Joeb.lcfc Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 My Link 'BONKERS Blatter last night came up with his answer to football corruption - he signed up one of The Three Tenors! Placido Domingo will join FIFA president Sepp Blatter's 'solutions committee' to solve the game's ills after pressure from the FA to reform.'
Wymsey Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 My Link 'BONKERS Blatter last night came up with his answer to football corruption - he signed up one of The Three Tenors! Placido Domingo will join FIFA president Sepp Blatter's 'solutions committee' to solve the game's ills after pressure from the FA to reform.' Seems to get better and better doesn't it. Happy Birthday by the way.
Joeb.lcfc Posted 7 June 2011 Author Posted 7 June 2011 Seems to get better and better doesn't it. Happy Birthday by the way. Cheers mate
Darkon84 Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 What an absolute freaking moron! The guy has lost his mind. How can people in FIFA allow this farce to continue? Grrr he totally infuriates me! And happy birthday too.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Unless he plans to Give Australia the WC in 2022 i don't give a toss what he has to say
Darkon84 Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Unless he plans to Give Australia the WC in 2022 i don't give a toss what he has to say Would be better than Qatar, thats for sure
Father Ted Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Can absolutely anybody challenge him as president? I say lets get Soccerroo Fox in!
chrisfox Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Well, as FIFA have just voted him in for another term as president it doesn't look like anyone wants to challenge him, however rediculous he might be
Darkon84 Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Anyone can challenge or run for election, providing they get backing from enough FIFA represenatives. American journalist Grant Wahl, attempted it. Link: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1786/fifa/2011/02/17/2357378/usa-journalist-grant-wahl-running-for-fifa-president In an article on Sports Illustrated titled "It's time for someone to depose Sepp Blatter as FIFA's leader" journalist Grant Wahl has announced his intentions to run for FIFA's presidency. Current FIFA president Sepp Blatter is running for his fourth term, with elections falling on June 1. Wahl has focused his campaign as a FIFA outsider, with a potential slogan of "Cure the Blatter infection." He also dismisses potential competition from Qatar's Mohamed Bin Hammam as the inclusion of yet another insider incapable of the drastic revamping the world's soccer governing body needs. "It gets kind of old hearing the world's soccer fans complain about Blatter without anyone trying to provide an alternative," Wahl said in the article. "And make no mistake, FIFA needs to change." Besides positioning himself as an outsider (Wahl does make sure to mention that three of FIFA's eight presidents were sports journalists), the author of "The Beckham Experiment" outlined his platform with a series of promises: 1. Video review for unclear goal-line calls. 2. No more limitations of referees per country in the World Cup, to ensure the best - not merely the most diverse - group officiates soccer's biggest stage. Furthermore, that referees must defend controversial calls to the media following games. 3. Taking off one's shirt will no longer be a yellow card offense. 4. A woman will serve as the secretary general. 5. All of FIFA's internal documents will be released to the public "WikiLeaks-style" and an external investigation will be commissioned to hound out the rampant corruption. 6. FIFA presidents, including himself, will be limited to two four-year terms. As it stands, Wahl, at 37, has only seen two FIFA presidents in his lifetime. Incumbent Blatter is 74. FIFA's presidency is voted on by member nations, with each country holding one vote. For Wahl to be eligible, one member nation must nominate him by April 1. Though the April Fools' Day deadline and tongue-in-cheek tone of the video accompanying the article might suggest parody, Wahl maintains his legitimacy: "No, I'm not kidding." Given the inherent corruption Wahl purports to take on, actual victory in the election is unlikely for the American. He'd likely content himself if any of the points in his platform are absorbed by the competing candidates and seep into the game in the near future.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Can absolutely anybody challenge him as president? I say lets get Soccerroo Fox in! I would sort FIFA out...........but it will cost them
shailen Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Well, as FIFA have just voted him in for another term as president it doesn't look like anyone wants to challenge him, however rediculous he might be Wasnt he the only candidate?
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Wasnt he the only candidate? Yes, it is believed the Qatar bloke was meant to challenge but the rumour is that he got the WC so he wouldn't challenge.
Bugg Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Yes, it is believed the Qatar bloke was meant to challenge but the rumour is that he got the WC so he wouldn't challenge. Bin Hamann was that? I swear he got suspended just before the voting for the new president. Where's El Empty with one of his conspiracies?
Wymsey Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 ''Mohamed Bin Hammam, head of the Asian Football Federation and FIFA Vice President Jack Warner were both suspended on Sunday (May 29th) as an investigation continues into charges of vote-buying.'' ''Hammam and Warner are being charged with bribing Caribbean football officials with $40,000 in a meeting earlier this month while campaigning.'' Source: al-shorfa.com
Ozwin Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 People are so scared of this ****ing dictator and his chronie countries that they fear to challenge him. If England's league wasn't the best in the world I doubt we'd have put up a fuss the other week like we did. The power that man has is ridiculous.
shailen Posted 7 June 2011 Posted 7 June 2011 Its not about football anymore...its about who can pay the most. On a footballing basis we would have won this bid, as we were easily the best at hosting the event, but instead it goes to russia, which i can understand because they are an emerging force. But Qatar won 2022 on what basis, a shit footballing team, no stadiums to host the event! How is this going to work! I cannot understand
Ozwin Posted 8 June 2011 Posted 8 June 2011 It's all about Blatter, he wants to have left a mark doesn't he? Literally would do anything for his legacy. "I was the guy who brought the World Cup to an international war zone! AFGANISTAN 2026!"
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 8 June 2011 Posted 8 June 2011 ''Mohamed Bin Hammam, head of the Asian Football Federation and FIFA Vice President Jack Warner were both suspended on Sunday (May 29th) as an investigation continues into charges of vote-buying.'' ''Hammam and Warner are being charged with bribing Caribbean football officials with $40,000 in a meeting earlier this month while campaigning.'' Source: al-shorfa.com Bin Hammam i'm lead to believe isn't suspended any more, he was suspened pending an investigation and the investigation was wrapped up in under a week.....go figure! It's all about Blatter, he wants to have left a mark doesn't he? Literally would do anything for his legacy. "I was the guy who brought the World Cup to an international war zone! AFGANISTAN 2026!" I would probably still go
The Doctor Posted 8 June 2011 Posted 8 June 2011 Well, as FIFA have just voted him in for another term as president it doesn't look like anyone wants to challenge him, however rediculous he might be having been running unopposed due to his opposition pulling out due to claims of corruption that quite convieniently surfaced in the weeks building up to the vote. The man is going to ridiculous lengths to keep hold of power while ****ing up football for the fans - the sooner we're shot of him (death, illness, imprisonment - i couldn't give a shit how) the better. Edit: even worse since he supposedly brought votes when he was first elected and only got in through corruption & bribery.
Narborough_fox Posted 8 June 2011 Posted 8 June 2011 Socceroo fox for FIFA president! Oh by the way I think it's a joke that blatter is still head of FIFA. Joke of a man and turning FIFA more and more corrupt every year.
Webbo Posted 6 July 2011 Posted 6 July 2011 My link Football may become 'game of three thirds'FIFA could allow matches at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be played over three 30-minute periods if temperatures in the stadiums became dangerously high for the players, a senior stadium engineer told delegates at a conference on Wednesday.
MC Prussian Posted 6 July 2011 Posted 6 July 2011 Sepp Blatter? The guy who allowed a major future football tournament to be held in a tiny, desert-dominated kingdom in the Middle East? $$$.
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