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Posted by:
Andy Gray
on Nov 29, 2010 at 09:34:42 AM
With the venue for the 2018 World Cup set to be decided on Thursday, there are two questions at stake.
The first is: Should England host the tournament? My answer is an unequivocal, 100 per cent yes. England is a football nation, it has the best infrastructure of any of bidding nations. It would be easy for fans to get around from city to city and the stadia is already in place. Everything is there for England to host the World Cup in 2018.
It is an absolute disgrace that FIFA continually overlook England and that's coming from a Scotsman. Euro 1996 was a huge success, England will have the 2012 Olympic Stadium to bolster their already stellar list of venues and the country is capable of putting on a fantastic tournament. They should be given their chance.
The second question ...
Posted by:
Andy Gray
on Nov 25, 2010 at 01:44:15 PM
Every week, Betfair Football's star tipster Andy Gray picks out and answers his favourite question out of those he is asked on Twitter and Facebook. Here's his answer to this week's poser...
"What would you do if you were president of FIFA?"
If I was Sepp Blatter - the current president of FIFA - the first thing I would do would be to resign. But if I was in charge for an extended period I would actually do very little.
Those in power in the game make the mistake of thinking that football - this game that has captivated the world for the last 100-to-150 years - needs to be tinkered with. They are wrong.
I would embrace technology. I would make sure that it is impossible for us to have another incident like the Frank Lampard goal that was disallowed in England's World Cup tie...