FIFA & The World Cup

It is yet another example of amateurish English failure. We're simply not good enough at the bribery and corruption required to get ahead in organisations such as FIFA. The writing was on the wall when Sir Stanley Rous was ousted as FIFA President by Joao Havelange (who was, of course, extremely good at corruption) in a thoroughly corrupt vote over 35 years ago and we haven't had anybody good enough at corruption ever since!

I mean, just look at the people we have in charge of this type of thing - they couldn't bribe their way out of a paper bag!

For further reading I suggest:

How They Stole the Game by David Yallop

and

Foul!: The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals by Andrew Jennings.

Read those and you'll be gobsmacked just how much the crooked scum who run FIFA have gotten away with over the years.

Hopefully today will cause our press to finally start investigating FIFA properly rather than pouring scorn on Andrew Jennings and the BBC for doing just that. It's about time they made a concerted effort to out them as the corrupt illegitimates they clearly are. Maybe that way we might finally see some transparacy and accountability within FIFA (hahahaha yeah right, 2026 is already pencilled in for China in Blatter's diary).

Was it like this when Arthur Drewery was FIFA President?

A muslim country has got the 2022 bid because they'll rule the world by then anyway.

So why don't we boycott the world cup in Russia and instead organise one of our own as an alternative. Start with all the home nations and those that didn't qualify and call it the alternative world cup for passionate countries that are not corrupt. Until Blatter and his cronies are outed the selection process will never be fair. How can a nation as great as ours wait over 45 years to host such an event. Can anyone (with a bit of time on their hands) post how many times a nation has hosted the world cup and the European cup to see if a pattern emergies ? One vote plus our own vote, how humiliating is that to Becks, Cameron and our future king ? I say Fook em once and for all. Any other thoughts ?

Quoted from cod_head_doug

So why don't we boycott the world cup in Russia and instead organise one of our own as an alternative. Start with all the home nations and those that didn't qualify and call it the alternative world cup for passionate countries that are not corrupt. Until Blatter and his cronies are outed the selection process will never be fair. How can a nation as great as ours wait over 45 years to host such an event. Can anyone (with a bit of time on their hands) post how many times a nation has hosted the world cup and the European cup to see if a pattern emergies ? One vote plus our own vote, how humiliating is that to Becks, Cameron and our future king ? I say Fook em once and for all. Any other thoughts ?

Yes. They just like money more than they like England.

If they gave the WC to England that would be a gap of 8 years without any kickbacks from the contracts and merchandising. England has all the infrastructure in place - nothing much to do to make it ready for the cup. Far better to give the WC to a country which needs everything building from scratch. Think of the cash that can go under the tables from that and you'll see the logic.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Whereas Russia is a country full of racist hooligans where taunts towards black players at matches are rife. Some teams will only sign white players since signing dark skinned players will cause the fans to boycott the club. Don't be flipping daft. Of course it's down to bribes and corruption.

exactly!

why else would abramovich be there?
you can be sure he's got something to do with it

Quoted from cod_head_doug

So why don't we boycott the world cup in Russia and instead organise one of our own as an alternative. Start with all the home nations and those that didn't qualify and call it the alternative world cup for passionate countries that are not corrupt. Until Blatter and his cronies are outed the selection process will never be fair. How can a nation as great as ours wait over 45 years to host such an event. Can anyone (with a bit of time on their hands) post how many times a nation has hosted the world cup and the European cup to see if a pattern emergies ? One vote plus our own vote, how humiliating is that to Becks, Cameron and our future king ? I say Fook em once and for all. Any other thoughts ?

Great title!

Not all bad then...

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

why else would abramovich be there?
you can be sure he's got something to do with it

He was part of the Russian delegation so of course he has!

Quoted from STB

A muslim country has got the 2022 bid because they'll rule the world by then anyway.