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South Africa's Sports Minister's plea to the South African media.

Mbalula made a plea to the South African media on Wednesday that may well backfire: “Don’t be the first to chase us about bribes when we did not bribe … There is sovereignty and patriotism. We cannot be the first on the march to attack our own country. I know it sounds patronising but it is not. I must say don’t attack your own country. I’m saying state the facts and follow what needs to be followed.”

Bold Tone wrote:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/03/how-a-curmudgeonly-old-reporter-exposed-the-fifa-scandal-that-toppled-sepp-blatter/

remember reading this book a couple of years ago. glad he's been credited now, it was the only comprehensive look behind the fifa curtain.

jack warner is also now spilling his guts

• “I have kept quiet. I will do so no more.”

• Warner says he has given all documents and cheques to a third party, “beyond my own reach”.

• He says he will give permission for this third party to release the documents.

• Documents on link with FIFA funding and me, UNC/PP, Section 34, Blatter and the PM

Biggus wrote:

Andrew Jennings, what a character.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-02/interview-andrew-jennings/6516632

Biggus wrote:

General Mirth wrote:

The funny this is that the real Chuck Blazer looks like a bad Santa.

  It's George RR Martin.

so that's why he can't finish the books, he needs to be bribed.

[size=x-large][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Fifa 'paid FAI to stop legal action over Henry's World Cup handball'[/font][/size]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33011692

Jeez, talk about sore losers

otfgoon wrote:

Jeez, talk about sore losers

Well you lot squealed like stuck pigs about the rather poetic justice of Lampards disallowed goal in Sth Africa 10, even though it was meaningless and you were fucking hammered anyway. 

The FAI are an embarrassing bunch.

Debateable whether going into half time 2-2 with the momentum rather than 2-1 down and still having to go all out to equalise was "meaningless" but we'll never know. There's certainly a chance the second half might have been different but either way I don't recall legal action over it. Referee's decision is supposed to be final.

It probably was for the good of the game though in putting further pressure on the goal line technology debate. It needed to happen in a big match on the big stage. I recall it also happened in the FA Cup final that year.

I'm

Biggus wrote:

otfgoon wrote:

Jeez, talk about sore losers

Well you lot squealed like stuck pigs about the rather poetic justice of Lampards disallowed goal in Sth Africa 10, even though it was meaningless and you were fucking hammered anyway. 

Yeah, but we didn't start legal proceedings over it

I thought the Scots were bad over the whole Eduardo drama.

$5m for "the construction of a stadium in Ireland"?
Fifa are cheapskates.
Meanwhile

comments are brutal

General Mirth wrote:

invisibleman18 wrote:

It probably was for the good of the game though in putting further pressure on the goal line technology debate. It needed to happen in a big match on the big stage. I recall it also happened in the FA Cup final that year.

All this honestly makes you wonder whether things like goal line technology or more assistance for referees are being held back for ulterior reasons.

Makes me wonder again about Spain's two disallowed goals versus South Korea in the 2002 WC.
At the time I thought that was dead suspect.

The irony is that France would have been better off not qualifying lol

For them yes, but we were happy their circus covered up our shit performances.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/05/the-19-most-ridiculous-moments-in-terrible-fifa-movie-united-passions

There's being made a feature film about the origins of FIFA, wasn't aware of this before now. FIFA have contributed with 17 of the £20m
budget.

• Some English guy: “Young lady, the natives of Africa are stupid. Undisciplined. It’s just in their nature – how could they possibly be expected to appreciate the subtleties of a game invented by whites?”

• Havelange to Blatter: “Today I am making you my second-in-Command at FIFA… it is a great honour Blatter, and a great honour comes with great responsibility.”

• Blatter: “From now on we will be exemplary in all respects. The slightest breach of ethics will be severely punished. We will play by my rules now.”

otfgoon wrote:

I'm

Biggus wrote:

Well you lot squealed like stuck pigs about the rather poetic justice of Lampards disallowed goal in Sth Africa 10, even though it was meaningless and you were fucking hammered anyway. 

Yeah, but we didn't start legal proceedings over it

I thought the Scots were bad over the whole Eduardo drama.

