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This shouldnt surprise me but what a cunt.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15757165.stm

Blatter talks out of his arse again !!

A clear undermining of the FA before Suarez and Terry get charged.

What a pillock this bloke is.

The sooner he snuffs it the better.

goon, idiot, bufoon....none of those words quite do him justice.

Stupid Swiss twat.

The Prince Phillip of FIFA.

Having that cunt as the figure head of world football beggars belief.

Cock.

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Pretty sure Wenger said something similar about players getting caught up in the heat of battle and saying things they shouldn't. He said it should stay on the pitch.

Similar message so are we just taking it out on an easy target?

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Look who ate all the pies !!!

What a Cunt this man is.

I actually wondered and hoped whether this was what the thread was about - no such luck!

Unbelievably his apology on the FIFA website seems to have made things worse.

http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/president/news/newsid=1544067/index.html

First up it was a half hearted 'my comments were misconstrued', yet his clarification of the comments seem to just repeat them. Worse for me is that they headline the apology with a picture of him hugging and laughing with a black man (fuck knows who he is), obviously to show that he isn't racist. He'll probably blacken his face with shoe polish next.

Complete and utter fucking twat.

Edit: I see Rio Ferdinand has referred to the posing with a black man picture as a "face palm" moment.

What a chode.

I wouldn't wish death on anyone but if he was gang raped that would be fine by me.

He and his mafia organisation's jurisdiction over world football is appauling.

Fuck off, Big Phil is racist in public so nobody else has to be...oh...

Whilst Blatter's original comments were completely out of order I do wonder if the backlash against the man is turning into a bit of a media circus, almost vendetta like. The UK media have been waiting to pounce on the bloke and now they have their chance.

Disappointed to read the Prince Philip comparison though, as I do believe most of his ramblings (how do you keep the locals off the booze - to a scottish driving instructor) is said in jest.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royal-wedding/2011/06/10/prince-philip-quotes-relive-90-classic-gaffes-to-mark-his-90th-birthday-115875-23191024/

Some of those are brilliant.

Is it really any different from players calling each other fatty or ginger?  I'm in my mid twenties and even when I was in school if you were picked on the answer was to respond with the like.  I can see his point, but he is inept in expressing himself.

I'm not advocating racism, but I can understand the need for banter and stick on a football pitch, and sometimes people will go too far in the heat of the moment.

Unfortunately, I fear I'm going to get flamed as it is socially unacceptable.  But why is racism unacceptable, but calling someone a fat cunt or a ginger nut acceptable?  The only answer I can think of is history, but then is it similarly unacceptable to refer to someone as a Kraut?

Yeah, what's a bit of casual racism between mates eh?

::)

Or fattism or gingerism?  ::)

Calling someone a kraut is perfectly acceptable, but a wog not.  What is the distinction?  It's hypocrytical of some of you to condemn Blatter and then in the next post call someone a daft kraut.  It's the same thing surely?  Some might even argue discriminating against the Germans is more loaded due to the history between the two nations.

His comments are out of touch with the real world, the sooner this daft sod buggers off then the better.  The most likely thing though is that this old ballsack will get away with it somehow, someway.

Not a lot to you, apparently.

To be fair I can see Walrus point that discrimination is discrimination regardless of whether it is on skin colour or hair colour.

He's missed the obvious point of context though - racism isn't "banter and stick on a football pitch".

What I think he was trying to say was that, making an off the cuff racist comment in the heat of the moment isn't the same as being inherently racist (something which I agree with). He should'nt have said that they should've just shaken hands afterwards and be done with it though. In fact he shouldn't have said anything which could've been taken out of context. Making a racist comment is very serious and shouldn't be taken lightly whatsoever.

Too right. It's going to take tactics like that if he is to ever be ousted. I see Gordon Taylor is calling for him to be sacked now.

