Whenever I read about our World Cup bid (a bit of a misnomer because we are not prepared to pay the commissions required) I am always amazed about the news management we put up with in the UK. Last night both the ITV and the BBC interviewed David Beckham, who was upbeat about the bid, without mentioning the fact that the Russians were favourites with the Spanish/Portuguese. Although there would be different time zones, which would probably affect television coverage, I am quite happy for the competition to go to Russia. We have already got the white elephant of the 2012 Olympics, where I suppose there will be the benefits of opening up a part of East London and of West Ham moving to a new ground.
The main advantage for our World Cup bid is that we have the stadia in place such as
Wembley, Old Trafford and the Emirates. There would not be major distances for fans to travel and there would be the added bonus of our football yobs not having to travel abroad. I suppose this will all be irrelevant after the BBC's Panorama programme on FIFA.
If we did not get the 2018 competition, at least we would avoid the embarrassment of England being knocked out in the qualifying round. With the Premier League you could not set up a more inimical structure to the interests of the national team. How many
domestic players get picked for Arsenal?
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