I agree that it was ridiculous and audacious to try it on, it would certainly have failed but if it succeeded it would have opened the floodgates and made football a farcical sport like boxing.
The fact that they were scared and thought throwing money at it was better rather than having the World cup selection and qualification process inspected in court is revealing.
Delaney did well to extract some money out of them and nothing illegal.
However the Irish government should investigate how the money was spent.

Biggus wrote:

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/05/the-19-most-ridiculous-moments-in-terrible-fifa-movie-united-passions

There's being made a feature film about the origins of FIFA, wasn't aware of this before now. FIFA have contributed with 17 of the £20m
budget.

• Some English guy: “Young lady, the natives of Africa are stupid. Undisciplined. It’s just in their nature – how could they possibly be expected to appreciate the subtleties of a game invented by whites?”

• Havelange to Blatter: “Today I am making you my second-in-Command at FIFA… it is a great honour Blatter, and a great honour comes with great responsibility.”

• Blatter: “From now on we will be exemplary in all respects. The slightest breach of ethics will be severely punished. We will play by my rules now.”

Looks a cracking film its got great actors in too I'd love to see it, Tim Roth is the spitting image of a young Blatter.
They're all there the toffee nosed bigoted English the greasy corrupt Uruguayans

“Young lady, the natives of Africa are stupid. Undisciplined. It’s just in their nature – how could they possibly be expected to appreciate the subtleties of a game invented by whites?”

Its funny because thats exactly how we speak of (Nth) Americans now lol.

I'm saying that its funny the early 2oth century English football snobbery towards African and well players from pretty much everywhere else is repeated by everyone in the early 21st century towards (Nth) Americans.

But the bases are different. In the first instance, the other people are said to be stupid, while in the second instance there's a recognition that until recently soccer was only the 5th or 6th most popular sport.

Hey it's not me I'm far from an elitist I've spent my life in countries where soccer is a niche minority sport, I recognise that Meaty and a few of his compatriots are a civilised avant garde who can not only appreciate real skill with a ball but have also have found their way to the true faith of Gunnerdom.
People like Meaty and USArsenal and Australians would have to had to suffer sneers of derision like- Nancy boys diving cheating Euro-poofers why don't you play a mans game where you can break someones jaw?

Europeans Africans & Asians need to understand that some of us are operating behind "enemy" lines.

It really isn't that bad. I went to high school in the States in the 90s. There were two American football fields and 7 soccer fields. Football drew the larger crowds, but soccer had higher participation. And I don't recall any of us being labeled 'poofters'.

Just in Australia then.

Mind you Claudius, things have changed by Australia's qualification for 2006/10/14 World cups.
Australia loves winners and will gladly jump on a success bandwagon.

I can't speak for other countries but that definitely applies is Australia, particularly outside of the cities. I got all kinds of shit as a kid for playing 'wogball'. Things have changed a fair bit over the past ten years, but it's still looked down upon as a 'soft' sport. A lot more people now appreciate the skill involved but the diving and theatrics are strongly ridiculed.

Aye the game thats played from Iceland to Invercargill was called "wogball" here, but happily those days are gone- Mostly.

Sounds like an intolerant country. #wogball

To be fair, no one calls it "wogball" any more, and the diving and theatrics do deserve ridicule (and get it from football fans the world over).

Claudius wrote:

Sounds like an intolerant country. #wogball

You'd better believe it!
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Warner responds to John Oliver!  The background music is just epic

his dumb ass should have stopped making videos after that one where he thought the onion article was real. even if you don't know the onion the fact that you're (or were) a fifa vp you should know they can't just award a world cup to a country and have it start in a week. he's an embarrassment to caribbean people everywhere. at least be a smart corrupt motherfucker, not a dumb shitstain one.

Jeebus.

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"Where's my security?"

I've seen it said that it's the first time Blatter's been terrified by the sight of money being thrown his way

But look at his hand moving......For a 79 year old he's got the reflexes of a goalie when it comes to grabbing cash.

Looks to me that he instinctively first went for the money, like he is used to, and then his brain realized it was a trap.