in light of Platini's arrest in on suspicion of corruption will this the vital nail in the coffin for Qatar 2022, and the FA stepping in to replace the hosts? it would be like justice was served
Hypocrisy is not justice.
The FA was hardly a dignified participant in the FIFA fiasco.
Leaving aside the luxury handbags that the FA doled out as gifts to the wives of FIFA voting members, they also committed to meaningless friendlies in Trinidad and Thailand as further inducements for their votes. We played the same game as everyone else -- we just paid less.
When BBC Panorama chose to run an expose of corrupt practices at FIFA, the FA called BBC bosses in to Wembley to try to muzzle them.
Now that it's all blown up, it would be a bit rich for The FA to claim to be a model of integrity.
If the World Cup is stripped from Qatar (it won't be) it should be reallocated to a country that genuinely DID stay out of the muck.
It ain't us.
When you look at the logistical problems Liverpool had to juggle with for this Club world cup there, you can probably multiply the logistical problems for world football when it comes to 2022 by probably at leat 2-3 times. I know that a winter break was pencilled in for our leagues in 2022 (I can't remember if the FA ever confirmed it or not), but certainly FIFA will probably still get flak for it after it is over, and rightly so. FIFA should have laid down a guideline for federations to follow in preparation. i don't know how far the FA/EPL have gone with their preparations, bu I am sure the Scottish FA probably have laid plans down for a while should Scotland qualify.
What is the latest on FA plans for Qatar 2022? Haven't seen/read very much for a while
EUROPEAN GROUPS FOR Qatar 2022 : -
Group A: Portugal, Serbia, Rep of Ireland, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan
Group B: Spain, Sweden, Greece, Georgia, Kosovo
Group C: Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Group D: France, Ukraine, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan
Group E: Belgium, Wales, Czech Republic, Belarus, Estonia
Group F: Denmark, Austria, Scotland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Moldova
Group G: Netherlands, Turkey, Norway, Montenegro, Latvia, Gibraltar
Group H: Croatia, Slovakia, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta
Group I: England, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra, San Marino
Group J: Germany, Romania, Iceland, North Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein
I think it would be lovely to see England, Scotland, & Wales make Qatar but wonder how fardown the road have thr FA going restructuring the season for 2022 - 2023 season to accommodagte the World Cup in November(?)
From lookling at the draw this must be about the fifth or sixth time we have played Poland in qualifying and they have to be the team we have to beat to get to Qatar as group winner the draws probably look favourable for both Scotland and Wales, they could have been worse.
thoughts guys?
(08-12-2020 06:46 )lovebabes56 Wrote: [ -> ]I think it would be lovely to see England, Scotland, & Wales make Qatar but wonder how fardown the road have thr FA going restructuring the season for 2022 - 2023 season to accommodagte the World Cup in November(?)
Didn't realise you had a downer on the Irish?
I watched the draw, quite the hoot. When they got to Pot 4 and you're looking at the Luxembourgs and Albanias, and think "blimey, how much worse will the teams after this be?"
I did hope England might get a clean sweep of Eastern European countries for the full Brexit LOLs
England start the road to Qatar 2022 against San Marino....
England 2 San Marino 0
reckon it will be 3- 5 nil but don't forget San Marino have scored against England