Young Polak

The belgian germano, no thanks

if you think about it, the full 120 minutes, half time and the brattan injury, those brisbane fans sat for around 3 hours without witnessing a brisbane goal and conceding at the very last minute in a very dull game Get absolutely fucked you cunts

The A-League would be spun off from Football Federation Australia (FFA) and run independently in time for the 2019-2020 season under a proposal by a FIFA-backed working group. The 100-page report from the congress review working group (CRWG) was made public on Tuesday after its submission to FIFA last week. It is expected to be rubber-stamped at a meeting of FIFA's member associations committee on August 20 and then put to a vote at an FFA extraordinary general meeting in mid-September. If the vote fails, FIFA could suspend Australia's membership - potentially putting the Socceroos' defence of their AFC Asian Cup crown at risk and throwing the domestic competition into turmoil. The report notes opposition from the FFA board to its two key recommendations - the structure of an expanded congress and the mooted pathway for the A-League to become independent. However, it was signed off by all eight CRWG members - including FFA board member Chris Nikou - as well as independent chair Judith Griggs. Held hostage - FFA reforms and the future of Australian football "This report and its recommendations represent an opportunity for a new era of collaboration, transparency and democracy for Australian football," Greg Griffin, CEO of the Australian Professional Football Clubs Association, said. "They are borne from a process of unprecedented cooperation and engagement between the diverse stakeholders of our game - interactions that should be given every chance of becoming the cornerstone of a brighter future for the entire game." The CRWG has proposed for the new congress to grow from 10 to 29 members - the nine state federations, nine Australian A-League clubs, Professional Footballers Australia plus and a new 'women's council'. The women's council would comprise 10 members, with three each nominated by the other stakeholders in the congress, plus an independent chair selected by FFA's nominations committee. The allocation of votes in the congress is designed to take away the ability for any one group to elect or remove directors or pass constitutional change without support from another. It also commits to a review of FFA's governance structures every four years. Football's 'heart and soul' deserting the game amid governance gridlock The report suggests a collaborative 'New Leagues Working Group' be formed to establish the framework for a new operating model for the A-League. The working group would consist of representatives from the state federations, clubs and PFA, plus FFA board members and management, who would submit their plan by the end of March 2019. FFA, in contrast, have been developing their own operating model. Four state federations - the ACT, Northern Territory, Tasmania and Northern NSW - are aligned with FFA in opposition to the CRWG's key recommendations and are prepared to vote them down at an EGM. The states submitted a counter proposal to the CRWG, the details of which remain confidential. It's understood it will not be considered by FIFA, whose remit is to simply approve or reject the report they commissioned from the CRWG. Former A-League boss calls for FIFA to boot out FFA board CURRENT FFA CONGRESS 10 members * Nine state federations (NSW, VIC, NT, SA, WA, TAS, NNSW, QLD, ACT) - 9 votes * One A-League representative - 1 vote CRWG'S PROPOSED FFA CONGRESS 29 members * Nine state federations (NSW, VIC, NT, SA, WA, TAS, NNSW, QLD, ACT) - 55 votes * Nine Australian-based A-League clubs - 28 votes * Professional Footballers Australia - 7 votes * Women's football council (10 members) - 10 votes * Special interest groups granted membership in future would be assigned 2 votes https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/a-league-could-go-independent-by-2019 There is, it seems, no other way: Australia will be suspended from FIFA unless those running the game in this country change their attitude, and change it fast. UPDATEDUPDATED 1 HOUR AGO BY JACK KERR Suspension would mean no Asian Cup defence for the Socceroos in January; no chance of the Matildas claiming a first FIFA Women’s World Cup in France next year; and no way Australia would host that tournament in 2023 (if it hasn’t already ruined its bid chances). And all for what? The battle to fix Australian football’s governance issues is not a Mexican standoff. Nor is it mutually assured destruction. FIFA are the only one in this fight with the nuclear option of suspension at their disposal, and barring some unforeseeable plot-twist, it seems inevitable they will disendorse their Australian chapter, should the latest round of reform recommendations not be accepted. Because if they aren’t running out patience, FIFA are certainly running out of options. Since intervening two years ago, when they became increasingly concerned about the undemocratic fashion in which football in Australia was being run, FIFA have taken the softly, softly approach. When negotiations reached a stalemate, they could have installed a normalisation committee to institute the reforms they saw fit. Instead, they assembled a working group, headed by Judith Griggs, and tasked them with finding the best way forward. Call it normalisation-lite. Rather than the detached international governance experts that would sit on a normalisation committee, the future of Australian football was put in the hands of eight locals with skin in the game: four representing the state football bodies; one from FIFA; two from the A-League clubs; and another from the players’ union (the PFA). And their package of solutions is a good one. It increases the size of the FFA Congress (the group which appoints the FFA board) from 10 to 29. It spreads the voting weight more evenly amongst this cohort: the block of state federations, which currently controls 90 per cent of votes, has its collective voting weight reduced to 55 per cent - which is less than the 60 per cent needed to appoint members to the board. Recommendations set FFA on course for FIFA clash That should mean an end to sham boardroom elections in which only those with links to sponsors get a seat at the table. The working group’s findings also have gender equality as a cornerstone: on top of a special Women’s Council being granted 10 of the Congress’ 100 votes, each other member must be represented by one male and one female delegate. And the proposed model allows for new voices to be given a say: special interest groups - such as those representing coaches, NPL clubs, fans and even Indigenous footballers - can get a place in the Congress should they meet the list of criteria that has been laid out in the findings. All up, the proposal handed in to FIFA and currently awaiting their approval, moves the governance of Australian football towards the best practices of other national member associations. Now, for it to come into effect, the reforms need to get the approval of at least eight of the current FFA Congress’ 10 members. For it not to win that support would be illogical: yet here we are, with the smaller states - who are said to have become increasingly recalcitrant during the process - now putting their commitment to head office before the interests of the game. In other words, the future of football is being held hostage by the likes of Football Federation Northern Territory, a region that has rarely produced a Socceroo, a Matilda, or an A-League player, which has barely a few thousand registered players, and which seems to do little to foster Indigenous footballing talent. But it wouldn’t be football politics if the microstates were not having undue influence on proceedings. Perhaps the only circuit breaker to this situation lies in the six pro-reform members in the Congress - the mainland states and the clubs’ representatives - engaging their rights to kick out members of the current board and replacing them. It is something they have so far refrained from doing, preferring, they say, to work in a spirit of collegiality and good will. But with these latest reforms the last chance to change the governance of the game in Australia on a cooperative basis, it may yet come to that. And that would be disastrous for the Lowy family's legacy in the game. https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/held-hostage-ffa-reforms-and-the-future-of-australian-football

