Arab country wins 2022 World Cup bid?

While I can understand Russia winning the bid to host the 2018 World Cup I just can't understand why Qatar won the 2022 bid, or even why they placed a bid in the first place.

77.6% of the population of Qatar is muslim and according to islamic hard-liners football is a definite no-no. Apparently they don't like the shorts!

It is not so long ago that two muslims were killed and 35 others were arrested by Hizbul Islam for watching the 2010 World Cup in Somailia.

In Malaysia muslims have been ordered not to wear football shirts with images of crosses, liquor brands or devils as they 'offend allah'.

What the hell is a muslim Arab country doing even bidding? It just doesn't make sense to me.

They are bloody useless at football (as the video above shows) and never in their 'footballing' history have they qualified for a World Cup. In fact football was only introduced into the area by oil workers around 60 years ago with the Qatar Football Association being formed in 1970.

After winning their bid today, their representative stated that after hosting the World Cup they would dismantle the football stadiums and ship them out to other countries.

Why? Why on earth would you take years to build something that costs millions only to dismantle it a few weeks later and give it away?

This is a question I am still pondering.

Answers on a postcard please...

Murray Out / Capello In

I was born in England to a family that I have traced back hundreds of years. I class myself as English first and British second. It is not my fault that someone decided to roll four countries into one union, but as many English people know, we are hated for it.

Even so, if, for example, either Wales, Scotland or Ireland were in a football match such as the World Cup and England weren’t, I would support them.

I have one exception only, Scotland’s Andy Murray.

In 2006, Murray caused uproar when he was quoted as saying he would ‘support anyone but England’ in the World Cup. He later released a statement saying it was said in jest, but he still received large amounts of hate mail to his website.

Not only did Murray fail (again) in his bid to win this year’s Wimbledon, he lost in style; three straight sets to Rafael Nadal. As is customary with mardy tennis players, he smashed his racquet into the net in temper.

In true Murray form he hung his head and made excuses when being interviewed by Sky News. He struggled to look at the camera and resembled a child sulking after losing his favourite dinky toy.

Hard luck, Murray, but thanks for the laugh. You have made my day after a truly miserable World Cup.

And now for something different...

It appears the FA are to let Fabio Capello carry on as England manager despite the team's miserable World Cup performance. It would cost the FA £12million to get rid of him.

I have a suggestion, why don’t they find an ENGLISH manager for the ENGLISH team.

Al Queda targetting the World Cup?

You don't have to be a genius to know that the cowardly Al Qaeda would want to launch an attack at the World Cup. After all, it is what they are good at, isn't it - indiscriminately killing innocent people in large numbers?

The World Cup is a terrorists dream and according to Al Qaeda-linked websites, that is exactly what they could be planning:

"How beautiful would the game between England and the USA be when broadcast live from a stadium full of spectators - when the sound of an explosion rumbles through the stands. The resulting death toll is in the dozens and hundreds - Allah willing." 

The North African Al Qaeda network, who have a track record for violence, also vowed to target resorts, hotels and car parks used by supporters during the tournament and they claimed explosive devices which cannot be detected by security scans would be used.

I have a suggestion for the Al Qaeda sympathisers...

STOP VOTING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SEND OUR BOYS TO WAR AND START ATTACKING THEM INSTEAD OF KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE!

The World Cup, Terrorism and Racism - South Africa

At the time of writing this article there are 142 days to go before the start of the World Cup. As an ardent football fan I eagerly await the first game.

The good thing for me is that I will be watching the matches in the comfort, and more importantly the safety, of my own home.

While South Africa is a beautiful place, it is also a very dangerous place, especially if you are white and a Christian.

90 people a day are killed in South Africa; white people being slaughtered left, right and centre. Don't believe me? Then take a look at a video I previously posted.

Apart from contending with violent blacks, there is also a very real threat of a terror attack. There are many blogs cataloguing the atrocities and in November 2009, the creator of the Zasucks blog, Uhuru Guru, was arrested for showing the real side of South Africa.

“A massive contingent of police from no less than five different specialist units, ranging from Organised Crime, Cyber crime, vehicle theft, etc; raided his home and confiscated all his computer equipment.

This arrest is motivated ultimately by the State.

When they finished the raid, two very grey, shady looking characters sat him down and questioned him about the blog.

Trying to get him out on bail proved impossible. Not only did the police lie, they pulled every trick in the book to prevent him from getting him to court for bail. He arrived at the police station at about 11h00, which gave them more than enough time to process him and get him to court.”

I believe it is because of blogs like Zasucks, that FIFA’s media committee have been given restrictions on reporting.

Restrictions on video packages for websites - Fifa will allow only single photographs and not the presentation of an in-motion set of frames on websites, to avoid interfering with its video rights; news organisations cannot write anything that brings Fifa into disrepute; newspapers cannot send picture content via cellphones - they may only send text.

The South African Media Interest Group (Sanef) representative Raymond Louw said this meant that a journalist who was not covering the tournament might be prevented from covering an unrelated labour dispute at a hotel where teams were based.

‘Unrelated labour dispute’? More likely they don’t want people to see the truth about South Africa.

If I were going to South Africa I would be buying a stab vest from Protektorvest. Better to be safe than sorry.

To any of you going out there to support your team, stay safe and I wish you luck.

There’s a high chance you may need it.