Uefa president Michel Platini has warned the Football Association that delaying naming a new chairman could damage England's 2018 World Cup bid.
The FA has still to appoint a full-time successor to Lord Triesman, who quit in May after he was secretly recorded making allegations about rival bids.
But why would anyone take what this guy has to say seriously? He goes on to comment about TV replays not being a solution to referees not seeing certain incidents:
"So far the technology has not worked very well. I am more in favour of the experiment where the extra referee can see when the ball has gone over the line. For me that is the only solution."
Really? When/where exactly did the trials take place? I certainly can't recall any. And how would he respond to further human error if the extra ref misses the incident too? Tennis, cricket, rugby; all major sports have embraced new technology, so why do we pander to these "purists"? There is far too much money at stake in this global sport and it's no longer an acceptable excuse.
I wonder how he or that dinosaur Blatter would feel if the team that misses out would sue them directly for loss of earnings?
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