Blatter

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Where does football go from here if this imbecile retains what has surely become an untenable position for him?

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Where does football go from here if this imbecile retains what has surely become an untenable position for him?

Accused of corruption, then stood for re-election with no-one against him, then told us we could not wear poppies on our international strips now this racist escapade ,the man is an erse and a few of the bigger associations should demand he is sacked or they will withdraw from Fifa to force him out

[Jones28]

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Accused of corruption, then stood for re-election with no-one against him, then told us we could not wear poppies on our international strips now this racist escapade ,the man is an erse and a few of the bigger associations should demand he is sacked or they will withdraw from Fifa to force him out

Would love that to happn, but they would probably loose too much in revenue if it failed

[Seveno]

Someone should persuade him to shift his interest to basketball or the theatre.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

FIFA as an organisation is rotten inside, outside and up and down. I don't look at Step Ladder and think football, or sport or anything healthy.

[Bostonhibby]

Utterly vile corrupt creature, wonder if he fancies buying a football club with similar standing that has recently come onto the market, perfect successor.

[Saorsa]

Dinnae worry, the FIFA ethics committee will sort things out

[Sas_The_Hibby]

Blatter's attitudes belong in the 1930s with the one exception being his embrace of modern commercialism in all its manifestations, and to the exclusion of all other considerations.

A pathetic symbol of everything that's wrong with football throughout the world IMO.

I may be an old f**t but it takes one to know one and he's the biggest old f**t of all!

[Broken Gnome]

Caught up in homophobia, racism and sexism scandals inside a year or so? Fine work.

Seems only England have a great desire to remove him though. If that remains the case, nothing happens. Hopefully the latest incident draws Platini into opposition of behalf of France.

[heretoday]

Blatter's on a shooglie.

So saying I don't need any guidance on morality from the likes of Piers Morgan who has joined the Blatter bandwagon.

[Andy74]

Gus Poyet has said someting quite similar about Evra and Suarez. I think what Blatter meant was much about the same. Can't see much comment on Poyet's words? The times for exaple carries both stories but is slating Blatter and makes no comment on Poyet.

Poyet said that Evra was acting like a cry baby and that in Spain Poyet was called all sorts of things and that you just have to get on with it as part of the game.

[Sas_The_Hibby]

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Gus Poyet has said someting quite similar about Evra and Suarez. I think what Blatter meant was much about the same. Can't see much comment on Poyet's words? The times for exaple carries both stories but is slating Blatter and makes no comment on Poyet.

Poyet said that Evra was acting like a cry baby and that in Spain Poyet was called all sorts of things and that you just have to get on with it as part of the game.

That's fair enough and the reality is that you do sometimes have to just get on with it. However, it still doesn't mean it's right and Blatter's comments appeared (to me) to be saying racist comments on the pitch were okay as long as you shook hands afterwards:

IMO it's not okay. There'll always be wind - ups / sledging / call it what you will, in all sports but that doesn't mean any kind of comment is acceptable.

BTW I realise your main point is that similar comments from Blatter and Poyet were being treated differently, so I'm not actually arguing with you!

[Sas_The_Hibby]

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Caught up in homophobia, racism and sexism scandals inside a year or so? Fine work.

Seems only England have a great desire to remove him though. If that remains the case, nothing happens. Hopefully the latest incident draws Platini into opposition of behalf of France.

Unfortunately, whilst I think the English FA are right, they've lost all credibility, having a) gone along with a corrupt FIFA system when they were bidding for the World Cup and b) throwing the toys out the pram when they lost out, which just makes their opposition to Blatter look like sour grapes.

[Sas_The_Hibby]

Now that the employment of migrant workers in Qatar has been compared to 'slavery' by international trade unions, I'm waiting for Blatter to say that slavery's okay as long as a) female slaves wear tight shorts b) Christiano Ronaldo isn't involved and c) you shake hands afterwards.

[Malthibby]

Rotten from top to bottom, Blatter & FIFA are one & the same & I have no hope that it will change any time soon. Too many folk in his pocket.
GG

[Bostonhibby]

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Unfortunately, whilst I think the English FA are right, they've lost all credibility, having a) gone along with a corrupt FIFA system when they were bidding for the World Cup and b) throwing the toys out the pram when they lost out, which just makes their opposition to Blatter look like sour grapes.

Right though they are, they have siezed the moment.

Bladder has again given the English FA the chance to pursue what they would always have been after - a FIFA that is more disposed to their less obvious way of working things to their advantage. They had much more clout this time than at the time of their last protest but they but pulled up short again.

Truth is that if wheeling out Beckham and a member of the royal family who looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights had won them the World Cup the bandwagon would have cheerfully rolled on with the FA and the businessmen driving their campaign cashing in along the way.

[Pete]

People go on about racism in British football but I think we're one of the world leaders when it comes to eradication.
Countries in southern and eastern Europe have been fined for racist chanting and what's the common factor? England and their black players have been there and have flagged it up.

Black and white commentators all over the British media have been the ones shouting loudest about Blatters comments. The comments originated from subjects in the English game but practically the whole of Europe has said nothing about the subject. There have been some really fascinating personal stories told on the radio that give an insight into how this is such a non-issue in the so many parts of the world.

The guy at the top of the football tree has to be whiter than white. He simply can't make comments like he has because football has such power all over the world.

As for Gus Poyet...If I was a black player at Brighton I'm not sure I would play for him after listening to this interview....especially the latter stages.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...100-not-racist

I'm not sure what he's all about.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Where theres money in excess there'sCorruption. The excesses are obscene in football i really can't fathom how fans during periods of austerity reconcile how out of reality wages in football have become. Footballers and fat cats some similarities for me.

[Future17]

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Gus Poyet has said someting quite similar about Evra and Suarez. I think what Blatter meant was much about the same. Can't see much comment on Poyet's words? The times for exaple carries both stories but is slating Blatter and makes no comment on Poyet.

Poyet said that Evra was acting like a cry baby and that in Spain Poyet was called all sorts of things and that you just have to get on with it as part of the game.

I think what Poyet said was actually worse than what Blatter said.

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The guy at the top of the football tree has to be whiter than white.

Racist.