When I wrote yesterday I didn't realise just how badly England's bid to host the World Cup in 2018 had gone. We only got 2 votes out of 27. On Newsnight it was put down to us not 'understanding' how FIFA works. 'We didn't work the room.' In other words, we didn't suck up to the FIFA officials. In fact, we did the opposite. The media has been revealing stories about vote rigging and corruption within FIFA for weeks. The Panorma programme about it last week can't have helped much either. Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London and many others said we should have waited until afterwards to reveal what was going on. I disagree with that. If we'd revealed it now it would have looked like sour grapes.
There's only one thing for us to do now. Build a great team and win the World Cup in 2018. It doesn't matter which country we lift the Jules Rimet trophy in as long as we lift it. Heads up, lads.
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