It is a rather poignant time to blog about this as the big news this week is another awful decision by Sepp Blatter and the FIFA hierarchy, I am of course talking about the decision to deny England to wear poppies on their shirts for the friendly v Spain. Wearing a poppy to remember fallen heroes should not be in question should it? I cannot fathom the decisions made by the people at the top of the tree, is Blatter to blame? Should the FA stick two fingers up to FIFA and go ahead and put Poppies on the players shirts despite FIFA's restrictions?
I think this could be a massive opportunity for the English FA to win over disillusioned fans, there is generally a poor view of them by English football fans due to strange decision making and an under performing England team. If the Football Association were to go ahead and say 'fuck it' then they would have the whole support of the country and it would help long term relations between fans, players and officials and could lead to a wave of optimism on the basis that those in charge of the game in our country are still in touch with Joe public. I note that FIFA have advised the referee to postpone the match v Spain if we have poppies displayed on the shirts, so what? Again the FA could earn massive kudos from the public, let the ref postpone the game, refund the tickets of those that have paid to watch the meaningless friendly and offer them a half price ticket for the next home match. In principle it is a beautiful idea but there is not a chance in hell of that happening and you know why? Money. The bastards in charge of football have lost sight of what is right and wrong and can only see huge £££ signs.
Take the decision to take the World Cup to Qatar, FIFA bleat on about taking the game around the world which in a roundabout way does make sense but the Qatar decision was down to one thing, money. Those money grabbing greedy fuckwits at FIFA would probably sell their own penis if it meant they could get a suitcase full of cash. FIFA/UEFA spend too much time pontificating about irrelevant and minor things and fail to deal with some massive issues actually wrong with the game at the moment, namely things such as diving which is at an all time high, technology is something football has been crying out for in the last 10 years or so but still they drag their feet on that front as well. Money is currently turning the beautiful game into an ugly monster and is the route of all evil in our beloved game, certainly in the higher echelons anyway. The wages and transfer fees being bandied around at the highest level are beyond comprehension, they should never have been allowed to spiral out of control and it is something UEFA could have ultimately spotted and done something about, but nothing has been done and it will continue to get worse. The Carlos Tevez saga pretty much sums up everything that is wrong with football at the top level, lower down the leagues I'm thankful that football still has beautiful moments. Tom Bender who suffered a horrific injury while playing for Accrington was inundated with well wishes from football fans, a beautiful thing to see and pleasing that he has made a full recovery. Billy Sharp played for Doncaster days after the loss of his son, that takes some massive bollocks and to see him score a goal and reveal a shirt saying 'That's for you Son' was one hell of an emotional moment and the polar opposite of Carlos Tevez attitude.
I guess I am just annoyed by the way football is going and it makes me even more pleased to support a minnow such as Northampton Town, free from corruption and generally free from the poisoned parts of football, it does however make me sad that Cobblers are shit. I have so much more to say on this matter but wanted to scribe a few bits for now and will improve and write more when I have more time.
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