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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 8:52:49 GMT
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Post by CaajScot on Dec 21, 2015 10:34:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 10:43:22 GMT
those bottom two tweets are the ramblings of a madman. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 10:43:55 GMT
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Post by CaajScot on Dec 21, 2015 10:44:43 GMT
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Post by CaajScot on Dec 21, 2015 10:49:28 GMT
those bottom two tweets are the ramblings of a madman. More from the fucking madman.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 10:53:46 GMT
those bottom two tweets are the ramblings of a madman. More from the fucking madman. never take money you've not earned? grief - does he reject Christmas presents then? |
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Post by CaajScot on Dec 21, 2015 17:32:55 GMT
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Post by CaajScot on Dec 21, 2015 18:19:21 GMT
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Post by CaajScot on Dec 21, 2015 22:49:05 GMT
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Post by dazjoe on Dec 21, 2015 22:57:49 GMT
Tokyo Sexwale sounds like a very weird Asian sexual practice. "I like big Asian women". "Ah, you want a Tokyo Sex Whale" "Oh yes" |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2015 15:50:53 GMT
I would say they should have a lifetime ban, but 8 years will probably finish Blatter off.
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Post by CaajScot on Dec 22, 2015 16:04:50 GMT
Michel Platini: Fifa committee was 'asleep for four years'
22 December 2015
Last updated at 13:03 Banned Uefa president Michel Platini has accused world football's ethics committee of "sleeping" for four years before barring him from football.
Platini and Fifa president Sepp Blatter were ruled to have abused their positions over a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" made to Platini in 2011. Both men are appealing against eight-year bans issued on Monday. "What was the Fifa ethics committee doing between 2011 when I was paid and 2015?" said Platini. "Was it sleeping?" In an interview with French media agency AFP, the 60-year-old former France captain added: "Suddenly it wakes up. Ah yes, it wakes up in a Fifa election year when I'm a candidate. It's amazing." Swiss Blatter, 79 - Fifa boss since 1998 - had already announced he was quitting with a presidential election in February - with Platini, also a vice-president, tipped to succeed him. Platini has been in charge of Uefa - European football's governing body - since 2007 and was backed in a statement on Monday, with the organisation saying it was "extremely disappointed" with the decision. He has submitted his candidacy but cannot stand while banned from all footballing activities. Both men are appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Platini said: "I will fight. But then I'll take my responsibilities according to what happens. "Whatever happens, my reputation has been sullied, I've been kicked in the teeth: I've been put in the same bag as Blatter." www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35160425
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Post by ScholesEvilTwin on Jan 11, 2016 18:45:51 GMT
So this was the goal that won the Puskas Award for 2015. Not bad: |
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Post by Rustin Cohle on Jan 12, 2016 10:04:29 GMT
The Ballon D'Or is fucking stupid. Leaving aside arguments about rewarding individuals in a team game, it has so many problems. The main two are:
1. Timing. Why is it based on calendar years? None of the players play in countries where the domestic league is done in calendar years! Top level football is not measured in calendar years so neither should be top football awards.
2. Who is allowed to vote. What does the captain of Eritrea have to do with who is the best player in the world?! Over half the people voting will not have seen all 23 nominated players play more than twice. It leads to bizarre decisions like the Vanuatu captain having a 3 of Pogba, Muller, Alexis, or Stephan M'Bia going for Yaya Toure, Zlatan, Neuer. Then a ton just vote on reputation, leading to the exclusion on great players for past it ones (like Yaya). Even players that should be knowledgable such as Vincent Kompany vote for their mates - his 3 was Hazard, KDB, Messi.
The award, like FIFA itself, needs serious reform.
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