and 10 games for Canada. Seems FIFA, because of it being the first expanded World Cup and their elections in 2019, that they'll look to straight out award them the competition to avoid any mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machado Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 From the knock outs onward all the games will be played in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 They've basically just jumped on the US bid and been fortunate to get some games. There is no way the US would allow the final to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzari Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Would prefer the Aus+NZ joint bid that's been rumoured if you have to have a joint bid. Three countries is overkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzari Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Just now, Cannabis said: Three countries is mental, two should be the limit really. An Australian/New Zealand competition would be nice providing Australia don't do another embarrassing bid like the last time. I'm just thinking how a US/Mexico/Canada World Cup would look in terms of qualifying, if the hosts all get a free pass would it not screw over the rest of the continent? With the new 7 spots CONCACAF are getting, they would likely all qualify anyway. And any teams they displace would be entirely in too deep in the World Cup anyway. If you use Elo rankings, Martinique would only be 2 positions away from qualifying. Jamaica, the 79th best team in world football, would be qualifying. I don't think the CONCACAF qualifying spots need to be worried about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted April 17, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted April 17, 2017 What an absolute farce the North American qualifying would be for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 We can avoid corruption by not having a vote at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Surely Australasia should get to host a world cup. I think Australia would do a great.iob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 The North American bid actually has an 'official' competitor, but I feel it's probably more than over anyway. 6 minutes ago, Gunnersauraus said: Surely Australasia should get to host a world cup. I think Australia would do a great.iob I think they would be great, but FIFA would look at the television rights that it would cost them. People aren't going to pay as much for it when kickoffs won't be in prime time for Europe. Sad, but probably true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 13 minutes ago, Gunnersauraus said: Surely Australasia should get to host a world cup. I think Australia would do a great.iob No thanks. I've already gone over why I don't want Australia hosting the world cup. Centralised population. Most of the country is on the east-coast as are most of the large stadiums, so the WC would be limited to Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. This is unfair to people in Perth and Adelaide, and expecting fans to travel to those cities is also unfair. Small stadiums and very few of them. This is incredibly problematic given that the WC coincides with NRL and AFL, especially with the expanded WC format. Competition and resistance from AFL and NRL. They will not under any circumstance want the WC cutting in on their territory. Weak Australian dollar. It isn't economically wise or feasible a the moment, especially for a sport that is at best background noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, Spike said: No thanks. I've already gone over why I don't want Australia hosting the world cup. Centralised population. Most of the country is on the east-coast as are most of the large stadiums, so the WC would be limited to Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. This is unfair to people in Perth and Adelaide, and expecting fans to travel to those cities is also unfair. Small stadiums and very few of them. This is incredibly problematic given that the WC coincides with NRL and AFL, especially with the expanded WC format. Competition and resistance from AFL and NRL. They will not under any circumstance want the WC cutting in on their territory. Weak Australian dollar. It isn't economically wise or feasible a the moment, especially for a sport that is at best background noise. Well it's nearer than another continent mate I don't think any of these things should definitely rule them out but I get what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Gunnersauraus said: Well it's nearer than another continent mate I don't think any of these things should definitely rule them out but I get what you mean. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have the WC back home but I don't think it's necessarily wise from a pragmatic view. Don't forget Australia is gigantic, nearly the same size as the USA (and NZ is a lot further away than people realise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Spike said: Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have the WC back home but I don't think it's necessarily wise from a pragmatic view. Don't forget Australia is gigantic, nearly the same size as the USA (and NZ is a lot further away than people realise). Well Russias not small ha ha. Obviously you know a lot more about it than me. I just think they would do a good job. They normally do with sporting events. Plus crowds would probably be very good. Fans could double it up as a holiday. A lot safer than Russia and Brazil. How far is it to new Zealand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Just now, Gunnersauraus said: Well Russias not small ha ha. Obviously you know a lot more about it than me. I just think they would do a good job. They normally do with sporting events. Plus crowds would probably be very good. Fans could double it up as a holiday. A lot safer than Russia and Brazil. How far is it to new Zealand? Brisbane to Wellington is about four hours flight. Yeah, I'm not a fan of Russia either, or Qatar, definitely above those nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 On 06/04/2017 at 10:17 PM, SirBalon said: Joint bids are pointless. It's all about the opening ceremony and the final where hosting prestige is in question. I doubt Mexico would want to be involved with the US as things stand right now and anyway... How would the fans get past Trump's wall? The Rock would have knocked it down by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Gunnersauraus said: The Rock would have knocked it down by then That was a great popcorn movie... But I don't get how the movie could knock down a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 On 15/04/2017 at 3:56 PM, Teso dos Bichos said: Smh mexican federation once again acting like money whores. The final should be in the azteca, end of story. The place where Pele and maradona both won a WC. Yeah but 3 world cups in one country seems a bit unfair. I mean we have only hosted one and we did invent the sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, SirBalon said: That was a great popcorn movie... But I don't get how the movie could knock down a wall. The Rock is a wrestler now actor who said he was gonna run for presidency mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, Spike said: Brisbane to Wellington is about four hours flight. Yeah, I'm not a fan of Russia either, or Qatar, definitely above those nations. Clearly there was bribary on Qatar hosting it. I think we all know that despite what the inquest said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Just now, Gunnersauraus said: The Rock is a wrestler now actor who said he was gonna run presidency mate. Does he own a gun? I know who that is now... I didn't get it at firs, am I bad! hahaha Is he Mexican though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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