alan280170
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Do 'we English' all act like that?
You, as usual, presume.
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Do 'we English' all act like that?
You, as usual, presume.
The leagues who take a winter break can absorb it a little better if the tournament is in December. I'd imagine everyone will start the season a few weeks earlier. It may even be an idea for top flight clubs to withdraw from domestic cup competitions that year. Sounds a bit weird but weird solutions might be needed for a weird problem.So, they have just decided that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played either in November or December.
That is going to shake up the European leagues somewhat.
The leagues who take a winter break can absorb it a little better if the tournament is in December. I'd imagine everyone will start the season a few weeks earlier. It may even be an idea for top flight clubs to withdraw from domestic cup competitions that year. Sounds a bit weird but weird solutions might be needed for a weird problem.
I'd be surprised if top flight clubs were still playing matches during the WC. Some clubs would literally have to put out youth teamers and reserves.Could be interesting to see what the English FA decide. Would certainly be an advantage for the teams with less international players in the WC to want it to stay as is, to play weakened top teams.
Also, could some teams actually struggle to put out a team, especially with so many "2nd tier" players also being internationals.
That won't help the premiership though, all the non English players will still go play and the problem will remain. England boycotting a tournament won't do much anyway, they'd need uefa to back them and more teams boycott, a tournament with no Germany, France, Italy, England, Netherlands or Spain would make a real statement but I can't see it happening, Fifa doors need to be kicked straight at some point thoughPersonally we should pull out of qualifying and the whole tournament itself
Surely we could all put some money in and get a hitman to take Sepp Blater out.
He might have popped his clogs anyway by 2022. Although I wouldn't put it past him to have gotten hold of some of those Wolverine blood sample injections to give him eternal youth, or maybe tap into some of Lance Armstrong's EPO stash.Surely we could all put some money in and get a hitman to take Sepp Blater out.
How do you mean? Greg Dyke has long supported the winter WC (he must've got his brown bag already)Could be interesting to see what the English FA decide
Yep If only all WC had been held in November / December .. instead of 1 gold star above our badge , 10 would be present.