by Sean O'Conor - Most popular for January 2011
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Machinations at the top of soccer politics revolve around Qatar 2022 -We should all pay more
attention to the name of Mohamed Bin Hammam, as he could end up running our sport before long.The
global condemnation of FIFA's handling of December's World Cup vote has increased the likelihood of
a challenge to the tumultuous 12-year reign of Sepp Blatter, and the knives are already being
sharpened.
Serie A started 2011 with an audacious gem from Slovenian starlet Josep Illicic (who wasn't in
South Africa) for Palermo yesteday:There was a cracking clash in Genoa, while Milan and Udinese
played a crazy eight-goal game, but Italian talk centred on Napoli's 3-0 demolition of Juve, with
Uruguayan Edinson Cavani netting a hat-trick, as a commentator gives up on objectivity:La Liga's
back too,
* Is the New York Cosmos' appointment of Eric Cantona anything more than a PR stunt? No, as Eric
has no passion for administration, but PR is important at this stage and the wow factor is grabbing
attention before the real battles of raising the money begin in earnest...It's often forgotten it
was Sheffield Wednesday who brought Eric to England before stupidly passing on him.
*"Somebody's f**ked up big" were Andy Gray's famous last words, referring to the appointment of the
subsequently impressive Sian Massey to run the line at Wolves v Liverpool on Saturday. Now that
somebody who has messed up is him, as the face of Sky Sports is out of work after the station fired
their figurehead in a rare moment of sanity.
Japan are the kings of the East after beating Australia in the Asian Cup Final in Doha, Qatar.The
Socceroos missed a number of chances but should do better next time, when they host the Cup in
2015. The final was watched by 37,000, but earlier 'official' crowds as low as 2,000 did nothing to
dispel jibes about FIFA's 114th-ranked nation hosting the World Cup.
