Pues han pasado ya cuatro días de que el torneo acabo para nosotros y por la perspectiva que veo se nos han hecho tan largos que hasta parecen lentos.

Es cierto que la pelotita sigue rodando y que cuestiones como la de Antonio De Nigris nos ha distraído un poco de lo que viene para nuestro equipo pero creo que conforme pasen las semanas se irán dando noticias que nos llamen la atención.

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The title of ‘most repugnant man in world football' isn't hotly contested. Anyone remotely aware of FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner knows that he'd have got to keep any trophy years ago, and that he'd keep it anyway, even if he was supposed to give it back. To sum up his football administration career, he's a ticket tout and swindler an arrogant, ignorant, thuggish, loutish, borderline racist, dictatorial, political failure.

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Today, Santos Laguna inaugurated their impressive athletic complex, Territorio Santos Modelo (TSM). And all of the heavy hitters in Mexican, CONCACAF, and world soccer were there, from Javier Aguirre, Justino Compeán, and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to Jack Warner, Sepp Blatter, and Pelé. Ricky Martin gave the first concert, and Santos and Brazil's Santos are playing the first match in the new stadium (with Matías Vuoso scoring the first goal). Click to continue reading...

Could this work of art kill England's World Cup Bid?

OK so perhaps the title is a tad hyperbolic, but really things are getting ridiculous. A quick refresher course for those of you who have missed this: England (as you all should know) is bidding to host the 2018 World Cup. Recently there was a conference in London at which Jack Warner, a FIFA vice-president, was present. Click to continue reading...

FIFA vice president Jack Warner got a gift from the England World Cup bid people.
Needless to say, he had to give it back once people found out. Don't make your favoritism in awarding the next World Cup too obvious.
Fair and balanced, eh Jackie?
Now some links:

• Nigerian youth ages quickly.

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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Outrage over Wayne Rooney's use of wussy hand covers in the Champions League. [Channelbee]

Chelsea consider selling the naming rights to Stamford Bridge. And I consider crying.

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Conspiracy theories don't usually do it for me, but tonight's farce is enough to make me pause for thought. If Jack Warner can retain a high ranking position in FIFA than nothing in football is impossible; could it be that UEFA, frightened by Roma's poor start to the campaign and desperate to show off their new Europa League, have issued a far reaching anti-non-famous club mandate?

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Jack Warner has returned a handbag given to him by the England World Cup bid because of "embarrassment", launching even by his absurd standards a bizarre rhetorical attack on the Football Association.

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Brown-nosing Jack Warner England's 2018 World Cup bid team is planning to give luxury handbags to the wives of all 24 members of Fifa's voting committee. And Fifa vice-president Jack Warner - the most vociferous supporter of bidding countries showing exactly how much they want the tournament via the medium of gifts for committee members - [. Click to continue reading...

"Dear Leaders"

I think even Kim Jong il woud be envious of the uninterrupted reign of Sepp Blatter.

He and his father, Kim il Sung's combined 37 year rule of North Korea have isolated that country and created an international crisis group that deals with that country's nuclear weapons.

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Oh how I love the smell of crackpot ethnographic posturing in the morning.
Today, it's none other than Kartik Krishnaiyer playing the part of soccer's Bernard Lewis with his post, entitled, "Mexican Qualification for South Africa Borders on Illegitimate."
Quote: Few will recall that Mexico's passage to the Hexagonal and success in the Hex owed itself largely to unsporting play, and the failure of CONCACAF's officials to fairly referee games in the qualifying cycle. Click to continue reading...

According to the Sunday Telegraph, Jack Warner's harsh comments directed at England's 2018 World Cup bid have not landed on deaf ears. During the ambush, the FIFA Vice-President highlighted the FA's ineffective use of the Royal Family which looks to have spurred Prince William, President of the England Football Association, into action.

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Hace unos días, Jack Warner, vicepresidente de la FIFA hacía unas declaraciones de las que podéis ver un resumen aquí. Lo que plantea el señor Warner es en unos sentidos una gran revolución, pero en otros es algo que debería haberse instaurado ya en el fútbol hace años.
Algún ejemplo es el del espray de las barreras. Click to continue reading...

This week FIFA Vice President Jack Warner said some pretty mean things about England's "lightweight" proposal to host the 2018 World Cup,  sending the bid's organizers into a defensive tizzy. Forget for a moment how some bureaucratic hack from a small Caribbean country could push the bid to the brink of defeat.

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Austin "Jack" Warner FIFA

Most Hated Men in Football

Listen up, England fans: Jack Warner, FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President, might be the one man you're going to want to have a quiet chat with when hosting for World Cup 2018 is decided in 2011.

