how about...

[chirpychirpy]

How about all footballing nations other than Russia and (ahem) Qatar form a rival organisation to FIFA arranging World Cups with transparent selection procedures? While Blatter and his cronies run FIFA, England can forget it. Not much different from the Eurovision Song Contest, in fact!

[Count-A-Strong]

Exactly. Like I said, nobody likes us.

[anotheoldgit]

I don't like football either, in fact I am sick to the back teeth with it.

It may be news, but I think these posts should now be in among the 'Sports Topics'.

[DTCwordfan]

To be fair, it will be headline news on the Beeb/ITV etc tonight, so its location here is relevant.

[modeller]

W

[modeller]

Why the surprise ? Putin didn't even turn up . I wonder why ? Did he know the result ?

We tried bribing the wives with leather handbags , pathetic. They would have to be solid gold to have any effect. It's politics and money that counts not ability to stage the event.