eastlondonseagull
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Apparently, the Togo players are having a meeting tomorrow to decide whether to strike over wages 
Bloody hell.
Apologies if fixtures
Bloody hell.
Apologies if fixtures
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Togo Switzerland game might be off
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Basil Fawlty
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If they do go ahead with their strike, then thats a total disgrace.
ali jenkins
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they have said on 5live that togo have travveled to the game and it ON
LANGDON SEAGULL
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brightonfan_86 said:
Why?
Wardy
NSC's Benefits Guru
Will they void all games that Togo have / should have played?
Bono
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Might give France a chance to qualify
Bono
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Wardywonderland said:
Don't believe it will happen but would expect all the teams to be given a 1-0 victory against them. South Korea & Switzerland to qualify.
Bono said:Might give France a chance to qualify
Basil Fawlty
Don't Mention The War
LANGDON SEAGULL said:
If I was playing for my country, I wouldn't care about the money, I would play my heart out for the country you represent.
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eastlondonseagull
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LANGDON SEAGULL said:
Quite. I've no idea how much they are earning, but I can't believe the Togo FA are loaded.
Less at a guess.Bono said:Might give France a chance to qualify
each tean would be given 3 points i would think, which would mean the swiss would have 4 sk 4 france 2
Bono
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Bad guess....
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Safeway
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ITV Sport said earlier that the Togo team hadn't travelled to Switzerland for the game. 
sir danny cullip
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Hearing this tonight got me thinking. Would the England team play in the world cup if they were told they would only be paid expenses and no appearance fee. I would like to think yes and I think there would be one or two that would but on the whole I doubt many would.
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Safeway
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sir danny cullip said:
I'm sure their club wages, along with their multi-million pound sponsorship deals, would help soften the blow. That's something the Togo players don't have.
Bono
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Safeway said:
I'll add the newspaper columns & book deals.
sir danny cullip
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Safeway said:
Of course, hard to compare circumstances but I doubt many of the current squad would play for england if their appearance fee wasn't paid even though they have massive salaries with their clubs.
BensGrandad
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sir danny cullip said:
Would their clubs allow them to play if they were the only ones paying wages.
eastlondonseagull
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Strike threat still hangs over Togo's World Cup...
by Nick Reeves, AFP
Togo dramatically raised the stakes in their row over unpaid bonuses late here Sunday by insisting that despite a FIFA warning of heavy punishment they may still boycott Tuesday's game against Switzerland.
The World Cup first-timers had agreed to abandon plans not to play the Group G fixture earlier after direct intervention by FIFA and receiving assurances from the Togo Football Federation that they would be paid a portion of the money they're demanding.
But after training at Dortmund stadium the Togo captain Jean-Paul Abalo
warned: "We came to an agreement with the Federation this morning.
"We haven't received any money yet but if it isn't in our accounts tomorrow
(Monday) morning then we've decided as a group not to play."
A first ever strike in the history of the World Cup would be a huge embarrassment for FIFA who were instrumental in getting the players' to back down after they refused to leave their headquarters for Dortmund. But a FIFA representative refused to divulge whether world football's governing body had helped financially to bring the dispute to an end.
"We have a finance department which would deal with that question," Eddy
Hamel told a press conference after Togo's delayed eve-of-match training.
Abalo said Monday's action was not a spur of the moment decision.
The 30-year-old skipper said: "We had all decided a long time ago that if everything wasn't sorted out we wouldn't board the plane (to Dortmund).
"But the federation didn't take it seriously but they saw this morning that we were serious."
Togo's German coach Otto Pfister resigned days before the opening game over the dispute only to return the day before the 2-1 defeat to South Korea after being assured the matter would be resolved.
The 68-year-old German was clearly annoyed that the damaging affair was
still rumbling on.
"No comment" was his terse reply when asked what had taken place between the players, the Federation, and FIFA.
"You'll have to ask the Federation, I'm just here to look after the team."
Togo received a stark warning that FIFA would come down hard on a no-show.
"We have appealed for reason," FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren told AFP.
"We have let them know that a refusal to play will expose them to very serious sanctions and that they have a responsibility to the Togolese people."
Under FIFA rules, a team that does not fulfil a fixture is immediately disqualified from the tournament, although Herren refused to specify what punishment would be meted out.
