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The envelope opened to read Qatar. Unfortunately for all sports fans and patriotic Australians, whatever we do, or say now will not get us back the FIFA World Cup for 2022.
As an entire nation of proud Footballing fans of every code, we need to show FIFA what we can present to the FIFA World Cup if we are to bid for any future tournament.
I am going to appeal to everyone that after the initial shock of being pipped by the country ranked 113th in the world, Qatar, all is irreversible, and instead of being sore losers, I implore all Australians to let go of the sour grapes and to move forward.
Taking a leaf out of Julia Gillard’s book, it’s time to ‘Move Australia Forward’.
But what is the next step for our Football Federation and culture?
I’m sure this opinion is shared by many within Footballing circles, that we need to focus on the Hyundai A-League, as the situation within some clubs is reaching dire status.
Some are being bailed out, some are in the clear, however with the new Sydney club set to debut next season, the A-League needs to take a good look at itself and restructure itself in order to survive.
However the FFA chooses to conduct this is entirely their business. But we as fans ask that they do not rue a good chance.
Next up we need to focus on the 2015 Asian Cup in which we are the sole bidders, and provided all goes to plan we will host. Now, with Qatar to host the 2011 Asian Cup, we have the exclusive chance to show FIFA what they will miss out on.
If we genuinely believe that we are better hosts, then we need to show it with our confederation’s show piece event.
Next up we need to not only drop the sore loser attitude, but we need to adopt a different approach. This may be a ludicrous suggestion, but we need to show FIFA that we are a nation that is easy going, and as accepting as we say we are.
Forget the Facebook groups declaring Qatar’s inability to host such a large tournament (and the comedic group declaring Antarctica’s bid for the FIFA World Cup 2026), we need to embrace the Qatari Bid.
Take the bid into consideration. Give the Middle East a chance. We wanted it here, but give them a shot. On a Government or Federation level, pledge support for the Qatari bid, possibly organise a friendly match with the Qatari squad in one of their venues.
We need to show that we are willing to support the expansion of football in developing nations, which is one of the points we adopted for our own bid. We want football to become bigger in our country, but we’re not the only ones that need it. Support the other nations, and maybe FIFA will support ours.
Embrace the Qatari bid. It is hard, especially for me who had already planned how I was to spend the month of the Cup in Australia. But we need to prove to FIFA that we can move on, and we can be supportive of the team that did pip us.
Don’t reply with allegations of bribery and vote selling, the British media will take care of that if it is not all fabricated. But let us support the bid, I cannot stress this enough. Give the Qatari’s a chance.
What would you say if nobody gave us a chance?
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