Be vewy vewy vewy quiet. I'm hunting a world cup bid. Be careful not to spook the FIFA executive, it's bidding season. 

If you want to sell the World Cup bid to the 24 person FIFA executive tell them that the stadiums that are used for football in Australia are so good that the stadium operators hold all night dance parties and military tattoo events a week before the season's biggest games.

They call it a Tattoo because the guys blowing the bagpipes are so into it they tattoo the grass off the pitch. Okay I made that last bit up.

Watching how the AFL and Rugby League do their business over the years, the thing I have to ask is how those codes deal with issues in a more transparent way. The media and administrators of those codes communicate better than football does in my opinion.

For example an issue like Nick Mrdja swapping clubs and the Edinburgh Tattoo threatening to destroy the pitch for this Sunday's Sydney- Melbourne clash. The A-League boss Archie Fraser should be asked some tough questions and he should explain these decisions.

(I want to cry conspiracy here as well. Ernie Merrick, Lawrie McKinna, Archie Fraser =Scottish Australian Football Fraternity!)

An FFA spokesperson is always rolled out .Why is the FFA more protectionist? I spoke to a well known sports reporter and I asked him that question. Is the FFA more protectionist than the other codes?

"Right on the money."  he replied. "They are almost secretive. The problem is most of the football media have become barrackers for the sport, i.e. no negative press, especially during the World Cup bid."

You mean that creating your own transfer system, outside the norm of other football competitions and then having no power over the stadium you play your football matches shows up Australia's ability to host a World Cup?

Hell, yes, it does. But it's not just these two recent episodes that have got me using the well worn media cliche Keystone Kops to describe the actions of Australian football governing body.

Of course don't mention the white elephants in the room in Clive Palmer and Wellington Phoenix impending axing from the A League. One can't stop blowing his trunk the other, just hopes he can keep his.

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