welshbairn Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 5 minutes ago, realmadrid said: Possibly a lot less than this one The distances between venues were massive, the number of times tickets were available via the FIFA resale site and we were too far away to go was frustrating For this one we intend to hire an apartment for a month and travel day by day. Was all travel between stadia free? Heard some of the trains were. That was be cracking for US/Canada/Mexico. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 6 hours ago, hk blues said: The KO times should be what works in the host country, nothing else can work. Anything can be made to work anyway that suits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Was all travel between stadia free? Heard some of the trains were. That was be cracking for US/Canada/Mexico. Some trains yes, so you had to have a match ticket for the city you were going to and then want to go back to where you had come from. The best way to do it would have been to stay in Moscow for the length of the time your team were playing and then travel about. The trains were not fast, apart from Moscow to St Petersburg which was under 4 hours. We went Moscow to Volgograd in 21 hours and Moscow to Kazan was 16 hours from memory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 49 minutes ago, realmadrid said: Possibly a lot less than this one The distances between venues were massive, the number of times tickets were available via the FIFA resale site and we were too far away to go was frustrating For this one we intend to hire an apartment for a month and travel day by day. An apartment in Qatar, whilst the World Cup is on, for a month. How pricey will that be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 18 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: An apartment in Qatar, whilst the World Cup is on, for a month. How pricey will that be? Not too bad as they're going self-Qataring. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 9 minutes ago, 7-2 said: Not too bad as they're going self-Qataring. Do they still stone folk over there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 19:57, Jim McLean's Ghost said: Getting up a the crack of dawn to see Ronaldinho destroy England never leaves you mate. I remember stumbling out of my bed at my student flat, switching on the radio literally at the very second Ronaldinho scored. Joyous times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 7 hours ago, DA Baracus said: An apartment in Qatar, whilst the World Cup is on, for a month. How pricey will that be? A lot fucking dearer than it would be this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 13 hours ago, 7-2 said: Anything can be made to work anyway that suits. To be fair, I don't think any Word Cup has had KO times that didn't suit the host nation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 What do you mean? England is always the host nation. They gave us football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 17 hours ago, forameus said: Plus a Winter World Cup means it'll be similarly interesting to see what batshit stuff the football world comes up with to get around it. This is my big concern about it, aside from what it means for the World Cup itself. What better chance will idiots get to impose summer football on Scotland for good? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Dunning1874 said: This is my big concern about it, aside from what it means for the World Cup itself. What better chance will idiots get to impose summer football on Scotland for good? I don't think you need worry about that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomhill Ultra Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 They've done it wrong in Cumbernauld. They first built the town and later the football ground. They should first have built a football ground & let a club play there. The town around it would come eventually... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Sunday Times story about black ops used by Qatar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eednud Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 The reference to rugby playing students protesting in Melbourne sounds a load of shite as Melbourne has never been a hot bed for either rugby code. Perhaps they can’t tell the difference between egg chaser balls and meant aerial ping pong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 To be fair, I don't think any Word Cup has had KO times that didn't suit the host nation.Wasn't the big issue with the Mexico World Cup in 1986 that they had 12 noon kick offs in the worst of the heat to suit European TV audiences? Also meant they were in during the workday for the Mexicans but in prime time over here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 That’s disgusting. Who needs 100gb data on their phone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 On 17/07/2018 at 06:50, hk blues said: To be fair, I don't think any Word Cup has had KO times that didn't suit the host nation. I think Fifa have got round this recently by awarding the world cup to countries where the local time is no more than 2 hours ahead of Central Europe. In the case of Brazil and USA/ Canada/ Mexico, the kick off times will probably better than a European world cup - no matches before 5pm UK time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 11 hours ago, sparky88 said: I think Fifa have got round this recently by awarding the world cup to countries where the local time is no more than 2 hours ahead of Central Europe. In the case of Brazil and USA/ Canada/ Mexico, the kick off times will probably better than a European world cup - no matches before 5pm UK time. I'm not sure about the time difference suiting the UK/Europe - 5 or 6 hours time difference meaning evening kick-offs will be early morning in the UK/Europe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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