Who is the worst?

[liam88]

[Can we make this a poll please?]

Who is the worst?

FIFA
UEFA
FAI

There's been criticism of all 3 on here in some numbers. Big offences included FAI's neglect of the EL, UEFA letting Lvierpool defend their trophy, and FIFA with banning jersey's and docking Cameroon points for their all-in-one kit (along with the Serbia incident!).
So here's the vote-who is the worst? Remember to keep it proportional as well i.e. arguabley FIFA have more to deal with than UEFA who have more than the FAI.

[Poor Student]

What's the Serbia incident Liam?

[Troy.McClure]

Would shade it to FIFA for thier corruption, just a head of the FAI for being incompident and UEFA for being dominated by the G18 or what ever the big clubs call themselves now-a-days.

[liam88]

What's the Serbia incident Liam?

Ok I was very young so don't blame me if i get it wrong but if I remember FIFA wanted us to play Serbia (and Montenagro-not sure if this was the name at the time) on the night NATO were bombing. When we wouldn't go FIFA wouldn't give us the points (WCQ) and it turned into a big debate which should never have happend. am not sure if NATO intervened but eventually we got the points.
LAds feel free to correct me ont his-like I said I was about 8 at the time and just remember watching it on Newsround

[superfrank]

FAI=lack of investment in EL, ignoring EL, Landsdowne Road
UEFA=CL qualification rules, Mourinho incident (Chelsea saying Rijkaard and Frisk chatted at half time, Rijklaard denying it, Chelsea being fined, afterwards investigation comes out saying it did happen)
FIFA=jersey thing, offside rule, restricting celebrations





It's hard to choose just the one.......

[liam88]

restricting celebrations

This gets me! Short of blatent racist/secaterian actions e.g. the air flute or if someone took of their shirt to reveal a swastika t-shirt, and as long as it's not intimidating then it should be fine!
Common sense should be the key. A player scores and bundle with his teammates while pulling his shirt over his head is fine, if he runs up to the opposing fans and gives them 2 fingers he should be booked.....it's not that hard!
What also throws me is the English FA prohibiting any removal of the shirt because some religions are offended by naked flesh. Then in the WC a player can pull the shirt over his head Don't get me wrong but isn't it strange that a player can do this against a Muslim country such as Iran and not against Everton or Liverpool!
Also who decides the rules on goal celebrations, offside etc. when non-FIFA team e.g Vatican, Tibet, Greenland play

[Gerrit]

By far UEFA. They raped the Champions League into a league every football fan from a smaller league should boycot. They just give in to every single wish from the rich and the famous and if they could they'd accept the nr 10 from Spain in the CL rather than the nr 1 from Ireland or Malta.

The Champions League IMO is a worthless tournament and I have lost interest, unless it happens to be Rosenborg playing but in general I have lost interest.

Thanks a lot Johansson, thanks a lot UEFA. All fans of smaller leagues (and that includes LOI and NI) should unite and boycot the Champions League, let the English, Italian, German, French and Spanish just organise their own little league ; I don't see why fans from other countries still want to support a league that even ridiculises its own name.

[Poor Student]

Ok I was very young so don't blame me if i get it wrong but if I remember FIFA wanted us to play Serbia (and Montenagro-not sure if this was the name at the time) on the night NATO were bombing. When we wouldn't go FIFA wouldn't give us the points (WCQ) and it turned into a big debate which should never have happend. am not sure if NATO intervened but eventually we got the points.
LAds feel free to correct me ont his-like I said I was about 8 at the time and just remember watching it on Newsround

The state now known as Serbia and Montenegro was called Yugoslavia back then. It was during the Euro 2000 qualifiers. I can't remember the exact details but I do remember talk of Yugoslavia being expelled as they could not fulfill their fixtures. We did play them in November 1999 I think.

[liam88]

The state now known as Serbia and Montenegro was called Yugoslavia back then. It was during the Euro 2000 qualifiers. I can't remember the exact details but I do remember talk of Yugoslavia being expelled as they could not fulfill their fixtures. We did play them in November 1999 I think.

Ah there we go! Sorry I wasn't to up on my Eastern European Politics back then (only11 by 99) Cheers!

[Poor Student]

Ah there we go! Sorry I wasn't to up on my Eastern European Politics back then (only11 by 99) Cheers!

No worries Liamo. I can't remember the football politics side of things surrounding the matter. I do know we played both fixtures against Yugoslavia, losing away and winning at home (was there). At home I think the great Dragan "Pixie" Stojković equalised running to the crowd and shushing us before we went on to win. If I recall correctly in the away game we played Cascarino as a lone striker.

[ciaran76]

I think they are all as bad as each other.

[Macy]

Think the FAI are worse as it effects me more.

FIFA banning t shirts and that is a pain in the arse, but just a symptom of how the game has gone.

UEFA had no choice over the Champions League - the G18 had them over a barrell, and continue to.

