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[Seal]

Couldn't that same arguement have been made about bringing it to England.

I meant taking the World Cup to England (hasn't been there since 1966 when the world was a very different place).

Jesus Christ. The post was about Blatter not the specifics of Brazil's World Cup History. But just to humour you, in 1950, most of the world was still recovering from the biggest war of all time. So yes the world was a significantly different place, far more so than in was by 66.

Still waiting for evidence of what exact Blatter has done that is so cretinous more importantly...

[Seal]

Couldn't that same arguement have been made about bringing it to England.

I meant taking the World Cup to England (hasn't been there since 1966 when the world was a very different place).

Jesus Christ. The post was about Blatter not the specifics of Brazil's World Cup History. But just to humour you, in 1950, most of the world was still recovering from the biggest war of all time. So yes the world was a significantly different place, far more so than in was by 66.

Still waiting for evidence of what exact Blatter has done that is so cretinous more importantly...

[floyd__streete]

Still waiting for evidence of what exact Blatter has done that is so cretinous more importantly...

Just typed Sepp Blatter gaffes into Google, it comes back with 75,800 results . Do you think that a sport which so marginalises homosexuals and women (think Justin Fashanu, think Tottenham fans chants against Sol Campbell, think Mike Newell's comments on female assistant referee Amy Rayner) that Sepp's comments recently about Qatar and in the past about female players wearing tight shorts are particularly becoming of the most powerful man in the sport?

[Seal]

Still waiting for evidence of what exact Blatter has done that is so cretinous more importantly...

Just typed Sepp Blatter gaffes into Google, it comes back with 75,800 results . Do you think that a sport which so marginalises homosexuals and women (think Justin Fashanu, think Tottenham fans chants against Sol Campbell, think Mike Newell's comments on female assistant referee Amy Rayner) that Sepp's comments recently about Qatar and in the past about female players wearing tight shorts are particularly becoming of the most powerful man in the sport?

What the fcuk does that prove? I typed felching in google and got 550,000 results.

I think you are confusing me with someone who is defending Blatter. I'm not, I just find this bad loser, "Blatter is the devil" stuff very boring and frankly it appears, pretty baseless. Clearly he is not perfect but I think blaming him for the the marginalisation of homosexuals in football is probably a touch strong. Football is still a (relatively) working class sport, so maybe you should focus your social injustice ire at the lack of acceptance of homosexuality in working class communities rather than football?

I would also reference that when Blatter was general secretary of FIFA he was heavily involved in the creation and development of the Women's World Cup, the inaugural tournament being in 1991.

He says a few stupid things, but so does Boris and everyone (ok not everyone) seems to love him. Maybe the difference is no one really gives a sh1t about being Mayor of London but everyone thinks they would do a better job if they ran FIFA.

[Royal With Cheese]

He says a few stupid things, but so does Boris and everyone (ok not everyone) seems to love him. Maybe the difference is no one really gives a sh1t about being Mayor of London but everyone thinks they would do a better job if they ran FIFA.

Yes. Can a woman be chairman of FIFA?

[Svlad Cjelli]

He says a few stupid things, but so does Boris and everyone (ok not everyone) seems to love him. Maybe the difference is no one really gives a sh1t about being Mayor of London but everyone thinks they would do a better job if they ran FIFA.

Yes. Can a woman be chairman of FIFA?

That's a long way off - on the FA Council, not even the representative of women's football is a woman.

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

He says a few stupid things, but so does Boris and everyone (ok not everyone) seems to love him. Maybe the difference is no one really gives a sh1t about being Mayor of London but everyone thinks they would do a better job if they ran FIFA.

Yes. Can a woman be chairman of FIFA?

That's a long way off - on the FA Council, not even the representative of women's football is a woman.

I've had my doubts about some of the players on the team to be honest.

[floyd__streete]

I think you are confusing me with someone who is defending Blatter. I'm not, I just find this bad loser, "Blatter is the devil" stuff very boring and frankly it appears, pretty baseless. Clearly he is not perfect but I think blaming him for the the marginalisation of homosexuals in football is probably a touch strong. Football is still a (relatively) working class sport, so maybe you should focus your social injustice ire at the lack of acceptance of homosexuality in working class communities rather than football?

Nothing to do with being a bad loser; in some ways I am glad that we didn't get 2018 and I think that Russia is a worthy host. I thought that Blatter was a clown before the bid results, I still think that he is a clown. I am not blaming him for marginalising anyone, but these recent comments were entirely outrageous and disgraceful. Do you think that Boris Johnson would still be Mayor of London if he came out with a similarly despicable line?

