Blatter Goes ...

[ichkeria]

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-06-02/sepp-blatter-resigns-as-fifa-president/

Prayers sometimes answered

[PankySmooch]

If I remember rightly England were favourites to get the 2018 World Cup and then there was a Panorama program about the corruption going on within FIFA a week before the announcement was made, and then Russia got the vote.

If the Russians are involved in any scandal then Blatter will probably die of a mystery illness before he spills the beans on any wrongdoings

[mikey4444]

The Feds arrived after all !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32986950

[lady-janine]

will it make a lot of difference in the long run? or will the state of affairs gradually settle down to their present status quo?

[mikey4444]

LJ...the genie is out of the bottle now. The Yanks are not going to mess about...they appear to be very serious about this current investigation.

There must be an awful lot of people and companies looking nervously over their shoulders right now, and I include all the sponsors in that.

[Khandro]

lady-Janine;//will the state of affairs gradually settle down to their present status quo?//
No, the corrupt will in future still be corrupt, but be more careful.

[venator]

Now for the unelected corrupt EU commission
Their auditors still refuse to sign off their accounts

[ichkeria]

"If I remember rightly England were favourites to get the 2018 World Cup and then there was a Panorama program about the corruption going on within FIFA a week before the announcement was made, and then Russia got the vote.
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England, of course, voted for Russia in the second round of voting, not that I am suggesting they were bribed to do so of course
I am sure I remember around the time of this vote a lot of people on AB complaining about the BBC for endangering England's chances of getting the nod from FIFA< and I believe some government ministers and maybe even some people here, were muttering about the "lack of patriotism" of the press and the BBC.
In fact what about this quote from a World Leader on meeting Blatter in 2011
"Mr President, you have done a huge amount for football during your whole life. The decisions you have made have been instrumental in taking the game to new heights"
The words of D. Cameron

[-Talbot-]

What the bloody hell does Cameron know about world football?
He's not sure if he supports West Ham, Aston Villa or Burnley.

[sunny-dave]

Wrong shaped balls I think, talbot?

[Hopkirk]

Interesting observation on BBC Breakfast today.

Sepp Blattee didn't vote for Qatar for 2012, but Michel Platini did.