The Toon Army

I'm not persuaded that football is any more corrupt than its ever been. I mean, it's nearly half a century since eg Havalange took over at FIFA:

Or half a century before that, just look at what this character got up to:

I just hink  that there are far more zeros attached to the sums involved than ever before, which in turn has attracted far bigger sharks looking to get their bite out of it. While the scale of the game means that it draws far more scrutiny and brings it to the attention of ever more people..

Indeed, I suspect that that scrutiny might even mean that there is actually less corruption than before, since the Media now delve deeper than ever. For example, Havalange was allowed to retire after 24 years at the top of FIFA, bequeathing his place to his chosen successor, Sepp Blatter. Whereas Blatter was eventually forced out - something I suspect will also happen to Infantino, who surely cannot continue to keep one step ahead of the media and the law forever.

For as Terry Venables always says: "Football doesn't build character, it reveals it."

Was that the one on Sancho? The only seemed to show one replay from an awful angle on it.

Overall the standard of refereeing the last few weeks have been an absolute joke