June 1, 201114 yr Disagree. It will be interesting to see who the 17 nations are who backed the English FA. If the likes of England, USA, Germany and France pull out I doubt the sponsors will be happy. A lot of nations are viewing it as England spitting their dummy out (which is partly true), but I really don't think Blatter can sustain power much longer. He's lost credibility. The English media are not going to let this go, especially as he made such a meal out of them at the press conference. You forget, those sponsors are multi-nationals, they dont let concepts such as "Nation State" really come into their thinking... They might take a bit of a dump at home, but if the other world markets get a boost, then they wont care.... I just loved what Blatter said "I am the ship's captain, weathering the storm"... Yeah, but he's Captain Bligh and the "ship" is the Bounty.....
June 1, 201114 yr So presumably the 17 who didn't vote for Blatter are pretty much the same as the 17 who voted to postpone the election.
June 1, 201114 yr It must feel like a real sense of achievement for him, to win an "election" where he was the only candidate... I would imagine Iranian President Ahmadinejad, Colonel Ghaddafi, Robert Mugabe and The Crown Prince of Bahrain are calling him up to congratulate him... C/UNT..... -_-
June 1, 201114 yr Author So presumably the 17 who didn't vote for Blatter are pretty much the same as the 17 who voted to postpone the election. It would look that way. It will be interesting to see who they are. The result is not very surprising anyway, the majority of the smaller FAs are corrupt as well, and I dare say to a smaller extent some of the larger ones as well. Platini has been very quiet on the corruption situation, which is surprising because normally he likes to speak out. I guess this is either because he doesn't want to affect his position as future FIFA President, or he quite likes the idea of a breakaway from FIFA, as it looks likely that the majority of the 17 FAs that did not vote for Blatter will be European ones.
June 2, 201114 yr It would look that way. It will be interesting to see who they are. The result is not very surprising anyway, the majority of the smaller FAs are corrupt as well, and I dare say to a smaller extent some of the larger ones as well. Platini has been very quiet on the corruption situation, which is surprising because normally he likes to speak out. I guess this is either because he doesn't want to affect his position as future FIFA President, or he quite likes the idea of a breakaway from FIFA, as it looks likely that the majority of the 17 FAs that did not vote for Blatter will be European ones. If we couldn't get the World Cup before, we'd be truly buggered if Platini was in power :lol:
June 2, 201114 yr If we couldn't get the World Cup before, we'd be truly buggered if Platini was in power :lol: In future all member nations will get a vote so, in theory, the president should be less influential.
June 2, 201114 yr The question is though, does football really want or need such an elitist and corrupt organisation like FIFA to administer it..? I think FIFA needs to be, at the very least, seriously reformed, but preferably it should be completely dismantled and something better and more accountable replacing it.. FIFA needs to learn from the reforms the IOC made to its procedures, IMO....
June 2, 201114 yr Author It does need to learn, but it won't. Changing the voting won't mean anything. FIFA is made up of 208 (I think?) different football federations. UEFA and the CAF organisations are the two biggest in FIFA, yet both of these together are still a minority in FIFA. It's pretty ludacris when the likes of Hati, Cyprus etc. have the same power as Germany, France, Brazil etc. - those countries are never going to be able to host a World Cup. Blatter smooth talks these smaller nations, and who is to gain from Blatter being in power? The smaller corrupt FAs of course who get money from FIFA. It's a registered charity in Switzerland and is exempt of tax, so God knows what actually goes on.
November 17, 201113 yr I had to laugh at the picture FIFA attached to their statement last night. Yep of course that makes it all better http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation...4067/index.html
November 17, 201113 yr Is Sepp Blatter serious? Shake hands after someone has insulted you after a match. What?
November 17, 201113 yr Author He won't resign either. No chance. Even if the whole world wanted him out he still wouldn't give up his role.
November 17, 201113 yr The thing is the rest of the world don't. There's some mild outrage in the UK but looking around, that seems to be it. The FA got the Royal Family and the PM in on the Poppy row, all they've done is issued a statement for this, nothing will be done about Sepp Blatter and even if it is it'd be pointless. So he gets ousted? Only going to make way for some other corrupt moron.
November 17, 201113 yr Typical French to suggest the best way to resolve a dispute is with the easiest way out :rolleyes:
November 17, 201113 yr Typical French to suggest the best way to resolve a dispute is with the easiest way out :rolleyes: Typical English with an illogical reason to hate the French?
November 17, 201113 yr Typical French to suggest the best way to resolve a dispute is with the easiest way out :rolleyes: Sepp Blatter is Swiss. Therefore, when he next visits Wembley, he should be subjected to chants about cuckoo clocks, cheese with holes in it, tax dodgers and cow bells. Then he can go round the crowd shaking hands with everyone.
November 17, 201113 yr Typical English with an illogical reason to hate the French? :lol: :lol: Good reply....
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