The FIFA Thread

McDonalds and Coca Cola release statements wanting Blatter to step down immediately.

So have Visa and Budweiser.

So there's a sponsor revolt potentially in progress - what many have said would get SB out - and he's still staying put. At this rate its going to take something properly extreme to get him out before February, and I bet he still won't go then.

Which means John Oliver drank a Bud Light Lime in vain. For shame.

An assassination would do the trick.

An assassination would do the trick.

An assassination would do the trick.

In 2010, we had a discussion of the World Cup and then we went to a double decision. For the World Cups, it was agreed that we go to Russia because it's never been in Russia, eastern Europe, and for 2022, we go back to America. And so we will have the World Cup in the two biggest political powers.

And everything was good until the moment when [French president Nicolas] Sarkozy came in a meeting with the crown prince of Qatar, who is now the ruler of Qatar. And at a lunch afterwards with Mr Platini, he said it would be good to go to Qatar. And this has changed all pattern.

UEFA publicly backing Platini. Really covering themselves in glory there.

Tear it all down and start again.