https://amp.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/prospect-of-fifa-sacking-ffa-board-back-on-the-table-20180801-p4zuz0.html Prospect of FIFA sacking FFA board back on the table Football Federation Australia chairman Steven Lowy has confirmed his board is opposed to "crucial aspects" of a report handed down by a FIFA-backed working group into how the federation's congress should be expanded. The congress review working group (CRWG) has submitted its recommendations to the global governing body after seven weeks of consultation with key stakeholders in Australian football. It comes as four of the country's smallest state federations put forward a counter-proposal to the CRWG that they say better addresses the needs of grassroots football. The CRWG's report is still under wraps and will only be released publicly at the discretion of FIFA, who commissioned it in attempt to force FFA to fall in line with its statutes after several years of pressure on the Lowy family. The current FFA congress is the smallest and least democratic in world football. FIFA is expected to approve the recommendations and ask for them to be adopted at an FFA special general meeting by September 7. But the likelihood of that happening is low, with four state federations – the ACT, Northern Territory, Northern NSW and Tasmania – ready to vote to down the changes. If the CRWG's proposals do not pass, FIFA could sack the FFA board and replace it with a normalisation committee to run the sport. It's understood the sticking point in the long-running saga has not changed – the balance of votes in an expanded congress. The concern of FFA and the four state federations in their corner is that A-League clubs will wield too much power at the expense of the grassroots and other elements of the sport. However, FFA's previous suggestions for a reformed congress have not satisfied FIFA's demands for a more democratic structure. "There are many elements of the report which are positive steps and wholly supported by the FFA board," Lowy said in a statement. "However there are also some crucial aspects of the report which the FFA board does not believe are in the best interests of the game and are inconsistent with its guiding principles." Lowy strenuously denied suggestions FFA had interfered with the CRWG's work or placed undue pressure on stakeholders. The ACT, Northern Territory, Northern NSW and Tasmanian federations were not part of the CRWG and in a joint statement said it was "very challenging" for the states who were to represent their views. Combined, they account for just 18 per cent of the registered players in Australia. All nine state federations collectively agreed for Victoria, South Australia, NSW and Western Australia to join the eight-member CRWG, which was independently chaired by former Australian Grand Prix CEO Judith Griggs. The Association of Australian Football Clubs, the lobby group representing dozens of state-league clubs around the country, said the four opposing state federations and FFA should "hang their collective heads in shame" for attempting to block the CRWG's proposals.

how i wish to be in his shoes

Rip

Unfortunately none atm, just found a news article link that provides a link to this Twitter section because they were too lazy to upload it on their own written piece and I have noticed now that it is a bit of a bitch to navigate through the link on your phone but it doesn’t seem to bother me on my pc (I don’t use Twitter)

Time to resurrect this thread here is the link to pics from the photographer that got mobbed by croatian players this morning https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1017154862587445248/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1017154862587445248&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fworld-cup-photographer-croatia-goal-celebration-2018-7

Holy fuckballs the coming home memes can stop now

My guess is he will be advised by David Villa to go to Melbourne City for a bit and then kick back in New York and looked after by cfg until reitirement

I have noticed they are not using the ABBA order in the shootouts did they already abolish this?

Has he been k-swapped or running on a B-16?

understandable

Like a sin bin, should force them to man the fuck up

But for some reason it took me 30 seconds, what the fuck man

I think just generally from now on But this needs to be solidly confirmed

I never knew that there was a rule change that the defender will not get a red card from a tackle to deny a clear goal scoring opportunity as in the case with the denmark-croatia game. Only a red card if it was outside the box. Red Card + Free kick so I have been told Although I was aware this was changed for the goalkeeper to not receive a red, just a yellow and a penalty.

Well now that's controversial. Polish fans are absolutely fuming and embarrassed the way the last 10min panned out

Poland won gold in 1970 and came third in the world cup in 74 and 82 and I believe were in the quarters in 78 and 86. No mass murder, just bash cunts and jail those who voice against the rulers and we live in working class condition Communism is life communism is glorious

inb4 ethnic cleansing and Aryan purification begins the next morning

oh ffs

WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WITNESS

It's time for communism