I can feel the righteous indignation sweeping through the land...

[Cain]

"B-but, it's England's birthright to host the World Cup!  Just like it's their birthright to win it.  They're entitled. It's not fair, mum, it's just not fair."

[Suu]

...The US isn't bitching about losing to Qatar.

[hooplala]

"B-but, it's England's birthright to host the World Cup!  Just like it's their birthright to win it.  They're entitled. It's not fair, mum, it's just not fair."

It happens in Canada every year they've lost the Stanley Cup since 1967.  So, basically, my entire life.  And then some.

[Cain]

The funniest thing about this, other than the highly inflated opinion British football fans have of, well, everything to do with the national side, is that a few days before the decision, the Sun (patriotic as only a paper owned by an Australian-American can be) ripped the BBC over an investigation showing corruption in the decision-making at FIFA.

Today?

They're clearly stating that Russia bribed its way to winning the World Cup.

[Suu]

It sounds a lot like Yankee and Red Sox fans too.

[East Coast Hustle]

...The US isn't bitching about losing to Qatar.

Speak for yourself.

[Suu]

...The US isn't bitching about losing to Qatar.

Speak for yourself.

I do wonder...has anyone ever seen the Qatar National Team in a World Cup? I haven't. Because it'll be really sad if they don't make it into the World Cup if they're the home team.

[Cain]

FIFA is a corrupt organization.  It is highly unsurprising that FIFA would want to do it in countries where they can skim off the top of the proceedings without pesky "laws" interferring.

Qatar isn't, interestingly, that corrupt, but they did buy FIFA off in another way, so it amounts to the same thing.  Also, the idea of European football fans looking for beer in Qatar, watching matches played at 45-50 degrees celsius, makes me laugh.

[Eater of Clowns]

...The US isn't bitching about losing to Qatar.

Speak for yourself.

I do wonder...has anyone ever seen the Qatar National Team in a World Cup? I haven't. Because it'll be really sad if they don't make it into the World Cup if they're the home team.

Don't they automatically get entered if they're the host team?

[Cain]

...The US isn't bitching about losing to Qatar.

Speak for yourself.

I do wonder...has anyone ever seen the Qatar National Team in a World Cup? I haven't. Because it'll be really sad if they don't make it into the World Cup if they're the home team.

Don't they automatically get entered if they're the host team?

Yep.  They're going to crash and burn in the first round, though.  Even if they do cope with the heat better than the foreign teams.

[Suu]

I can't see them winning any of the group play, that's for sure.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

...The US isn't bitching about losing to Qatar.

Meh, its just soccer, not like its actually a major sport or anything... 

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

...The US isn't bitching about losing to Qatar.

Meh, its just soccer, not like its actually a major sport or anything... 

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

...The US isn't bitching about losing to Qatar.

Meh, its just soccer, not like its actually a major sport or anything... 

What? Americans generally conquer that sport by age 12 and then move on to real sports.

[AFK]

You mean like NASCAR?