Jack “get your tickets here” Warner is in front of the FIFA Executive committee this week as he attempts to slither his way out of another in a long line of “misconduct” allegations. The November edition of “World Soccer” has an article by Lasana Liburd that details at length the ethically challenged Warner’s exploits over the years. Liburd points out that despite Warner’s initial threat to sue FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi and Ernst & Young – whose leaked report set off the investigation – no action has ever been taken.
It seems that threatening to sue is all part of the Warner act. He threatened to do the same to Andrew Jennings but nothing came of that either. No doubt Warner prefers to take his chances in front of stacked FIFA committees rather than a court of law.
Rob Hughes looks at the imminent arrival at Old Trafford of Henrik Larsson and the current problems of Thierry Henry.
With SAF’s loan capture of Henrik Larsson and the transfer window just around the corner I’m interested in finding out how you would go about strengthening your favourite team. What kind of player (just one) does your team need and who would it be?
The Swiss deserved their win they controlled the tempo of the game and even though South Korea threatened on occassion they never built any momentum in this game.
The Swiss defense was solid even after Senderos went off injured.
It certainly sets up a dark horse quarter in one part of the last sixteen draw with Australia, Ukraine and Switzerland, all joining Italy.
The tournament will miss South Korea and its fans.
Apparently we will not have Tommy Smyth from here on in. It's a pity as I thought he was making good progress in his attempt to read to us almost word for word the entire World Cup 2006 Special Edition issued by World Soccer.
Shevchenko setrs up Kalinichenko who scores and it is well deserved. The Spartak Moscow midfielder has been simply brilliant today.
The Ukraine can now write the Spain game off as a bad day at the office. Shevchenko looked fit today - he didn't against Spain.
Man of the Match - Maksim Kalinichenko was outstanding. He delivered the corner for the first goal, took the free kick that set up Shevchenko's goal, hit the bar with a rocket and finished it all with a goal.
World Soccer describes him as "an inspirational player who has good pace and skill, but is inconsistent". We saw the best from him today - he was great!
The Saudi's are now winless in their last 9 World Cup games.
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