People like this always seem to retain power, this will be brushed under the carpet as taken "out of context"/"miss-quoted"

Sepp Blatter has just had a go back at Rio

http://twitter.com/SeppBlatter/status/137113645392990208

*crunches popcorn*

nothing will happen until sponsors start putting pressure on. Money is the only thing that matters to FIFA, not the opinion of supporters/players/ media from a nation they clearly despise.

Is that really the old duffer's real twitter account?  "The black man 'as you call him'" is that meant to mean something? 

i can only assume rio's deleted a tweet or something...

This is the Ferdinand tweet he was referring to, hasn't been deleted either;


Shows how dumb Blatter is, getting in to a slanging match with Ferdinand on twitter. Interestingly, Ferdinand has 8 times as many followers as Blatter.

Sorry I should have been a little more clear in my post.  Is Blatter trying to belittle Rio or at least try and deflect Rio's comments by trying to make something out of the fact Rio referred to the bloke Blatter was hugging as a 'black man'. 

Blatter =  :gay: Cunt

Needs to go and commit  :suicide:

 :badmood:

Definitely, I would be very surprised if he was unseated because of this.

All good ammo for the future though, every little bit of hysteria counts. Hopefully in the future when something else happens the pressure will grow even more.

http://seppblatterwithblackpeople.wordpress.com/

Is referring to a black man as "a black man" racist?


For what it's worth, Blatter is still a cunt of the highest order

only if you put the " " around it.

The old cunt will survive as usual because there are going to be enough ethnics kissing his ringpiece and hoping for a bit of the action ala Jack Warner albeit he's gone.
Money talks and the FIFA gravytrain will roll on.

Following on from the John Terry saga - http://lockerz.com/s/157197522

Don't think anyone actually thought he would resign over this did they?

We're leading the charge on racism in football and you often feel others don't really give a fuck. You only have to look at the near continual abuse our players face across Europe and the slaps on the wrist given as punishment rather than anything meaningful.

The only reason FIFA speak out against racism is to play the game and because they know they'd be in deep shit if they didn't. Doesn't mean they really want to do anything about it.

This whole event has barely raised an eyebrow in the European press... so this certainly hasn't damaged Blatter in the slightest bit, if anything its made him despise the 'English' that little bit more.

If he can survive his association having corrupt members on his watch a bit of sweeping racism under the carpet isn't going to bother him.

His high (or low) point was getting away with buying votes for the presidency with cash in brown envelopes in plain sight.

Think he explained it as being "an advance of monies due to the associations".

He might be a cunt but he has taken bullet proof to a whole new level. When he retires from FIFA he'll be able to make a fortune advising politicians on how to survive scandals intact.

Or by selling his skin to budget frying pan manufacturers.

I read the other day that West Midlands Police are after a new officer in charge of race relations... perhaps he should apply for that.

It's not just Blatter and FIFA that don't take racism seriously - UEFA have just fined the Bulgarian FA €40,000 for the racist chanting and throwing of fireworks during the England game in September. Doesn't really send a message other than who gives a fuck does it?

Yes Sepp, no racism in the game....

 http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/virals/2011-11-21/video-former-arsenal-defender-emmanuel-eboue-abused-besiktas-fans

Absolutely sick isnt it, feel so sorry for Eboue during that incident, was really emotional for the lad

Unbelievable (and appalling)...love the (lack of) reaction from all the other players...yeah, great intervention lads, well done.

One of the players seems to be saying why don't you just move? Very upsetting watching that

Whilst I agree with everything that has been said on UEFA and blatter, the issue is a society thing. It was only 20 years ago that we had the bananas and the monkey chants.

We just have to wait for some parts of the world to catch up.

And yes UEFA don't help, perhaps a 3 match fan ban would make these places take notice at least within the football community.

first of all, i dont condone the behaviour, but he did seem insistant on staying in the same spot.

