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[spurious1]

As far as I read it, Warner seems to be happily admitting his own corruption as long as he can drag the rest down with him. Hopefully it works. I don't just want Blatter to resign - I want to see that scumbag in prison.

 

[fortworthspur]

FWIW, I doubt Blazer was angling for leadership of CONCACAF, but rather reacting to Qatar getting the 2022 WC over the US. I also suspect that Qatar did buy the cup, why else would that event be given to Qatar? on the flip side, it must be very hard for emerging nations to break into the good old boy network that is FIFA. I think they are all rotten. Its really embarrassing for football.

 

[fortworthspur]

btw, I wont shed a tear for Jack Warner. This isnt the firs time he' been accused of being crooked:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Warner_(football_executive)

 

[Bill_Oddie]

I'm with you here. Platini is the man to take football governance forward and he'd be a fool to miss this opportunity.

Want to hear something disappointing?

From the same source (impeccable) I have found out most of the gory (and boy are they gory) details about the World Cup bids - Platini received $1.5m for throwing European support behind the Qatar bid.

Probably won't come out but explains why he hasn't stepped forward to play the White Knight card. He knows that whichever player gets taken down will just take him with them.

Royally fucked up.

 

[hugrr]

@channel4news Channel 4 News
#FIFA The Qatar bid team is taking legal advice; say they categorically deny any wrongdoing in connection with their winning bid.

 

[beats1]

So according to Fifa our FA and government are claiming the claims by Triesman are false but then why is Warner claiming he has evidence to prove that Qatar brought the WC

 

[kishman]

Anybody watch the Sepp Blatter press conference. It was a farce. He was in such denial and refused to answer so many questions and was having a go at the journalists.

 

[spurslenny]

Anyone else seen the press conference by Blatter? Farcical!

 

[RichSpur58]

I can see why they dont want video replays. How would they be able to fix games then?

 

[beats1]

Yea and I don't get how they say there was no evidence of world cup bids brought, by the report made by our FA but bbc revealed the email

 

[spurslenny]

Blatter looks like a man in a blind panic.

The walls are closing in on him and his cronies.

 

[worcestersauce]

FWIW, I doubt Blazer was angling for leadership of CONCACAF, but rather reacting to Qatar getting the 2022 WC over the US.

We shall see

 

[fortworthspur]

We shall see

well, if Warner leaves I imagine Blazer gets promoted. Whether that was his main motivation or the WC fiasco remains unclear.

 

[hugrr]

http://streamstudio.world-televisio...fault-&status=ondemand&stream=flash-video-300

What a shambles, forward to 10 minutes for a 20 minute question and fudge the answer session

 

[Paxtonite]

It would be great if the English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, US and Australian FA's detached themselves from FIFA en masse but sadly cant see this happening.

Good to see that sponsors such as Adidas and Coca Cola starting to make noises about their discomfort with things. That is where the power seems to lie. If the sponsors demand changes then no doubt it will happen.

I'd like to think that Blatter was dead man walking now, but the guy is so slippery, you'd wonder!!

 

[hugrr]

http://twitpic.com/54n1h0

Apparently this is a picture of the dirty dirty money

 

[Rout-Ledge]

It would be great if the English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, US and Australian FA's detached themselves from FIFA en masse but sadly cant see this happening.

They really should. I'd be disappointed if we left FIFA purely because I enjoy seeing us play in international tournaments, but I'd also be extremely proud that we took a stand.

Something needs to be done. If we can be the first domino to topple, it would rank alongside the greatest achievements of the FA to date.

 

[nailsy]

Can't see Blatter surviving this. Wednesday should be fun.

 

[sidford]

Sky reporting that some sponsors are getting anxious, thats the only thing that will drag that shambolic & corrupt organisation into the 21st century & enable it to get proper leadership. Companies have a responsibility to shareholders not to invest in corrupt organisations so hopefully they show some level of corporate ethics & threaten to pull sponsorship unless leadership & the organisation as a whole is change

 

[Dundalk_Spur]

I'd love to see this house of cards collapse.

However, putting Platini up as a replacement is pure madness. UEFA are no better, they hardly seem to want progress like video technology, fronts up the biggest cause of inequality in the Champions League, and as an individual shows he can not be impartial, re: British teams.

Also watching the 1984 Euro championships, this is a man who dived to try and win penalties, and feigned injury, in a time when the football was "played by men".