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best 'thank you for wishing me' message ever.

I think this won't be a huge problem. I get the set-piece advantage and I also think that Brana's going to be Jose's first choice at the right-back but if we were to have a back line of Azpilicueta-Cahil-Terry-Luis , initiating that plan B wouldn't be a problem because Jose could take off Azpilicueta. Luis has played as CB when wanted to and Jose can make him do that again when we're planning to overload our attacking third.

Loan in the EPL seems far fetched but it would be a good move.

You really can attack all you want but you need someone in the middle to hold , defend and distribute. No matter how crap the team is they will find it easier to get past out midfield line and into our defensive third when there is no one in the middle who's first initiative is to defend the ones behind him.

Getting Fabregas to partner Oscar in the middle is a death sentence for our defense.

A friend of mine found the beautiful template.

Koscielny is arguably the best in the league, tactically. Bad part about Kosc is that he fucks up when everyone's watching. Kompany had quite a poor season.

I'm guessing a drastic change from how it was last season. Using Ramires only as an effective substitute while shifting between plans and hold on to Matic , Fabregas and Schurrle. A team that has Fabregas needs a player like Schurrle. They'll complement each other very well.

Thank god this went through.

Logged in after a long time. Travelling so , Mertasacker turns quicker than this page.BUT YES , FINALLY A NOMINATION.

I'm travelling right now but three to four days back they tested it in a fanzone outside the stadium of a local popular match. Reduced temperature by 10* Celsius in a particular perimeter. If I'm not wrong the stadium tests start next week. I'll get back to that dream statement after that.

IANS too. interesting - http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/gcc-supports-qatar-hosting-2022-fifa-world-cup-114061600335_1.html

Neutral media too is a good sign - http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/94460/gcc-chief-blasts-campaign-against-qatar-hosting-of-world-cup-22

My dad's really edgy on the paypal thing, but i got some money of my own. I'll try getting him to donate some as soon as possible. No assurances though. :/

Better news. http://gulfbusiness.com/2014/06/ooredoo-ceo-confident-qatar-will-host-2022-fifa-world-cup/#.U56sfnZ6a0M

Still knocking on an empty door. http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/396384/uk-media-reports-on-qatar-2022-triggered-by-jealousy,-hatred Allegations by The Sunday Times against Fifa and Qatar's successful bid to host the 2022 Football World Cup are "sordid and personal, not about football", a leading communications strategist has said. In an interview with BBC Newshour, Michael Holtzman, president of BLJ Worldwide, said the conspiracy against Qatar 2022 was managed by "troublemakers who have no solid evidence" to prove their charges. BLJ is an international public relations firm with offices in New York, Washington DC, London and Doha. According to him, one of the reasons for UK newspapers to target Qatar may be Britain's "non-acceptance of a State which was its protectorate to have the honour of hosting the World Cup". He said the allegations were not based on any facts. "Britain is unhappy of being the country that has invented the football but has not hosted the World Cup since 1966. This is one of the reasons for releasing these untrue accusations by the British newspapers against Qatar and its World Cup file," Holtzman said. He also said the "surly campaign" against Qatar by The Sunday Times may have been triggered by jealousy as Robert Murdoch, media baron and the owner of The Times, was not happy with the great development and growth of beIN SPORTS , the widely popular Al Jazeera Sports channel. beIN SPORTS has the exclusive broadcasting rights of the most important world tournaments and championships, including the Fifa World Cup, currently under way in Brazil. "Another reason for the campaign is that Joseph Blatter, the Fifa president, is not happy with Bin Hammam who contested for the presidency and tried to dethrone him. This attempt was also not desired at that time by the committee which was considering the Qatar file." Holtzman added that the call for investigations into the Qatar file was driven by certain people who could not accept the fact that Qatar, an Arab Muslim country, was going to host the World Cup 2022. But he said any such investigation will be in favour of Qatar. He mentioned that the "lynch mob mentality" of The Sunday Times was triggered by racism and hatred against Arabs and Muslims. "This racism, however is not direct, but a move to reflect negative concepts about the Arabs," he said. Local Arabic daily Arrayah said Holtzman told the BBC that the Qatar file was presented and managed according to the best standards of impartiality and transparency. Referring to The Sunday Times report that there were thousands of emails concerning the Qatar file, he said: "These electronic messages are not money put in an envelope as a bribe and are not an important issue. The whole campaign and attacks are organised by certain persons engaged in the media activities and businesses in Britain." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But it's good to see them fight back. Should be proud of themselves. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/15/uk-soccer-world-qatar-gulf-idUKKBN0EQ0II20140615 Gulf states rallied behind Qatar following allegations published by Britain's Sunday Times newspaper that a senior Qatari football official made payments to win the country's bid to host the 2022 World Cup. Qatar has vehemently denied the accusations. Secretary General Abdullatif al-Zayani of the Gulf Cooperation Council - which includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman - attacked what he called a "biased media campaign". "The Secretary General affirmed the GCC's ... complete support in the face of all doubters and haters and everyone who is attempting to lessen (Qatar's) right to host this historic global sporting event," the GCC statement said on Sunday. Qatar won its bid through "honest competition," he said. If corruption was proved, Qatar could be stripped of the Cup, or at least face a challenge to its position as host either through a re-vote or other processes. The World Cup has never been held in the Middle East before. Qatar on Saturday defended its campaign and rejected the corruption allegations which it said were timed to coincide with an investigation by FIFA, world soccer's governing body, into the bidding process for the 2022 World Cup and the one before it in Russia in 2018. The GCC statement will provide welcome support for Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain withdrew envoys from their neighbour in March over its backing of the Muslim Brotherhood in the region. --------------------------------------------------- More http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/14/uk-soccer-world-qatar-fifa-idUKKBN0EP14P20140614 http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/qatar-bids-to-defend-world-cup-allegations-272176.html

