True and the FAI are bent as **** but in this case no laws were broken which was the point I was making, the BBC are playing it like it was an illegal payoff
Fifa's Castle Starting To Crumble?
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True and the FAI are bent as **** but in this case no laws were broken which was the point I was making, the BBC are playing it like it was an illegal payoff
Yeah, but the amount paid compared to the amount lost should bring Delaney's morals into question.
Yeah, but the amount paid compared to the amount lost should bring Delaney's morals into question.
true and I never knew they were paid to drop the legal case. tbh tho, there wasn't a legal leg to stand on so they might as well have taken the money, all the legal case might have done was mess with the world cup?
Yeah, but imagine Blatter in court in Dublin on world cup final day, its kinda easy considering he'll be in a Federal Court soon.
"cleanest". You sent a member of the Moarchy about scrounging for votes and promisng god knows what for the 2018 WC
"we were promised votes we did not get" is what the bid team said after they lost out. If you think they went round saying "oh please vote for us we're super cool" you are misguided
Just cos actual cash did not change hands, it doesn't mean they hadn't tried to buy votes in other ways.
Yeah, but imagine Blatter in court in Dublin on world cup final day, its kinda easy considering he'll be in a Federal Court soon.
The Swiss to have an extradition treaty with the US, so my bet is Blatter will be off to South America for a "holiday" very soon
He better steer clear of the carribean islands on the way or he might just end up sleeping with the fishes.
Jack Werner would wanna get himself to a safe house, he's gonna spill the beans and I reckon that would put a price on his head. This is not just about FIFA, we are about to find out that FIFA has been involved in politics while saying for decades politics should stay out of football.
Imo some proper sinister elements are involved in all of this cack
Imo some proper sinister elements are involved in all of this cack
The Fifa ****s were quick to make police take down the "Solidarność" banner held high by the Polish fans when they played Russia in a group game back in Spain 82.
Political whenever it suits the pricks
Not only that haven't FIFA or is it UEFA, banned the Palestinian flag at games, even though they have a FIFA recognised international team like.
Not only that haven't FIFA or is it UEFA, banned the Palestinian flag at games, even though they have a FIFA recognised international team like.
Not sure but if they have banned it its a disgrace, and Fifa have no problem flying the North Korean flag at Fifa headquarters.
I think UEFA\Platini has, cos you know, the lobby have a strong presence in France, much guilt to be exploited there
They threatened England with sanctions over certain "political" songs. Sunday will be a bit interesting.....
The thing is the organisation they sing that they won't surrender to disarmed at the beginning of the peace process and are basically now sharing power in the NI assembly.
Mexico have had the WC twice...and both were arguably the best. A country with its own heat and altitude problems but it all added to the fun.
Italy 1990 coming a close second.
The trouble with USA i remember from 94 was the venues were so far apart and coupled with americans' lack of real interest, the atmosphere just wasnt there.
Italy 1990 coming a close second.
The trouble with USA i remember from 94 was the venues were so far apart and coupled with americans' lack of real interest, the atmosphere just wasnt there.
Is Sepp Blatter’s 'exit' a ploy to kill off Qatar 2022?
Sepp Blatter’s decision to 'quit' as FIFA chief was unexpected but Philippe Auclair asks whether there was an ulterior motive in play?
France Football, didn’t either. All of us reported on alleged cases of corruption, highlighted the inanity of holding a summer competition in the Gulf long before FIFA came to the same conclusion and moved it to November-December, creating havoc in the football calendar as a consequence.
READ MORE FROM PHILIPPE AUCLAIR ON THE QATAR WORLD CUP
The human cost of a Qatar World Cup
Qatar 2022 – A crisis of FIFA’s own making
Football in denial over winter World Cup upheaval
The world finally woke up to the horrifying conditions in which the migrants brought in – four flights from Kathmandu to Doha every day - to build the infrastructure needed for the tournament lived, and died, in their hundreds, possibly thousands, in the emirate. New corruption and collusion stories kept emerging regularly, until the burden of evidence became so overwhelming that very few could seriously doubt that the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups had – at least – been deeply flawed. Blatter knew it. Did he not confide that giving the World Cup to Qatar had been ‘a mistake’?
