The FA F*** up again!

[woody]

Gets his private bribery thoughts RECORDED

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8685009.stm


FIRE HIM NOW!

[jimbobjaw]

I'm afraid i personally think its too late, and the World Cup bid is gone. Imo, FIFA were just waiting for a reason to say no, and i think this will be the perfect opportunity. For me its not that he was caught, its simply the fact that he thinks that he could just throw around comments like this, seemingly with no grounding. If he has grounding, then go to FIFA!

[woody]

I'm afraid i personally think its too late, and the World Cup bid is gone. Imo, FIFA were just waiting for a reason to say no, and i think this will be the perfect opportunity. For me its not that he was caught, its simply the fact that he thinks that he could just throw around comments like this, seemingly with no grounding. If he has grounding, then go to FIFA!

He was allegedly doing what FA officials have always done...... Trying to be the 'big man' maybe to get in the ladies drawers?????

Thank God she saw through him and taped the dinner date chat!

How many more FA chats will be taped? Don't these people learn?

Yet another LABOUR casualty for the week.

[JamesRDFC]

This pretty much sums up what I think:
http://www.football365.com/john_nichols ... 27,00.html

And check out the most popular comments at the bottom of the story on the Mail on Sunday website.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... erees.html

Some examples:

It frustrates me that (despite some obvious errors of judgement) he is painted as the pantomime villain for expressing his opinion in a 'private 'conversation. While the attention craving Miss Jacobs, author of "The Labour minister and I" blog, wearer of a secret recording device, plays the pious card.

Congratulations on a job well done.

I'm sure you are truly delighted at wrecking England's bid for the World Cup. You couldn't have done a better job for the Russian FA if you had tried. Are you taking bribes from them? Perhaps somebody should investigate YOUR motives for this story.

The Mail done good again...
Innuendo rehashed as fact.
Private conversations revealed.
British interests trashed for a few sales of a rag.

There's something broken about Britain, alright. You.

"Man has private conversation with trusted friend" shocker.

If he was exposing his thoughts to a complete stranger then you could question his judgement, but not when he's talking privately to a long-term acquaintance. Recording such a conversation is disgraceful.

This woman says she loves football and wants to remain friends with Lord Triesman. Well, she clearly loves getting her grubby hands on filthy lucre a lot more. She should be ashamed of herself.

The English tabloid newspapers are yet again conspiring to do their best to damage the England football team's prospects at the World Cup. Now there's a surprise. It's pathetic and the English people are quite rightly getting sick of it.

[davealbon]

http://www.football365.com/john_nichols ... 27,00.html

That's an excellent piece, and one I agree almost entirely with.

The one thing that Triesman has done which I can't defend though, is not report his concerns to FIFA. If he has a genuine reason for believing what he has alleged, why not go to FIFA and tell them what he knows? Even if he had no proof, I'm sure FIFA would have investigated the matter, and if not, he could at least say that he'd done what he could to prevent the allegations from actually happening.

[woody]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse........................

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 75640.html

[Mad Dog]

^^ If that happens, it will more or less signall that the Mail is trying their best to sabotage England's World Cup bid all for the sake of a few politically motivated headlines. :roll:

[Bob's Bitch]

http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=6560

http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=6554

Two very interesting articles, especially the first.

[woody]

Lineker resigns from Mail Job

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8690639.stm