This country won't ever be big enough for the World Cup.
If they did it like Japan/South Korea, sure. But this way, no can do. Maybe if they got at least Bahrain on the boat with them...knowing GCC politics lately, a long shot.
However, I doubt Qatar wants the footie hools...they would come, and they'd do what they do everywhere. Qatar would have to loan coppers from neighbouring countries, I doubt Qatar has any experience in the fine art of "riot control". The world cup is not a joke, many football fans are a pest, a plague, they are definitely not the obedient, family life oriented highly educated expats. Vandals would flock from the world over. There would be pure mayhem on the streets of Doha, careful what you wish for...in Europe and South America, the pitch isn't merely a field of play, it's a damn battlefield. I'd like to see them restrain the myriad casuals and ultras that would surely make the pilgrimage.
This country won't ever be big enough for the World Cup.
If they did it like Japan/South Korea, sure. But this way, no can do. Maybe if they got at least Bahrain on the boat with them...knowing GCC politics lately, a long shot.
However, I doubt Qatar wants the footie hools...they would come, and they'd do what they do everywhere. Qatar would have to loan coppers from neighbouring countries, I doubt Qatar has any experience in the fine art of "riot control". The world cup is not a joke, many football fans are a pest, a plague, they are definitely not the obedient, family life oriented highly educated expats. Vandals would flock from the world over. There would be pure mayhem on the streets of Doha, careful what you wish for...in Europe and South America, the pitch isn't merely a field of play, it's a damn battlefield. I'd like to see them restrain the myriad casuals and ultras that would surely make the pilgrimage.