FIFA

[tans]

Someone must have something pretty serious on him, surely.

He tried touching me once

[DarloSTFC84]

He tried touching me once

So?

[Summerof69]

[Abrahammer]

Someone must have something pretty serious on him, surely.

Probably been told he will be arrested when he lands in Canada

[Pete]

Probably heading for the FIFA escape pod, bound for an underwater hideaway, as we speak



His wife trains dolphins.....

What will happen to the cat?

[Pax Romana]

Be careful what you wish for.  This has the feel of Gaddaffi going from Libya;  what realistic prospect is there of getting someone any better in his place?  I don't see how any honest man (or woman) can ever survive at the top of FIFA as currently constituted.  Unless you are prepared to buy votes then you'll always be supplanted by someone who will.

Blatter's great skill was to visibly move FIFA from being a UEFA dominated organisation.  His replacement needs to avoid looking like a European stooge if he is to have any chance.

[chalkies_shorts]

Blatter's great skill was to visibly move FIFA from being a UEFA dominated organisation.  His replacement needs to avoid looking like a European stooge if he is to have any chance.

Whats Jack Warner doing these days.

[Summerof69]

Whats Jack Warner doing these days.

Hopefully will be in the same cell as Blatter, sooner rather than later.

[Sir Pissalot]

Hopefully will be in the same cell as Blatter, sooner rather than later.

They could while away the hours playing FIFA 15, FIFA 16, FIFA 17, FIFA 18........   

[pauld]

Be careful what you wish for.  This has the feel of Gaddaffi going from Libya;  what realistic prospect is there of getting someone any better in his place?  I don't see how any honest man (or woman) can ever survive at the top of FIFA as currently constituted.  Unless you are prepared to buy votes then you'll always be supplanted by someone who will.

Blatter's great skill was to visibly move FIFA from being a UEFA dominated organisation.  His replacement needs to avoid looking like a European stooge if he is to have any chance.

Spot on PR. If anyone thinks that just getting rid of Blatter solves the problem, they're kidding themselves, don't understand the scale of the issue or they're Greg Dyke. Possibly all 3. Let's not forget Greg Dyke's watch, that our own FA's main problem with bribery around 2018 was that we weren't very good at it, UEFA up to their necks with Gazprom, the FA's reacting to the Times investigation into FIFA corruption 2 years ago by trying to smear the journos and backing FIFA to the hilt etc etc. Will take a lot more than just shifting Blatter to clean out these Augean stables

[Power to people]

There needs a complete overhaul at Fifa but there will be a lot of people there worried their dealings with come out so I expect someone close to the likes of blatter will try and parachuted in 'to save fifa'

I wonder if Prince Ali was a viable candidate with when it was all announced Europe wanted someone to run knowing they would not win.

Whoever get's the position will need to win over African's who are loyal to blatter - that will be a hard job

[A Gent Orange]

Listening to this http://www.newstalk.com/He-was-dreaming-of-himself-of-getting-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize
Philippe Auclair (and he is very good on this stuff) seems to think that there is very little hope of anything changing without a radicial restructuring of every FA in every confederation. He sees each as corrupt as FIFA itself. It is well worth a listen, albeit a rather depressing one.

[jonny72]

Whoever get's the position will need to win over African's who are loyal to blatter - that will be a hard job

Not just their loyalty to Blatter, their opposition to Britain, America and Uefa.

South Africa claiming there was no bribe, that it's made up by the British and America and that they've defeated colonialism and will continue fighting it. The last part is particularly troubling as it is how a lot of countries especially in Africa see us.

[Batch]

seems to think that there is very little hope of anything changing without a radicial restructuring of every FA in every confederation. He sees each as corrupt as FIFA itself.

Of course they are, FIFA wouldn't be susceptible to bribe scandal if all the FAs played it straight! Though I think 'as bad as each other' is not quite true.

An no getting rid of Blatter won't change much on its own, it **may** in fact achieve nothing. But keeping him there *would* change nothing- the last 16 years show that. Its an opportunity, lets hope its taken.

[Flashheart]

Chuck Blazer's spilling the beans then.