***Official*** Road to World Cup 2014

[Burgey]

Wish they'd played this match at Durham. Not because it's a better venue, it's just no one cares what goes on there.

 

[sledger]

BBC Sport - Qatar 2022 World Cup award may be a mistake, says Sepp Blatter

Yes, that's right, 'maybe' it was a mistake...

Never mind, I'm sure the cash accrued from all the bungs and pay-offs etc... probably soften the blow somewhat.

 

[Uppercut]

Pretty sure I heard somewhere (might have been here) that Blatter always thought it was a terrible decision personally.

 

[Pothas]

Think I mentioned it a few pages back. Definetly heard Philippe Auclair say that Blatter was against it from the start and that it was others (bin Hammam I assume), that really pushed for it.

 

[BoyBrumby]

In all seriousness, it was one of the most blatantly bent decisions (allegedly, etc) in sporting administration either.

Shows the utter folly of having the vote for two tournaments simultaneously. Of ****ing course there'll be horse-trading, back-scratching and nob-twisting. & what greases the wheels better than oil (or oil money, to be exact)?

I could take our bid losing to Russia, who are a proper, serious footballing country; but Qatar? Nah, **** off. IIRC Australia was on of the 2022 options? How is a sandbucket with no stadia and roughly the same temperature as the surface of the sun a better bet? I mean, seriously?

 

[BoyBrumby]

So anyway, Milner in for Welbeck. Ugh. Just ugh.

I know he's going to offer more in the way of cover for Cashley than Young would, but he's just such a plain, white bread, meat & potatoes nuffy at this level.

Suggests bus-parkage to me, tbh.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah, although I don't even think Young should be in the squad so not like the alternative is any better. He was never going to play Townsend.

 

[grecian]

In all seriousness, it was one of the most blatantly bent decisions (allegedly, etc) in sporting administration either.

Shows the utter folly of having the vote for two tournaments simultaneously. Of ****ing course there'll be horse-trading, back-scratching and nob-twisting. & what greases the wheels better than oil (or oil money, to be exact)?

I could take our bid losing to Russia, who are a proper, serious footballing country; but Qatar? Nah, **** off. IIRC Australia was on of the 2022 options? How is a sandbucket with no stadia and roughly the same temperature as the surface of the sun a better bet? I mean, seriously?

Quite happy the Aussies haven't got it, they have their own "football", and quite frankly they're welcome to it. Anyway I fully intend to have drank myself to death by then, so can't say I'm bothered really.

Have such a peculiar sense of no interest in this match, it's so surreal for me.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Have such a peculiar sense of no interest in this match, it's so surreal for me.

Yeah, I was kinda the same, but it's actually pretty vital to our hopes of qualifying, looking at the table.

If we lose we're more or less fighting for second with the Poles and the Montenegrins. The Ukrainians have San Marino and Poland at home after tonight, so you'd fancy them to take six points there.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yep England going to worry Ukraine with that ****ing plodder Milner on the left.

 

[grecian]

Yeah, I was kinda the same, but it's actually pretty vital to our hopes of qualifying, looking at the table.

If we lose we're more or less fighting for second with the Poles and the Montenegrins. The Ukrainians have San Marino and Poland at home after tonight, so you'd fancy them to take six points there.

I know which is why it's peculiar I don't care, should be one of the footballing highlights of the year.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Oh god it's rather funny listening to the footballers half-hearted doing God Save the Queen. It's like they lined up a load of kids in detention and made them sing it whilst their voice breaks.

 

[grecian]

Pen for me.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Pen, surely? I'd have been pissed off if we hadn't got that shout.

Was never a corner, in any event.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Think Feo was a little too honest there, deffo got a little tug.

Got the beating of his man tho, which is nice.

 

[grecian]

I almost went to the Exeter Cty, Machester City u-18 match tonight 0-0 ATM

Yet this match has started okay.

 

[grecian]

Hart looks totally shot to me. If I was the Ukraine I'd just pump it in the box.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah, think the Ukrainian ten is going to get a lot of joy out of Walker tonight.

 

[grecian]

Not sure why the bloke didn't just shoot.

 

[BoyBrumby]

FFS Milner. Carthorse.