Katter: Blow Me Up For Cup

20 October, 2010 - 1:13 PM

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Bob Katter has endorsed comments made by FFA chief Ben Buckley exclusively on Triple M's Four Diegos that an oversized inflatable version of the Queensland independent MP should be used to lure the 2022 FIFA World Cup down to Australia.

Buckley agreed with Triple M’s Four Diegos that the idea could be used to trump Japan, one of Australia’s rival bidders for the marquee tournament, which has included 3D holographic telecasts of matches as part of its package if it were selected as host.

“I don’t want it to seem like I’m full of hot air, but I can see the logic in Ben’s proposal given my sporting prowess,” Katter said in a press release.

“However, I am concerned that this might scare our international competitors a little too much.”

“(Politicians Mark) Arbib, (Joe) Hockey, (Craig) Emerson and (Christopher) Pyne can attest, I’m a scary figure at normal size on the touch football field.”

Katter also had concerns over the rush of people who would try and steal his inflatable self as a souvenir and if FFA would accurately depict him on such a large scale.

“Where would we find a suitable oversized Akubra and leather briefcase?,” Katter posed.

The Four Diegos put it to Buckley that a giant version of Katter welcoming all the participating nations could sweeten our bid, and he liked that idea a lot.

“Maybe up in the Queensland state where we hold the World Cup events, we might do something like that,” Buckley told the Four Diegos.

Meanwhile, Buckley remains confident that Australia will garner the necessary amount of votes from FIFA’s executive to win the right to host the world’s biggest sporting event in 12 years’ time.

“It’s a bit early to count the final numbers but what I can say is that we’re very confident that over the last 18 months we’ve been very active and we’ve got a lot of friends within the wider football community,” Buckley said.

“We believe the efforts that’s been made by our team both technically and in international lobbying will pay dividends.”   

The announcement of which countries will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be made on December 2.