Guest neesy111 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Sounds like hosting a world cup costs hundred of billions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Already posted in the Brazil thread. One should enjoy the football from purely a sporting perspective, but there's nothing wrong with knowing what goes on behind the scenes. http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/06/08/watch-how-world-cup-2022-was-stolen-from-usa-other-new-explosive-videos-about-fifa-video/ Andrew Jennings is brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 giggs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Manaus looks an amazing place from what I've seen about it in the buildup. It may well be, but when your country is shit broke you don't fucking spend $270 Million on a stadium that'll go into decay after four games located in a place that may fuck with the form of the players playing in the four games it'll host. Obviously aye, building a stadium like that there is mental. Just noticed it looked a really interesting place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 giggs wateva m8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 If only FIFA could find a country where all the stadia already exist and the infrastructure is already in place. It must be tough being Sepp Blatter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Already posted in the Brazil thread. One should enjoy the football from purely a sporting perspective, but there's nothing wrong with knowing what goes on behind the scenes. http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/06/08/watch-how-world-cup-2022-was-stolen-from-usa-other-new-explosive-videos-about-fifa-video/ Andrew Jennings is brilliant. This is brilliant. Thanks for this. I remember actually saving one of his first 'expose' articles about corruption in FIFA by copying and pasting it in a Word doc, it blew my mind that much. I'm sure I still have it saved somewhere. Good to see he's kept on pulling the thread to the point where it's unraveled to show the gordo cats underneath, claws sharpened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 If only FIFA could find a country where all the stadia already exist and the infrastructure is already in place. It must be tough being Sepp Blatter. Nah, these kind of places have low corruption rates so that's a no-no for FIFA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Already posted in the Brazil thread. One should enjoy the football from purely a sporting perspective, but there's nothing wrong with knowing what goes on behind the scenes. http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/06/08/watch-how-world-cup-2022-was-stolen-from-usa-other-new-explosive-videos-about-fifa-video/ Andrew Jennings is brilliant. This is brilliant. Thanks for this. I remember actually saving one of his first 'expose' articles about corruption in FIFA by copying and pasting it in a Word doc, it blew my mind that much. I'm sure I still have it saved somewhere. Good to see he's kept on pulling the thread to the point where it's unraveled to show the gordo cats underneath, claws sharpened. It goes to show though that this Garcia bloke who's leading the investigation will find nothing and will tell this to FIFA in a secret meeting where no one will know what has happened. It's about time some authority came in and did their own investigation and held FIFA responsible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just watched that video, absolutely brilliant. The bbc should screen it before the opening match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 FA chairman Greg Dyke has hit back at FIFA president Sepp Blatter, labelling his accusations of racism at the British media as “totally unacceptable”. As UEFA delegates met with Blatter in Sao Paulo and warned him against running for a fifth term, Dyke took the opportunity to ask the FIFA head to rethink his attitude towards recent accusations of bribery and corruption within his governing body. Blatter and FIFA have come under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks following a sensational exposé in the Sunday Times newspaper that alleged corruption was at the heart of Qatar’s successful 2022 World Cup bid, although the organisers vehemently deny any wrongdoing. Blatter condemned the reports on Monday, suggesting to the African and Asian football federations that they were motivated by “discrimination and racism” from the British media before all but announcing his intention to stand for re-election. And Dyke told Sky Sports News on Tuesday that he said to Blatter: “I regard the comments you made yesterday about the allegations in the British media in which you described them as racist as totally unacceptable. “I have read the articles in the Sunday Times in great detail. The allegations being made have nothing to do with racism, they are allegations about corruption within FIFA. “These allegations need to be properly investigated and properly answered. We need to know from [FIFA investigator] Mr Garcia tomorrow if he was aware of the material in the Sunday Times before it was published and, if not, will he now extend his investigation to consider the allegations? “Mr Blatter, many of us are deeply troubled by your reaction to these allegations. It’s time for FIFA to stop attacking the messenger and instead consider and understand the message.” Blatter is expected to announce his candidacy for the 2015 election at the FIFA congress on Wednesday, but a number of Europe’s top football officials, including former Manchester United chief executive David Gill and current Dutch FA boss Michael van Praag, have told him he should stand down after his current term. And Dyke said: “The FA’s position is that we accepted four years ago that he was going to step down at this stage and there is some surprise that he is going to stand again. “What we, the FA, would certainly like is to see an election; competition and different candidates explaining how they would run FIFA in the future. I think the view is it’s time for change. “The point that the Dutch were making this morning is that FIFA’s reputation – certainly in Britain and probably in most of northern Europe if not all of Europe – is of a suspect organisation where there has been an awful lot of corruption. “And that can only be rebuilt if there is a new leadership.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just seen the interview on SSN, well played I have to say. "Do you think the fa's relationship with FIFA could suffer?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Jorge Ramos & Banda @ESPN_JorgeRamos 12m Via @ESPN_JorgeRamos: ALERTA: #FIFA llamó a #USSoccer para que tenga listo un Comité Organizador para el 2022. No habría Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Jorge Ramos & Banda @ESPN_JorgeRamos 12m Via @ESPN_JorgeRamos: ALERTA: #FIFA llamó a #USSoccer para que tenga listo un Comité Organizador para el 2022. No habría I'd be very happy with this. If it means what I think it means! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Would be good for non-corruption, would make be a dagger in the heart of N-O Still think it'll be Qatar in the winter though, too much time has passed (money has been spent) for change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Would be good for non-corruption, would make be a dagger in the heart of N-O Could be worse. Could be Nigeria. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Me no comprendo your silly foreign language. CAN, YOU, TRANSLATE, THIIIIIIS, FOR ME? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Me no comprendo your silly foreign language. CAN, YOU, TRANSLATE, THIIIIIIS, FOR ME? nah nah. no way. nah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Something about FIFA, a committee, a llama and the US? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 This is just as bad as the Game of Thrones book thread. Fucking language wankers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Jorge Ramos & Banda @ESPN_JorgeRamos 12m Via @ESPN_JorgeRamos: ALERTA: #FIFA llamó a #USSoccer para que tenga listo un Comité Organizador para el 2022. No habría Could you translate pls? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Sorry, I cut off the rest of that tweet: ALERTA: #FIFA llamó a #USSoccer para que tenga listo un Comité Organizador para el 2022. No habría #Mundial en #Qatar alert: #FIFA called #USSoccer to have ready an organizing Committee for 2022. There would be no #Mundial in #Qatar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 This is some serious s***! Who's tweeting this? As in, how credible are they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I'd say there is almost no chance they'd do anything about this during another (volatile) tournament either as much as it should've been sorted years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 This is some serious s***! Who's tweeting this? As in, how credible are they? Jorge Ramos works for ESPN Deportes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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