Winter world cup

We all knew this was on the cards and I am sure it will happen now. Medical advice, safety for players, 'safety' for fans etc. seems to be pushing for that inevitable outcome.

I think it is time for countries, and clubs, to tell FIFA where to get off. If you award the world cup to a country, then accept that it is a summer competition. If you aren't happy with the heat, why award them the competition in the first place? (I am sure we can guess why).

If you are that concerned for the welfare of the players and fans, then take the world cup away from Qatar and give it to the 2nd placed country in the bidding process. Job done.

Be interesting how the league is sorted out to take the winter World Cup into account.Perhaps start a fortnight earlier & finish mid may?

They'll pull an ACON on everyone. All the clubs with no international players will be fine, but those crammed full of world class players will be screwed.

FIFA are a bunch of greedy tossers who saw the dollar signs before they thought of any of the repercussions. You can just imagine the conversations now:

Blatter: "And the 2022 World Cup goes to Qatar. Thanks for the cheque, guys!"

Teixeira: "Yeah, the new villa in Malibu will look great with the Veyron that the Russian delegates paid for!"

Minion: "Guys?"

Warner: "Hey, watch me do the Kerching Dance!!"

Minion: "Erm... guys? I need to ask something..."

Blatter: "Yeah, go for it Jack, that's some moves you got there!"

Minion: "Mr. Warner, can you stop doing that please? I need to ask something, it's quite important."

Blatter: "Shut up minion, can't you see he's on a roll?"

Minion: "But Sir, it's important!"

Leoz: "Maybe we should find out what the minion wants. After a MONEY FIGHT!!!!"

Teixiera: "Bring it on, bitch!"

Minion: "But... it's really important!"

(Many months later)

Warner: "Okay, so the money fight winner is Mohamed Bin Hamman, who probably cheated because he had more money to begin with."

Bin Hamman: "Yeah, losers! Suck my... wait, what's that minion doing?"

Minion: "Yeah, I thought that would grab your attention! Now I have something very important to ask you!"

Blatter: "Oh, go on then, what could possibly be so important?"

Minion: "When we play the World Cup, the temperature in Qatar will be 40 degrees. Celsius. At the lowest."

Blatter: "Fucksticks!!"

Qatar.
Tbh, i didn't even know they played footy there, even now, i don't even know where it is. Absolute joke!

Winter World Cup.......fuck right off.

I've only stopped there on the way to Dubai (never left the airport) so I don't really know much about it either. It's fucking hot over there, that much I do know.

Blattar just wanted every region of the world to experience a world cup
Thats the official reason, but there is a reason that these countries don't play football and prefer camel racing.............

Shaken, it's a small Arab country on the Arabian Peninsula, on the opposite side of the Persian Gulf to Bahrain (thanks, Google!).

They aren't technically a footballing nation as we know it, but apparently it's the nation's favourite sport. However, they do have a lot of oil and, as we know, oil money is very good for football! Well, except when we have it, in which case it's very, very bad.

But what I find laughable about the choice is that all Blotto had to do was check out the F1 calendar - there's a bloody good reason they run Barhain and UAE in March and November!!