This is likely a good thing foer us. It is the typical style of the US to try this kind of act, even when its been made clear that it will go to Europe.

In the eyes of the European bidders/ delegates this is likely to be a very negativve thing to do. The longer they stay in, the longer the odds of a US win in 2022 I would suspect.


What do you think about the FourFourTwo article USA Standing By 2018 Bid?
BID director David Downs insists the USA is fully committed to bidding for the 2018 World Cup as it has not received a "compelling enough reason to drop out".

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I fear its the opposite. The longer they stay in there, the more bargaining power they have and at the end of the day, increased bargaining power = more votes when they pull out.

It might appear that way, but making deals earlier on in the piece could also alot better than trying to be rebelious, which they are doing. The US bid is mainly based on money at the end of the day, so if FIFA are blinded by the US$ then its theres. If they take it seriously and look at the complete bid and the actual benifits from Australia's bid then we have a chance.

The real fear though that the US should be having is getting the European executive members offside,who will be voting afterall. The real issue is the amount of wasted time that a bid like the US for 2018 is having on the actual race. 2022 should be their focus but are chosing an agressive approach, which might not go down well.

The USA are fighting on too many fronts as usual, which is a good thing for us.

Id say its a bad thing. We dropped out because our bid was still a mess. There staying because there bid is good for either and everything is sorted.

Id say its a bad thing. We dropped out because our bid was still a mess. There staying because there bid is good for either and everything is sorted.

The USA are playing off UEFAs delegates as they already have 3 votes to play with-we didn't have that luxury
Hopefully we can pickup a majority of UEFA because its our best chance of surviving the early rounds.After that it should take care of itself once Qatar are eliminated

This is definitely a good thing for us. Having the USA in the race for 2018 will mean that Europe gets less votes from American countries and possibly elsewhere and this will seriously get under the skin of many UEFA. Hopefully this means that Australia will get more support from UEFA than it would have done before because it will be able to say we'll support your bids for 2018 if you support ours for 2022. Lowy's decision to pull out of the 2018 bidding process is looking smarter by the minute.

Australia has 2 firm votes, maybe more from Africa or S.America.

Who is the 2nd firm vote? The oceania guy is one, but the 2nd I am not sure.