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9fingers
Paul McGrath Ballymun Resident #MONKEANO Joined: 30 Jan 2010 Status: Offline Points: 16151 |
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Not a f**king hope. Would struggle to get even half that |
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Claret Murph
Paul McGrath Hmmm, Goodness, I must say Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Location: Tibet Status: Offline Points: 15766 |
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Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days .
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colemanY2K
Roy Keane Fresh minty breath Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 14959 |
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Won't be going to Russia or Qatar. f**k them
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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At least you can be sure there will be no racism or homophobia there.........
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Devrozex
Jack Charlton Joined: 23 Oct 2010 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 7676 |
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You nearly just have to stand back and applaud the sheer audacity of it. It is the most blatant and obvious case of bribing the bejaysus out of someone/something in order to get something in return. Obviously FIFA is top heavy with absolute crooks, but it's not like they didn't know there would be a massive fall out from awarding a World Cup to Qatar. They knew full well - they just didn't give a flying f*ck.
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Cathalthesmart
Davey Langan Joined: 24 Aug 2016 Location: Cork Status: Offline Points: 855 |
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Not just winning but winning by the landslide they did (almost double the votes of 2nd place) kind of gives it away really.
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39884 |
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The Russians love having the craic as well. Always laughing and smiling. |
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Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more...
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Jack Charlton Man City records obsession Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Location: Dundalk Status: Offline Points: 9647 |
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If we don't qualify for Russia it will be 20 years since we have been in a World Cup.... demand will be huge. People said Japan would cost a lot but we went as students and did it on the (relative) cheap.
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Territorial
Jack Charlton Joined: 25 Nov 2014 Status: Offline Points: 5817 |
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It seems they presently only have 6 football-suitable stadia with a 40k+ capacity, with two of those in Sydney and two in Melbourne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_soccer_stadiums_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A-League_stadiums |
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Darraghn92
500 Club la la la Joined: 26 Apr 2016 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 552 |
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Territorial
Jack Charlton Joined: 25 Nov 2014 Status: Offline Points: 5817 |
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My guess is that it would take three years (minimum), more likely four, so any decision to switch would need to be very soon were Oz to be in the running. (Remember too that a finals in Australia would see the dates brought forward another six months to June/July 2022) And my guess is that it will take a whole lot more dirt to emerge, or a revolution in Qatar or something, for there to be any hope of a switch. And even that probably won't be enough. Edited by Territorial - 27 Jun 2017 at 1:17pm |
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Location: Ath Cliath Status: Online Points: 37960 |
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New Stadium is being built in Perth and Adelaide Oval has recently been upgraded massively. Could be done at a year or two's notice with NZ.
MCG and Docklands (Melbourne) Brisbane Sydney Perth Adelaide Wellington Auckland Dunedin Would give them 9 stadia at least. Dispensation to allow Sydney 2 stadiums would bring it up to 10 Edited by Denis Irwin - 27 Jun 2017 at 1:30pm |
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
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irishmufc
Robbie Keane I love Vulvas Joined: 09 Aug 2011 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 25118 |
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A world cup in Australia would be insufferable bandwagon wise even compared to France. Every extreme gah and rugby head that seems to move over there who don't see football as a "proper game" would be hard to take not to mention the long expensive flight, expensive pints and a cxxtish accent that's even worse on women.
Would nearly take Qatar over Oz. |
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Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been.
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16494 |
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Maybe even throw in Hamilton to form NZ 30,500 seater stadium
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16494 |
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Plus games would be at ridiculous o clock over here |
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ConorMac77
Ray Houghton Joined: 22 Apr 2015 Location: Newry Status: Offline Points: 3698 |
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And we thought the 2002 world cup was bad with 7.30am ko's back home? It would be even earlier with an Oz/NZ tournament, especially the games in NZ.
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The nation holds it's breath...YES, WE'RE THERE!!!
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Darraghn92
500 Club la la la Joined: 26 Apr 2016 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 552 |
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In saying that, how close are the Qatar stadiums to being built? Apparently they've almost halved their budget, and FIFA still have to finalise the number of stadiums there will be. They're expecting 8 to be done by 2020, 3 of which don't even have their designs revealed yet..
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ConorMac77
Ray Houghton Joined: 22 Apr 2015 Location: Newry Status: Offline Points: 3698 |
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I'm certainly not holding my breath on any chance of the tournament being taken off Qatar, no matter how much more scandal emerges about it (whether from Bild in the next few days/weeks or elsewhere) or how many other problems emerge. This is FIFA we're dealing with after all.
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The nation holds it's breath...YES, WE'RE THERE!!!
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