The World Cup is a busted flush and Qatar could kill it off for good.
It's so sad where football has ended up isn't it mate. Money! Money! Money! in a rich man's world.
In the 70s, 80s and even the earliest of the 90s the World Cup used to just be the biggest, most important football tournament in (...dare I say it?) the world :) and that's what it felt like too, just really, really important.
...and then in '94 the good old USofA received a weird, "free entry" golden ticket and it has, (IMO) ever since that moment, turned into what feels and looks like a bigger commercialised bandwagon of money making bollocks than even the Chumpions League; a festival of TV football instead of a festival of football on TV.
Maybe it's ALWAYS been this way (look at how many host nations have done really, really well over the years), but my take on it is that the underhand bung taking just to host it has influenced what pans out on the pitch a bit too much, but like I say, maybe it ALWAYS has and maybe I've just realise how corrupt World football is at every level, but Meh, maybe I'm just getting old.
Don't get me wrong, I watch it, and I shout "Come on England" but it all feels a bit empty.
Oh, and En-Ger-Land are ALWAYS shit.