Moscow for the final

Martin Samuels calls it bang on

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle3828498.ece

all this talk about a final we're not even in yet makes me uneasy

Originally Posted by thrills_pills_bellyaches

all this talk about a final we're not even in yet makes me uneasy

The choice of Moscow is the key point here as oppposed to who makes it.

Load of %@#$&!s. So they should only host it in places that are easy for English supporters to travel to basically?

good read, the real football supporter once again buggered without lubrication

Originally Posted by Ether

Load of %@#$&!s. So they should only host it in places that are easy for English supporters to travel to basically?

i haven't read the article but it doesn't make sense to choose the final location until the semis. they could have picked a place this weekend and it would have been ready for the end of may no problems.

Originally Posted by believe

i haven't read the article but it doesn't make sense to choose the final location until the semis. they could have picked a place this weekend and it would have been ready for the end of may no problems.

Utter nonsense.

Originally Posted by Ether

Utter nonsense.

how?

Originally Posted by believe

how?

You can't get a city and a stadium ready for something like this in 3 weeks. When has it ever been done before?

Originally Posted by Ether

You can't get a city and a stadium ready for something like this in 3 weeks. When has it ever been done before?

what the £#%&! do they have to do? open the £#%&!ing doors to the stadium?

Originally Posted by Ether

You can't get a city and a stadium ready for something like this in 3 weeks. When has it ever been done before?

You can't get it done essentially because of the visa system.

In a competition where nearly all of the countries playing have open borders the choice of Moscow is a case of politics over common sense.

There should be a reserve plan for Wembley if it's two English teams - should be relatively easy to draft up in advance as a plan B and alot £#%&!ing greener than ferrying punters from the same country over to a place like Russia.

Originally Posted by believe

what the £#%&! do they have to do? open the £#%&!ing doors to the stadium?

Yes, because that's all that goes into organising the biggest game of the season in European football

Just thinking about the security alone it would be nearly impossible.

Abramovitch will have the Russian secret police on his side making sure that United's security is shite as well as the supporters' safety.

Originally Posted by Ether

Load of %@#$&!s. So they should only host it in places that are easy for English supporters to travel to basically?

Make a case for Moscow then?

Originally Posted by Charlestown Rouge

You can't get it done essentially because of the visa system.

In a competition where nearly all of the countries playing have open borders the choice of Moscow is a case of politics over common sense.

There should be a reserve plan for Wembley if it's two English teams - should be relatively easy to draft up in advance as a plan B and alot £#%&!ing greener than ferrying punters from the same country over to a place like Russia.

Exactly.

You can't move the stadium once the choice has been made though. They will haver invested money not only in bidding for the final but probably in improving the stadium, planning security etc. You can't change the venue for the final, but you can choose a more appropriate venue in the first place. Ease of supporters entering and moving around the country should be one of the primary considerations. It isn't of course because none of footballs governing bodies give a shit about the supporters.

where is the final next year by the way?

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

where is the final next year by the way?

Rome

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

where is the final next year by the way?

It's in Rome Vio. The Eternal City.

You'll hate it - place is in £#%&!ing ruins.

Originally Posted by Charlestown Rouge

It's in Rome Vio. The Eternal City.

You'll hate it - place is in £#%&!ing ruins.

At the end of the day since the competition started I would like to bet that 99% of finalists have come from England, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal and Holland so why don't they just rotate it between these every year. They are all straight forward to get to and all have stadiums big enough to hold such an event.