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Depends who is in charge at the time, if the buffoon who is in charge now is still in charge than I'm very unsure about it.
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I was in Qatar in the October heat and found the place to be boring as hell with what I consider to be backward views on alcohol, modesty etc....all the stuff that does not go with the spirit of a world cup football tournament. Frankly, the best outcome for me would be for England, Ozzie and a few other 'choice' teams to not qulify and organise a mini alternative WC in melbourne during the proposed winter break |
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You went to the wrong places. It is very easy to get pissed in Doha.
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Retrospectively looking to shift it to winter and backing out of hiring the former interpol guy to head up a corruption team pretty much lay bare FIFA's corruption. Its an organisation beyond saving IMHO, the only option is revolution and a fresh start. |
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As for the change, im not really opposed to it. The Premiership will more than likely have a winter break by then anyway and the way our winters are going we're missing a sizeable chunk of the Christmas football schedule as it is. |
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What we're talking about here is a 5 or 6 week break - and there's nothing at all to say that we won't have had a week or two of postponements beforehand if our winter comes early again that year. It's a mad (and ultimately, corrupt) decision that deserves to crash and burn.
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I don't know Gooders, the big European club teams have got far too much hold over what goes on in football.
Its alright saying if they played the World Cup in the summer they can build air conditioned stadiums, well thats fine but what about the fans for the rest of the time there? Its going to be a huge inconvienience but one that can be worked round. FIFA really has to look at the mess that they've created here, voting reforms are a must and this sort of thing cannot be allowed to happen again. Not that im hopeful of them admitting this and actually doing anything about it. |
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Trust me I live in the place no matter how much cooling technology there is it can reach 50C in the Summer. It is still about 37 C at night. As soon as you step out of the A/C you are dripping wet. I couldn't go running during the summer let alone play football. Right now however it is perfect mid 20's to lows of 15 and very nice. Sepp Blatter here at the moment for the Asian Cup all newspapers and local TV say it is certain. He was giving a press conference last night and said as much.
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When the World Cup is held in the summer, there is a 4 week window before the competition for countries to prepare, the tournament takes 6 weeks and there is then 1 month before the next season starts and some of the big names do not play until after the new season starts.
Is there also not a rule that no club competitions can take place during the competition? Logistically, the whole thing will be a nightmare because some of these problems cannot be satisfactorily solved even with ten years to prepare. It will be better for the players involved in the World Cup to play in the winter, but what about the thousands of other professional footballers in Europe, who will not be there? The whole thing stinks.
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Feb has temps between 55F and 77F. Perfect weather.
Break the season mid way through Jan till early March. All affected players will be knackered by May, but they'll get the summer off. Makes the best of a ridiculous situation. |
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What's the big deal?
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Season ends around mid June with a winter WC. Resumes mid August. Not ideal, but no summer tournament.
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Part of the game plan all along for FIFA to put UEFA and the European power clubs in their place by showing them who's boss?
Either way, I'm not against it. Parochial reporting here in the UK suggesting this is a travesty...why? It's likely it'd be a one off (or at least something that will only happen every 8 to 12 years anyway at worst). Three weeks preparation, World Cup start in January, get the Prem going again at the beginning of March and take the European season into the beginning of July, then two months and start it up again in September instead of August. Players (top players that is) will still have had at least a month off, which is all they really get anyway in a World Cup year.
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The main reaction agenst it though is due to the way it looks like it was always planned to retrospectively introduce it, it just re enforces peoples belief that this wasnt a bidding process based on the merits of each host. FIFA's greatest failing is I'd say that they've not done more to defend the international game as the highest level of the sport. They've been happy for the WC's sporting importance to diminish in favour of a money making showpeice with the CL's taking over as the highest level of the game. |
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FIFA really haven't thought this out. What sort of knock on effect is this going to have on the domestic leagues of qualifying countries? Let's assume the whole thing's going to take 9 weeks from the squad get together to the final in 2022 and the competition starts in the first week of January. The league's going to have to break in the last week of November... 3 weeks for the squad to train, 4 weeks for the competition itself plus 2 weeks off to recover. The season will resume mid Feb and run to the end of July. How long does the close season last? When does the new season start? Is the 2021 season going to have to start a few weeks early to accommodate the break? How much money are the premiershit clubs going to lose if lucrative pre season tours to the Far East don't go ahead? Will they put up with it? Will the lower leagues be expected to go ahead with their fixtures as normal? If that's the case will lower league clubs be allowed to call off fixtures because they have players on international duty?
It's a logistical nightmare. I hope the powers that be in the real world tell FIFA where to stick their world cup and boycott it.
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I like watching the World Cup in the garden with a beer, and I am against any move that means I can't do this.
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Sod Qatar and playing in winter. FIFA should stick their world cup where the sun don't shine. Literally.
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