Blatter's hypocrisy once more

[David Votoupal]

Sepp Blatter suggested an Oceania play-off is the best Australia can hope for, and then went on to accuse Oceania's football leaders of providing no leadership, and that infighting puts a favourable WC qualifying path at risk.

What a hypocrite!

How can anyone blast the way the game is run over here, even if it has been appalling, but yet overlook the dire organisation of the game in many, many other countries. Or is it that we are an easier target, simply because we don't have the clout in the sport that some nations do?

 

[Portmanteau]

We need to quit Oceania and become...

Soccer Australia - the Rogue State.

 

[David Votoupal]

Fact is, FIFA will screw those without clout and pamper to those who have it. Yes I do think the Oceania region is a joke and that we should be given a more competitive qualifying process, but if we were to be put in the AFC or CONCACAF for example, we would have no problems qualifying from there. Which TPTB over there wouldn't like, because it would jeopardise their earnings.

 

[Slax]

For a number of years now the senior members of Oceania have been trying to get it split up. Parts going into CONCAF and the rest into Asia.

If FIFA go the way some think they might by having a 4 way play-off group with the playoff teams from Oceania, Asia, CONCAF and South America into a group where the top two win through. This is fairer and would definitely be looked on favourably by South America who can influence Europe.

 

[sebastien]

It will provide the socceroos much needed match practice ahead of the world cup, it is fair and actually not that hard

We have more and more good players beside the usual ones, for instance Bresciano and Grella (i reckon they should start ahead of Skoko

so we should beat the American teams (USA, Canada or Costa Rica since Mexico will proably go through easily)
and the Asian ones (China, Iran, Saudi? I reckon Japan and Korea will qualify automatically