The International Football Federations Thread

[Colly]

Would that be the first multi confederation bid just to confuse things further?

[Lineker]

6 minutes ago, Colly said:

Would that be the first multi confederation bid just to confuse things further?

Is the main competition for the 2030 Uruguay/Argentina/Paraguay/Chile bid not a joint Spain/Portugal/Morocco bid?

[Colly]

I think that's right, forgot about them. Fine, first 3 confederation bid...

[gunnar hendershow]

Wouldn't be surprised if, once the 2030 World Cup bid falls through, Greece gets added to the Turkey-Italy bid. In part because I can't imagine UEFA are particularly enthused at a country with as great a risk as instability as Turkey.

[METALMAN]

If Greece is your stable country backup you’ve got problems.

[gunnar hendershow]

2 hours ago, METALMAN said:

If Greece is your stable country backup you’ve got problems.

Italy has to be feeling great looking like the least self-destructive of the three.

[The Lusophone]

 

[Hobo]

Get ready, Dublin will be cranking up the prices.

[METALMAN]

They should have stayed out of that and tried to snag a World Cup instead. It really is ridiculous that the birthplace of the sport hasn't hosted since 1966 and silly countries like the USA and Germany have hosted it twice since then.

[DFF]

1 hour ago, METALMAN said:

They should have stayed out of that and tried to snag a World Cup instead. It really is ridiculous that the birthplace of the sport hasn't hosted since 1966 and silly countries like the USA and Germany have hosted it twice since then.

...why is it silly that Germany has hosted it twice? 

[DavidMarrio]

 

Birth place of football indeed! ITS COMING HOME; ENGERLAND!!!!

[gunnar hendershow]

England frankly got screwed in the World Cup bidding process that saw Russia & Qatar bribe their way to hosting under the guise of "growing the game". For them to settle for the Euros makes it pretty clear to me they know the bribery through is overflowing with 2030 and 2034 bids.

But with how large the field is now, it's hard to envision a scenario where a joint UK/Ireland bid doesn't become a no-brainer. There are enough top class stadiums, the infrastructure to handle crowds is there, and as mentioned it's the game's birthplace and pretty silly it isn't on a regular rotation as host.

Giant, state-of-the-art NFL stadiums nor giant, state-of-the-art oligarch playground stadiums will save FIFA every year with what they're asking for. When it's crossed the threshold that Germany or Spain or Italy don't feel viable as hosts unless they do a joint bid with someone else, that's an impending issue.

[Adam]

They know they'll be wasting their time and money trying to get the World Cup, they've done that dance enough. Fifa cares not one jot about the fact it has more and better stadia and infrastructure than anywhere else, it's all about who is giving the brown envelopes out.

[Colly]

I'm in the ballot for Euro 2024 tickets. Let's see if that goes as well as every other ticket ballot I've attempted.

[Cymbols]

1 hour ago, gunnar hendershow said:

England frankly got screwed in the World Cup bidding process that saw Russia & Qatar bribe their way to hosting under the guise of "growing the game". For them to settle for the Euros makes it pretty clear to me they know the bribery through is overflowing with 2030 and 2034 bids.

But with how large the field is now, it's hard to envision a scenario where a joint UK/Ireland bid doesn't become a no-brainer. There are enough top class stadiums, the infrastructure to handle crowds is there, and as mentioned it's the game's birthplace and pretty silly it isn't on a regular rotation as host.

Giant, state-of-the-art NFL stadiums nor giant, state-of-the-art oligarch playground stadiums will save FIFA every year with what they're asking for. When it's crossed the threshold that Germany or Spain or Italy don't feel viable as hosts unless they do a joint bid with someone else, that's an impending issue.

Italy’s stadium infrastructure isn’t particularly great, but agree on all other points. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Well right on cue...

 

The make-nice games for the South American bid is so silly and wouldn't be shocked if they eventually go "try again after Saudi 2034" to them.

[Bobfoc]

Three different continents? They might as well just go the whole hog and say the entire world is the official host.

[Colly]

What a mess. For the Euros next year they've split Germany into clusters of stadiums to reduce travel for fans and teams. World Cup: Fuck it, Transatlantic flights.

[METALMAN]

So stupid 

[Bobfoc]

Presumably, the kickoff times at the start of the tournament will be all over the place.