Spain and Russia, preferred him to Prince Ali, the candidate put forward and publicly supported by Michel Platini. Extraordinarily – to Western eyes -, should Blatter change his mind (who knows with him?) and decide that he won’t step down after all in four or six months’ time, when the Extraordinary Electoral Congress he’s called takes place, he’d stand a better chance of being elected than any of the potential candidates to his succession who’ve been mentioned so far.
After all, not once did he use the word ‘resign’ in his dramatic press conference on Tuesday.
A tempting hypothesis is that, by announcing his departure when nobody was expecting it (the fifteen journalists who had stayed in Zurich after the election thought that Blatter would say that Jerome Valcke had been relieved of his functions), the wily old fox has given himself a free hand to do what some say he’s longed to do for four and a half years: to clean up the house he’s looked after with a loose hand and a forgiving eye for decades, which probably means re-running the vote to award the 2022 World Cup, which is over seven years away.
This is by no means impossible. Should the ‘smoking gun’ be found, the incontrovertible proof that the bid regulations had been infringed upon to such an extent that the 2 December 2010 vote was invalid, FIFA’s Executive Committee would have the power to enforce a new ballot without fearing an unimaginably costly lawsuit. I am of the opinion that this ‘smoking gun’ has already been found, given the extensive revelations of multiple secret payments to football officials by the Qatari then-president of AFC and member of FIFA’s ExCo Mohammed bin Hammam, described by the Qataris themselves as ‘the greatest asset’ in their bid – before they strenuously denied that the now-disgraced, banned-for-life bin Hammam played any role, official or otherwise, in their campaign. A matter of perspective, perhaps; or common sense.
Sepp Blatter’s decision to 'quit' as FIFA chief was unexpected but Philippe Auclair asks whether there was an ulterior motive in play?
France Football, didn’t either. All of us reported on alleged cases of corruption, highlighted the inanity of holding a summer competition in the Gulf long before FIFA came to the same conclusion and moved it to November-December, creating havoc in the football calendar as a consequence.
READ MORE FROM PHILIPPE AUCLAIR ON THE QATAR WORLD CUP
The human cost of a Qatar World Cup
Qatar 2022 – A crisis of FIFA’s own making
Football in denial over winter World Cup upheaval
The world finally woke up to the horrifying conditions in which the migrants brought in – four flights from Kathmandu to Doha every day - to build the infrastructure needed for the tournament lived, and died, in their hundreds, possibly thousands, in the emirate. New corruption and collusion stories kept emerging regularly, until the burden of evidence became so overwhelming that very few could seriously doubt that the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups had – at least – been deeply flawed. Blatter knew it. Did he not confide that giving the World Cup to Qatar had been ‘a mistake’?
Spain and Russia, preferred him to Prince Ali, the candidate put forward and publicly supported by Michel Platini. Extraordinarily – to Western eyes -, should Blatter change his mind (who knows with him?) and decide that he won’t step down after all in four or six months’ time, when the Extraordinary Electoral Congress he’s called takes place, he’d stand a better chance of being elected than any of the potential candidates to his succession who’ve been mentioned so far.
After all, not once did he use the word ‘resign’ in his dramatic press conference on Tuesday.
A tempting hypothesis is that, by announcing his departure when nobody was expecting it (the fifteen journalists who had stayed in Zurich after the election thought that Blatter would say that Jerome Valcke had been relieved of his functions), the wily old fox has given himself a free hand to do what some say he’s longed to do for four and a half years: to clean up the house he’s looked after with a loose hand and a forgiving eye for decades, which probably means re-running the vote to award the 2022 World Cup, which is over seven years away.
This is by no means impossible. Should the ‘smoking gun’ be found, the incontrovertible proof that the bid regulations had been infringed upon to such an extent that the 2 December 2010 vote was invalid, FIFA’s Executive Committee would have the power to enforce a new ballot without fearing an unimaginably costly lawsuit. I am of the opinion that this ‘smoking gun’ has already been found, given the extensive revelations of multiple secret payments to football officials by the Qatari then-president of AFC and member of FIFA’s ExCo Mohammed bin Hammam, described by the Qataris themselves as ‘the greatest asset’ in their bid – before they strenuously denied that the now-disgraced, banned-for-life bin Hammam played any role, official or otherwise, in their campaign. A matter of perspective, perhaps; or common sense.
Didn't England fail to qualify for that one? Your "atmosphere" was on holidays playing no football
If you'd actually been there the atmosphere might have been better than on your TV
