Somehow Hating FIFA More

The overwhelming issue with FIFA is they suck. Tis the official diagnostic abstract, and undoubtedly accepted by scholars and leading men alike Henry Kissinger too across the globe. In fact, FIFA sucking any more would seem akin to Xavi misplacing a pass just impossible.

And yet, somehow theyve found a means through which we can all hate them a little bit more:

Increasing international friendly dates.

Now, its important to note I like international football of importance a great deal more than club football at any level, if partly due to the rare nature of its occurrence. Not simply major tournaments, but important qualifiers too and occasionally the big friendly.

But friendlies, by nature, are ridiculous. They are partially beneficial to the countries and were we to assume this is about improving the quality of the intl game, itd be understandable, but its not. It surely is, as with all FIFA does, all about the Benjamins/Swiss francs.

Yet theyre a huge time suck and player fatigue is seemingly issue enough without introducing further marathons per month.

So FIFA. One poor decision after another.

Fifa faces fresh conflict with Europes leading clubs over plans to introduce five more international friendly dates into the already crowded football calendar.

The world governing body is understood to have held internal discussions on the insertion of five extra friendly matches into seasons when World Cups and European Championships do not take place. It would raise the total number of international dates from 12 to 17.

Theres every chance club v country could become World War III.

Its just too bad Maradona isnt still an international coach he mi! ght be a ble to hit a 1000 different players with a cap within a calendar year.