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Doesn't the FA get a nice fat contribution from Premier League revenue?

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Games being less regular and there not really being a season ticket hard core, as such, match boycotts are probably a lot less effective than sponsors. I wonder what % of the budget used to finance team England comes from Premier League revenue and what % comes from sponsors?

I thought of the idea of qualifying and then boycotting. It would have more impact because it would be more disruptive and demonstrate more of a sacrifice but would depend on them qualifying first. And be very cold war-ish, Was there any meaningful long term effect of the 1980 boycotts, for instance? I suspect pulling out at the get go before the qualifiers would be a more meaningful statement. What does that mean though? Not watch on telly? Not go to qualifiers?

Seems like only three people outside Garcia and his team are going to see it in full. Defo no chance to reform Fifa unless the FA act as a lightning rod for other FAs to follow suit. Surely Platini would have made some kind of move by now if he had an ounce of motivation to do something on a Uefa level.

It appears that we'll never see the Garcia report into corruption in the bidding process for 2018 and 2022 published but it seems that allegations/charges of significant corruption will come from it. We can also reasonably assume that the voting processes won't be rerun, unless some stupid chicanery comes up in the re-election of Blatter.. Notwithstanding many posters' desire to see international football disbanded, obliterated and stricken from the face of the earth anyway, would you have the FA announce it was withdrawing its team from the qualification process in protest at the awards? I don't think "....and setting up their own World Cup" is a reasonable basis for making the decision. It would mean sitting out two world cups and agitating for reform of Fifa from the outside.

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Full double page spread on Rooney in todays Sunday Times. Sapfest.

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The miss after our goal today was actually a very good save by Howard.

There was no stopping that shot today but why does he go for it with his right hand? Surely he gets more reach with his left in that situation.

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Is Fellaini injured or did they loan him out or does van Gaal just fealise his uselessness.

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s*** day for us. Focus on the golf and the hurling.