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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 25 2008, 02:01 PM (262 Views) | |
| loyalroyal | Sep 25 2008, 02:01 PM Post #1 |
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when was the last time you did something for the first time??
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Polish FA president Michal Listkiewicz has admitted he fears his country may not be ready to co-host the Euro 2012 finals. Ukraine and Poland were selected by Uefa to jointly stage the event, but concerns have been raised over their preparations with European football's govering body meeting to discuss the issue in Bordeaux. And now Listkiewicz, who is president of the PZPN, has claimed that they lack the necessary infrastructure required for the finals and are unlikely to be able to update their transport links in time. "If the European Championships took place in 2016, we would have no problem to be ready then," he told Hamburg newspaper Die Zeit Online. Suggestion "But realistically we are looking at having no good roads in time for 2012. "If things don't go well now, and Uefa has another suggestion, then that would be in order." Austria and Switzerland were appointed co-hosts for the 2008 tournament, but Listkiewicz claims the greater distances involved between Poland and Ukraine are hampering their efforts. He added: "The biggest problem is the traffic. From Gdansk (in Poland) to Donetsk (in the Ukraine) is more than 1,500km. "This is not like in Austria and Switzerland where everything lies close together." So what happens if they are not ready then Ukraine take it on themselves? there not capable of hosting a tournament themselves are they? any other countries that might be up for the job? |
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| ukansodoff | Sep 25 2008, 02:17 PM Post #2 |
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the Polish FA are looking for handouts. they get get fukked. They wanted to host it theyd better pull their fingers out. They want FIFA to chuck their resources at it what a joke. |
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| Monty | Sep 25 2008, 02:53 PM Post #3 |
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There was stories a while back about Scotland hosting up along with another country. |
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| talkingsense® | Sep 25 2008, 02:59 PM Post #4 |
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Yeah it was Scotland and Ireland, I think but not very realistic. |
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| Monty | Sep 25 2008, 03:10 PM Post #5 |
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Yeah The Home Nations tournament is being held in Dublin the year before so theres no chance of that happening. |
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| RetardedDwarf | Sep 25 2008, 03:19 PM Post #6 |
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They prob have more chance of being ready than we do for the Olympics in same yr. |
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| flak | Sep 25 2008, 03:45 PM Post #7 |
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It's nearly Christmas
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Wales I think...they were planning on using England as a motorway. :rolleyes: Poland and Ukraine have had plenty of time to plan everything jeez. |
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| thefieldsofanfieldroad | Sep 25 2008, 03:48 PM Post #8 |
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“The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.”
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what i dont understand is why did fifa/uefa grant these 2 nations the chance to co-host the euros if there such a distance between them. it would be like saying scotland and the czech republic could co-host |
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| RetardedDwarf | Sep 25 2008, 03:54 PM Post #9 |
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They border each other lol, so hardly the same as Scotland/CR. Think they r prob moaning about the size of the countries themselves. Both r slightly bigger than Germany. |
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| thefieldsofanfieldroad | Sep 25 2008, 03:58 PM Post #10 |
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“The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.”
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yeah so if scotland and the czech rep were that size they prob would be bordering each other
thats prob true enough but surely they could use one country for one half of the draw and the other country for the other half of the draw. then have the final some were in the middle |
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| flak | Sep 25 2008, 04:03 PM Post #11 |
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It's nearly Christmas
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FIFA don't do locial thinking. <_< |
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| thefieldsofanfieldroad | Sep 25 2008, 04:05 PM Post #12 |
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“The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.”
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maybe they should put us lot in charge. that way it would all get done properly
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| Ricky | Sep 25 2008, 04:09 PM Post #13 |
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It's UEFA The problem won't be the stadiums, it's the fact that neither country has good infrasture and transport links. 1,500KM is a lot of roadway to build in a few years, having to get through planning appeals, CPO's (or the Polish or Ukrainian version), airports will have to be upgraded. Then you have all the accomodation, restaurants etc etc to be built. The idea was a good one, ie to give developing european nations a chance to host a major competition but UEFA completly as only they know how underestimated the timeframe needed to get everything organised. |
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| treble | Sep 25 2008, 04:11 PM Post #14 |
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Just as well they're a nation of builders
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| loyalroyal | Sep 25 2008, 04:13 PM Post #15 |
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when was the last time you did something for the first time??
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the thing which gets me is if the polish F.A president is saying that they would have been ready for the 2016 champs why apply for this :rolleyes: thats like me applying for SAGA tomorrow in preperation for when im 60 |
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