The Betfair football forum's 2018 reaction
Despite England performing well in FIFA's reports and their presentation being warmly received, the nation that closed as odds-on favourites to host the 2018 World Cup finished last with two votes. What have the posters on the Betfair football forum made of the decision? We decided to find out...
"How can the best technical bid (FIFA's own ranking) be knocked out in the first round and the worst technical bid win it? They didn't even pretend to vote fairly. I didn't expect England to win, but eliminated first round...come on, they didn't even consider England for one minute." - BIGLEGGIE
"The odds never suggested it was a done deal. I'm disappointed as I'd have liked there to be a World Cup in this country in my lifetime, it was a four horse race and I think you have every right in getting excited at the prospect, no? I can see why Russia won the bid. It's a shame but life goes on." - Regular Fries
"Anyone else not wholly convinced by Blatter's apparent enthusiasm for England's bid at the expense of others." - cgull
Why don't the English and Spanish FAs break away from FIFA? They'd be f***** without us. The two best and most financially lucrative domestic football leagues in the world and the two best national teams in the world. The rest would follow suit and we could organise the odd tournament here and there. Piece of p*** really - we invited the bloody game after all." - HorsePlacing150
"England's bid was just like the England football team in this year's World Cup - completely overhyped by the bookies and media and in the end of the day it was just a load of rubbish." - fisheye
"Villa and Brum fans, hope you are well pleased with your actions in derailing the World Cup bid. Both clubs should be forced to play their next six games in front of an empty stadium..." - Land a Hoy
"To be fair, apart from derby games, Birmingham have been doing this for decades anyway." - inner city sumo
"Like the Eurovision Song Contest, everyone hates England for some reason." - par
"F*** off FIFA. I'm buying Pro Evo next year." - Meat Loaf
"Cameron did a deal. Shafted the World Cup bid on the sly in exchange for a guarantee that the 2015 World Eton Wall Game Cup will be staged in Henley-Upon-Thames. Jolly good show too." - Live Forever
To read more of what's said on the forum, or get involved yourself, click here
Published: 2 Dec 2010
The voice of reason (December 3, 2010 9:53 AM) said:
So...the most corrupt organisation in the world awards the 2018 World Cup to the most corrupt country in the world. Is anybody really surprised?