Still think the British (English) medias concern and interest in FIFA corruption start and stops with the fact 'the scoundrels didn't award the World Cup staging to England'.
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28-05-2015 10:40 AM #31
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28-05-2015 10:43 AM #32This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Seems that well-known Russian anti-corruption activist - Putin - has now declared that Blätter is on no account corrupt and it's all a conspiracy and it's really the Americans who are to blame ...
BTW ... how does "arse" get through the swear filter?
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28-05-2015 10:47 AM #33This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
And quite rightly too considering they thought they'd done enough to get the gig, only to lose out to Qatar and we are all aware how popular that decision has been.
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28-05-2015 10:48 AM #34This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-05-2015 10:53 AM #37This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Who got that one Russia?
There was obviously a lot of rumblings going on around both world cups, hence why the press over here started delving in, it's obvious it's been ongoing for many years now, when people start making mistakes gaps open up.
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28-05-2015 11:10 AM #38This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-05-2015 11:14 AM #39This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Well at the moment it does look that way, until it all comes out we have to suspect it is all the foreign delegates who are corrupt, the US attourney that did his investigation didn't point any fingers towards our nations but he did towards the 2 countries that won both respective bids, Russia and Qatar.
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28-05-2015 11:22 AM #40This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Even with many people's disquiet abou Blatter I do agree with his vision of promoting football globally and in areas of the world that would benefit from inspiration of a important world event like the World cup. I am fed up of the World Cup bouncing around the usual suspects of Germany, Italy and England.
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28-05-2015 11:26 AM #41
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I would rather see it go to countries that are accessible to fans, and countries who can create and indeed get the benefit from the infrastructure.. the Qatar situation is unbelievable. With migrant workers dying everyday and who do you actually think will benefit except the government??
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28-05-2015 11:34 AM #42This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
South Africa doesn't seem to have benefited out of it and I can't really see any benefit in having the World Cup in Qatar. US Football might have benefited, though, from the exposure given to the World Cup at the time.
The only people who definitely gain from World Cups seem to be FIFA and their corrupt members.
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28-05-2015 11:36 AM #43This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think I heard on the news yesterday there are question marks over the SA bid for the world cup too, not surprising.
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28-05-2015 11:36 AM #44This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-05-2015 11:38 AM #45This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yep, wouldn't exactly be a big surprise now to find evidence of dodgy dealings at any of the World Cup awards.
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28-05-2015 11:40 AM #46
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I would also go as far as saying that you should have qualified for a relatively recent tournament before being allowed to host it.. It should be accessible for fans who want to follow their own team not just corporate people who want to see a football tournamentLast edited by liamh2202; 28-05-2015 at 11:44 AM.
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28-05-2015 11:43 AM #48This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Or manage to play the tournament at a time that doesn't mean most of the World's Domestic Competitions having to be re-organised, due to the fact that it's too hot in Summer to actually play Football.
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28-05-2015 11:44 AM #49
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As for the highlighted words from your post I personally can remember articles from the early 70's attacking FIFA procedures and it hasn't stopped yet.
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28-05-2015 11:45 AM #50
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Any alleged FIFA corruption is one thing and deserves investigation and highlighting but the policy of taking the major football tournament to different and challenging areas of the world should not be changed imo.Last edited by Spike Mandela; 28-05-2015 at 11:49 AM.
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28-05-2015 11:48 AM #51
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At least Africa have a football setup to speak of (acon etc) the same cannot be Said of Qatar
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28-05-2015 11:51 AM #52This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
To be fair to them, they did not spend enough on bribes. Every country that has bid for the games gives out bribes or as they probably like to call them gifts.
England's gifts were not good enough.
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28-05-2015 11:51 AM #53
If they want to expand the game then Australia/Japan would've been a perfect place to go, England do deserve to hold it again, almost 50 years since it's been on these shores and although I'm a proud Scot, having massive games just down the road would be great to go and see.
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There are of course footballing countries in this part of the world but awarding the event to say Iraq, Iran, Egypt or Saudi Arabia would bring a whole heap of different problems, issues and controversies that would be unpalatable to most people.
Whilst FIFA is mired in all this scandal and controversy it easily forgotten that it is a sporting institution like the IOC that should cross all borders and transcend politics and be all about furthering sporting endeavour.
Not above the law though of course.
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28-05-2015 12:07 PM #55
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IMO Blatter only promotes himself not football. He chases votes from the smaller or emerging nations by spreading the word of his "vision" so that he keep his job (the job he promised all those that voted for him last time that he wouldn't stand for again - and then he did - what a great and noble man to have in charge of world football).
I am all for the WC finals reaching into new countries but not before they are ready or deserving (ready/deserving means having a country that is at least interested in football enough to have some infrastructure and league activity in place prior to lobbying to be the home country) and the disruption to world football that will be caused by holding it in Qatar is truly horrendous.
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28-05-2015 12:09 PM #56
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28-05-2015 12:09 PM #57
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There are approx 200 countries in the world and since 1930 only 15 of these have hosted a World Cup. The notion that any country should host it for a second time in such a short period should be seen as ridiculous and indeed corrupt in this day and age.
Of course many small nations couldn't afford to host said event but more should be done to consider joint bids, indeed it's a pity Qatar couldn't have been some sort of joint Arab bid. Surely we have to break the cartel of the usual European and South American nations though.
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