"Look on the bright side:
at least it saves us the humiliation of losing the World Cup on home soil;
and the Yanks failed to get 2022"

Screw you Clumper! Snobs like you are the reason why you did not get 2018. England received 2 votes and were out the first round of voting. That speaks volumes. Personally, I would have loved to see the World Cup in England, but it looks like you have some fence mending to do.

As upset as I am that the USA did not get 2022, the idea that the Cup is getting to new corners of the globe is a positive. For too many years it was a rotation between Europe and South America.

Only problem is, for Qatar will need to find bodies to fill the seats.