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Gigi Galli posted:Lmao what, this makes 0 sense. What's the justification? Asian federation $$$
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serious gaylord posted:Asian federation $$$ Same reason they want to cut European spaces at the world cup. They don't give a poo poo about anything except the money. Its no wonder Platini has realised the more logical solution is just to add more teams so even more money but the teams people like are still there
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Dedicated qatar spot because gently caress you
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my son bort posted:Dedicated qatar spot because gently caress you This just makes me wonder which footballer will get paid $Texas to represent Qatar like they do with distance runners.
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Troy Queef posted:This just makes me wonder which footballer will get paid $Texas to represent Qatar like they do with distance runners. You know, that rule about players not being able to switch countries is entirely removable. I bet you there's a couple bucks in there for someone somewhere.
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El Hefe posted:CONMEBOL are going to lose the fifth qualifying spot starting next WC apparently, there goes any chance of Venezuela ever qualifying for a WC. Uruguay can't be too happy either. Well that's stupid and ridiculous. CONMEBOL teams own. A very bad decision So of course FIFA would support it
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has asked Iranian authorities to end the ban on female football spectators in stadiums.
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Ninpo posted:FIFA president Sepp Blatter has asked Iranian authorities to end the ban on female football spectators in stadiums. What a champion of the people Sepp Blatter is!
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Nov 8, 2013 02:56
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How long until he asks that they dress sexier?
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Nov 8, 2013 03:47
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Asia already has 1 more spot than it realistically deserves. At least it makes it even easier for Australia to qualify now.
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Split the Asian federation!
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oldman posted:Split the Asian federation! The should take 2 of Asias slots and give them to oceania, then move Australia back to oceania.
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Byolante posted:The should take 2 of Asias slots and give them to oceania, then move Australia back to oceania. I actually do think they should split into West and East Asia.
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Byolante posted:The should take 2 of Asias slots and give them to oceania, then move Australia back to oceania. Why? Just move New Zealand to the AFC
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Nov 8, 2013 05:30
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Just give a spot to Tahiti.
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oh em gee bee ess posted:Why? Just move New Zealand to the AFC I want NZ to qualify and they probably wouldn't make it out of the Asia group stages.
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Nov 8, 2013 06:01
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El Hefe posted:CONMEBOL are going to lose the fifth qualifying spot starting next WC apparently, there goes any chance of Venezuela ever qualifying for a WC. Uruguay can't be too happy either. Good you send too many teams as it is. I don't think half of your federation should qualify.
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Nov 8, 2013 06:51
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CONMEBOL have fewer votes to sell to Sepp, CONCACAF's 35 votes are the only reason our poo poo confed has 3.5 spots.
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Nov 8, 2013 08:05
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All five CONMEBOL teams made it out of the group stage last World Cup.
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MisterBadIdea posted:All five CONMEBOL teams made it out of the group stage last World Cup. They sure did, but you're using things like logic and history and statistical analysis to argue your point which will be shouted down with cries of "gently caress YOU PAY ME".
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CONCAACFE gets too many spots.
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Pissflaps posted:CONCAACFE gets too many spots. That's not a thing mate.
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Tigren posted:That's not a thing mate. I think he means CONCACAFACACF
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NinjaSteve posted:I think he means CONCACAFACACF Phwoar, I don't see that on the list of football federations either. Maybe you guys could double check your references?
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If you say CONCAFAXNOXN five times into a mirror the smiling ghost of Freddy Adu emerges and gives you a nice suck job.
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Pissflaps posted:If you say CONCAFAXNOXN five times into a mirror the smiling ghost of Freddy Adu emerges and gives you a nice suck job. Gross, he's like 35 years old
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Nov 9, 2013 02:55
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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ae-8930196.html What a farce.
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Nov 9, 2013 15:50
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Sepp's Twitter account just said that the Qatar WC won't be shared with any other countries (as has been rumored lately), and that the WC dates won't be in January or February to avoid conflicting with the Winter Olympics.
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“I keep a big question mark on this. I have just passed through Iran and, even on a political level, people told me they would be happy to host some of the matches. “So not even in the Gulf state but in the Middle East in general. The UAE would also be very eager but let’s go step by step. The first step is to see how it can be played in November-December and this shall be until the next World Cup: we have six, nine months to do so.”
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Ex-Fifa executive Franz Beckenbauer: "I have not seen a single slave in Qatar. I don't know where these reports come from. I've been to Qatar and have a completely different picture of it. I think mine is more realistic."
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Crazy Ted posted:Ex-Fifa executive Franz Beckenbauer: "I have not seen a single slave in Qatar. I don't know where these reports come from. I've been to Qatar and have a completely different picture of it. I think mine is more realistic." the next part of that quote "Thank you Qatar football for the lovely rolexes for me and my family"
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ayb posted:the next part of that quote "What the gently caress do you mean I'm supposed to declare those on my taxes?"
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Crazy Ted posted:Ex-Fifa executive Franz Beckenbauer: "I have not seen a single slave in Qatar. I don't know where these reports come from. I've been to Qatar and have a completely different picture of it. I think mine is more realistic." I live in Qatar. Was he expecting emaciated men in loincloths dragging huge chunks of limestone over logs? They're more or less unmissable.
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Well they may be harder to spot when a billionaire oil sheikh is carting you around in his limo and throwing massive bags of money at you all the time. It's 100% obvious that all we're going to get from FIFA is paid off PR bullshit. Could there possibly be room for citizen journalism here? Maybe people who live there could document what's actually going on and how slavery actually totally is a loving thing. It might get traction and picked up?
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Der Shovel posted:Well they may be harder to spot when a billionaire oil sheikh is carting you around in his limo and throwing massive bags of money at you all the time. There are some sources that have picked up the issue, but until recently it was focused on Dubai. Dohanews.co is the most hard-hitting, but even they have to couch it in euphemism to continue operating. The fact is that if you step on toes, you could get your residency revoked and deported, and very few people here are willing to stick their necks out. There are some positive signs. One of the largest projects underway in the country came out today with a press release about improving the lot of its 14,000 labourers http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/260225-msheireb-will-have-several-new-features.html Several multinational oil and gas companies are refusing to use contractors with lovely records. It's still finger in the dyke stuff, but better than nothing.
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Pssst it's "dike" with an i.
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corpuscollossus posted:finger in the dyke stuff holy poo poo lmao
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haha Christ
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corpuscollossus posted:It's still finger in the dyke stuff
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