When you go into extra time, we're talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it's a tragedy.

They (the FAI) have asked, very humbly, can't we be team No 33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that... really!

We, or I, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it.

I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard

We cannot allow the reputation of football and FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer.

Perhaps we could revisit the issue of World Cup Host selection for 2018/2022 as some countries feel, and we did say, they are more suitable. Russia was the only high risk location for 2018 and racial chanting is rife there but a Mr. R. Abramovich paid a significant fee to fund the voting proceedings and, not to be discriminatory, we would have to see the same thing from any England/Spain representatives wishing to have another vote.

What matters to me more than anything is that when all of this is over, football is the winner.