FIFA

[Ian Royal]

Jerome Valcke sacked by FIFA....................for the 2nd time!!

Unbelievable that an employee can get sacked for gross misconduct that cost his employer $90M, and is then re-employed a Year later!

Not when the employer is FIFA it isn't.

And the employee is described as Sepp Blatter's right hand man

[PieEater]

The pretence at reform in FIFA has started.

I can't see how they can reform until they spread the power amongst many more FA reps and having some weight to those reps dependant on their size. Having regional representation just leaves those people in charge open to corruption.

[Sanguine]

FIFA failed at the first hurdle by not starting from a blank page – no-one with any association to its previous executive should be consider for a role in the new one.
Second – the Presidency’s likely winner has already stated that plans to improve FIFAs transparency by reducing its committees from 26 to 9 will be circumvented, and all existing committees will remain.

If anything his likely election will only speed up the total collapse of FIFA.

[TBM]

So is Gianni Infantino a good choice?

[Uke]

Johnny Little boy?

Hope he's not a nonce

[Sutekh]

Best round up that I can find currently is here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35673743

[Deadlock]

The only worrying thing in that lot is the Russian sports minister seems happy.

[Sutekh]

The only worrying thing in that lot is the Russian sports minister seems happy.

Unfortunately I think it's too late to do anything about the disgusting Russia farce despite the Swiss authorities investigation.

However I would want this guy to stamp authority immediately and start showing clean up is going to happen by rescinding the Qatar disgrace. Not holding my breath sadly.

[Uke]

Platini still trying to save his career

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35705442

[Sanguine]

Pretty pleased with Infantino so far.

First, he doesn't look out of place playing football.



Second, his views on technology and football seem sensible and logical, a far cry from Blatter's infantile ramblings on the subject.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... technology

“Football is a special game,” said Infantino, who was elected last Friday. “It’s the most beautiful and the most important sport in the world. We don’t have to kill football. One of the peculiarities of football is the flow of the game. It doesn’t stop like many other sports when you have to time to stop and look at a video.

“In football you have a flow, you have a referee who takes important decisions. So we need to see what type of impact any technological help will have on the flow. We need to start with serious tests sooner rather than later.”

[Deadlock]

What's the point of FIFA investigating the award of the 2006 world cup? It's the 2018 and 2022 cups they should be investigating.

[Ian Royal]

What's the point of FIFA investigating the award of the 2006 world cup? It's the 2018 and 2022 cups they should be investigating.

Probably so they can sue people to get money back into their coffers without having to actually re-arrange a tournament.

[Royal Rother]

So is Gianni Infantino a good choice?

Dunno. Has he got the balls for the job?

[Sutekh]

I see he's off to a great start....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35966433

[Uke]

Platini quits after no one believes him...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36245660

[Brum Royal]

If the payment has been deemed illegal, is there not some grounds to have the money reclaimed from him?

[Ian Royal]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36293324

Fifa's reformed governing structure votes to give itself even more power than Blatter's corrupt Executive Committee had, and ensure that it's watchdogs are no longer even faintly independent, if it wishes.

Nice one Infantino.

[tidus_mi2]

After this whole fiasco, FIFA should have been either disbanded or started again from the ground up, no point pulling up the weeds of corruption if the roots remain.

[PieEater]

Are they so disconnected from the public that they think we can't see what's happening? Infantino really needs to change this structure or the whole thing will have been a waste of time.

[Deadlock]

Blatter is crying that Infantino won't take his phone calls. I don't think he understands what "six year ban from football" means.