Platini v's R.O.I

[city bairn]

France despite their "superstars" are shite.

If the sweaties can take 4 points off them then Eire can do the same. I can see them winning that.

6 points ;)

 

[bluemoon32]

Good luck to the mick, hope they qualify

 

[JULES]

France are a team that you wouldn't put a penny on. Never has a team blown more hot and then frozen solid in consecutive matches. All is not lost for the Emerald Isle.

But the greatest scandal of this World Cup is the corruption in its administration. Blather and Platters want a spectacle that allows the 'developing' football world a seat at the top table, but North Korea, New Zealand and the like don't sell tickets. France, Russia and their like do. They have to make the money to fund their lavish Zurich lifestyles, their political hobbyhorses, and random battering of English football. The pair of them have less integrity than your average Swiss bank.

spot on deb`e

 

[FCLB]

The OP made my day.

Maybe time for a reality check. Platini is trying to implement a plan to prevent the english club football from collapsing. With this in mind, the OP should be re-assessed.

 

[Miami Weiss]

Are you having a laugh?

Ireland are like Hull last year, great start under Gio but very soon (Maybe even against France) our bubble will pop and we will see how dire our squad is, horrible football (Yes I know it doesn't matter what football we play if we win/are un-beaten) etc etc.

Sure Platini and co. aren't doing us and many other countries like us favours but the bottom line is, Irish football isn't looking up imo.

I'm sorry for being negative but I don't see anything more then a loss coming our way.

Not doing any favours? It's downright corruption and cheating. To invite teams into a competition and then to change the rules part way through it is a disgrace and I am really surprised there has been no fall out over this.

It was a understatment in a sarcastic manner, I couldn't agree more.

 

[mcfc83]

On one hand they love to portray this image of the football family, with all nations having the chance to compete at the World Cup, but away from the spotlight they want to ensure the competition is still a huge cash cow and the profitable nations make it through.

Despite the tough play-off draw I still fancy the ROI but the rule change has wound me up, that and the fact they seem to have got away with it.

 

[vonksbignose]

The OP made my day.

Maybe time for a reality check. Platini is trying to implement a plan to prevent the english club football from collapsing. With this in mind, the OP should be re-assessed.

What are you smoking? Quite clearly, Monseur Platini has an entirely different agenda than the one which you sem to believe!

To say you were being naive would be an insult to the naive!

 

[jack]

Weren't France, Portugal etc... already seeded in their original groups to make it easier for them to qualify, now they are seeded again in the playoffs? Leaves a very bad taste in the mouth (probably garlic)

 

[Carver]

Makes a mockery of their own fair play logo.
I certainly don't see the fair play in the way the rules were changed

 

[FCLB]

The OP made my day.

Maybe time for a reality check. Platini is trying to implement a plan to prevent the english club football from collapsing. With this in mind, the OP should be re-assessed.

What are you smoking? Quite clearly, Monseur Platini has an entirely different agenda than the one which you sem to believe!

To say you were being naive would be an insult to the naive!

No naivety.

What could be this entirely different agenda?

Platini is the head of the UEFA and as such careful of UEFA's best interests. Most of UEFA's best interests lie with the richest clubs in Europe, among which many are english clubs. Platini (and his hierarchy) wants to avoid at all costs a collapse of largely indebted clubs. There are a dozen of clubs in Europe which have been exhibited in the window glass to sell the European competitions. If those clubs go under, so go years of investments promoting them (and other stuff)

Platini's plan is designed to provide indebted clubs with a breaker so they can soak in the debt and keep playing their money bag part.


Platini wants nothing else: keep the big business clubs at the top so the football sector brings as much money as possible.

Platini's plan contains nearly nothing about debts (clubs can maintain their debt scheme) and much against clubs which would seize the current opportunity to invest massively to developp their franchise.

Doing so, Platini will protect indebted clubs which do not have to go deeper in debt to stay competitive.
His plan is to design to protect the english club football among some other club football.


Still wants to read on Platini's hidden agenda.