Togolese preparations for their first ever World Cup have been bedevilled
by a wrangle over bonuses with the players claiming they had been duped by their team officials, who refused their demand for 150,000 dollars but
apparently agreed to a figure of 120,000.
The players brought it to a head when refusing to board the bus to take them from their headquarters at Wangen Im Allgau to catch a flight to Dortmund.
After missing their scheduled plane their original eve of match training session at 1330GMT was cancelled.
They eventually arrived at the stadium at 1800GMT to applause from a handful of World Cup volunteers.
Despite all the off-pitch distractions the players who still have an outside chance of making it to the last 16 appeared in good spirits, singing as they warmed up.
This has been a stormy first World Cup for Togo for apart from this saga. Pfister announced last week he was sueing the secretary general of the Togo football federation for calling him an alcoholic. (*)
by Nick Reeves, AFP
Togo dramatically raised the stakes in their row over unpaid bonuses late here Sunday by insisting that despite a FIFA warning of heavy punishment they may still boycott Tuesday's game against Switzerland.
The World Cup first-timers had agreed to abandon plans not to play the Group G fixture earlier after direct intervention by FIFA and receiving assurances from the Togo Football Federation that they would be paid a portion of the money they're demanding.
But after training at Dortmund stadium the Togo captain Jean-Paul Abalo
warned: "We came to an agreement with the Federation this morning.
"We haven't received any money yet but if it isn't in our accounts tomorrow
(Monday) morning then we've decided as a group not to play."
A first ever strike in the history of the World Cup would be a huge embarrassment for FIFA who were instrumental in getting the players' to back down after they refused to leave their headquarters for Dortmund. But a FIFA representative refused to divulge whether world football's governing body had helped financially to bring the dispute to an end.
"We have a finance department which would deal with that question," Eddy
Hamel told a press conference after Togo's delayed eve-of-match training.
Abalo said Monday's action was not a spur of the moment decision.
The 30-year-old skipper said: "We had all decided a long time ago that if everything wasn't sorted out we wouldn't board the plane (to Dortmund).
"But the federation didn't take it seriously but they saw this morning that we were serious."
Togo's German coach Otto Pfister resigned days before the opening game over the dispute only to return the day before the 2-1 defeat to South Korea after being assured the matter would be resolved.
The 68-year-old German was clearly annoyed that the damaging affair was
still rumbling on.
"No comment" was his terse reply when asked what had taken place between the players, the Federation, and FIFA.
"You'll have to ask the Federation, I'm just here to look after the team."
Togo received a stark warning that FIFA would come down hard on a no-show.
"We have appealed for reason," FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren told AFP.
"We have let them know that a refusal to play will expose them to very serious sanctions and that they have a responsibility to the Togolese people."
Under FIFA rules, a team that does not fulfil a fixture is immediately disqualified from the tournament, although Herren refused to specify what punishment would be meted out.
Togolese preparations for their first ever World Cup have been bedevilled
by a wrangle over bonuses with the players claiming they had been duped by their team officials, who refused their demand for 150,000 dollars but
apparently agreed to a figure of 120,000.
The players brought it to a head when refusing to board the bus to take them from their headquarters at Wangen Im Allgau to catch a flight to Dortmund.
After missing their scheduled plane their original eve of match training session at 1330GMT was cancelled.
They eventually arrived at the stadium at 1800GMT to applause from a handful of World Cup volunteers.
Despite all the off-pitch distractions the players who still have an outside chance of making it to the last 16 appeared in good spirits, singing as they warmed up.
This has been a stormy first World Cup for Togo for apart from this saga. Pfister announced last week he was sueing the secretary general of the Togo football federation for calling him an alcoholic. (*)
Lammy
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To be honest I'm not sure who's side I'm on with this one.
Yes I'd play for my country for free btu then I'm not in poverty and football is not my full time career. These guys won't have the luxury of retiring at 34 and living very comfortably for the rest of thier lives.
It also sounds like hey were promised money that wasn't paid.
When you think about the amount of money being generated by the world cup I'd like to think a slice of this should find it's way to the poorer nations so to encourage more football around the world.
Yes I'd play for my country for free btu then I'm not in poverty and football is not my full time career. These guys won't have the luxury of retiring at 34 and living very comfortably for the rest of thier lives.
It also sounds like hey were promised money that wasn't paid.
When you think about the amount of money being generated by the world cup I'd like to think a slice of this should find it's way to the poorer nations so to encourage more football around the world.