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It turns out that Don Garbers' big speech to the Leaders in Football conference at Stamford Bridge which Dan - well, EVISCERATED? SLAPPED AROUND? POOPED ON? - OK, wrote about yesterday was just the warmup act.
Like the un-legendary Tom Dreesen, who made a fortune being the warmup act for Frank Sinatra, our Beloved Commissioner worked the audience, allowing the waiters to clear the dishes and the patrons to make a quick run to the johns so that no one would miss a second of the featured act:
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In London today, USL founder and president emeritus Francisco Marcos and USL chief executive Alec Papadakis were scheduled to be hobknobbing at the prestigious Leaders in Football conference, "the world's most exclusive football business event where 1,000 senior executives linked to International Clubs, Leagues, Federations and Brands come together to learn, network and do business.

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Looks like after bashing England on their attempts to make a bid for the 2018 World Cup, Jack Warner has proposed using "sin-bins" (simply put: a penalty box) for anyone who takes a dive during a match. The idea would be the player would be sent off for 5 minutes while play resumes, much like hockey's penalty box.

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Another requisite round of crazy talk from the CONCACAF big cheese, with his true colors on full display for the world's appreciation... Turning to bidding for the 2018 World Cup, Warner called the English campaign "lightweight,'' complaining that... Click to continue reading...

Il condono per i simulatori

Jack Warner vice presidente della fifa, ha avanzato alcune proposte per il calcio. Alcune potrebbero essere interessanti, come il riconoscimento di una somma verso quei Paesi dove il giovane ha mosso i suoi primi passi di crescita calcistica, altre sono decisamente delle boutade.

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They Think It's All Over... isn't exactly thrilled at FIFA Vice President Jack Warner's proposal for sin-binning at next years World Cup. Click to continue reading...

So FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has come out and had a bit of a pop at our attempt to hold the World Cup. He said that not only was the bid lightweight, but he was really impressed by Australia, who gave him a goody bag with Australia 2018 tat in it. Apparently, this could swing the bid. I quote Warner (Via The Guardian):

I came here and was shocked that I got a bag for Australia at the entrance.

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First of all, check out this insane header goal from Martin Palermo of Boca Juniors:
Then, read Jack Warner's comments about England's bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018. No word on whether others within FIFA feel the same way or not, but that can't be a bad thing for the USA bid. Click to continue reading...

An idea so bad even Sepp Blatter finds it ridiculous!

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"[Often] a guy fakes an injury, and he acts as if it's the end of the world, and then after you give him the foul he then flies up and kicks the ball.

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The city of Fort Mill, South Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, is considering whether or not to extend their lease with a minor league baseball team. Jerry Reese, Charlotte real estate lawyer,...

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He just doesn't know that his idea already has a name Controversial FIFA vice-president Jack Warner - most famous for being called a 'clown' by Roy Keane - says players who feign injury should be made to go to a sin-bin for five or 10 minutes. Well, he doesn't actually say that because we suspect he [. Click to continue reading...

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Have fans become spoiled, expecting every major game to be available for free and in their own language on their home television set, whereever the game is being played? The patchy television rights structure of World Cup qualifiers in which home teams sell their own coverage has led to considerable frustration for fans of both England and the U.

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Am I shocked that Chicago bombed out of the 2016 Olympic bidding? Not really.
Am I shocked that they bombed out in the first round of voting? Yes, quite a bit.
I should add that I have always been an enthusiast and supporter of the Olympics and, had I stayed a sportswriter, aimed towards someday covering the Olympics as a beat. Click to continue reading...

Via Bill Archer, Mexico has withdrawn its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup:

This is indeed sad news for CONCACAF Supremo Jack Warner, for whom a Mexico tournament would allow him to use his influence in the region, combined with his longstanding contacts in Mexican media along with his well known penchant to steal anything that's not nailed down to make one final big dump into his IRA.

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FIFA has just announced that the Mexico World Cup bid for 2018/2022 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
This is indeed sad news for CONCACAF Supremo Jack Warner, for whom a Mexico tournament would allow him to use his influence in the region, combined with his longstanding contacts in Mexican media along with his well known penchant to steal anything that's not nailed down to make one final big dump into his IRA. Click to continue reading...

I really missed seeing Jack Warner doing the ceremonial handshakes last night. Apparently there was some kid on the island who took his eye off his piggy bank for a minute and Jack was tied up at the local Coinstar machine.
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Pardon me, but what the hell was that?
You knew we were going to have issues with Sr. Pineda when he started the game acting for all the world like Chad Marshall had said something about his mother. The guy couldn't adjust his jock without hearing the whistle.
And apparently jumping for a header while an opponent with his back to the ball jumps on you like a drunk 16 year old on a prom date is against the rules. Click to continue reading...

As previously noted, being a Vice President of FIFA is one sweet gig.
Even when you're not being bribed to the eyeballs in return for your World Cup venue vote.
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Ricardo Antonio Lavolpe es el peor ( o mejor segun se vea) vendedor de humo en la historia del futbol mexicano.
Hay quienes lo defienden y aman el supuesto estilo de juego que incluso el mismo ya desmintio que existe.

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STARTERS
An little-known company called NuRock Soccer Holdings has purchased the USL from Nike. Here is the official announcement from the league. For those who don't know, USL is the predominant "minor league" soccer structure in America, consisting of among other things the 2nd, 3rd & 4th divisions of mens soccer. Click to continue reading...