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"Britain has a peculiarly obsessive anti-FIFA, anti-Blatter agenda that far exceeds other countries and is far from fair coverage in my view."

Like who? I don't know of many countries whose media has supported Blatter or FIFA and rightly so, given their countless mistakes over the last fifteen years.

What Britain has more than most is better investigative journalism, which is why whistleblowers choose our papers to release material.

If you read the times articles or the editorials in the guardian (or the telegraph), what they want from FIFA is transparency, the same as everyone else does. If they really had nothing to hide, then there would be no reason not to. It's ridiculous that the IOC can reform and FIFA yet learn nothing.

Like who? I don't know of many countries whose media has supported Blatter or FIFA and rightly so, given their countless mistakes over the last fifteen years.

What Britain has more than most is better investigative journalism, which is why whistleblowers choose our papers to release material.

If you read the times articles or the editorials in the guardian (or the telegraph), what they want from FIFA is transparency, the same as everyone else does. If they really had nothing to hide, then there would be no reason not to. It's ridiculous that the IOC can reform and FIFA yet learn nothing.
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Blatter actually does have massive support, especially among the less established footballing nations - basically in most areas outside Western Europe. What IOC reforms do you think FIFA has to adopt?

No he doesn't, he has support from the footballing federations, like he has done up to now in Europe.

In terms of what FIFA need to do, acknowledgment there is a need would be a start and look at what the IOC did after Salt Lake City. They still have a long way to go too, but at least they realise it.

A limitation on the amount of time an incumbent can stay in charge for would be the first thing they need to do though followed by greater transparency. It is farcical they have a reserve of over a billion dollars for a non profit organisation is the other thing that needs to be addressed.

Flipping the question round though, just how far does Blatter need to go for you to think he needs to leave? Considering his actions over the last ten years, I really can't see how anyone can justify why he is still in the role. He would have been sacked years ago if FIFA was a plc.

If he can survive corruption and ethics accusations against half his company officials, match fixing with no further punishments issued, hiring someone to give FIFA ideas to reform and improve their credibility yet implement none of them, some of the most ill guided comments he could conceive about women's football and his suggestions on tackling racism with a handshake.

Even with all of that, and that's not an exhaustative list by any stretch, what else does he need to do for you to think perhaps FIFA could do with a change...?

Blatter actually does have massive support, especially among the less established footballing nations

The ones where officials are more open to bribery in other words.

Oh deary me Kashy, you are so far from the truth. Always try and shoot the messenger when you are losing the argument (one that your one eyed view will never win).

You think I'm someone else. I've been accused of being several different people already on this site. Ask Lee, he thinks I'm someone else too.

Anyway, that doesn't matter one jot. I'm bang on with my assessment of you and the good old sheriff.

It seems to me that sherrif is anti British with some of his comments.

I like a pint and am never leaning over a toilet or getting arrested, a stupid generalisation to label a whole people with.

And you label all the media with the same brush and you say we are narrow minded.

I like the way before you added training grounds into your little air conditioned fantasy as you never mentioned it before Melton used it in one of his posts.

When it comes to Blatter I know it's innocent until proven guilty but sometimes it's pretty obvious that somethings not kosha.

Do yourself a favour and go use the internet rad research what other nations media are saying about FIFA, have a good long look and come back with a broader view.

It might make you look less foolish and ill informed.

Then again it might not.

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 7 hours, 56 minutes ago
Flipping the question round though, just how far does Blatter need to go for you to think he needs to leave? Considering his actions over the last ten years, I really can't see how anyone can justify why he is still in the role. He would have been sacked years ago if FIFA was a plc.

If he can survive corruption and ethics accusations against half his company officials, match fixing with no further punishments issued, hiring someone to give FIFA ideas to reform and improve their credibility yet implement none of them, some of the most ill guided comments he could conceive about women's football and his suggestions on tackling racism with a handshake.

Even with all of that, and that's not an exhaustative list by any stretch, what else does he need to do for you to think perhaps FIFA could do with a change...?
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youre just being fussy mellton
picky picky picky

racist or homophobic slurs on a football pitch are best sorted out with a handshake. Let the hatred and bigotry stay on the pitch where it belongs.

A bit of a silly string of analogies used there mate. The fact that terrible incidents did not happen despite warnings that they might does not mean that the exisiting threats did not exist
Do you dent that Bejing has dangerous levels of air pollution or that violent crime such as mugging and car jacking in South Africa is a serious problem, do you also deny that China has a terrible human rights record?