FAI does have control over what happens to our league, including TV coverage. They have the thing everyone wants - international games. They fail to use it effectively. They fail to put proper investment into the league, fail to market it. etc etc.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Ok I was very young so don't blame me if i get it wrong but if I remember FIFA wanted us to play Serbia (and Montenagro-not sure if this was the name at the time) on the night NATO were bombing. When we wouldn't go FIFA wouldn't give us the points (WCQ) and it turned into a big debate which should never have happend. am not sure if NATO intervened but eventually we got the points.
LAds feel free to correct me ont his-like I said I was about 8 at the time and just remember watching it on Newsround

They were still officially Yugoslavia until February 2003 for the record!

[Baker]

No worries Liamo. I can't remember the football politics side of things surrounding the matter. I do know we played both fixtures against Yugoslavia, losing away and winning at home (was there). At home I think the great Dragan "Pixie" Stojković equalised running to the crowd and shushing us before we went on to win. If I recall correctly in the away game we played Cascarino as a lone striker.

The home game against Yugoslavia was meant to be played in May/June 1999. This was at the height of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo with thousands of people been killed and forced from their homes by the Serbian army.

There was a lot talk of refusing to play Yugoslavia while such atrocites were being commited in their governments name but UEFA said that in such an event Yugoslavia would be awarded a 3-0 victory and that politics and sport shouldnt mix etc etc.

In the end the Irish government stepped in and refused to grant any of the Yugoslav players, coaches and background staff the necessary visas to enter Ireland. Thus preventing any punishment for the FAI and/or Irish team as they were not forced to refuse to play the game.

The game was then played around the following September or so when the political situation had calmed down a bit. Ireland won 2-1 in one of the best games Ive ever attended with Mark Kennedy scoring an absolute screamer of a winner.

[jorge]

FIFA for the most ridicolus rules marginally ahead of the FAI for the ovious.

[Baker]

FIFA for corruption get my vote.

[Stevo Da Gull]

This gets me! Short of blatent racist/secaterian actions e.g. the air flute or if someone took of their shirt to reveal a swastika t-shirt, and as long as it's not intimidating then it should be fine!
Common sense should be the key. A player scores and bundle with his teammates while pulling his shirt over his head is fine, if he runs up to the opposing fans and gives them 2 fingers he should be booked.....it's not that hard!
What also throws me is the English FA prohibiting any removal of the shirt because some religions are offended by naked flesh. Then in the WC a player can pull the shirt over his head Don't get me wrong but isn't it strange that a player can do this against a Muslim country such as Iran and not against Everton or Liverpool!
Also who decides the rules on goal celebrations, offside etc. when non-FIFA team e.g Vatican, Tibet, Greenland play

Spot on Liam!

Passionate celebrations are becoming a thing of the past, the people making these rules need to cop on..... or are they just idiots .. The more I think about it the more I become sure that they are idiots.

Last week -v- UCD Eddie Gormley picked up a yellow card for what looked like a high 2 footed tackle from where I was standing, to think that warrants a yellow yet if you score a brace and remove your shirt both times then your'e off , f'n stupidity!

Question: Taking off your'e shirt is a yellow card offence yeah? As is celebrating with the fans (jumping hoardings/ slapping their hands/etc etc)?
So if John O'Flynn scored a goal, removed his shirt and hugged a fan/slapped fans hands behind the goal would he then be sent off for commiting 2 yellow card offences?

[liam88]

Spot on Liam!

Passionate celebrations are becoming a thing of the past, the people making these rules need to cop on..... or are they just idiots .. The more I think about it the more I become sure that they are idiots.

Last week -v- UCD Eddie Gormley picked up a yellow card for what looked like a high 2 footed tackle from where I was standing, to think that warrants a yellow yet if you score a brace and remove your shirt both times then your'e off , f'n stupidity!

Question: Taking off your'e shirt is a yellow card offence yeah? As is celebrating with the fans (jumping hoardings/ slapping their hands/etc etc)?
So if John O'Flynn scored a goal, removed his shirt and hugged a fan/slapped fans hands behind the goal would he then be sent off for commiting 2 yellow card offences?

Aye your right. In answer to your question I think it would be a yes-Northern Ireland player who scored against Wales (Healey?) was sent of becaus ehe kicked the corner flag then made the "faggot" sign at the Welsh fans. I'd say the 2nd one warrents a booking but kicking the corner flag is no problem-in WC 2002 David Beckham kicked a £2500 microphone out the way so he had enough space for his corner run up-corner flags are what £50? Bizzare!

I really enjoy goal celebrations and it's really good for the atmosphere-your so right about passionate celebrations slowly dissapeering-sad really. Way to much red tape and buerocracy on things like this that really should be left to common sense....same as kicking the ball away-England U21 player-can't remember who against was called for offside (he wasn't) being 2-2 and having jsut made an amazing run halfway down the pitch he kicked the ball in the net anway-and the ref gives him his second yellow and sends him off! Very strange if you ask me..

[Éanna]

made the "faggot" sign at the Welsh fans.

No he didn't. AFAIk, it's not a "faggot" sign anyway, but he apparently makes that gesture regularly when he scores and it had nothing to do with the welsh fans

[tetsujin1979]

No he didn't. AFAIk, it's not a "faggot" sign anyway, but he apparently makes that gesture regularly when he scores and it had nothing to do with the welsh fans

Didn't he claim he did it to acknowledge his family in the crowd?