A Load of Squit 6,260 Posted January 26, 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/26/fifa-gianni-infantino-biennial-world-cup-could-save-african-migrants-from-death-in-the-sea Fifa president: more World Cups could save African migrants from death in the sea What else can more frequent World Cups do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,680 Posted January 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, A Load of Squit said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/26/fifa-gianni-infantino-biennial-world-cup-could-save-african-migrants-from-death-in-the-sea Fifa president: more World Cups could save African migrants from death in the sea What else can more frequent World Cups do? Yes, we could get them sewing footballs for tuppence an hour so they would have a better standard of living and no need to migrate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiScot 1,684 Posted January 26, 2022 Last proper World Cup was Russia 2018. Qatar 2022 is a farce, but the last with the old format before the insane 2026 with expanded teams, 3 hosts and 3 team group stages. Money, Money, Money Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul101 190 Posted January 27, 2022 12 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: Yes, we could get them sewing footballs for tuppence an hour so they would have a better standard of living and no need to migrate. and there was me thinking Elon Musks cobolt being mined by child slave labour(work or they starve) was going to save africa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fr. Chewy Louie 140 Posted January 27, 2022 13 hours ago, A Load of Squit said: What else can more frequent World Cups do? Make shed-loads of cash for people like Infantino Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 131 Posted January 27, 2022 Sounds like it's about time he climbed down out of his own backside... Wouldn't it be great to have someone in charge of this stuff who actually has some integrity. No better than what came before and it took about 20 years to get rid of him when it was obvious to everyone that the whole thing was corrupt. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ekoku: The Ambassador Of The People 125 Posted January 27, 2022 Its a bit of a farce!! I would go as far to say its harder to win The European Championship than it is The World Cup. Europe has a lot more higher ranked teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 131 Posted January 27, 2022 I haven't read all the ins and outs of this, as just the concept itself sounds terrible and like a money land grab... but where would the Euros / AFCON / Copa America (along with others) fit in with this? I don't imagine you could do both, so surely this would be siphoning the money generated by those tournaments towards FIFA instead? So not really new money for football, just re-directing it towards where it's really needed... I imagine those luxury yachts don't clean themselves... or maybe they do if you pay enough in the first place! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Making Plans 957 Posted January 27, 2022 More World Cups will probably, almost certainly, ruin football as we know it. That's if the EPL, Sky and VAR don't do it first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,680 Posted January 27, 2022 5 hours ago, Paul101 said: and there was me thinking Elon Musks cobolt being mined by child slave labour(work or they starve) was going to save africa Wait until we start Lithium production in Cornwall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 131 Posted January 27, 2022 I look forward to series 100 of Poldark 😄 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nexus_Canary 1,206 Posted January 27, 2022 Fifa president: more World Cups could save African migrants from death in the sea Do they come with a floatation device? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
