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Gerald
12-02-10, 11:39 PM
Russian PM Vladimir Putin has thanked Fifa "from the bottom of my heart" for choosing Russia to be the host of the 2018 World Cup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11902018


Note:2 December 2010 Last updated at 22:57 GMT
Tribesman
12-03-10, 01:09 AM
"from the bottom of my heart"
Is that a translation error?
Should it be "bottom of my slush fund".


He did so out of respect for Fifa members who, he said, had been under unacceptable and unjustified pressure.

Ah, that would be pressure from the expose on bribery and corruption.
Jimbuna
12-03-10, 12:16 PM
Awarded by one of the most corupt bodies in sport to one of the most mafia type governments :zzz:
XabbaRus
12-03-10, 01:31 PM
Really who gives a monkey's?

All the England supporters wailing about the decision.

Really we have the Olympics do we need the football?

Sorry as you can guess I am not that much into football and its fans.

Life goes on, move along, taxi for those daft enough to stand in the cold with faces painted.
DarkFish
12-03-10, 01:46 PM
Awarded by one of the most corupt bodies in sport to one of the most mafia type governments :zzz:aye:yep:

Really who gives a monkey's?

All the England supporters wailing about the decision.

Really we have the Olympics do we need the football?We Dutchmen do! We've got neither!:wah:
Oberon
12-03-10, 04:26 PM
No real surprise that England got a kicking, I don't think anyone in FIFA likes the UK. Bit of a surprise that Russia got it, particularly given their stance on it prior to the award, even caught Putin off guard and that takes some doing!
Qatar was also a surprise, but I think that was definitely a passing of cash from hand to hand, whether the Russian one was too, who can say, but frankly I wouldn't be surprised, it's all backroom exchanging of cash and handshakes in sport these days.
Besides, we can barely afford to host the Olympics... :damn:
Jimbuna
12-03-10, 05:07 PM
Well I honestly don't see many people travelling to either venue to see the tournaments....not that FIFA give a toss :DL
Tchocky
12-03-10, 06:40 PM
Let's kick racism out of football, and welcome homophobia!

Yay Qatar :/


Also, fair play to the BBC for standing up to what can only be described as a shower of unpleasantness.
XabbaRus
12-04-10, 06:18 AM
The up side is that Russia will now have to inprove its infrastructure.

People from Britain at least aren't going to go to Russia based on ignorance ironically from believing everything on the BBC. Listening to the reasons fans were saying they weren't going were based just on that.

I think Russia is going to work hard on its PR and make a lot of improvements.
TarJak
12-04-10, 06:56 AM
Well I honestly don't see many people travelling to either venue to see the tournaments....not that FIFA give a toss :DL
Aye FIFA only care that you all watch it on TV. Actually they don't care about that either unless that impacts how much money they get from the TV stations and advertisers.
Jimbuna
12-04-10, 08:46 AM
Apparently all the FIFA crooks have been invited to the Kremlin.

Now there's a suprise :O:
STEED
12-04-10, 09:20 AM
Really who gives a monkey's?

All the England supporters wailing about the decision.

Really we have the Olympics do we need the football?

Sorry as you can guess I am not that much into football and its fans.

Life goes on, move along, taxi for those daft enough to stand in the cold with faces painted.

Agreed.

What I found crass was the way the UK reps and there sub arrogate attitude it was in the bag as the UK had a given damn right to it. Do we have a given damn right to say that about all sports? No we bloody well don't so live with it you fat heads.

If you wanted it so much,then maybe instead of shaking hands you should have stuffed a shed load of money down there pants and slept with them.
XabbaRus
12-04-10, 11:17 AM
Well to be honest Jim, if the UK had one it all the FIFA reps would be round at No. 10 to lick on Cameron's proverbials, or would that be on Beckham's golden pair?
Oberon
12-04-10, 01:53 PM
I could see more people going to the Russian one than to Qatar...particularly given Qatars attitude towards alcohol.
Nothing wrong with Russia as a place to visit, ok there's a fair bit of back market problems, but heck, there is in the UK as well, we just hide it better.
STEED
12-04-10, 06:51 PM
I could see more people going to the Russian one than to Qatar...particularly given Qatars attitude towards alcohol.


Qatar will relax the law for the world cup, question is how far.
Jimbuna
12-05-10, 01:39 PM
Well to be honest Jim, if the UK had one it all the FIFA reps would be round at No. 10 to lick on Cameron's proverbials, or would that be on Beckham's golden pair?

that may well of been the case but they would have had to pay their own air fare over and seeing as how the contract with FIFA only obligates you to relaxing immigration laws on the run up and during the actual tournament I doubt many of the leeches would have bothered taking up the invite.

FIFA is now the least credible ruling body in a major sporting discipline.
Jimbuna
12-05-10, 01:41 PM
I could see more people going to the Russian one than to Qatar...particularly given Qatars attitude towards alcohol.
Nothing wrong with Russia as a place to visit, ok there's a fair bit of back market problems, but heck, there is in the UK as well, we just hide it better.

Don't forget...many Qataries leave their country to go to cooler climates during the months of June, July and August :yep:
XabbaRus
12-05-10, 07:32 PM
i spot a chance for my inlaws to make some serious money.

If the flat they have isn't occupied they could rent it out for week, my father inlaw could be their driver and my mother inlaw translate.
bookworm_020
12-09-10, 06:21 PM
At least England got more votes than Australia (just 1!):damn::damn::damn::damn:
Jimbuna
12-10-10, 09:25 AM
At least England got more votes than Australia (just 1!):damn::damn::damn::damn:

By the princely margin of +1 :DL
bookworm_020
12-10-10, 06:13 PM
By the princely margin of +1 :DL

Well you got twice the vote we did!:wah::wah::wah::wah:

And your beating us at the ashes as well!:wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::damn ::damn::damn:
Jimbuna
12-12-10, 02:05 PM
Well you got twice the vote we did!:wah::wah::wah::wah:

And your beating us at the ashes as well!:wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::damn ::damn::damn:

Still 3 to play and it's there for anyone to win....but I admit we should be favourites to prevail now :DL