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LFC1990 » Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:26 pm wrote:Qualifying continues tonight.

Who does everyone fancy to qualify win the thing or general comments on internation teams.

France look very very poor. Havent won one of the last 5 games. 

Belgium look very good and I can see them doing very well in the world cup next year and should pretty much guarantee qualification with a win over Scotland tonight who can not possibly qualify.

England Should go top of Group H with a win.

How does South americans qualifying work top 4 automatically qualify ?

If so Uruguay could struggle to get an automatic qualification place,

Ben Patrick » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:45 am wrote:They better not try and patch sturridge up to play Tuesday. If he isn't fit then stick with lambert walcott and throw in someone like ashley young.

Ben Patrick » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:45 am wrote:They better not try and patch sturridge up to play Tuesday. If he isn't fit then stick with lambert walcott and throw in someone like ashley young.

laza » Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:59 pm wrote:We have already qualified......................here in Oz 

But yes if we hadnt I think we would have ending up playing one of south american teams which instead i think will face Oman.

Speaking of the world cup, i just returned from Europe and landed at Doha Qatar on Friday morning at 1am and it was  still a stifling 34C.

God knows how world cup is going to go there

Qatar’S status as 2022 World Cup hosts has been challenged by former FA chairman David Bernstein.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter last week ­admitted it was a ­mistake to award a ­summer event to the desert state – which led to controversial plans for the country to switch the 2022­ ­tournament to the ­winter.
Bernstein shares concerns over the heat in Qatar during the ­summer, when temperatures can reach 50C – but he is also against a switch to winter.

“You can’t bid on one basis and then switch around without going through the bidding process again,” he said. “If the bid is deemed to be impossible, and unhealthy for fans, then I think the thing should be rebid for.

“Qatar should rebid for the tournament and let the United States and Australia – if they wish to – bid against them again.

Everybody knew what the climate was like in Qatar – it wasn’t a secret that it’s hot. And yet the FIFA executive committee accepted the bid.

“On reflection, I think they feel they were mistaken.”

FIFA President Sepp Blatter  believes next month’s FIFA meeting in Zurich will approve the change to a winter tournament.

The Premier League, supported by many leading European clubs, oppose that switch.

Bernstein, who stepped down in July, said: “You can’t just arbitrarily change from summer to winter.

“Just to switch doesn’t seem like natural justice. It would have an adverse effect on the Premier League and other major leagues in Europe and not just for one season, but for the seasons either side.

ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:07 pm wrote:yeah, i can understand FIFA wanting to award a world cup to someone other than the usual suspects in europe and south america but it`s an absolutely ludicrous decision to award the tournament to a nation that see`s temperatures of 50 degrees in the summer months. i imagine it`s hard work just walking around in that type of heat never mind jogging and sprinting for 90 minutes.
because international teams are very defensive and cagey these days a hell of a lot of games go to extra time and penalties, players could be out their running around for nearly 3 hours in a tight game.
i think australia would have been a perfect venue, it`s winter down there in the european off season so the temperatures would be like our spring and they have excellent stadiums and infastructure. maybe the only problem would have been the distance between cities for fans to travel but i`m sure the aussie government could have subsidized internal flights so the fans could get around cheaply.
better that than having players and fans collapsing with heat exhaustion all over the place.