FIFA say the Qatar vote was fine, honest
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Blatter and Platini banned for 8 years. Good.
Glad Platini got taken down too or he could well have been the next man in at FIFA and nothing would have changed.
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ShootersHillGuru said:
I'm actually starting to lose all love for football. The world governing body is as corrupt as any Mafia family. The Premier League are strangling the life out of all english football outside its own elite club. The football leagues attempt to bring a level playing field with FFP is collapsing while we watch.
Not sure how long I can be bothered to take any interest anymore.0 -
We went to Vegas in Summer and went to the Mob Museum. The next exhibition was about FIFA and corruption!
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Yes, I saw it. Nothing new but interesting that it should be featured in such a place.kimbo said:We went to Vegas in Summer and went to the Mob Museum. The next exhibition was about FIFA and corruption!
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at last - let's see if criminal proceedings follow0
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Sepp Blatter says "I am not ashamed. Even if I am suspended, I am still President. The committee cannot go against the President."
Disgrace of a man.0 -
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought I heard a statement from Blatter "If USA had the world cup instead of Russia, they would not know be looking into all of this with the FBI". He fails to mention that USA and us spent millions of pounds to win the tournament and he had already agreed to give it to Russia0
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German newspaper Bild claim to have a copy of Michael Garcia's suppressed inquiry into the Qatar bidding process.
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This was the report that FIFA refused to allow into the public domain in favour of a "legally appropriate version".
Then they released a summary version which cleared Qatar of all wrongdoing and criticised the English FA.
Then Garcia resigned and said FIFA completely misrepresented the true findings of the report.
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Cheers I had forgotten thatCallumcafc said:This was the report that FIFA refused to allow into the public domain in favour of a "legally appropriate version".
Then they released a summary version which cleared Qatar of all wrongdoing and criticised the English FA.
Then Garcia resigned and said FIFA completely misrepresented the true findings of the report.
If you forgot that that happened and needed a reminder...0 - Sponsored links:
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get it out there. would love to see this0
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Why FIFA didnt just put it out there (even a fake copy) in the first place is beyond me!!
All they've allowed is for another scandal to potentially blossom whereas even with a fake copy of the report they could have created confusion amongst everyone as no one would have known which one was right or not0 -
Garcia and Borbely probably would have known!ForeverAddickted said:Why FIFA didnt just put it out there (even a fake copy) in the first place is beyond me!!
All they've allowed is for another scandal to potentially blossom whereas even with a fake copy of the report they could have created confusion amongst everyone as no one would have known which one was right or not0 -
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"For the sake of transparency, Fifa welcomes the news that this report has now been finally published."
Why not do it at the time then?1 -
I wonder if the FA will ever get any sort of recognition for the stink they kicked up about Blatter/FIFA at the time. They were just made out to be the stroppy child and very few FAs supported them.1
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I wonder if Blatter & Platini will be exonerated
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Yeh the fact that the FA recognise they'll never ever get a Major Tournament nowmoutuakilla said:I wonder if the FA will ever get any sort of recognition for the stink they kicked up about Blatter/FIFA at the time.
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Bloody idiots at the FA can't even bribe properly...
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Oh the HORROR we offer to play a friendly against Thailand, whilst the Qataris give Payments of £1.6m to officialsCallumcafc said:Bloody idiots at the FA can't even bribe properly...
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FIFA created the conditions where everybody had to bribe in some way or another. So that becomes the 'NEW!' FIFA's rationale for not taking the World Cup away from two countries that were the best bribers. They should re-open the bids - due to the timescales - they should open to everybody not restrict to continents. QATAR and Russia would then be able to make their cases honestly!4
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If that happened would Qatar demand its bungs back?5
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What bungs? Totally transparent process mate.MuttleyCAFC said:If that happened would Qatar demand its bungs back?
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Footballs coming home?
Reports over the past day or two (mainly from Germany) that Qatar will have the 2022 World Cup taken away. With England the most likely replacement.
England would be great but if it's replaced with a reasonable location that can be played in the summer I don't care where it ends up!5 -
Can't see it - FIFA have too much to lose to piss off Qatar and risk details of any brown envelopes coming out.2
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Unlikely despite the overwhelming evidence of corruption. Highly recommended reading The Ugly Game.0
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The old chestnut about moving it to winter in Qatar hasn't come up lately.0
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They hate us. They would rather play it at the South Pole. Fuck em an the horse they rode in on.6
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The legal ramifications taking it from Qatar would be huge... Not to mention the fact that Qatar could hire the best lawyers.
No chance of it being moved
In a way am looking forward to the 2022 World Cup as really want to see how bad it'll be out there0
