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Switzerland seek Fifa arrests!

PhilTheFragger said:
so why now and not a couple of days ago before the election? The cynic in me thinks that as he won the election, he gets a further pension boost irrespective of if he stands down after a couple of days in office. Ker Ching, mind you, probably worth it to get rid of him
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I'd wager it's because the 10 million bribe to get the world cup to South Africa has now been linked to his second in charge. So it's only a matter of time before he is exposed as being complicit in it or extremely incompetent if he didn't know his second in charge was writing cheques for 10 million. So he's jumped before he was pushed.
 
I've absolutely no idea who the German FIFA rep is, but if I was to pick anyone it would be them. As let's face it, it would be run very efficiently and they win their fair share of them anyway.
 
Hacker Khan said:
I've absolutely no idea who the German FIFA rep is, but if I was to pick anyone it would be them. As let's face it, it would be run very efficiently and they win their fair share of them anyway.
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Racial stereotypes aren't very reliable though.

After all the Swiss are generally considered to be extremely efficient and Mr Blatter is..............
yep, that's it, he's Swiss.
 
Imo he jumped before the fall.
Interesting that Blatter did not vote for Quatar for the WC but Platini did.

I reckon a lot more is going to come out of this and it could get very messy
 
pokerjoke said:
Imo he jumped before the fall.
Interesting that Blatter did not vote for Quatar for the WC but Platini did.

I reckon a lot more is going to come out of this and it could get very messy
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Blatter is devious - he'd have known that Qatar was going to win and 'if' there was anything dubious going on in that he'd have tried to keep his distance - and so he wouldn't have voted for Qatar.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Blatter is devious - he'd have known that Qatar was going to win and 'if' there was anything dubious going on in that he'd have tried to keep his distance - and so he wouldn't have voted for Qatar.
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Yes I did think along these lines and of course you could be right.

However if he was that clever or devious I would be surprised.
There are computer geniuses these days that will get everything on his laptop.

Will be interesting to see what he has done and who else becomes a suspect.
 
How far back will the investigation go?

I'm thinking there's a Russian linesman somewhere worried that he'll be uncovered. ;)
 
c1973 said:
How far back will the investigation go?

I'm thinking there's a Russian linesman somewhere worried that he'll be uncovered. ;)
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You think???? The Ref v Portugal in the Euros and the lino and ref in the World Cup v Germany would be the ones to worry. This is why we've not advanced to be the super power we should be. Imagine if we had gone on further in these comps, how this would have stimulated the kids to play the game instead on huddled up in their bedrooms shooting things to bits...
 
Crazyface said:
You think???? The Ref v Portugal in the Euros and the lino and ref in the World Cup v Germany would be the ones to worry. This is why we've not advanced to be the super power we should be. Imagine if we had gone on further in these comps, how this would have stimulated the kids to play the game instead on huddled up in their bedrooms shooting things to bits...
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:rofl: :rofl:
 
As I said many posts ago, we will look back at FIFA in a few years time and wonder how on earth we let them get away with it as we all knew it was riddled with corruption. And be slightly ashamed, but also very glad that it took the yanks to bail us out. Again.;) You ess ayy, you ess ay...

There was a good comparison with Lance Armstrong story made in the paper today, in both situations everyone suspected it was wrong but few wanted to rock the boat, a few brave journalists tried their best to expose what was going on but were mostly ignored and the full horror of what was going on will shock most sports lovers.
 
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