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BLUEMATT23
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As the title says am I a lone voice in not being at all bothered about yesterday's failed world cup bid?.
By saying this I know I may cop a load of flack but the failed bid didn't concern me one bit, in fact I was glad we didn't win it.
Why?, Becuase did we really want to win a bid for to host one of the greatest sporting spectacles from an alleged corrupt organisation?.
The whole decision process was a sham from start to finish & surely it is not right that the decision makers tell the bidding nations who they would vote for in the days preceeding yesterday. Also you have to ask why did the England team feel the need to ask them where their vote was going?, this is not right & it's made us look complete fools by going public & saying they have the support of certain members.
The whole process should be organised so that no nation goes in as favourite, this was more like the euro vision song contest than a Fifa Decision bid day, all we needed is Terry Wogan to complete our misery.
People will point to the BBC (not that I have any affinity to them) & some newspapers as being to blame but I say they are right to report allegations of corruption & wrong doing to an organisation such as FIFA.
Also the ticket pricing policy would have been no doubt completely prohibitive to most England fans, probably pricing out a lot of the core people that FIFA wants to attend World cup games.
Like I say im prepared to be shot at but I stand by my post.
By saying this I know I may cop a load of flack but the failed bid didn't concern me one bit, in fact I was glad we didn't win it.
Why?, Becuase did we really want to win a bid for to host one of the greatest sporting spectacles from an alleged corrupt organisation?.
The whole decision process was a sham from start to finish & surely it is not right that the decision makers tell the bidding nations who they would vote for in the days preceeding yesterday. Also you have to ask why did the England team feel the need to ask them where their vote was going?, this is not right & it's made us look complete fools by going public & saying they have the support of certain members.
The whole process should be organised so that no nation goes in as favourite, this was more like the euro vision song contest than a Fifa Decision bid day, all we needed is Terry Wogan to complete our misery.
People will point to the BBC (not that I have any affinity to them) & some newspapers as being to blame but I say they are right to report allegations of corruption & wrong doing to an organisation such as FIFA.
Also the ticket pricing policy would have been no doubt completely prohibitive to most England fans, probably pricing out a lot of the core people that FIFA wants to attend World cup games.
Like I say im prepared to be shot at but I stand by my post.