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Post by agingerstokie on Jan 16, 2015 8:31:07 GMT
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Post by KevinWhimper on Jan 16, 2015 8:42:45 GMT
Got to be better than Septic Blatter!
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Post by mosquito on Jan 16, 2015 8:59:55 GMT
He has my backing, not that it is worth anything. He stood as an Ambassador for our failed World Cup bid.
It would be nice to have someone in charge who has an interest in the English league and clubs for once!
And anything is better than Blatter.
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Post by Northy on Jan 16, 2015 9:01:11 GMT
Got to be better than Septic Blatter! Even Jez moxey would be better than him |
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Post by stokiejoe on Jan 16, 2015 9:16:44 GMT
Hope he gets it but I'm convinced it's rigged.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Jan 16, 2015 9:21:49 GMT
Played football at a high level?
Ginola = Yes
Blatter = No
Good Image as the "face" of the world game?
Ginola = Yes
Blatter = No
"friends" on the inside with pockets lined from bribes?
Ginola = No
Blatter = Yes
So only one winner Im afraid. But nice to see him try
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Post by basingstokie on Jan 16, 2015 10:00:48 GMT
Blatter has many friends in less developed countries as he (allegedly) uses Fifa money to provide grants to develop facilities. The contracts to build these facilities are invariably awarded to the Fifa rep or leaders son's company at grossly inflated prices.
He's there as long as he wants to be unless there is a ground swell of public opinion and pressure put on key sponsors to get rid of him.
Wonder what the mob who hounded Ched Evans are doing now - perhaps we could engage them?!
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Post by Olgrligm on Jan 16, 2015 10:03:12 GMT
Does anybody know anything about him or what he stands for, apart from that he isn't Sepp Blatter?
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Post by eddyclamp on Jan 16, 2015 10:11:41 GMT
We should applaud Ginola for the stance he is taking . Don`t think for one minute he will get in . An election at FIFA seems to be the same thing as an election in North Korea. Blatter has fingers in too many pies and can call in favours from all over the place I would have thought.
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Post by unknown182 on Jan 16, 2015 10:14:43 GMT
He's being backed by paddy power apparently
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 16, 2015 10:24:31 GMT
Played football at a high level? Ginola = Yes Blatter = No Good Image as the "face" of the world game? Ginola = Yes Blatter = No "friends" on the inside with pockets lined from bribes? Ginola = No Blatter = Yes So only one winner Im afraid. But nice to see him try Head and Shoulders above Blatter, you could say! |
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Post by homer32 on Jan 16, 2015 10:26:23 GMT
This is bad news if we want to get rid of Blatter as it will split the vote on the 2 alternatives to him and that will let him in again with all his guaranteed support from Africa.Wouldn't be surprised if Blatter isn't encouraging more people to put up against him .To get shut of Blatter we need only 1 strong candidate against him & get the rest of the world other than Africa to get behind him.He's bought Africa and given them a lot of votes, he's a very clever & devious man.Sorry but we're stuck with him until HE decides to go .
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Post by sage on Jan 16, 2015 10:52:11 GMT
Got to be better than Septic Blatter! Even Jez moxey would be better than him I can't think of any other job for which this statement would fit...says it all about FIFA really!! |
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Post by bathstoke on Jan 16, 2015 10:53:21 GMT
Does anybody know anything about him or what he stands for, apart from that he isn't Sepp Blatter? "Because he's worth it!" |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 16, 2015 16:01:27 GMT
This is bad news if we want to get rid of Blatter as it will split the vote on the 2 alternatives to him and that will let him in again with all his guaranteed support from Africa.Wouldn't be surprised if Blatter isn't encouraging more people to put up against him .To get shut of Blatter we need only 1 strong candidate against him & get the rest of the world other than Africa to get behind him.He's bought Africa and given them a lot of votes, he's a very clever & devious man.Sorry but we're stuck with him until HE decides to go . I assume they have several rounds of voting, with the bottom candidate dropping out each round until a candidate reaches 50% + 1 of the vote. So it doesn't matter if several candidates stand against Blatter it should end up with the strongest opponent standing against him in the last round. |
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Post by ukcstokie on Jan 16, 2015 16:01:58 GMT
Ginola is being paid by a betting company to stand.
You have to wonder why a firm would pay £250k to support this? What benefit are they going to get from a change of FIFA President?
Not convinced that this is as appealing as it first appears.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 16:05:10 GMT
Ginola is being paid by a betting company to stand. You have to wonder why a firm would pay £250k to support this? What benefit are they going to get from a change of FIFA President? Not convinced that this is as appealing as it first appears. maybe the owners are just football fans??? virtually every fan has wanted Blatter gone for years, if these guys can actually stump up the cash to try to get someone to actually try to stand against where's the issue? even if it's just a publicity stunt for Paddy Power who cares as long as it gets the message across that no-one wants Blatter anymore and people shouldn't stop being so cowardly as to not stand against him. not as if them stumping up the money is actually going to do any harm is it? |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 16, 2015 16:05:22 GMT
Ginola is being paid by a betting company to stand. You have to wonder why a firm would pay £250k to support this? What benefit are they going to get from a change of FIFA President? Not convinced that this is as appealing as it first appears. From Paddy Power's point of view they are simply in it for the publicity. A bit like when they paid out on us for relegation after 1 game. It cost them a few £thousand but the publicity was worth more. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jan 16, 2015 21:34:48 GMT
Being a talented player is irrelevant. Platini is an all time great but as slimy as they come. How are Ginola's admin skills? What has he done to suggest he can handle the ruthless politics and skullduggery of that level?
