Sam Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Did he fall over? Why's he got that plaster on? Attempt to gain sympathy for being old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted December 21, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Minor non-surgical procedure on his face, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 He's going to come back as his "uncorruptable" cousin, Bepp Slatter. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted December 21, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 31 minutes ago, Benji said: He's going to come back as his "uncorruptable" cousin, Bepp Slatter. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted December 21, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Sepp Blatter has responded to his eight-year ban from football by insisting that he is not guilty of any wrongdoing over a payment to Michel Platini. The 79-year-old said that he remains president of Fifa, before stating that he will take his case to the court of arbitration for sport. The Fifa ethics committee, chaired by the German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, ruled on Monday morning that both Blatter and Platini should be banned, despite their protestations that they did nothing wrong when Blatter paid the Uefa president 2m Swiss francs (£1.35m) in 2011, nine years after both men claimed it was originally due. In addition to being banned, Blatter was fined 50,000 Swiss francs or £34,000 and Platini 80,000 Swiss francs or £54,000. Speaking at a press conference in Zurich, Blatter – flanked by his daughter Corinne and sporting a plaster on his face caused by having a mole removed – claimed that he was a victim. “To say that it is a good day for me or for Fifa, it would be totally wrong” Blatter said. “You can identify me as an optimist. Together with a Swiss lawyer, we thought that we had convinced the panel, with Mr Eckert in the chair, about the situation with the payment. We thought that we were in a situation that was clear, with a clean sheet. “We had a oral contract, a gentleman’s agreement. This was made in 1998 after the World Cup. What astonished me now when I talk about the decision today is that they deny the existence of such an agreement. This agreement was confirmed by two meetings. We have the proof that this agreement existed. “Therefore the 2m Swiss francs paid to Platini went through the finance committee, the executive committee and was done in good terms. This is a donation. This is a gift. We avoided the issue of corruption. We did this because this arrangement was in the Fifa books. You can have oral contracts. Once again we go to the appeal committee. We go to Cas, the court of arbitration for sport. There might have been an administrative error, but this was nothing to do with the ethics. This cannot be proven. If it cannot be proven, then it cannot be guilty.” Blatter had appeared before the ethics committee last Thursday, protesting his innocence in a letter to all 209 Fifa members in which he likened the process to the Spanish inquisition. On Monday, he continued to defend himself, making reference to Nelson Mandela. “Mr Mandela was talking about humanity. Humanity needs no other significance than to respect each other and I say that to celebrate humanity through football was created by this great humanist. “I will fight,” he added. “I will fight for me and I will fight for Fifa. Suspended for what? I spoke with my lawyer this morning and we were not surprised that the notification was made first to the media. This committee has no right to go against the president of Fifa. The president can only be removed by the congress. Even suspended, I am still the president. I regret, but I am not ashamed. “I’m really sorry. I’m sorry that I am still somewhere a punching ball. As president of Fifa, I’m still this punching ball. I’m sorry for Fifa. I’m sorry for football. I’m also sorry about me. How I am treated in this world. “Human beings needs to be respected. It has created a lot of collateral damage in the families. My family was mocked. I regret I am this punching bag. Fifa is still working well, I congratulate Barcelona to winning the Club World Cup. I am a man of principles. These principles are: never take money that is not earned. Secondly, pay your debts. I’ll be back” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Sepp Blatter is a cartoon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMachine Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Can he be yanked from office before the meeting in February? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 On 16/12/2015 at 13:25, Benji said: They do, they just don't expect them to actually do anything long term O Rly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Blatter and Platini won't be replaced by anyone much better (if at all). It'll take years, decades even, to scour FIFA of corruption, if it even happens at all and this isn't just an empty gesture and throwing two scapegoats to the wolves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Just now, Benji said: Blatter and Platini won't be replaced by anyone much better (if at all). It'll take years, decades even, to scour FIFA of corruption, if it even happens at all and this isn't just an empty gesture and throwing two scapegoats to the wolves. I appreciate the back pedalling and agree with you on all counts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 No back pedalling at all. Them getting rid of scapegoats isn't doing anything long term (last two words, an important part of my original point ). There's fundamental problems at FIFA, and getting rid of two people is, as I say, an empty gesture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted December 22, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 All the more reason to have the Swiss authorities shut it down and have someone start afresh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMarrio Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 That would be one of the better solutions but unfortunately I really can't see it happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 49 minutes ago, Lineklaus said: All the more reason to have the Swiss authorities shut it down and have someone start afresh. I'm torn on this, it sounds like such a nice idea, but realistically anything taking its place is just a rose by any other name smelling of manure. The same faces will be involved, but they'll have a nice facade of "we're not as bad as FIFA was". They need to fix the actual problem, and changing the name would just be another empty gesture. Like fuck if I know how to fix it, mind, but I'm not the one being paid to investigate and do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted December 22, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Quote Tim Roth has revealed that he starred in the critically reviled Fifa movie in order to pay for his kids through college. The actor, who played disgraced football president Sepp Blatter in the Fifa-funded flop United Passions, spoke out about his role during a Reddit interview. "The film is awful (can’t say that because I haven’t seen it) I hated doing it, it was the wrong film but for the right reasons. I had two kids in college so I had to make a decision and it was probably poorly judged, but once you make that decision you have to follow through. It’s a hard road, being in something you don’t want to do, but I’m glad I did it for my family." The $27 million budget film, which also starred Gerard Depardieu, made headlines earlier this year after making just $607 in the US, leading it to be named the biggest box office disaster of all time. It also received universally negative reviews. The Guardian’s Jordan Hoffman called it “a disgrace” and claimed that “as proof of corporate insanity it is a valuable case study”. It was released as the Fifa corruption case raged on yet the film didn’t mention any of the allegations and was criticised for painting Blatter as a hero. "I thought the movie would be much more about the corruption of this guy at first […] I don’t know if he is going to go down, he seems to have survived everything that has been thrown at him. There doesn’t seem to be any way you can get to them because of all those big corporations behind him. It looks the most promising though now though, it looks like he is a on a back foot now because he looks more exposed then he has ever been in the past" Monday saw Blatter handed an eight year ban from football by the world governing body’s own ethics committee. He has since referred to himself as “a punching bag for Fifa”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrilla Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 http://t.co/NdOLzHSBTx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 I'm sure world famous Academy and BAFTA award winning actor Tim Roth was really struggling for money to send his kids through college before that What a tit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 To be fair, he got paid £26m to play the part and all he had to do to get it was become BFFs on a prostitute and coke-filled yacht with several Central American football association heads during the promotional tour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 1 minute ago, Gazz said: To be fair, he got paid £26m to play the part and all he had to do to get was become BFFs on a prostitute and coke-filled yacht with several Central American football association heads. Oh yeah, I can't say I blame him, but don't try and put over like it was some big noble move. Actually, that's exactly the sort of shit FIFA would pull. Maybe he's just a really dedicated actor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMachine Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 I've heard the FIFA movie is pretty much one long cinematic blowjob to the organization, and a lot of the stuff is glorified or outright made up. Has anyone here actually seen it, or know someone who has? $607 in the U.S.? Wow. I'm surprised it made that much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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