Blatter's Off The Mark!

Sepp "51 bad ideas out of 50" Blatter has asked for a life ban on Matin Taylor for his tackle on Eduardo.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/07/sfnbla207.xml

Knowing Blatter and his tendencies to talk out of his a*se, I'm not surprised to hear this.

For heaven's sake, Martin Taylor's tackle was bad. But since I've been watching football, I've lost count of the number of times I've seen worse tackles. Quique Alvarez' tackle on Robben last week in the Spain was as bad.

He even recommends legal actions.

How do you determine a players intentions? Taylor had only been booked 6 times in his whole career so what motivation could he have had to break Eduardo's leg?

Blatter went on to advocate special treatment for good players.

"The referees should be aware that if there is a very good player, they need to protect him"

Special tratment for certain players?

Please when is the next FIFA election? I need to contest :-)

Akin Alabi

Quieroz After Sir Alex?

Who should take over from Sir Alex Ferguson when he eventually quits Old Trafford in a few years? I gathered he plans to retire in about three years.

We can tout many names. Marcello Lippi? Guus Hiddinks? Jose Mourinho? Roy Keane? Fabio Capello?

One man I'm begining to have confidence in is the current number two man at Old Trafford. Carlos Queiroz. If anyone had suggested this to me 18 months ago, I would have cursed the person.

But I think his eyes for talents is legendary.

He is the father of the current generation and immediate past of Portuguese football having conquered the world twice at under 20 level with likes of Figo and Costa.

At Real Madrid, he told the Real board to buy Pepe when he was available at just two million euros. They told him he wont sell shirts. A few years later, Real had to cough out thirty million for him.

I know managing Man Utd is more than buying exciting young stars but is there a better way to learn football management other than under stuying Sir Alex?

Akin Alabi