Nothing other than an interview with the guy himself. I'm sorry.

I understand. Too many words at the same times. Baby steps. Uh oh. American sources. Still mad that no WC for them either.. http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/42-news/14822-june-10-2014-interview But then again it's them. The video might be Photoshopped guys. His voice could be Hammam's.

Uh oh, people aren't going to be happy. Fabricated information was used by UK-based Sunday Times to level corruption charges against Qatar’s successful bid to host the Football World Cup 2022, a former top official of the FIFA has said. Michel Zen-Ruffinen, former General Secretary of FIFA, told INSIDEWorldFootball.com that he was certain that the information he had received from a European source [football official] was a fabrication, referring to the rumours of vote collusion in the race for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights. “Today, I am certain that the information I received from a European source [football official] was a fabrication,” said Zen-Ruffinen in an exclusive interview with INSIDEWorldFootball.com. The former General Secretary of FIFA is critical of English journalists who misled him. “They portrayed themselves as marketing consultants who worked for a non-European bid [fair to assume it was not an Asian bid] and offered me a consulting agreement that I signed after reviewing the credentials they showed me. It was a proper setup and of course I never got paid for the work I did,” he said. “The alleged Spain/Portugal and Russia/Qatar collusion, which was published in The Sunday Times was a fabrication, of that I am certain today.” The European member of a bid team, who offered him the information on vote collusion did so with the purpose of him sharing it with ‘marketing consultants’ (who were journalists) had fabricated that story, IWF said. “That European now works for a major media empire.” Regarding his source, Zen-Ruffinen said: “There were allegations of collusion coming from all over the world. Those rumours were not credible.” “One of the persons (who was representing the marketing agency of the bid committee) I spoke to has gone back to the Press,” he told INSIDEWorldFootball.com, exposing the conspiracy behind the Sunday Times campaign. The collusion story was published by The Sunday Times in 2010 after a so-called sting operation and it caused much a stir in the soccer world. The Spain-Portugal and Qatar World Cup bids were subjected to an investigation by FIFA’s ethics committee following allegations that they agreed to trade votes but they were cleared of any wrongdoing after no evidence was found. According to Zen-Ruffinen, he was approached by the marketing agency of a bid committee with an offer of appointment as a consultant, which he agreed to after due consideration. He said the information he collected from two sources- one in Africa and the other in Europe—was misused by journalists who posed as employees of the marketing agency. He said his conversation was recorded without his knowledge, which is an illegal practice in Switzerland. Explaining the setup, the former senior FIFA official said in the first place he was provided with “fabricated information” which was used as source for the Sunday Times story. “That was a time when people were exchanging information as two bids, one for the 2018 and the other for the 2022 World Cup were being decided at the same time.” On the recent allegations raised by The Sunday Times, Zen-Ruffinen, who left FIFA in 2002, said until clear evidence is provided, bribing charges should be stopped. http://www.gulf-times.com/Mobile/Qatar/178/details/396066/%E2%80%98Fabricated-info%E2%80%99-used-to-malign-Qatar%E2%80%99s-bid

To the people who are working hard for it and want to achieve a dream even when others are trying to push them out with hatred and jealousy. If you had gone through the bid policies , you would know what the stadiums are going to be used for .

Far from my country once again. My country loves cricket. The point of football is reaching out to everyone . It's not the playtoy for bully countries . Outrageous that a World Cup shouldn't be awarded to a country because it has no footballing history. Bought , bribed yet zero proof apart from the Sunday mail talking about emails that they refused to share screenshots of with the QFA .

This is a good read from someone who actually visited Qatar. Objective. http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/12/16/5215850/world-cup-2022-qatar-profile

I don't know what you're trying to imply, but the stadiums are mostly built in one city, and two more. One is being constructed, the other is already here, and the third one's Doha( the one were most stadiums are going to be and the hotels too). Three of them are less than 45 minutes apart.

This is true. It was outrageous, and I was outraged too. The system in place was barbaric and one good thing about Britain and America trying their best to get the WC is that they got it abolished. The difference now is that there aren't any more people dying just so that they can send a little more money. The fact is that the government is not giving out contracts to private companies anymore, the people who are also to be blamed even though the government laws were very loose. Thankfully more people are coming in and I'm thankful that they don't have to go through the same situation the people before them did. It's a bright sign, but one that won't be shown. Cause that won't make a good headline to make money.