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zuricity wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:

zuricity wrote:Good on ya and well said David Bernstein.

On the beeb sports web site.

No Link?

Just heard him on the Beeb and he talks sense. If the ex-head of the FA is saying this then you know that what he says is the truth.
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Meanwhile, Bernstein has resigned from Fifa's anti-discrimination taskforce.

He described it as "ineffectual" and wishes to end his ties with the organisation.

In an exclusive interview, the 71-year-old also said:

Fifa is a "totalitarian" set-up that reminds him of "the old Soviet empire" and is "beyond ridicule".

The credibility of football is "suffering enormously" under the current Fifa regime.

Choosing Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup was "one of the most ludicrous decisions in the history of sport".

Fifa president Sepp Blatter will remain in power "unless someone does something about it".

Sorry no link because the BEEB website on my android samsung doesn't allow the copy and paste of text or links. Couldn't find it on
the normal website this am.

Chinners wrote:Oh I get that but like all those before (and probabaly after) they say feck all when in the job .... bloody football politicians the lot of em!

I really can't see the French, German, Spanish etc FA's agreeing to a boycot anyway ... we are becoming as otracised in football as much as we are in other areas of bolloxtics sadly ...

zuricity wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:

zuricity wrote:Good on ya and well said David Bernstein.

On the beeb sports web site.

No Link?

Just heard him on the Beeb and he talks sense. If the ex-head of the FA is saying this then you know that what he says is the truth.
____________________________

Meanwhile, Bernstein has resigned from Fifa's anti-discrimination taskforce.

He described it as "ineffectual" and wishes to end his ties with the organisation.

In an exclusive interview, the 71-year-old also said:

Fifa is a "totalitarian" set-up that reminds him of "the old Soviet empire" and is "beyond ridicule".

The credibility of football is "suffering enormously" under the current Fifa regime.

Choosing Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup was "one of the most ludicrous decisions in the history of sport".

Fifa president Sepp Blatter will remain in power "unless someone does something about it".

Sorry no link because the BEEB website on my android samsung doesn't allow the copy and paste of text or links. Couldn't find it on
the normal website this am.

Chinners wrote:Oh I get that but like all those before (and probabaly after) they say feck all when in the job .... bloody football politicians the lot of em!

I really can't see the French, German, Spanish etc FA's agreeing to a boycot anyway ... we are becoming as otracised in football as much as we are in other areas of bolloxtics sadly ...

Bianchi on Ice wrote:

Chinners wrote:Oh I get that but like all those before (and probabaly after) they say feck all when in the job .... bloody football politicians the lot of em!

I really can't see the French, German, Spanish etc FA's agreeing to a boycot anyway ... we are becoming as otracised in football as much as we are in other areas of bolloxtics sadly ...

It would be very brave of the FA to stand up to FIFA and do anything drastic...having said that, Greg Dyke has a history of radical management decisions. Roland Rat saved TVAM remember...

Chinners wrote:

zuricity wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:

zuricity wrote:Good on ya and well said David Bernstein.

On the beeb sports web site.

No Link?

Just heard him on the Beeb and he talks sense. If the ex-head of the FA is saying this then you know that what he says is the truth.
____________________________

Meanwhile, Bernstein has resigned from Fifa's anti-discrimination taskforce.

He described it as "ineffectual" and wishes to end his ties with the organisation.

In an exclusive interview, the 71-year-old also said:

Fifa is a "totalitarian" set-up that reminds him of "the old Soviet empire" and is "beyond ridicule".

The credibility of football is "suffering enormously" under the current Fifa regime.

Choosing Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup was "one of the most ludicrous decisions in the history of sport".

Fifa president Sepp Blatter will remain in power "unless someone does something about it".

Sorry no link because the BEEB website on my android samsung doesn't allow the copy and paste of text or links. Couldn't find it on
the normal website this am.

I've put it in todays Bollox

DoomMerchant wrote:one of the most boring topics going these days.

It's like Eliot Ness trying to stamp out the mob. Even if someone gets a moral victory vs the turds there are loads of them lined up behind them to do the needful and spread the cash around in brown envelopes and economic investments and development programs. Unless someone has the sack to completely destroy FIFA then this shit won't change significantly no matter what kind of papering over they give to this "report" and the aftermath.

