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« Reply #30 on: Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 18:32:41 » |
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Please God, let something stick on Blatter this time.
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jonny72
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« Reply #31 on: Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 19:47:22 » |
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The corruption goes right through football....although some are more corrupt and syphon off bigger bucks, than others.
All the way down from FIFA to the North Wilts & District Youth & Minor League. I'm not convinced Platini is better than Blatter, or Dyke better than Platini. I don't see any of the solutions starting from within football. Maybe someone from outside football, in charge of FIFA with the brief to build it all up again from scratch. Needs someone to pull the plug and no one seems ready for the nuclear option yet. |
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #32 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 07:43:08 » |
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I see the fella who either was or is charge of the Cayman Islands FA is on the FBI list......don't we have some link up with them. Just saying like.
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« Reply #33 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 07:52:37 » |
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I see the fella who either was or is charge of the Cayman Islands FA is on the FBI list......don't we have some link up with them. Just saying like.
I think the Football in the Community guys have been out to the Caymans a few times. |
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« Reply #35 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 09:15:18 » |
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All the way down from FIFA to the North Wilts & District Youth & Minor League.
The difference being that in the N Wilts league, the league officials and clubs themselves forced out the corruption and called in the police. Not without a titanic battle and it took too long for someone to stand up to the N Wilts Blatters but at least they did it. Whereas in the national and international associations, there's a lot of talk but no real willingness to tackle the problem. Which is why FIFA needed an external agency to start cleaning the Augean stables. We've not seen a fraction of the shit that will come out of there yet. |
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« Reply #36 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 09:18:04 » |
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There's a danger of tarring everyone with the same brush here - just because the head of the Cayman FA is bent, doesn't mean everyone involved in football over there is. Or, by association, that anyone who deals with them is. I did a course with a guy from the Caymans recently, should I turn myself in? |
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« Reply #37 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 09:36:04 » |
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I did a course with a guy from the Caymans recently, should I turn myself in?
Was it a course on tax avoidance? |
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« Reply #38 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 10:00:21 » |
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I think its great this is finally coming out into the open, however is it a little suspicious that the authorities finally decided to act the week of the FIFA election?
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« Reply #39 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 10:25:38 » |
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Its because they were all in the same place at the same time, with little chance of skipping off.
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Summerof69
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« Reply #40 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 10:28:51 » |
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I think its great this is finally coming out into the open, however is it a little suspicious that the authorities finally decided to act the week of the FIFA election?
Not really. They've been building their case, and due to the fact that all of them are going to be in the same place for the FIFA conference, it's certainly a lot easier to get them arrested in one raid on one hotel than all around the world. |
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« Reply #41 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 12:04:01 » |
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« Reply #42 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 12:45:35 » |
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I can't recall ever having such an appetite for any news, but all this FIFA stuff is brilliant. This is a great article. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32909649Looking back on Madoff's long drawn out downfall, and Lance Armstrong's, this feels quite similar; years of people shouting about the obvious and few taking any notice. Hopefully, like Madoff's house of cards, FIFA's will crash down in spectacular fashion. |
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« Reply #43 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 12:49:56 » |
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This FIFA thing has resulted in me doing approx. zero work over the last two days.
Constant updates. Incredible news.
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« Reply #44 on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 13:42:26 » |
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I can't recall ever having such an appetite for any news, but all this FIFA stuff is brilliant. This is a great article. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32909649Looking back on Madoff's long drawn out downfall, and Lance Armstrong's, this feels quite similar; years of people shouting about the obvious and few taking any notice. Hopefully, like Madoff's house of cards, FIFA's will crash down in spectacular fashion. I do like the description of Andrew Jennings as a 'veteran Blatter-botherer' |
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