He seems to win favour with the european leagues by shafting the english league where possible.

There is virtually no chance of England getting the World Cup.

Based on?

City wont get 1 0f the grounds as the other clubs all ready have plans for upgrades and are way ahead of us as a city as well......1 of the hotel chains in our area has just gone t1ts up and the transport system ios terrible and fwiw...i couldnt give a flying one about the world cup being here as the normal bloke on the street will be simply priced out.

The reputation, past and present of the Tiggers fans will stop this. Even the cages they built to shepherd them from away fans didn't work.

Will that stop Leeds then???

Didnt stop Germany getting a World cup and thier fans are notorious as well.

Read Agars "How to win friends and influence people".

This country is fooked enough without blowing billions more on a World Cup we have no chance of winning. It's bad enough paying for an Olympics just so we can win a couple of medals on a bike. How much is it costing? £12bn? I'd sooner the money went on our shafted NHS and helping companies through a recession. Possibly helping grass-roots sports too.

Rant over.

Have a look at Manchester and see what the Commonwealth Games brought, they are truly community and public events (as are the Olympics), which sets them poles apart from the World Cup, as someone else has said (fcbaldy I think?) the average fan will get priced out of attending the important games at any World Cup event.

Just think, the UK will be coming out of recession towards the end of next year, and just as it's gaining pace mid 2011, BOOM, a massive shot in the arms for the economy from the Olympics, what concerns me is how the legacy is managed, I wouldn't trust the idiots at the various "forward" quango's as far as I could throw them, M2002 was a Ltd company, we were allowed to make a profit, the government didn't interfere much, which is why it worked.

2012 and the WC bid are so political it's untrue, which is what could cause them to be percieved as a failiure, and then we'll show how it [ishould[/i have been managed when we deliver Glasgow in 2014.

Is Glasgow commenwealth or City of Culture Martin?

The selection process etc. for the "true" Eurpean Capital of Culture is to change from 2012, preseumably so that the "president of the EU" can select it themselves.

Nothing justifies £12bn+ on a 3 week sporting event that will leave a massive stadium, pool and other infrastructure as its legacy. Not to mention a sporting village and media centre.

I'd sooner see Police, Nurses and Carers given the benefit of massive funding than someone I've never heard of collect a silver medal for archery.