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Post by a more piratey game on Jun 2, 2015 16:52:47 GMT
Resigned. There's a turn-up
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Post by matealotblue on Jun 2, 2015 17:21:31 GMT
For the better.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 17:33:44 GMT
Resigned. There's a turn-up And even then he couldn't leave the stage with any shread of dignity. His resignation speech was centred around how he tried to change things but was blocked, how nothing is his fault and how the structure of FIFA will be even more unacountable in future. |
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Post by brizzle on Jun 2, 2015 17:41:24 GMT
I can't believe that Blatter has suddenly decided that it was time to resign his position, after having vigorously sought re-election only days ago. It's highly likely that there are a few revelations in the pipeline. In any event he's gone, so that's a positive.
I wonder who in FIFA will be next?
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Post by alloutofgas on Jun 2, 2015 17:55:16 GMT
Massive pressure for him to walk from corporate sponsors, Adidas, Coca Cola etc. Very bad to be tarnished by corruption. The FBI will be forensic in their investigations. Anyone associated with Blatter/Warner will be getting their collar felt. Greg Dyke was right. This will run and run. I think this will be the death of FIFA and a new governing body created
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Post by a more piratey game on Jun 2, 2015 18:02:26 GMT
Appeal - this should be in the Gas section - it affects Jake G and all our other internationals and their availability for us!
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Post by tanksfull on Jun 2, 2015 18:38:26 GMT
Appeal - this should be in the Gas section - it affects Jake G and all our other internationals and their availability for us! I agree. I think it could have stayed there a little longer before correctly moving it. Lots of other threads do. |
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Post by lostinspace on Jun 2, 2015 18:52:15 GMT
I can't believe that Blatter has suddenly decided that it was time to resign his position, after having vigorously sought re-election only days ago. It's highly likely that there are a few revelations in the pipeline. In any event he's gone, so that's a positive. I wonder who in FIFA will be next? highly likely!!! bet he has done a deal and seeking immunity from prosecution by pleading insanity |
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Post by JeffNZ on Jun 2, 2015 19:22:32 GMT
Momentous and fantastic news.
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Post by brisgas123 on Jun 2, 2015 20:43:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 21:23:29 GMT
Great news and even better now the FBI are reported as wanting him for questioning as well.
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Post by irishrover on Jun 3, 2015 10:16:48 GMT
It all depends on who and how the next person takes over. If this issue has highlighted anything it should be that the issues with FIFA go way beyond one man and his ego. There are plenty of others preparing to step into his shoes. All the moralising European Football Associations should be embarrassed with themselves that the best they could apparently muster in opposition to Blatter was a puppet Jordanian Prince. That's a mighty high horse that Greg Dyke is riding and it would be interesting to see the books opened on England's 2018 World Cup bid - we certainly did deals with Jack Warner and we did deals with various questionable people in the Middle East etc.
Europe's (and within that England) role in all this has been pretty pathetic over the years. We were quite happy to sit back and let Blatter get on with it while the money was still rolling in from TV Deals. Instead of building proper alliances and actually offering something to the rest of World football we still just moan and bleat from the sidelines and act like we have the right to run the game from Lancaster Gate like good old days. To control FIFA you need to get something like 105 votes. Given that it should be fairly easy to set up a block vote of 50+ from Europe that means that Europe has not been able to put together sufficient alliances with 50 other countries round the World. It is utterly piss poor that they have failed to do this especially given the amount that Africa benefits from its relationship with European football. The mechanisms have existed to get rid of Blatter and his cronies for years and Europe including our FA have until recently completely neglected their responsibilities. The FA has got away with absolute murder here in playing the 'johnny foreigner card' and portraying itself as upholding some kind of moral virtue. They certainly haven't behaved like that; for most of the last 10 years they've been merrily dancing to Blatter's tune. Yes, there were some investigative journalists digging at this sort of thing but they certainly didn't have the support of the football establishment in this country; if anything they were bad mouthed by the FA. It's only since we didn't get the World Cup that the FA (along with most of Europe) have started trying to position themselves as the great arbiters of fair play and ethics; not surprisingly this come across to a lot of the rest of the World as sour grapes and rank hypocrisy particularly in Africa where they have long memories of the European football establishment spending decades actively excluding Africa from the global game. Again, political reality will intrude here and unless Europe recognises that it is a global game it will fall flat on its face yet again in front of whichever Blatter underling rises to the top. It is unbelievable that the FA have emerged as some kind of hero's here when they are utterly complicit in the shambles that is FIFA.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jun 3, 2015 10:57:14 GMT
Bloody glad blather has gone.
But disagree with some of what Irish says though. Undoubtedly we (as in Europe) have happily horse traded within Europe but only a Jordanian Prince could be put up. Ern the reason for that was to get the non-europea federations on board hence Figo & the Dutch bloke withdrawing. As to only needing to build 50 alliances that presumes Europe would vote enbloc(not a chance with Russian leadership at present) & the fact that the bribery is all about ensuring all the other federations are in FIFAs pocket, the only other option for UEFA is to enter a bribery arms race with FIFA.
Hopefully the new president will have the good sense to go to a sponsor like Visa & say I want to second some of your best people to draw up a corporate governance structure that FIFA will adopt & force UEFA & all the country FAs to adopt as well.
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Post by strung out on Jun 3, 2015 11:29:31 GMT
France, Spain, Finland and Turkey all voted for Blatter apparently, so I'm not sure you can even say that Europe is unified particularly.
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Post by Nobbygas on Jun 3, 2015 12:14:16 GMT
He hasn't gone. He remains President until FIFA elect a new one, which will take months. He's managed to reduce the heat on him, but what is to stop him declaring in six months time that he has had a change of heart and will stay on as President?
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Post by brizzle on Jun 4, 2015 12:17:44 GMT
He hasn't gone. He remains President until FIFA elect a new one, which will take months. He's managed to reduce the heat on him, but what is to stop him declaring in six months time that he has had a change of heart and will stay on as President?That would depend on whether he was able to perform the duties expected of him as President. With the news that Jack Warner is about to ''reveal all,'' Sepp Blatter (and one or two others) possibly might not be able to, if he/they were well down the line of investigation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-33002674 |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2015 12:35:01 GMT
Warner is acting exactly like a cornered rat and I would offer him no immunity whatsoever regardless of what he "reveals".
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Post by Peter Parker on Jun 4, 2015 12:43:53 GMT
Warner is definitely in self preservation mode. I imagine he and all the others will be scrabbling to do a deal first, but Blazer is already there.
I guess it depends on if anyone else has earth shattering information that is legit
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Post by brizzle on Jun 4, 2015 15:12:17 GMT
I almost feel like a voyeur, looking in at someone else's sufferings . . . and enjoying every moment of it. It's been a long time a'coming, and I'm quite certain that there's still plenty more to come as well, and all self-inflicted so you can't feel sorry for any of 'em.
Pass the popcorn.
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