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 17, 2015 7:35:38 GMT
Does anybody know who votes in the FIFA presidential elections. You would hope that all member countries get to vote but suspect it's more like a political party voting for a new leader where votes are kept in house.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 17, 2015 7:44:44 GMT
Does anybody know who votes in the FIFA presidential elections. You would hope that all member countries get to vote but suspect it's more like a political party voting for a new leader where votes are kept in house. I think every FIFA affiliated national FA gets to vote. The trouble is that many of the countries and regions outside Europe vote for Blatter in return for favours. In effect they are bribed by him and his cronies. If Europe and North America and some of the (less corrupt?) Asian countries had any balls they would break away and set up their own version of FIFA on more open and democratic lines. |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 17, 2015 8:01:40 GMT
Does anybody know who votes in the FIFA presidential elections. You would hope that all member countries get to vote but suspect it's more like a political party voting for a new leader where votes are kept in house. I think every FIFA affiliated national FA gets to vote. The trouble is that many of the countries and regions outside Europe vote for Blatter in return for favours. In effect they are bribed by him and his cronies. If Europe and North America and some of the (less corrupt?) Asian countries had any balls they would break away and set up their own version of FIFA on more open and democratic lines. A break away Union would be good except it would destroy the World Cup money spinner so probably never happen. |
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Post by Northy on Jan 17, 2015 8:05:19 GMT
I think every FIFA affiliated national FA gets to vote. The trouble is that many of the countries and regions outside Europe vote for Blatter in return for favours. In effect they are bribed by him and his cronies. If Europe and North America and some of the (less corrupt?) Asian countries had any balls they would break away and set up their own version of FIFA on more open and democratic lines. A break away Union would be good except it would destroy the World Cup money spinner so probably never happen. As I'm a billionaire shall I form a breakaway WFA, World Football Association, and offer a summer world cup in 2022 in Europe to see how many take up the offer and join?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2015 8:08:53 GMT
Being a talented player is irrelevant. Platini is an all time great but as slimy as they come. How are Ginola's admin skills? What has he done to suggest he can handle the ruthless politics and skullduggery of that level? His shorthand and typing skills are immense, so you have nowt to worry about on the admin front Joe... |
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Post by malteser68 on Jan 17, 2015 8:13:14 GMT
Got to be better than Septic Blatter! with the exception of that Muslim cleric of ISIS anyone would be better |
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Post by malteser68 on Jan 17, 2015 8:17:30 GMT
One thing really puzzles me - does Blatter actually realize what football fans really think of him, how he is despised and loathed and thought of as the vile scum he actually is ? The level of corruption at FIFA is beyond belief
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 17, 2015 8:25:09 GMT
I think every FIFA affiliated national FA gets to vote. The trouble is that many of the countries and regions outside Europe vote for Blatter in return for favours. In effect they are bribed by him and his cronies. If Europe and North America and some of the (less corrupt?) Asian countries had any balls they would break away and set up their own version of FIFA on more open and democratic lines. A break away Union would be good except it would destroy the World Cup money spinner so probably never happen. No necessarily. Presumably the breakaway FIFA would organise its own World Cup. It would have most of the countries who provide most of the broadcast funding for the Wolrd Cup affiliated to it and it could invite those countries who were not part of the breakaway to join - providing, of course, that they agreed to a new set of rules which made corruption a thing of the past. Let's face it, Europe, North America and Asian countries like Australia, Japan and South Korea provide 90% of the broadcast funding for FIFA and its World Cups yet the cards are stacked against those countries because a combination of endemic FIFA corruption plus "one country one vote, however small the country" means that the cards are stacked against them when it comes to the bidding process. Only a corrupt system would invite bids for a World Cup to be held in the months of May - August and award it to a country where holding it in May - August would be bad for the health of players and spectators alike and would then try to move it to the (northern hemisphere) winter WITHOUT HOLDING A NEW BIDDING PROCESS. Let's not forget there would be other countries who might have wanted to bid for a World Cup in Jan - March. |
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Post by Northy on Jan 17, 2015 8:38:04 GMT
One thing really puzzles me - does Blatter actually realize what football fans really think of him, how he is despised and loathed and thought of as the vile scum he actually is ? The level of corruption at FIFA is beyond belief He should do, when he appeared on a big screen at a match, I think it was the world cup, a lot of the stadium booed when his face appeared, aparently there were instructions to TV companies not to show him on the big screens |
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jan 17, 2015 8:38:30 GMT
I've never forgiven him for getting Ian Clarkson sent off in the League Cup tie against Newcastle at the Vic back in 1995 with his pathetic dying swan impressions.
This man makes Tom Daley look ordinary when he did his 2.5 somersaults in the pike position.
Ginola certainly elevated diving to new heights on the football field.
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Post by OldStokie on Jan 17, 2015 10:02:52 GMT
I've never forgiven him for getting Ian Clarkson sent off in the League Cup tie against Newcastle at the Vic back in 1995 with his pathetic dying swan impressions. This man makes Tom Daley look ordinary when he did his 2.5 somersaults in the pike position. Ginola certainly elevated diving to new heights on the football field. LOL. I reckon that was one of the very first instances of diving in our game. The crowd went bonkers because we all knew he'd dived. Nowadays, what Ginola did would be classed as legit. After all, he was touched and was entitled to go down. Ginola doesn't look too bright to me. Well, not bright enough to stand up to the corrupt bastards in the world game. OS. |
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