[prostak]

Bad example. Johnson was elected precisely because he comes out with lovably outdated views like that.

[bobbybottler]

I typed felching in google

mate, we all have

[Seal]

Bad example. Johnson was elected precisely because he comes out with lovably outdated views like that.

"If gay marriage is acceptable so too should be a union between three men and a dog"

B Johnson.

[floyd__streete]

Plenty more on Blatter though. Remember when he wanted the goals widened? Remember when he suggested games be played in quarters? Fruit loop

[prostak]

At least Blatter is genuinely out of touch though. Bozza is using the 'totle lej' stuff to obfuscate some of the most horrifically far-right views the Tory party have known.

[PEARCEY]

Plenty more on Blatter though. Remember when he wanted the goals widened? Remember when he suggested games be played in quarters? Fruit loop

Don't think they are such bad ideas. The game badly needs to freshen up. Its needs radical overhaul.

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

Plenty more on Blatter though. Remember when he wanted the goals widened? Remember when he suggested games be played in quarters? Fruit loop

Don't think they are such bad ideas. The game badly needs to freshen up. Its needs radical overhaul.

I'm kind of ambivalent about such things. On one hand I can't agree that the game needs a radical overhaul. There's not a huge amount wrong with it. On the other I find it a tad frustrating that so many are bitterly opposed to anything that might improve the game.

With the bigger goals idea, for example, any mention of it has people screaming that it would make the game a farce, with 10 goals a game, and people who want that should watch basketball etc etc...

But what if a small increase meant another 1/2 a goal a game? I mean, if the premier league has 35 goals in a weekend then people rave about it, and if the world cup goes down to 2 goals a game, people complain that it's terrible. Yes, 147 years ago the first FA arbitrarily decided to make goalposts 8 yards apart, but they also said that goals could be scored at any height, yet that isn't sacrosanct.


Regardless, it's not going to change until perhaps 2011, when the Qatar FA pressure FIFA to make goals even bigger than a barn door, as their team can't hit one of those either.

Then of course you have FIFA themselves who refuse video technology even for goal-line decisions, and people nod in agreement that refereeing mistakes are part of that game, and somehow the game is better of with them.


So no, the game doesn't need a redical overhaul, but that doesn't mean it couldn't benefit from change.

[Royalee]

Plenty more on Blatter though. Remember when he wanted the goals widened? Remember when he suggested games be played in quarters? Fruit loop

Don't think they are such bad ideas. The game badly needs to freshen up. Its needs radical overhaul.

No, it's this 'overhaul' you speak of which is ruining it. Premier League, televised games day and night, too much money, giving few people too much power throughout the game, FIFA members, officials, players and so on, fifty linesmen in the Champions League games instead of video technology, fining managers for using their squads, transfer windows, vuvuzelas, jabalani footballs...f*ck off and die somewhere quietly soon Blatter.

Oh, and well said Ian Holloway today : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/9300866.stm

[leon]

Plenty more on Blatter though. Remember when he wanted the goals widened? Remember when he suggested games be played in quarters? Fruit loop

Don't think they are such bad ideas. The game badly needs to freshen up. Its needs radical overhaul.

No, it's this 'overhaul' you speak of which is ruining it. Premier League, televised games day and night, too much money, giving few people too much power throughout the game, FIFA members, officials, players and so on, fifty linesmen in the Champions League games instead of video technology, fining managers for using their squads, transfer windows, vuvuzelas, jabalani footballs...f*ck off and die somewhere quietly soon Blatter.

Oh, and well said Ian Holloway today : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/9300866.stm

that's not what Pearcy's saying though is it, as well you know. And as for Holloway - whilst I quite like him and his teams - this doesn't really do him justice. He comes across as a bit of a simpleton.

[The whole year inn]

Plenty more on Blatter though. Remember when he wanted the goals widened? Remember when he suggested games be played in quarters? Fruit loop

Don't think they are such bad ideas. The game badly needs to freshen up. Its needs radical overhaul.

have you been taking heroin? You are a normal poster

[PlasticRoyale]

ghey

[Mr Angry]

Blatter has stated that he wants the Qatar World Cup to be played in the Winter.

He stated that it was because he was concerned about it being too hot for the players if the World Cup were held in June/July........


........ so why award it to them then, muppet!!!



Seriously though, moving the WC to Jan/Feb would basically stuff up 2 domestic seasons; clubs would have to release players in early December, for nearly 3 months. Madness.