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Thursday, 2 June 2011

A Sepp In The Right Direction?

Good old Sepp Blatter has managed to win an election where he was the only candidate - congratulations Sepp!

He apparently expressed surprise that the FA, the original one, tried to block the election. It could have something to do with the following:
  • Mr Blatter is now in for a fourth term, the previous three of which have seen controversy and scandal grow within football. Allegations of bribery, match-fixing etc.
  • Mr Blatter's total refusal to embrace technology, now used in most top class sport, except the richest one. To be fair, Michel Platini also has an issue with it, having stated that it would only be used once every 40 years. To be honest, you don't need to invent new technology, just use the cameras that are there, like they do in cricket, rugby etc. Luddites (look it it people!).
  • Mr Blatter has awarded the World Cups of 2018 and 2022 to two of the largest oil producers on the planet - coincidence? Especially as there are some grave doubts as to the validity of the 2022 vote, but our Sepp seems oblivious to the allegations.
New Fifa vice-president has called for the FA to get in new people and build bridges over this - why? The FA haven't done anything wrong other than ask for an election, where there's only one candidate, to be postponed. If a similar thing happened in a developing world country there'd be a massive outcry about democracy and economic sanction put in place. Fifa however, just bumble onwards and seemingly downwards.

They described the FA a pompous and arrogant (and it undoubtedly is), but I think they probably need to have a long, hard look at themselves too.

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