Only cycling is more institutionally corrupt over the last decade imho.

cheers

Beefymcfc wrote:

zuricity wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:

zuricity wrote:Good on ya and well said David Bernstein.

On the beeb sports web site.

No Link?

Just heard him on the Beeb and he talks sense. If the ex-head of the FA is saying this then you know that what he says is the truth.
____________________________

Meanwhile, Bernstein has resigned from Fifa's anti-discrimination taskforce.

He described it as "ineffectual" and wishes to end his ties with the organisation.

In an exclusive interview, the 71-year-old also said:

Fifa is a "totalitarian" set-up that reminds him of "the old Soviet empire" and is "beyond ridicule".

The credibility of football is "suffering enormously" under the current Fifa regime.

Choosing Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup was "one of the most ludicrous decisions in the history of sport".

Fifa president Sepp Blatter will remain in power "unless someone does something about it".

Sorry no link because the BEEB website on my android samsung doesn't allow the copy and paste of text or links. Couldn't find it on
the normal website this am.

Guessed that and thought I'd throw it on for you ;-)

Fifa lodges criminal complaint over World Cup hosting

Fifa has lodged a criminal complaint regarding "possible misconduct in connection with the hosting rights of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups".
Fifa president Sepp Blatter lodged the complaint on the recommendation of judge Hans-Joachim Eckert.
Eckert complied the 42-page report that gave the green light to Russia and Qatar to host the next two World Cups.
Blatter said: "If we had anything to hide, we would hardly be taking this matter to the Attorney General."

Blue Noodle wrote:Lodged a criminal complaint with whom exactly? The F.B.I? Scotland Yard? The Post Office? It doesn't matter anyways. By the time there's been a full criminal investigation, Legal proceedings(if any) and a Judgment handed down, old Septic Blather will have probably shuffled off this mortal coil. It's a stalling tactic and a distraction from any current legitimate investigations, with the added bonus of being able to say "Why would I ask for an investigation if I had anything to hide?"
Like a Wolf in sheeps clothing, the slimey sh1t.

Arrests have been made in France over suspected match-fixing in Ligue 2, the Ligue de Football Professionnel has announced.

Reports emerged in the French press on Tuesday morning that officials from several clubs had been taken into custody, although French Police had yet to officially give any confirmation.

But LFP president Frederic Thiriez announced in a statement on Tuesday morning that arrests had been made and vowed to take action if any of the suspicions proved to be correct.

"I confirm to you that, on the instruction of the Parisian judges, Mr Tournaire and Mr Robert, searches were carried out and several people taken into custody yesterday and this morning by the SCCJ (France's police taskforce for racing and gambling) over suspicions of rigging of matches in Ligue 2 during last season," he said.

"If these suspicions are proven, it's an extremely grave situation for football as a whole, for the LFP, organiser of the league and for myself, on a personal basis, because I have always put the ethics and integrity of football at the heart of my actions.

"Professional football has done a lot in the way of battling corruption, money-laundering and betting fraud through liaison with the police services, notably the SCCJ, or TRACFIN (French Ministry of Finances' taskforce).

"Corruption, or even the mere suspicion of corruption or fraud, is a deadly poison for sport in general and football in particular. Who does it serve if the public, the fans, the supporters no longer have confidence in the truth of the results?

"I hope therefore that the police and courts shed light on this affair. The defendants can be presented to the judge as soon as possible. Clearly, the LFP and the FFF (French Football Federation) will be a civil party to defend the honour of football.

"And if the facts of corruption, fraud, rigging or even tentative efforts are proved, the LFP will take disciplinary or administrative action, individual or collective, which will be in the strongest possible form.

"At this stage, I can't tell you anything more given the secrecy of the investigation."

Blue Noodle wrote:Lodged a criminal complaint with whom exactly? The F.B.I? Scotland Yard? The Post Office? It doesn't matter anyways. By the time there's been a full criminal investigation, Legal proceedings(if any) and a Judgment handed down, old Septic Blather will have probably shuffled off this mortal coil. It's a stalling tactic and a distraction from any current legitimate investigations, with the added bonus of being able to say "Why would I ask for an investigation if I had anything to hide?"
Like a Wolf in sheeps clothing, the slimey sh1t.