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Hosts chosen for 2030 & 2034 World Cups
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Anything is possible if done in mass.JustFloydRoad said:
Are the clubs able to refuse their players to play for their national side in a major competition?jimmymelrose said:
Good question. I've just started this. Please sign:ValleyGary said:
You seem very passionate about this. Tell us what you’ll be doing about it…jimmymelrose said:
But you went during the glitzy World Cup when they had to be decent to everyone.cafctom said:
I’ll be going as a football fan with an open mind. Served me well in Qatar, as it did however many other hundreds of thousands of people who did the same.jimmymelrose said:
Will you be judging what it's like to be tortured? Let us know how that goescafctom said:I plan to be at every tournament for the foreseeable and will happily go to Saudi and judge the experience for myself rather than what we’re told by those sitting at home 👍
Nice try though.
Do you have an open mind or rose tinted spectacles?
https://www.change.org/p/demand-all-football-clubs-to-refuse-permission-to-their-players-to-play-in-2034-world-cup
It's only submission or indifference that prevents change.0 -
I wouldn’t imagine so.JustFloydRoad said:
Are the clubs able to refuse their players to play for their national side in a major competition?jimmymelrose said:
Good question. I've just started this. Please sign:ValleyGary said:
You seem very passionate about this. Tell us what you’ll be doing about it…jimmymelrose said:
But you went during the glitzy World Cup when they had to be decent to everyone.cafctom said:
I’ll be going as a football fan with an open mind. Served me well in Qatar, as it did however many other hundreds of thousands of people who did the same.jimmymelrose said:
Will you be judging what it's like to be tortured? Let us know how that goescafctom said:I plan to be at every tournament for the foreseeable and will happily go to Saudi and judge the experience for myself rather than what we’re told by those sitting at home 👍
Nice try though.
Do you have an open mind or rose tinted spectacles?
https://www.change.org/p/demand-all-football-clubs-to-refuse-permission-to-their-players-to-play-in-2034-world-cup0 -
I'm proud to see that Charlton have just agreed in principle that none of our current playing squad will be made available for England for this tournament.JustFloydRoad said:
Are the clubs able to refuse their players to play for their national side in a major competition?jimmymelrose said:
Good question. I've just started this. Please sign:ValleyGary said:
You seem very passionate about this. Tell us what you’ll be doing about it…jimmymelrose said:
But you went during the glitzy World Cup when they had to be decent to everyone.cafctom said:
I’ll be going as a football fan with an open mind. Served me well in Qatar, as it did however many other hundreds of thousands of people who did the same.jimmymelrose said:
Will you be judging what it's like to be tortured? Let us know how that goescafctom said:I plan to be at every tournament for the foreseeable and will happily go to Saudi and judge the experience for myself rather than what we’re told by those sitting at home 👍
Nice try though.
Do you have an open mind or rose tinted spectacles?
https://www.change.org/p/demand-all-football-clubs-to-refuse-permission-to-their-players-to-play-in-2034-world-cup
Well done the club. We do sometimes get things right 👏8 -
Nathan Jones in charge of the playing side then?ElfsborgAddick said:
You'll be asleep.Arsenetatters said:
I’ll be watching it from a nursing home by then if I’m lucky !Friend Or Defoe said:Hilarious but people will lap it up rather than take a stand so expect the UAE to host one in the 2040s.
The Euros in Germany were so much better than the Qatar world cup.0 -
They are a. probably in our academy and b. not at the club when the tournament comes aroundRodneyCharltonTrotta said:
I'm proud to see that Charlton have just agreed in principle that none of our current playing squad will be made available for England for this tournament.JustFloydRoad said:
Are the clubs able to refuse their players to play for their national side in a major competition?jimmymelrose said:
Good question. I've just started this. Please sign:ValleyGary said:
You seem very passionate about this. Tell us what you’ll be doing about it…jimmymelrose said:
But you went during the glitzy World Cup when they had to be decent to everyone.cafctom said:
I’ll be going as a football fan with an open mind. Served me well in Qatar, as it did however many other hundreds of thousands of people who did the same.jimmymelrose said:
Will you be judging what it's like to be tortured? Let us know how that goescafctom said:I plan to be at every tournament for the foreseeable and will happily go to Saudi and judge the experience for myself rather than what we’re told by those sitting at home 👍
Nice try though.
Do you have an open mind or rose tinted spectacles?
https://www.change.org/p/demand-all-football-clubs-to-refuse-permission-to-their-players-to-play-in-2034-world-cup
Well done the club. We do sometimes get things right 👏0 -
I admire your determination to make a change. Good for you, sticking up for your principles. Well done.jimmymelrose said:
Good question. I've just started this. Please sign:ValleyGary said:
You seem very passionate about this. Tell us what you’ll be doing about it…jimmymelrose said:
But you went during the glitzy World Cup when they had to be decent to everyone.cafctom said:
I’ll be going as a football fan with an open mind. Served me well in Qatar, as it did however many other hundreds of thousands of people who did the same.jimmymelrose said:
Will you be judging what it's like to be tortured? Let us know how that goescafctom said:I plan to be at every tournament for the foreseeable and will happily go to Saudi and judge the experience for myself rather than what we’re told by those sitting at home 👍
Nice try though.
