This is poor from Temarri I think. He is there representing Oceania, not himself. He has to do what is best by Oceania and forget about the personal consequences. Kick in the teeth for the Aussies whatever happens.
Absolutely 100% agree.
This guy is a joke. He is elected to represent Oceania. Now he is acting against Oceania. I hope he is dumped next Oceania elections. I saw the original news footage.....he did suggest that if a football facility was built in Auckland by another bidder then that might change his vote. This is illegal. He also broke confidentialty rules by saying Oceania would vote for Australia. He is a clown...we don;t need people like him running our football.
FiFA's rules also suck. The vote should be from the Federation....not the man. Surely Oceanias vote could be deliverd by anyone from the Oceania executive. After all it was a collective agreement from all the assembled Oceania nations that decided who the vote would go to, not Temara himself.
I am gutted for Australia....but also for NZ. A WC in Australia would have massive spinoffs for NZ football and the whole tourism business. We would get WC teams coming to train and play friendlies pre cup. Plus we all could have easy access to games.
This whole thing leaves a very sour taste.
