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By Bill Edgar .. in the Times
1 Scrap the away goals rule and penalty shoot-outs in two-legged games.
2 Use goal difference before head-to-head records.
3 Introduce "celebration time" and remove punishments.
4 Book players for ANY dissent.
5 Scrap the rule that forces injured players to leave the pitch after receiving treatment before
re-entering the field.
FIFA head honcho Sepp Blatter met with several French football figures this week. The topic? Sepp's
controversial 6+5 proposal. The result? Overwhelming French support. FIFA President Joseph S.
Blatter held very productive meetings regarding "6+5″ with French sports minister
Bernard Laporte and a delegation representing FIFPro at the Home of FIFA in [.
Don't mess with Keano! I thought this whole story was pretty funny so I figured that I would
include a link for it so that hopefully everyone gets a chance to see some of the nonsense that
goes on with the World Cup qualifiers. Basically, Jack Warner the FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF
President who is from the Trinidad and Tobago complained because Sunderland (managed by Roy Keane)
didn't release Dwight Yorke for the match against the United States on Wednesday.
You'll probably read this on a hundred other websites, but Russia boss Guus Hiddink is plotting
the downfall of his home nation today. Though the Guus can realistically claim to be a citizen of
the world (the man has worked in: Holland, Turkey, Spain, South Korea, Australia and Russia) he is
fundamentally Dutch.
I have to admit when I first read the comments from Sepp Blatter to Sky News, I did a double
take. When I read them again, I was pretty much speechless. But a speechless blog is pretty much a
worthless blog so after chewing on Blatter's words I came up with the only logical thing I could
say...
Seppy Baby, SHUT UP!
Andrew Jennings explains. Many in the 24 member executive council responsible for awarding the
World Cup have been tainted by kickbacks and illegal ticket sales. Some were courted by England in
their unsuccessful 2006 bid, giving the FA a bit of a black eye when the ISL investigations
began.
Will be South Africa able to finish works for the World Cup 2010?
Originally uploaded by Alinabionda Will be South Africa able to finish works for the World Cup
2010?
Es el titulo de esta foto que nos muestra The new Cape Town's stadium en construcción.
Para todos es conocido que las estructuras de los estadios no estan en el plazo convenido y que
ademas la seguridad para los aficionados no es la mas adecuada.
Is it coming back home? Joseph S Blatter said last week that 3 other countries have been contacted
over the possibility of staging the next World Cup in 2010 if South Africa is suddenly hit by some
nasty natural disaster or if they encounter problems which will make it necessary for them to have
it moved.
A week ago in the UNSC, South Africa voted against sanctions for Zimbabwe's leaders. The
resolution was defeated with the help of China and Russia. The BBC described SA as a Zimbabwe ally
pleased with the outcome. The result angered the US and England, the prime movers behind the
resolution.
FIFA officials confirmed that Sepp Blatter has spoken to three countries who can step in just in
case South Africa suffers from a "natural catastrophe." Good thing the press release was
in print - I'm sure they would have had a tough time keeping a straight face when they said those
words. Clearly South Africa is suffering right now and FIFA isn't about to let this stumble,
although time is running out for SAFA.
Well this is a bit of interesting news from Mr. Loudmouth himself, Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
After keeping relatively quiet on the whole Ronaldo transfer saga, the Swiss boss decided that
enough was enough, it was time to open mouth and insert foot by comparing today's transferring of
players to .
United fans' heads are buzzing with the latest ludicrous comments to come from Sepp Blatter,
likening Ronaldo's situation at United to that of a slave. Football today is in a far more grave
state that we ever could imagine with men like him and Michel Platini in charge. However, before
today, his most controversial argument had [.
Now we've all had time to recover from Sepp Blatter comparing Cristiano Ronaldo's five six figure
contract at Man Utd to modern say slavery, it's probably time we put the whole thing in
perspective. Blatter has rightly been laughed at/criticized/committed to a mental institution for
his ridiculous comparison.
With Platini and Blatter aiding the fight for most unpopular football organisation going, I'd
almost forgotten how much I despise the FA. We all know the FA love to have a pop at United and it
seems they have been given their latest excuse. There was Robbie Fowler's ‘five times' goal
celebration, intended to wind up United [.
Sepp Blatter was happy to call Ronaldo a 'modern-day slave' when asked about Manchester United's
refusal to let the player follow his 'dream' to play for Real Madrid. Now that Real have done the
same for Robinho and 'killed' his 'dream' to move to Chelsea (to Ronaldo's credit he took it like a
man and best [.
If you've heard of that name already then you don't really need to read this column. If you haven't
heard of that name and you are a soccer then you do need to read this column. Brian Glanville is
the greatest sports journalist in the English-Speaking world. I have never read a better writer on
any sport then Brian's writing on soccer.
No its not an inflatable model of Sepp Blatter but a green haired leopard called "
Zakumi".The organisers correctly figured that Blatter was inflated enough already and hence
went for the leopard.
Zakumi - the ZA stands for South Africa while kumi means ten in assorted African languages.
There are some people one may be quite certain about. And David Lacey, the Guardian's football
editor, is one such person.
Having just wasted five minutes of my life attempting to understand the logic behind
beardie-weirdie's assertion: "May's best final? Look to Wembley, not Moscow", its time for a dose
of reality.
Sepp Blatter has given an interview in The Times regarding his pet subject of the moment,
quotas. Despite meeting a brick wall in the face of the European Union, Blatter is ploughing ahead
with the project. There is little doubt that he sees this as an ideal solution to protect the
status of international football, an [.
You could never guess who Arsene Wenger is about to sign for Arsenal. He keeps his cards very close
to his chest and Arsenal's transfers are always kept on the quiet.
