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Why did the Australian bid fail?

  • FIFA is inherently corrupt

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Qatar are better networkers

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The spread of Islam in football

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The Asian confederation didn't back Australia

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The FFA made tactical errors with their bid

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Australian governments weren't supportive enough

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The stories in The Age damaged the bid

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The Australian media in general was too negative

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The AFL's negotiations damaged the bid

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The Australian people weren't supportive enough

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • No scapegoats. We gave it our best shot

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Zidane98

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Mostly due to a lack of political nous. Everything else about the bid was perfect, the support, the legacy - Qatar are good at being snakes and Australia did not want to play that game.

I still hold hope that Qatar will get stripped in the next couple of years after the sham that they are is revealed.
 

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because wogball is played by wogs LOL now i can watch richmond verse carlton at the mcg in 12 years time without worrying about it being moved to eithad or sum sht xD

^There.
 

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Because FIFA probably looked at the A-League crowds versus the mighty AFL and went 'Do these people *really* give a shit if they get the world cup?' and the answer is no.
 

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#13
At the end of the day, Australia's bid just wasn't good enough to beat Qatars.

C'est la vie.
lol

do you know what Qatar is?

it wasn't thier bid, more they campaign

as for them actually hosting the event

unlikely.

It would be like Adelaide hosting a world cup FFS
 

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We involved that wanker Hugh Jackman in our bid, what appeal does that douche have to a bunch of old super-rich europeans
 

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in grand schem of things

the AFL and their actions would have little effect. imo

we didn't invest enough money in the bid
we were out played politically
we obvously didn't play dirty enough. turns out pearl necklasses are just a drop in the ocean compared to what 'other' nation are willing to do.

because there is no way that qatar won it on merit alone
 

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When things got tough we turned around and said look we have kangaroos, crocodile dundee, Ian Thorpe, Cathy Freeman....we promoted Australia as a tourist destination and fell back to stereotypes.
 

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FIFA is inherently corrupt, Qatar are better networkers and the Asian confederation didn't back Australia.

Simple as that.
 

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Bribes talk.

The best bids for both 2018 and 2022 were the first ones eliminated. Blatant collusion and corruption. But when you expect it, all you can do is laugh.
 

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What about Qatar rigged the vote and quite frankly it's an embarrassment to international football. At least we can now keep the money in Australia as all these guys have been saying on here and I can go start supporting my local team GWS with Israel Falau. I don't give a sh*t about Sydney FC so thereby I don't give a sh*t about the A-league and quite frankly it no longer exists. The FFA have failed to provide myself with a football team whom I wanted, the west sydney rovers, the AFL has, Aussie Rules Football has given me a local team to support in an Australian competition. I love soccer, I really do but it has given me nothing, I have to pretend to support some dipsh*ts and travel to the SFS. I don't have a team to support and I can no longer deal with that. I look forward to GWS games. F*ck Qatar and F*ck FIFA and F*ck that maggot ben buckley who is a hopeless tosser who shouldn't run any sporting organisation in future.

top post:thumbsu:
 

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#23
What about Qatar rigged the vote and quite frankly it's an embarrassment to international football. At least we can now keep the money in Australia as all these guys have been saying on here and I can go start supporting my local team GWS with Israel Falau. I don't give a sh*t about Sydney FC so thereby I don't give a sh*t about the A-league and quite frankly it no longer exists. The FFA have failed to provide myself with a football team whom I wanted, the west sydney rovers, the AFL has, Aussie Rules Football has given me a local team to support in an Australian competition. I love soccer, I really do but it has given me nothing, I have to pretend to support some dipsh*ts and travel to the SFS. I don't have a team to support and I can no longer deal with that. I look forward to GWS games. F*ck Qatar and F*ck FIFA and F*ck that maggot ben buckley who is a hopeless tosser who shouldn't run any sporting organisation in future.
That's just anger talking.

Go sleep it off. You probably won't mean half of it tomorrow morning.
 

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That's just anger talking.

Go sleep it off. You probably won't mean half of it tomorrow morning.
espcially the bit about supporting the giants(lol)

an entity, more soulless, then the faceless men, of the Australian labour party
 
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