by Sutekh »
28 Sep 2022 15:02
Ascotexgunner Green Seen a lot of stuff about lack of accommodation - Qatari officials building MDF style cabins in the desert and charging £184 a night for them.
Before you've even considered the price (and potential lack of availability) of a pint, why would anyone plan a trip out there?
Believe it or not fans have worked out it's cheaper to take a 40 minute commute flight from Dubai and all the hotels there are being booked. This really is an ill thought out shitshow of a World Cup.
The lies, the bent voting, and no-one held to account....shit really doesn't stick to FIFA does it.
But lying, bent voting and no one being brought to book for shady doings (save perhaps the odd dogsbody if things get pushed enough) is pretty much the way the world is run these days so why should FIFA be held to account any more than anyone else.
Of course everyone should have walked away from having anything to do with it. If the various sponsors had got together when it was obvious FIFA were going to do nothing they could have brought the whole thing crashing down years ago and the tournament would have to had been moved elsewhere.
Anyway as regards the farce itself, I reckon Argentina and then Brazil are the two countries to beat, they have the players and are in great form so the only question is - is it possible to get an Argentina v Brazil final? Shame though that the pricing, timing, various rules and logistics will probably ruin the occasion for many proper supporters of each nation.