He has been criticised, wrongly in my mind, about the amount of foreign players that he has brought
to the club. Why should he be criticised for this?
Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed he is a slave at Man Utd. When asked if he remembers signing his
five year contract paying him $60,000,000, he responded that he was, as we all suspected, drugged,
starved and beaten into agreeing terms. Says the EPL Footballer of the Year, "I agree with the
statement of the president [Sepp Blatter], he is right.
This is not the first time that Sepp Blatter has found himself in the headlines for completely the
wrong reason. Allegations of corruption have occurred several times during his ten-year tenure,
while his comments about women footballers 'wearing tighter shorts' for added appeal incurred the
wrath of many.
It's officially officially over. After nearly two months of speculation involving insane sums of
money (€100m transfer fee, £200,000 per week wages) and of course Sepp Blatter's
awesomely ill-advised slavery quote, Cristiano Ronaldo is staying at Manchester United. Alex
Ferguson says so (he always did), Ramon Calderon says so (in so many words) and now Cristiano [.
'If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well, It were done quickly' - Macbeth (Scotsman),
William Shakespeare (Englishman)
Team GB is getting ridiculous. The prospect of Britain fielding a football team at the 2012
Olympics should have been something to celebrate after years of absence.
Fifa rejects Premier League plans
I actually agree with Sepp Blatter. That's him and Michel Platini in the same week. Wow.
This doesn't mean I'm starting a local chapter of the Blatter fan club, but even a broken clock's
right twice daily, and I'll gladly recognize when it is.
"This does not take into consideration the fans of the clubs and it gives the
impression that they just want to go on tour to make some money," Blatter said.
The Premier League puts forward a proposal to play a few extra games around the
globe and you would think that they had suggested murdering Sepp Blatter's Mum. Blatter himself
comes out and says "not over my dead body," hot on the heels of the Asian FA chief equally
ridiculing the idea.
Good governance is the one core competency required by the administrators and officials, for that
is all they are, who oversee all market sectors. When, as at Northern Rock or the Premier League,
the infrastructure is shown to be invalid, as measured against the yardstick of benchmarking,
change must be enforced.
Headline news on BBC Sport shows both FIFA's insistence in pushing a 6+5 rule as well as a study
stating that Premiership teams fielded an all-time low number of English players this past
season.
My silence thanks to a lack of topics during the past week, coupled with a fervent dislike of the
6+5 rule (plus a fondness for poking and prodding Blatter's FIFA), means I'm using these two
stories to hit at a larger issue.
Contrasting opinions are the ones expressed by FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the Swiss Football
Federation President Ralph Zloczower. The FIFA President believes that Switzerland lacked the
class, "Frei's injury changed everything, but there wasn't a great idea behind some
changes." Jolly old Sepp wonders why Kuhn didn't insist with
Count Sepp Blatter as one person who would like Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United for
Real Madrid. The FIFA president likened Ronaldo's situation as being comparable to slavery while
speaking to Sky News. If the player wants to play...
Sepp Blatter is a tool. A complete and utter moronic idiot. And Cristiano Ronaldo isn't far behind
by agreeing with him. Seriously, how is Blatter still in charge? Does he want the whole transfer
system abolished now? Or is this just part of his hatred of English football and the Premiership?
With FIFA boss Blatter complicit, An out clause may now seem implicit. So a club can't enslave Guys
like Crissy, poor knave. And his ass? They might as well kiss it. Many thanks to Steve, Soccer
Orb's poet laureate. (I know it's not a sonnet, but I couldn't resist. My apologies to Mrs.
E.B. Browning ~ Susan).
The sickly sweet 2-man mutual appreciation society that consists of Cristiano Ronaldo and football
bigwig Sepp Blatter continues to grow stronger by the day. This time Ronaldo has declared that
Blatter's suggestion that modern footballers contracts are tantamount to slavery is bang on the
money: "I agree with the statements .
10 Headlines you would like to see tomorrow morning but probably won't:
"Blatter sacked as he is carried off screaming by half a dozen men in white coats"
"Leicester City fans have been victims of hypnosis and have woken to find their team's
relagation was all a terrible dream"
"Capello says introducing women to the England team is the key to success"
"Ashley Cole comes out of the closet and declares undying love for John Terry"
"All speculation ended as Cristiano Renaldo makes up his mind"
"Peter Crouch really is a robot"
"Fergie in shock resignation as he heads off to rescue Leicester City"
"It's a miracle.
That idiot of a President! No Not George W. I'm talking about Sepp Blatter, the FIFA president, who
claimed 3 weeks ago that the modern footballer is a slave. It was obvious he was talking about
Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano later stated "I completely agree with the FIFA president,"
This caused an uproar in the football community.
Sepp Twatter claims misquote Sepp Blatter has now denied ever saying his infamous Cristiano Ronaldo
slavery quote. "I have never said that Ronaldo is a slave," Blatter told reporters on
Wednesday during a visit to Vietnam. "But I said slavery...
RICHARD ‘Baldrick' Scudamore, the contumacious Premier League chief executive behind the
much-criticised proposal for an ‘international round' of matches, has drafted a revised plan
designed to sidestep opposition from FIFA and the Football Association. Scudamore was forced to bin
his original plans after Sepp Blatter indicated such a venture would undermine England's 2018 World
Cup bid, [.
(Summary is not available.)
Some of the most interesting football stories doing the rounds today: 1. Korean players are
deliberately dislocating their own shoulders to avoid national service. Ouch. The Offside 2. Sepp
Blatter wants a vote on quotas for home-grown players to take...
Some of the most interesting football stories doing the rounds today: 1. Korean players are
deliberately dislocating their own shoulders to avoid national service. Ouch. The Offside 2. Sepp
Blatter wants a vote on quotas for home-grown players to take...
