ewerk 30569 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I can imagine they'll both be spending a lot more time in France in the hope of avoiding that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 They'll win their appeals... but surely their time as the men at the top is over. Officially, at least. They'll probably still have hidden control, like an imprisoned mob boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30569 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 "I am really sorry. I am sorry that I am still a punching ball. I am as president of Fifa this punching ball. And I am sorry for football. I am sorry to Fifa. I have served them for more than 40 years. I am sorry for 400-plus team members working in Fifa. I'm sorry. "But I'm also sorry abut me. How I am treated in this world of humanity." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Quoting Mandela ffs. No idea why I'm sitting here on my day off listening to him waffling on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35063 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Platini is such a weapons grade cunt. I'm delighted. Loved him as a player like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33141 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Quoting Mandela ffs. No idea why I'm sitting here on my day off listening to him waffling on. Was getting worried about you, Zanetti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Apparently Blatter was sure that he had convinced the committee the £1.3m payment made to Platini from FIFA was legitimate, why would that ever be legitimate? It's an utterly bizarre organization. Really hope this is the end for this utter cockroach. The president of Sierra Leone's FA has jumped to his defence, if I was Blatter I'd tell my mates like him to be quiet as it honestly just makes Blatter look worse. I hope they learn from this and put some sort of maximum term rule in place as having the same bloke in charge of something like this since 1998 was only ever going to mean a fair amount of corruption, I'm sure they wont learn a fucking thing mind. Edited December 21, 2015 by Howay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3887 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Apparently Blatter was sure that he had convinced the committee the £1.3m payment made to Platini from FIFA was legitimate, why would that ever be legitimate? It's an utterly bizarre organization. Really hope this is the end for this utter cockroach. The president of Sierra Leone's FA has jumped to his defence, if I was Blatter I'd tell my mates like him to be quiet as it honestly just makes Blatter look worse. I hope they learn from this and put some sort of maximum term rule in place as having the same bloke in charge of something like this since 1998 was only ever going to mean a fair amount of corruption, I'm sure they wont learn a fucking thing mind. Didn't they have a max term rule which he got them to withdraw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Didn't they have a max term rule which he got them to withdraw? That's reminiscent of the office fraudster who refuses to go on holiday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42387 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Vote Sexwale. FIFA needs Sexwale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30569 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Well he has just appeared in front of a grand jury in the US which could only be a big boost for his campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Didn't they have a max term rule which he got them to withdraw? Sounds right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35063 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I think he said he was going to introduce a max term for the Fifa Presidency but never did. There couldn't have been one in place before because Havalange was in power for about 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I think he said he was going to introduce a max term for the Fifa Presidency but never did. There couldn't have been one in place before because Havalange was in power for about 25 years. It's amazing that he has managed to carry on the way he has for so long when you notice that his standard tactic for getting what he wants is telling everyone what they want to hear and then not bothering to do it, all the while hoping that they just forget about it. He said he was stepping down back in February, then decided to run again in May, said it was time for him to go during the scandal but then just hung about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35063 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's almost like he's been bribing loads of people behind the scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33141 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Anyone seen 'United Passions' the film FIFA commissioned about how Blatter and Havelange saved the world as we know it? (I've only seen clips of it rather than the whole clip of it. Tim Roth doing a Michael Caine/Jaws 3 paying a bill job). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35063 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Anyone seen 'United Passions' the film FIFA commissioned about how Blatter and Havelange saved the world as we know it? (I've only seen clips of it rather than the whole clip of it. Tim Roth doing a Michael Caine/Jaws 3 paying a bill job). Saw some of the trailers on youtube a while back. Looked horrendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's almost like he's been bribing loads of people behind the scenes. I like to think Blatter has completely lost touch with what is actually okay to do, he has spent the last 20 or so year surrounded by blokes like Jack Warner and Tokyo Sexwale ( ) so I fully believe he thinks he's completely innocent and the bribes he has been giving out are just how things are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33141 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Saw some of the trailers on youtube a while back. Looked horrendous That's it, then. First time I'm bored with time in my hands I'm watching it if it's on kodi. It'll be like a reconstruction of a CT settee sale when we see Roth brokering a world cup deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30569 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Tim Roth doing a Michael Caine/Jaws 3 paying a bill job In his own words: "This is a role that will have my father turning in his grave." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35063 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Aye, I think he's pretty much convinced himself he's blameless in all this. As has already been said, at the very least he's presided over it all and been highly incompetent. On that basis alone he should be deeply ashamed but he obviously seems to think he's some sort of victim in all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Anyone seen 'United Passions' the film FIFA commissioned about how Blatter and Havelange saved the world as we know it? (I've only seen clips of it rather than the whole clip of it. Tim Roth doing a Michael Caine/Jaws 3 paying a bill job). From Tim Roths recent Reddit AMA The film is awful (can't say that because I haven't seen it) I hated doing it, it was the wrong film but for the right reasons. I had two kids in college so I had to make a decision and it was probably poorly judged, but once you make that decision you have to follow through. It's a hard road, being in something you don't want to do, but I'm glad I did it for my family. As for Fifa I thought the movie would be much more about the corruption of this guy at first. I don't know if he is going to go down, he seems to have survived everything that has been thrown at him. There doesn't seem to be any way you can get to them because of all those big corporations behind him. It looks the most promising though now though, it looks like he is a on a back foot now because he looks more exposed then he has ever been in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Apparently the film cost 27 mill to make. It took $607 in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2964 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Jerome Valcke has been banned from all soccer-related activity for 12 years. He was found guilty of using private jets for personal use, destroying evidence, and the sale of 2018 & 2022 television rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2964 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Blatter has broken his silence. He was interviewed by French radio station RMC and when asked who he would endorse, "I can't, it's not possible, four of the five candidates contacted me and spoke about it." Several of the federations have called him asking how they should vote, he said, "Vote with your conscience. Vote for who you find good." When speaking about Valcke, "You can attack me, and I can defend myself, but you can't attack the secretary general Valcke, it's a question of financial controls at FIFA. It's not a question of ethics." Then said he knew of the private flights and they were acceptable because he was a good worker, "He managed FIFA well, we made now an organization that has reserves of 1.3 or 1.4 billion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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