Post by eokaassassin on Nov 30, 2010 18:12:36 GMT 10
www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/five-reasons-why-qatar-shouldnt-host-the-2022-world-cup/story-fn75ie93-1225962703162
Here's a wat this dude from the Herald Sun wrote.
Now I'm not saying Qatar would be a great nation to host the World Cup.
But let's look at why Australia would be as worse to hold the World Cup - Reasons he convenientely left out.
Try telling Soccer fans at World Cup games in Australia, that their banners can only be so big, you can't hold flares, can't chant things that may be deemed slightely offensive, can't yell out to the opposition players in any offensive way at all, or they'll get kicked out, can't do this, can't do that, beause they want to make it like an AFL crowd. Just sit there and clap.
And just because this Afstralo can't do without his VB, doesn't mean that alchohol is the be all, and end all of a World Cup. Probably means less drunken Englezi vomiting on themselves and breaking things anyway.
Death Stalker Scorpians? lol What a typical Anglo media exageration.
He just answered his own question, in the next sentence lol
Not to mention the timezone difference of Australia compare to the rest of the world, and the complete non-soccer culture this country has, which will mean all these rules they'll enforce will spoil it completely for soccer fan.
INCREDIBLY, Qatar has somehow become the overwhelming favourite to win the right to host the 2022 World Cup. Looking at the place, we’re not sure how. Have any of the judges actually set foot there?
We wouldn’t, and here’s why.
THE HEAT
Those who have watched the odd soccer game may have noticed that for all the players’ skills, they don’t take discomfort too well.
Lord knows how they’d cope with spending a month in what is essentially an oversized Lego Land set inside a furnace.
Earlier this year the temperature in Qatar hit a record 53C. In summer it hovers above 40C much of the time.
Christiano Ronaldo’s hair simply wouldn’t take that kind of punishment.
In some languages, “World Cup” translates loosely as “booze-fuelled hoedown”.
So try telling hundreds of thousands of soccer fans that the only way they can buy their own alcohol in Qatar is with a special permit, due to the country’s alcohol ban.
Word from downtown Doha is that these fabled permits can only be obtained at one particular shop, and that you need a permit before you’re allowed to enter the shop.
Makes sense, doesn’t it?
To be fair, you are able to buy alcohol at hotels and bars, but who would risk it, with public inebriation punishable by jail time?
THE FRIENDLY WILDLIFE
And we cop a bad wrap for our dangerous fauna?
Three words: Death Stalker Scorpions.
Mother of God.
If the heat doesn’t get you, there are scorpions roaming the streets with a taste for the flesh of Wayne Rooney fans.
Brown snakes suddenly seem cute and cuddly.
DO THEY PLAY SOCCER THERE?
While Australia is still a fledgling soccer nation and has competed in just three World Cups, that’s three more than Qatar.
Ranked 113th in the world in the latest FIFA rankings, the Qataris have never qualified for the event and aren’t likely to without a host’s free entry pass.
WHERE WILL THEY PLAY?
The Qatar bid centres around the construction of five stadiums, two of which already exist and will be expanded so that all the venues can house more than 40,000 people.
Qatar also announced each of the stadiums would be air conditioned.
I’m sorry, air conditioned?
Have you ever tried to hail an air conditioner repairman in the peak of summer?
What happens when the bank of Fujitsus pack it in during the final?
Think “dog in car”.
We wouldn’t, and here’s why.
THE HEAT
Those who have watched the odd soccer game may have noticed that for all the players’ skills, they don’t take discomfort too well.
Lord knows how they’d cope with spending a month in what is essentially an oversized Lego Land set inside a furnace.
Earlier this year the temperature in Qatar hit a record 53C. In summer it hovers above 40C much of the time.
Christiano Ronaldo’s hair simply wouldn’t take that kind of punishment.
In some languages, “World Cup” translates loosely as “booze-fuelled hoedown”.
So try telling hundreds of thousands of soccer fans that the only way they can buy their own alcohol in Qatar is with a special permit, due to the country’s alcohol ban.
Word from downtown Doha is that these fabled permits can only be obtained at one particular shop, and that you need a permit before you’re allowed to enter the shop.
Makes sense, doesn’t it?
To be fair, you are able to buy alcohol at hotels and bars, but who would risk it, with public inebriation punishable by jail time?
THE FRIENDLY WILDLIFE
And we cop a bad wrap for our dangerous fauna?
Three words: Death Stalker Scorpions.
Mother of God.
If the heat doesn’t get you, there are scorpions roaming the streets with a taste for the flesh of Wayne Rooney fans.
Brown snakes suddenly seem cute and cuddly.
DO THEY PLAY SOCCER THERE?
While Australia is still a fledgling soccer nation and has competed in just three World Cups, that’s three more than Qatar.
Ranked 113th in the world in the latest FIFA rankings, the Qataris have never qualified for the event and aren’t likely to without a host’s free entry pass.
WHERE WILL THEY PLAY?
The Qatar bid centres around the construction of five stadiums, two of which already exist and will be expanded so that all the venues can house more than 40,000 people.
Qatar also announced each of the stadiums would be air conditioned.
I’m sorry, air conditioned?
Have you ever tried to hail an air conditioner repairman in the peak of summer?
What happens when the bank of Fujitsus pack it in during the final?
Think “dog in car”.
Here's a wat this dude from the Herald Sun wrote.
Now I'm not saying Qatar would be a great nation to host the World Cup.
But let's look at why Australia would be as worse to hold the World Cup - Reasons he convenientely left out.
In some languages, “World Cup” translates loosely as “booze-fuelled hoedown”.
So try telling hundreds of thousands of soccer fans that the only way they can buy their own alcohol in Qatar is with a special permit, due to the country’s alcohol ban.
So try telling hundreds of thousands of soccer fans that the only way they can buy their own alcohol in Qatar is with a special permit, due to the country’s alcohol ban.
Try telling Soccer fans at World Cup games in Australia, that their banners can only be so big, you can't hold flares, can't chant things that may be deemed slightely offensive, can't yell out to the opposition players in any offensive way at all, or they'll get kicked out, can't do this, can't do that, beause they want to make it like an AFL crowd. Just sit there and clap.
And just because this Afstralo can't do without his VB, doesn't mean that alchohol is the be all, and end all of a World Cup. Probably means less drunken Englezi vomiting on themselves and breaking things anyway.
THE FRIENDLY WILDLIFE
And we cop a bad wrap for our dangerous fauna?
Three words: Death Stalker Scorpions.
Mother of God.
If the heat doesn’t get you, there are scorpions roaming the streets with a taste for the flesh of Wayne Rooney fans.
And we cop a bad wrap for our dangerous fauna?
Three words: Death Stalker Scorpions.
Mother of God.
If the heat doesn’t get you, there are scorpions roaming the streets with a taste for the flesh of Wayne Rooney fans.
Death Stalker Scorpians? lol What a typical Anglo media exageration.
WHERE WILL THEY PLAY?
The Qatar bid centres around the construction of five stadiums, two of which already exist and will be expanded so that all the venues can house more than 40,000 people.
The Qatar bid centres around the construction of five stadiums, two of which already exist and will be expanded so that all the venues can house more than 40,000 people.
He just answered his own question, in the next sentence lol
Not to mention the timezone difference of Australia compare to the rest of the world, and the complete non-soccer culture this country has, which will mean all these rules they'll enforce will spoil it completely for soccer fan.
