Oh dear Lord Triesman

[Compo's Hat]

Can't see the FA Chairman lasting long if the claims are true.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... l?ITO=1708

[Royal Rother]

An utter disaster for the 2018 bid.

[Arnie_Pie]

Well that stupid bird just made herself a bit of a target.

[Zammo]

I would.

[Jerry St Clair]

Triesman obviously did. Fair play.

[PieEater]

What a set up, no mention of why the conversations were recorded or every text kept for publication. A total own goal by the paper who must have been funding the honey trap.

OK what he's said is scandalous, but nothing he said was factual and could best be described as hearsay. He was probably just trying to impress her.

[Royal Rother]

I doubt that.

[Urinal Mint]

Sounds like that could be very damaging to our World Cup bid in 2018.

His resignation will be in within the week.

[exileinleeds]

Great timing from the Mail.

A quick resignation, and explanation that a vain and stupid man tried to impress some bimbo treat it, and her, with the contempt deserved. Grovelling appology that of course no one thinks there is the remotest chance these ramblings have any foundation in truth.

[ZacNaloen]

Lord Triesman concerned about match fixing at the 2018 world cup.

That's the story, whats with the rest of the character assassination?


I didn't think my opinion of the Daily Mail could actually sink any lower

[Royal Rother]

NOTW would have given it far more sensitive treatment eh?

(Actually, that's be the 1st place to go with this story, so maybe they turned it down the the national interest....?)

Just a thought!

[Royal Rother]

Great timing from the Mail.

A quick resignation, and explanation that a vain and stupid man tried to impress some bimbo treat it, and her, with the contempt deserved. Grovelling appology that of course no one thinks there is the remotest chance these ramblings have any foundation in truth.

It'd be nice to think it could be made to go away that easily but he's the bloody Chairman of the FA, and Chairman of the 2018 Bid Committee.

Horrendous. How many millions have we wan-ked off on this bid?

[ZacNaloen]

NOTW would have given it far more sensitive treatment eh?

(Actually, that's be the 1st place to go with this story, so maybe they turned it down the the national interest....?)

Just a thought!

Well yes, the fact this is outright tabloid journalism is what makes it all the more ridiculous a story.

The mail at least usually attempts a veneer of respectability.

[Seal]

I echo the sentiments above. I genuinely didn't think my opinion of the Mail could get any lower, but astonishingly they have managed it. Such a spiteful, vindictive and crass publication. An embarrassment.

Quite why they think it is in the "national interest" to entrap the leader of the World Cup bid, and ruin any chance we had of winning it, is beyond me. Utter utter c@nts.

For what it's worth everything I've heard has pointed towards Russia winning anyway, but this is the proverbial nail in the coffin.

[Ian Royal]

I don't think this stoops any lower than calling Clegg a Nazi by completely misrepresenting something he wrote about 8 years ago.

[Dirk Gently]

This story has been floating a round the blogosphere for a little while and was bound to be picked up and printed sooner or later - the big issue was that DT had shown signs of standing up to the PL within the FA, and so the knives were well and truly out for him. If it hadn't been this it would have been something else.

It's ll part of the big political battle for the soul and control of football that's going on, and this is a big victory in it for the PL. A sad day indeed.

[Dirk Gently]

Interesting counter-argument here : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7128203.ece

[Jackson Corner]

[quote="Zammo"]

What first atracted you to the 67 year old millonaire Lord Triesman?

[Silver Fox]

Interesting counter-argument here : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7128203.ece

spot on. I'd add that if Triesman has any genuine reason to believe Spain are trying to bribe refs then that is what the footballing authorities should be looking into surely

[Barry the bird boggler]

I'm disgusted with the Mail. An utter disgrace to print these comments.