The negative tonality of the public debate surrounding FIFA is neither good for football nor for FIFA and its partners," said a spokesman for Adidas

 

Is that PR talk for Blatter looking like Colonel Gaddafi yesterday?

if coke and adidas pull out, pepsi and nike won't step right in

 

oh no

Blatter as FIFa investigates himself and two others, and it's him who comes out clean. That's amazing.

Yesterday Jack Warner insisted Blatter was bent and "had to be stopped."

 

Today, he's telling the Caribbean Confederation to support Blatter.

 

WTF?

Self-preservation.

Blatter is the captain of our ship, of our ship! Blatter is the captain of our ship, of our ship! But the ship is a tanker, and Blatter is a w*nker! Blatter is the captain of our ship, of our ship!

It all stinks. Corruption in every walk of life but in football administration it appears to be endemic.

 

Where do I sign up?

It all stinks. Corruption in every walk of life but in football administration it appears to be endemic.

 

Where do I sign up?

 

Yeah, just look at the number of party donors doing government advisory jobs right now. It's hard for out lot to talk about doing things right when we, as a country, don't exactly keep our hands clean.

It's who you know, not what you know.

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

Look after number one, nobody else will.

Jobs for the boys.

..... and the rest.

 

Ever wondered why we have all these expressions in English if they had no relevance ?

http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/13610973.stm

English FA chairman David Bernstein put the proposal to Fifa's congress but 172 of 206 voters opted against a delay...................

 

The conclusion to his speech received a noticeably cool reception from the Fifa members in Zurich, with one or two applauding but the rest sitting in silence........................

 

The lack of support became even clearer when several Fifa members who followed Bernstein to the podium voiced strong criticism of the FA's stance.

 

"We are ill at ease with people who wield unfounded accusations - he who accuses must provide evidence," said Selemani Omari, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's football federation.

 

"Fifa belongs to 208 national associations and not to one association, we must not seek solutions through the media or a Parliament in any third country."

 

Representatives of Haiti, Benin, Fiji and Cyprus also expressed their disapproval to more enthusiastic applause.

 

Fifa senior vice-president Julio Grondona also delivered a stinging riposte to the English FA.

 

"We always have attacks from England which are mostly lies with the support of journalism which is more busy lying than telling the truth," said the Argentine. "This upsets and disturbs the Fifa family.

 

"It looks like England is always complaining so please I say will you leave the Fifa family alone, and when you speak, speak with truth."

 

 

 

im not sure why so many people are opposed to delaying so there is actually a choice of candidate.

 

farcical, no other word for it.

Edited June 1, 201115 yr by HomerJay

http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/13610973.stm

 

 

 

im not sure why so many people are opposed to delaying so there is actually a choice of candidate.

 

farcical, no other word for it.

their goes our chance of ever hosting a major competition in the future.

their goes our chance of ever hosting a major competition in the future.

 

Like we ever had one anyway?

Bent as f?ck. Almost worth breaking away and either running a Commonwealth Cup or reinvigorating the Home Championships for a while.

 

Blatter needs taking down along with the corrupt b?stards who support him. Looks like the smug b?stard has rigged it to be around for a while longer yet.

Blatter needs taking down along with the corrupt b?stards who support him. Looks like the smug b?stard has rigged it to be around for a while longer yet.

 

The system will never change if the delegates have their way. For them it would be like turkeys voting for Christmas.

 

They get a jolly watching Grace Jones dance and probably a few other entertainments thrown in. They probably don't have to pay a cent for it.

 

If they get on the committee running the World Cup, they cash in big time and then return to little old Benin as rich people.

 

FIFA is run out of about the most expensive location to site a HQ on earth in a country that is the home of shady deals where transparency is a dirty word.

 

If it were moved to a cheaper location then the executives would have to start paying more personal tax.

 

No surprise then. It won't change unless sponsors start withdrawing in droves.

Bent as f?ck. Almost worth breaking away and either running a Commonwealth Cup or reinvigorating the Home Championships for a while.

 

 

We'd still not win anything.

Breakaway - only solution.

 

If us, the big European boys and Brazil (feck the Argies after what that arsehole said today) went our own way, the TV people and more importantly, the money and sponsorship bods would be falling over themselves. They'd drop FIFA at the drop of a hat because lets face it Benin v Haiti isn't going to get bums on seats.

Edited June 1, 201115 yr by mickbrown

SKY would love a breakaway, as they currently don't get the rights to the finals.

"We always have attacks from England which are mostly lies with the support of journalism which is more busy lying than telling the truth," said the Argentine. "This upsets and disturbs the Fifa family."It looks like England is always complaining so please I say will you leave the Fifa family alone, and when you speak, speak with truth."

 

Someone's still pissed we have the falklands!

FIFA Family. I keep hearing this terminology.

 

Oh do fuck off will you.

SKY would love a breakaway, as they currently don't get the rights to the finals.

 

Murdoch is more of a Penguin man ITK.

Someone's still pissed we have the falklands!

 

Exactly what he said

 

The head of the Argentinian FA, Julio Grondona, viciously denounced the allegations of corruption emanating from England, accusing the English of spouting "lies" ... and revealing that he would never have supported an English World Cup bid unless the Falkland Islands were handed back to Argentina.

FIFA Family. I keep hearing this terminology.

 

Oh do fuck off will you.

If thats a family social services need calling

There's more chance of handing back the Falklands, after the "it's our oil, fuck off" affair, than naming the FA Cup after some plantpot from some irrelevant third world country.

Serious question, if the English FA broke away from FIFA with the support of at least a few other FA's, would you support them in their actions, even if it meant no World Cup for the forseeable future?

 

I'm still mulling that one over so I don't have opinion forged right now, but I'm interested in hearing everyone else's thoughts.

 

I agree with Bolty in the assertion that something has GOT to change and the fact that the organisation seem unable to even contemplate the idea of postponing these elections until other candidates were able to stand, speaks volumes about it's credibility as a while.

 

It's like when Sadaam had his Iraqi election with only himself as a candidate and passed it off as democracy!

Serious question, if the English FA broke away from FIFA with the support of at least a few other FA's, would you support them in their actions, even if it meant no World Cup for the forseeable future?

 

I'm still mulling that one over so I don't have opinion forged right now, but I'm interested in hearing everyone else's thoughts.

 

 

You may think me mad but what about the arrers. They've got 2 different bodies & the newer one is now the daddy.

 

Actually, that wasn't a good analogy was it, but you get my drift.