The England football bid and why I fucking hate newspapers.

[AdamGB]

Not denying that mate... I just find it Ironic that the media get on their high horse and ride it for all that it's worth - they love this shit... yet they fail to either recognize or acknowledge the part that there their scare mongering has played.

Doesn't matter whether it's the goverment, the world cup bid, youth... anything... they will always find something to moan on about... mark my words all of the ones who backed the Conservatives will be whinging about them too before you know it.

[Gandalf]

Not denying that mate... I just find it Ironic that the media get on their high horse and ride it for all that it's worth - they love this shit... yet they fail to either recognize or acknowledge the part that there their scare mongering has played.

Doesn't matter whether it's the goverment, the world cup bid, youth... anything... they will always find something to moan on about... mark my words all of the ones who backed the Conservatives will be whinging about them too before you know it.

Yeah, I kind of knew where you were coming from, but with Brown fresh in my mind I didn't like the idea that it was all a media creation in this instance. No, I agree with you, particularly in regard to the lower quality papers. "We have gone undercover and exposed 'A' for something or other that doesn't really matter, but we will present it to you as news and tell you that it should matter...blah, blah, blah". It is pathetic and it's a shame that people buy into it. From what I have heard I really don't understand what the scandal actually is. I mean so what if someone thinks that officials might have been less than honest?

[Nameless]

It all comes down to greed... They can make a couple thousand bucks easily out of something? They'll do it and the consequences are others problems, money erase one conscience so easily sometimes...

[Master]

I hate all the politics and corruption that goes on in organising these event, the same goes on with the Olympics.

[Cressa121]

The meida are a joke. 4 other papers turned this story down because of its potential implications, yet the Mail on Sunday decide to report it as news that people might actually care about. Does anybody care if the the FA Chairman said Spain might withdraw their 2018 bid if Russia helped them bribe referees at the WC? I know I don't. The only thing Triesman did wrong was trusting some slag who wanted to make a few quid.

I doubt this will affect the bid too much though. It might have pissed off a few other national FA's, particularly the Russian and Spanish ones who might not vote England's way. But like Hammer said, theres much more important things to consider then this little episode