FIFA, c'est moi!
Louis XIV of France got his head chopped off - for not moving with the times.
The Sun King believed he was the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful Monarch of France - accountable to absolutely no one but himself - until, of course, the French Revolution decided he had rowed his boat out just a bit too far.
Sepp Blatter - President of FIFA - seems to suffer from the same overbearing arrogance - as the last King of France.
I just watched a press conference - fronted by this septuagenarian megalomaniac - which could have been organised by Louis XIV's public relations advisers.
Because Blatter's blunt message to his critics was simple and to the point: 'FIFA, c'est moi' - and what are you all going to do about it?
He even trotted out the old line that Jim Callaghan - the former Labour Prime Minister - allegedly used when the country was going to the dogs in the 1970's - during the Winter of Discontent.
'Crisis, what crisis', Blatter said through his crocodile smile - batting or Blattering other questions away insouciantly - and in similar vein.
To say the press conference ended with more questions than answers - is the understatement of the year.
The old rascal even tired to take credit for the Champions League Final on Saturday - between Barcelona and Manchester United.
Now let me think.
Are the any similarities between Sepp Blatter and Scottish councils - when it comes to equal pay?
The Sun King believed he was the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful Monarch of France - accountable to absolutely no one but himself - until, of course, the French Revolution decided he had rowed his boat out just a bit too far.
Sepp Blatter - President of FIFA - seems to suffer from the same overbearing arrogance - as the last King of France.
I just watched a press conference - fronted by this septuagenarian megalomaniac - which could have been organised by Louis XIV's public relations advisers.
Because Blatter's blunt message to his critics was simple and to the point: 'FIFA, c'est moi' - and what are you all going to do about it?
He even trotted out the old line that Jim Callaghan - the former Labour Prime Minister - allegedly used when the country was going to the dogs in the 1970's - during the Winter of Discontent.
'Crisis, what crisis', Blatter said through his crocodile smile - batting or Blattering other questions away insouciantly - and in similar vein.
To say the press conference ended with more questions than answers - is the understatement of the year.
The old rascal even tired to take credit for the Champions League Final on Saturday - between Barcelona and Manchester United.
Now let me think.
Are the any similarities between Sepp Blatter and Scottish councils - when it comes to equal pay?
