Topic: Seriously..do they EVER FUCKING LEARN

[monkeyharris]

Nothing to see here lads and lasses
No issues with Ukraine...travel is fine..
They've only gone and given the 2020 final to...that spaceship in the middle of a muddy quarry 30 miles from civilisation

The Ataturk

http://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=2560806.html

 

[sms1986]

We had a thread on this earlier, it wasn't given but rather there were two candidates, the Ataturk and I think one in Lisbon.

[monkeyharris]

Press release there says Ataturk..Europa in Gdansk - Ladies inVienna..Super cup in porto

[Zlen]

UEFA and FIFA don't give a sweet fuck about fans.
Never have, never will.

How is this any surprise to anyone is puzzling.

[sms1986]

Press release there says Ataturk..Europa in Gdansk - Ladies inVienna..Super cup in porto

Yeah, but it wasn't directly selected, candidates applied for the final and many associations have a European Championship fixture in their countries which meant that they couldn't have the Champions League final as well.

[monkeyharris]

Yeah, but it wasn't directly selected, candidates applied for the final and many associations have a European Championship fixture in their countries which meant that they couldn't have the Champions League final as well.

Regardless - two teams from cities miles from here will have to travel to a venue that is miles from the city with again shitty transport options
Whether its us a French/Spanish/German or Italian team - same bollocks

[sidneyroughdiamond]

Baku is the venue for next year's Europa League final! I seriously think they are making these decisions to infuriate a greater number of people each year.

[sms1986]

Baku is the venue for next year's Europa League final! I seriously think they are making these decisions to infuriate a greater number of people each year.

They don't choose just anywhere, they have candidate associations who apply for the finals.

[monkeyharris]

They don't choose just anywhere, they have candidate associations who apply for the finals.

And their argument for that is.. They want to spread the game across all the federations
Fine if it was just a TV sport or it was most likely an Azerbaijani /Armenian /Georgian or Eastern Turkish team was likely to be the finalist.. But its not just a TV sport and their decision this year to put the final 7 hours away from the next nearest city to the actual city itself and the travel problems currently raging would somehow make them stop and fucking think for a minute
Football without fans is nothing.. Baku will be their first real test of that.. The c*nts

And yes I might be a little testy this evening.. Hoping my flight takes off and lands tomorrow

[vicar]

Baku is the venue for next year's Europa League final! I seriously think they are making these decisions to infuriate a greater number of people each year.

Really! Wow every other year is getting further and further East. Wouldn't surprise me to see a major final being held in China at this rate.

[sms1986]

Really! Wow every other year is getting further and further East. Wouldn't surprise me to see a major final being held in China at this rate.

No its not, the 2020 EL is in Gdansk. The 2019 CL final is in Madrid.

[Lush is the best medicine...]

Really! Wow every other year is getting further and further East. Wouldn't surprise me to see a major final being held in China at this rate.

dont worry by 2030 they’ll end up back in western europe

[sms1986]

dont worry by 2030 they’ll end up back in western europe

You mean like next year for the CL? As I said just above your post, the 2020 EL final is in Poland, hardly moving further East.

[Lush is the best medicine...]

You mean like next year for the CL? As I said just above your post, the 2020 EL final is in Poland, hardly moving further East.

i think you missed the joke

[sms1986]

i think you missed the joke

Oops!

[Farman]

Good news surely, because we only ever qualify for the final when it's in a pain-in-the-arse place to get to.

[Millie]

Good news surely, because we only ever qualify for the final when it's in a pain-in-the-arse place to get to.

Apart from Paris, Rome, London