FA Try to Suppress Bugged England Conversation
After yesterday’s nice news, its a return to the norm today, as the FA have discovered that a bugged conversation between Fabio Capello and his players before England’s win against Egypt last week was offered to the press. The FA have warned the press that it would illegal for them to publish the material as it was gained via illicit means.
Of course this is the era of the internet, so I’d be pretty suprised if it doesn’t come up on the www before to long, if newspapers can’t publish what was said. I can’t imagine it’s that interesting mind.
The FA is convinced that it might give away some tactical secrets (ie “We’ll play 4-4-2 for the first half, then go back to the old formation on 45 minutes”) but knowing the fascination this country has with scandal, its probably more likely they were hoping someone would say something re JT/Bridge or uncover a whole new scandal.
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Beckham Should Go to the World Cup
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