29 Jul 2026 11:47:42
Wow. A report just released on Sky is that Infatano (FIFA) will pay all members who vote for the new proposal £30m! Now is that a bribe? If it looks like a bribe!
If it sounds like a bribe!
Then it is quite clearly a bribe!
The man is a disgrace and FIFA should remove him ASAP!

1.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 12:55:06
Andy Burnham has just spoken out against it, saying the Government would oppose any such move by FIFA and is in support of UEFA and the FA. He said football is the people's game and should remain so. Also, that if you sell off a part of it, you sell off all of it.
That's the gist of his comments anyway.

2.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 17:13:48
What century is that clown living in, it might have been 30 years ago. Now it's for those who can afford it and corporate greed and profit.

3.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 17:36:20
Vale, mate, I get the impression that he wants football to get back in some way to those pre-corporate days and not just accept things as they are now.
We will see. He's only been in
power for a week. Redistribution of the Prems enormous wealth to make the ordinary football fans experience better (and cheaper)? Perhaps on the German model with fans in the boardroom?

4.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 17:39:04
Nationalise football? Devolve power from the Prem and the big clubs? Who knows? Certainly curtail the entirely corrupt FIFA model?

5.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 18:13:53
Typical answer from a lefty.
It will never happen and would not work.
Just as much as it would not work on any other industry in the world, unless you want to take ambition away from people and keep them down.

{Ed001's Note - Samsung, LG, Hyundai are all nationalised industries. Yeah they can never make it work! You should try reading a book or two and learn a thing or two.}

6.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 18:16:11
Every owner would sell up, that if they could who would want a city or forest, every player would be in Saudi Arabia. But I don't mind the idea of 10 quid and a pint down at the city ground watching Sunday league standard players running around.

Football is stuck between a rock and a hard place. And let's not forget that this government wants total control over the population. What better way to stop people mixing.

7.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 18:33:45
Whoops three. ???

8.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 18:40:43
Exactly, redavale.

9.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 18:29:57
Well you got one right out of millions edd that fail

{Ed001's Note - that was 3, and ones that aren't nationalised fail in their millions too. It is pointless discussing this with someone who thinks not having read a book is something to boast about rather than being ashamed of their ignorance.}

10.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 18:39:40
Be careful dtp.there are leftys running the site.you will be hushed with a sin bin ban ???

{Ed001's Note - you do realise that all 3 I named are in an extremely right-wing country right? The ignorance is embarrassing.}

11.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 19:09:36
Skegfs, we don't have the power, mate. ??

12.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 19:07:33
Edd i read plenty as a kid and went on many holidays and watched middle aged people on a beach reading a book with a fat gut
What's to like about reading a book?

{Ed001's Note - like I said no point discussing it with you. Bruce Lee was an avid reader, I don't remember any pics of him with a gut.}

13.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 19:14:47
Privatised water working well? Or not

{Ed001's Note - in Norway, they kept gas nationalised and used the proceeds to improve their country, it has one of the highest standards of living in the world. The UK sold their natural gas off.}

14.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 19:25:49
Good point Ed. And the privatised Post Office, Railway Companies are doing so well. Obviously the best of all are the Water Companies who routinely make billions by pouring tons of ?into our rivers and lakes.
?
I won't mention steel, rundown by a Chinese firm . Er isn't steel the stuff they make tanks and warships with .Doh!
I make 3 points on football governance .
Firstly, the Government has a 170 plus seat majority so I'm guessing someone, somewhere must have voted for them .

That's democracy folks, they have the mandate for another 2 years
Secondly, it's a potential vote catcher if you're a voter in Bromley, Bolton or Walsall ( or the hundreds of other small towns with a football club) you might like a bit of a financial boost from the Prem for your club?
Thirdly, Vale mate, you can't bemoan the state of football but then oppose change. Or, to put it another way, if things don't change, they'll stay pretty much the same .??????

15.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 19:29:08
I'm sure I've been told a lot of times like other posters by ed this is a football site there is other sites to discuss the brilliant right wing.Just saying ed ?

{Ed001's Note - your wit never fails to fail to amuse Skegs.}

16.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 19:32:20
? Eds bang on about the Korean culture and the companies that own most of the decorated football clubs in the Far East.Definitely not left wing countries. Mind you, we shouldn't expect to much from them Ed. I doubt you can find out much about culture on the back of a Suger Puffs box. ?

17.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 21:39:20
Another googler. ????

18.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 21:58:05
Talk about sucking up winter. ??

19.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 22:02:58
I've actually been to South Korea and Japan, beats being an uneducated emoji smuggler.?

20.) 30 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 23:03:04
Good for you.
Do you actually think I don't have a passport? ??

21.) 30 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 23:13:08
How many Suger Puffs tokens did yours take to collect. ?

22.) 30 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 23:23:16
You tell me, Winter, as I haven't a clue what you get up to. ??

23.) 30 Jul 2026
30 Jul 2026 15:31:44
How to keep politics out of essential industries/ services without Nationalisation : South Korea
While individual politicians cannot personally control these industries for private profit, the South Korean government maintains robust public systems to ensure access to essential services:Healthcare: South Korea uses a public, universal system called the National Health Insurance (NHI) Service. While most hospitals are technically privately owned, the government strictly regulates their prices, bans them from operating for commercial profit, and prohibits private corporations from buying them.Education: The state heavily regulates all levels of education through the Ministry of Education.

The government sets a strict national curriculum, controls university tuition ceilings, and tightly supervises private school boards to prevent them from operating like regular commercial businesses.Infrastructure: Essential utilities like electricity (KEPCO), water (K-water), and passenger rail (Korail) are state-backed monopolies or publicly controlled corporations.In short, individual politicians are banned from profiting from or personally managing these basic industries to prevent corruption, but the public infrastructure itself remains firmly under government oversight.

24.) 30 Jul 2026
30 Jul 2026 16:25:00
Sounds, basically, a good system Bse, with a few tweaks, mate.

25.) 30 Jul 2026
30 Jul 2026 17:13:31
South Korea was so sick of Wealth and Corruption at all levels in society, the last revolution secured these structures. Any politician wishing to stand for election has to agree to them.