Qatar World Cup

[Papas1982]

Moving the date is not very practical with most leagues.
But never say never, but would imagine we would know by now.

Am i missing something???

They have already confirmed it is taking place in November/December 22.

 

[Orikoru]

On a slightly related note did anyone notice Qatar actually won the recent Asia Cup?? I thought they were basically minnows in a football sense. I'm wondering how they managed that.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

That is the issue not the people of Qatar or any part of that area not wanting it, it's their country their regime and their rules that work for them as a result anyone visiting their should and must accept the culture and behave appropriately. Its their country and westerners don't have a divine right to act as they do at home, they do however need to respect they will have to act in a matter befitting on the environment they're in. We expect people to abide by our laws and rules when they come here, its no different if we go there.

I agree with most of what you are saying but any country applying to host the world cup, Olympics or anything similar has to accept it as a 'world celebration' and people will drink and do other things accepted in other cultures. I don't believe these countries should apply to host these events then expect people not to party.

 

[Dan2501]

On a slightly related note did anyone notice Qatar actually won the recent Asia Cup?? I thought they were basically minnows in a football sense. I'm wondering how they managed that.

I thought so too, pretty remarkable. Seems they won it at a canter as well, 3 clean sheets in the group stage, beat South Korea and Japan in the knock-out rounds, won 4-0 in the Semis, pretty impressive. Their lead striker broke Ali Daei's Asia Cup goal scoring record as well, ending up with 9 in the tournament.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I agree with most of what you are saying but any country applying to host the world cup, Olympics or anything similar has to accept it as a 'world celebration' and people will drink and do other things accepted in other cultures. I don't believe these countries should apply to host these events then expect people not to party.

Then again, the people voting for who gets the finals should take this into account when deciding who to vote for.

I happen to agree with you, the finals are a celebration and some hosts can surprise, Russia for example. The repsonsibility goes both ways though, although I do accept that expecting FIFA to show responsibility is stretching matters.

 

[Orikoru]

I thought so too, pretty remarkable. Seems they won it at a canter as well, 3 clean sheets in the group stage, beat South Korea and Japan in the knock-out rounds, won 4-0 in the Semis, pretty impressive. Their lead striker broke Ali Daei's Asia Cup goal scoring record as well, ending up with 9 in the tournament.

Not to cast aspersions but I wonder if they were drug-tested at all.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

On a slightly related note did anyone notice Qatar actually won the recent Asia Cup?? I thought they were basically minnows in a football sense. I'm wondering how they managed that.

I did wonder if they done the trick of cricket and rugby teams, live there for 2 years and play for the country, but having googled them it seems not. They did do that approach a few years ago but have moved away from it. They have poured big money into some form of sports academy and this has been successful.

 

[Hacker Khan]

On a slightly related note did anyone notice Qatar actually won the recent Asia Cup?? I thought they were basically minnows in a football sense. I'm wondering how they managed that.

They used to play fast and loose with naturalisation laws in the past and imported Brazilians etc. But now they seem to have stopped that a bit although there are still questions about the eligibility of some of their players.

I suspect the standard is not that high in the Asian Cup and as with a lot of things, they have thrown shed loads of cash at it as that seems to be their recipe for footballing success both on and off the pitch. They have invested in youth academies and players have been brought through from that, there has been a long term project to build up to the 2022 world cup for them. Spend shed loads of money, get some proper coaches in, get the team drilled and I imagine it's not that difficult to be relatively successful.

 

[Dan2501]

Probably also helps that the manager has been involved in the national team since 2013 managing the Under 19s, U20s and U23s before moving up to the senior team, so he's been working with a generation of players for near 6 years.

 

[clubchamp98]

Am i missing something???

They have already confirmed it is taking place in November/December 22.

I meant the leagues complaining it’s right in the middle of the season.
Not worded very well.
My apologies.