http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/fifa-threatens-to-replace-ffa-board-with-normalising-committee-as-congress-crisis-grows-20170622-gwwla0.html

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but but but.................we hosted a successful Asian cup.

a rehash of what we already knew?

more hot air

Potentially, yet there is one thing that has changed and that's the number of days to deadline day. It seems as if it is a stalemate which is not good for the FFA who need to start the ball rolling.

Well, if there is any football organisation out there that has football's best interests at heart, its FIFA.

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To be fair, they are actually reasonably good when it comes to matters they can't personally make any money out of.

Fake news 

Put that one on your resume David.

Lowy Jr no need to worry bout that thanks to dad

BS Headline smh editor should be thrown off the harbour bridge.

I'm not sure Davo has the slightest clue the shit he is in at the moment.

The consequence of failure to reform the congress is the FFA board gets sacked by FIFA, not the federations. The federations have all the power here. They need to ratify the new congress. FFA can not force changes upon them without it. The federations can sit back and just say no to everything in safe knowledge that FIFA will just fuck the FFA off and remove the obstacle.

Writing's on the wall

Tomorrow is the 23June.After that FiFA meet to decide on the extension of time request on July4.If the dissenting parties do some FIFA lobbying who knows what will happen.
At the moment all FFA have to do is add two more vote to the dissaffected and they lose control.But the NPL clubs still wont be represented and they have the ear of FIFA.Which should have suits that are sympathetic to their expat brothers.
So an extension is not guaranteed unless FFA can show they have a proposal which is reasonable.(which they don't)
I am sure Agentina didn't think FIFA would step in and they are much higher profile than an Oceana backwater.

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Out of left field I wonder aloud should the waring parties grab a knowledge neutral to broker [for want of a better word] a pathway forward.

Someone like Bruce Gordon, very wealthy, aside from the Wolves has no loyalties to either side, a Football Tragic, has been around long enough to know all the history and is considered by those that know him as a straight talker.

If he or someone of equal stature could in a way sit as a moderator and just get it fixed.

Especially now the media deal aside from digital is complete.  

the warring parties

It's getting messy! 

Whilst relying on FIFA out all of FA's oh boy...

Why can't all parties just get along? Responsibility is only needed and putting the game first...but that sound so easy smh 

So stop talking about it and do it ffs.

-PB

If the federations are going to be complete dicks about it, i think FIFA will be able to see through that and will probably be inclined to give things even more time. 

Because there are vested interested in every direction pursuing their own objectives.  Precisely why independent boards/commissions are so important

DO IT FIFA... just do it! Gallop and Lowy have to go... for the good of the game here in Australia. We need a-league expansion, we need a plan, we need good junior development.... so much needs to happen, yet so little progress.

It all depends how far Gallop is willing to take this. He doesn't have to do anything FIFA wants but then that leaves us to the REAL risk of us getting kicked out of FIFA. 

And the federations may have started to see Gallop/Lowy as a bigger problem than the make up of the congress so their strategy could be focused on getting rid of those to at all costs.

No doubt time for CFG and the other owners to turn the knife 

@P&RT

I recon you're right. FIFA are looking for "unanimous" approval of what the ffa propose as well which puts a lot of power into the various stakeholders. Gallop is going to be negotiating with his pants down lol.