Handshakes going to sort that out eh, Turkeys human rights record is atrocious and am sure this reflects onto their people too

He is a right back taking a throw in.The ref obviously had no intention of stopping the game

Arguably, he did more good by staying where he was.  For a start, we're all discussing it.

This problem is endemic in the society of these countries. Until you tackle the problem off the pitch you won't get anywhere with fines etc. on the pitch.

Interesting that everyone focuses on the racial element of the Eboue incident and not the more basic fact that missiles being thrown at any player is unacceptable. If that had happened here the ref would have stopped the game solely for safety reasons, no matter what colour the players skin.

A lot of crazy shit goes on with fans in Europe that simply wouldn't be tolerated here. Flares seem a common and accepted part of the game in other countries, yet the shit hit the fan when just one of our fans took one to a game. Yet if you were to ask UEFA I'm sure they'd still say we're the ones with crowd problems.

The only thing the bloke did wrong....

..the water bottle hits his side yet he grabs his head.

Why shouldn't he?  As DRS has already said, he was playing right back and taking a throw in.  Ardiles is also right - by staying put its highlighted the incident - which can only be a good thing.  Beyond that - why on earth should he not stay in the same spot?  I'm actually fairly sure this is not what you meant, but it sounds like you think he ought to have moved and this would have prevented the incident continuing.  He was not in the wrong - the ignorant, disgusting racists were.  He is entitled to stand there as long as he wants without being subjected to that filth.

How do we know that the Eboue incident was racially motivated ? I am in no way defending racism, but all I can see is a player getting pelted with missiles, cant see any evidence that it is purely because he is black. Cant hear any monkey chants, just some crappy guitar music. Every teams supporters often pick on one of the opposition players, sometimes there is history with that player or one bad tackle, or dive, or he just looks a bit shit (quite possible with Eboue!) and the crowd pick up on it and give that player stick. In this country it would be boos, jeers whatever, in Turkey they do as their society sees fit which is to throw things at him. Where is the racist element in this ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16022444.stm

He does know how to improve relationships, doesn't he.

Sooner the old twat snuffs it the better

I heard the wife mutter that under her breath only this afternoon.

I wonder whether silence will be observed or even expected in the event of his demise? I would hope the football world continues without even so much as an acknowledgement of the corrupt twat.

England hold grudge over corrupt organisation after spending millions? Rightly so.

A minutes clapping might very well be appropriate

You can picture the scenes - jubilant clapping all around the country, a special Poznan at Man City, Millwall singing "No-one liked you, we don't care", and even a gentle (but restrained) smatter of appreciation at the Emirates.

A minutes laughter would be more appropriate.

I see his old boss 'resigns' from the IOC days before an ethics hearing :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/16025714.stm

How about a minute's cunt. Everyone stands up and just utters the word cunt like a Buddhist mantra. Then we sit down and enjoy a game of football - a very fitting tribute.

 
 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I'm sure it will be observed in the same manner as the silence for Bill Fox (chairman of the football league) was by Swindon fans at QPR (before an FA Cup game at Loftus Rd).

The request for silence was greeted by a rendition of "The football league is full of shit".
If I remember rightly it was a live Sky game, never found out if they broadcast the (lack of) silence, & if they did how they explained it.

How about doing a 'He's a wanker' song, similar to the one on Men Behaving Badly :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XurNuM-tB20

Batter = fat cunt = says it all

was that when we lost 3-0? think it was a monday night?

The fact that you can't get his name right speaks volumes as well.

Yeah, Les Ferdinand scored at least one.

We were in the upper tier, from where you couldn't see the goal line of the goal at that end.

I think a minute of booing would be good. Along with a few, "wanker, wanker, wanker, wanker" chants, like those directed at opposition players.

Didn't Dave Micthell play c/b ??

That I like... :D :D

My first away game without a responsible adult. I had my photo taken for 90minutes magazine outside the ground too.

How cool am I

Ah, 90 minutes magazine

Them were the days

These iPads are sensitive things !! (pedant)