Do you have an open mind or rose tinted spectacles?
https://www.change.org/p/demand-all-football-clubs-to-refuse-permission-to-their-players-to-play-in-2034-world-cup0 -
We had half the Welsh squad in Qatar but we decided Saudi was one step too farRodneyCharltonTrotta said:
I'm proud to see that Charlton have just agreed in principle that none of our current playing squad will be made available for England for this tournament.JustFloydRoad said:
Are the clubs able to refuse their players to play for their national side in a major competition?jimmymelrose said:
Good question. I've just started this. Please sign:ValleyGary said:
You seem very passionate about this. Tell us what you’ll be doing about it…jimmymelrose said:
But you went during the glitzy World Cup when they had to be decent to everyone.cafctom said:
I’ll be going as a football fan with an open mind. Served me well in Qatar, as it did however many other hundreds of thousands of people who did the same.jimmymelrose said:
Will you be judging what it's like to be tortured? Let us know how that goescafctom said:I plan to be at every tournament for the foreseeable and will happily go to Saudi and judge the experience for myself rather than what we’re told by those sitting at home 👍
Nice try though.
Do you have an open mind or rose tinted spectacles?
https://www.change.org/p/demand-all-football-clubs-to-refuse-permission-to-their-players-to-play-in-2034-world-cup
Well done the club. We do sometimes get things right 👏0 -
The European players probably quite enjoy it anyway because a) it means they'll actually get a summer break and b) they get to go and play in the warm weather at a time of year when Europe is cold and wet.Stig said:I won't judge anyone who wants to go to Saudi Arabia to see the World Cup. Football fans watch football, it's what they do. I don't think they should be denied that pleasure because of someone else's voice of venue. I think it's unfair criticising individuals for decisions based on morality, when it is the organisers that have demonstrated their complete lack of morals.
I most definitely do judge the officials of FIFA who made this decision in another cynical money grabbing move. They got it wrong with Russia, they got it wrong with Qatar and they've got it wrong again with Saudi Arabia. They ought to decide the venue on the basis sound criteria, mine would be something like this:- The ability to run a good, safe, tournament that does not conflict with long standing traditions of the game (for example, it should always be a summer tournament).
- To help develop the game in places where there are large populations of people who are genuinely interested in the sport but who have historically struggled with funding or infrastructure.
- To reward those countries that have a long tradition of the game.
- To minimise unnecessary tournament/travel related pollution.
- To promote societal improvements in countries that are willing to make positive changes.
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No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.2
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The way football is being sterilized I can see this happening closer to homeguinnessaddick said:No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.0 -
Wonder how the alcohol sponsors of the world cup will feel about that. Or, indeed, the gambling sponsors.
I guess FIFA won't give a shit, as Saudi Arabia will just give them a big brown bag with the same amount of money the sponsors would have given them.3 -
Its going the other way. Drinking in the stands is being trialled.eaststandmike said:
The way football is being sterilized I can see this happening closer to homeguinnessaddick said:No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.
They'll just market their 0% product. I would imagine advertising wouldn't be a problem anyway, could be wrong but feel like the Saudi boxing etc has betting sponsorsLeroy Ambrose said:Wonder how the alcohol sponsors of the world cup will feel about that. Or, indeed, the gambling sponsors.
I guess FIFA won't give a shit, as Saudi Arabia will just give them a big brown bag with the same amount of money the sponsors would have given them.1 -
Its already there with the F1, AFC, Moto GP etc. As @fenaddick says it'll be the 0% products everywhere. In 2022, Budweiser were serving their products in the stadiums with advertising everywhere, so i assume itll be the same in Saudi.Leroy Ambrose said:Wonder how the alcohol sponsors of the world cup will feel about that. Or, indeed, the gambling sponsors.
I guess FIFA won't give a shit, as Saudi Arabia will just give them a big brown bag with the same amount of money the sponsors would have given them.1 -
eaststandmike said:
The way football is being sterilized I can see this happening closer to homeguinnessaddick said:No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.
Thats quite the leap, it simply wouldnt happen here or people would turn up steaming causing more agro.0 -
Scotland has an alcohol ban at events and they're always steaming.shine166 said:eaststandmike said:
The way football is being sterilized I can see this happening closer to homeguinnessaddick said:No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.
Thats quite the leap, it simply wouldnt happen here or people would turn up steaming causing more agro.1 -
It's 9 years away, i'm fairly confident things will have changed by then.guinnessaddick said:No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.
Note the key words in his interview - "At the moment, we don't allow alcohol"0 -
Indeed, look how far their human rights have progressed from 9 centuries ago.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
It's 9 years away, i'm fairly confident things will have changed by then.guinnessaddick said:No alcohol will be allowed at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud said alcohol would not be sold anywhere during the tournament, including hotels.
Note the key words in his interview - "At the moment, we don't allow alcohol"10 -
Hope that the Saudis don't buckle and hold on to their principles.0
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I agree but my boyfriend doesn't.Karim_myBagheri said:Hope that the Saudis don't buckle and hold on to their principles.0 - Sponsored links:
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I think they will have to buckle. They have big plans to boost tourism there with a 'Vision 2030' development plan, which includes major hotels, resorts, entertainment venues, sporting venues and restaurants/bars and they're likely going to have to sell alcohol to achieve what they want.Karim_myBagheri said:Hope that the Saudis don't buckle and hold on to their principles.
Last year they opened an off license in Riyadh, so they're already slowly moving that way.
I'm pretty confident there is no way they'll host a world cup without selling alcohol. It'll probably be like it was in Qatar, where it's on sale in hotel bars and in fan zones but not at the stadiums.0 -
Let em run it how they see fit.As long as the football is good I couldn’t really care less3
