After schmoozing for over a week in South Africa, the FFA have returned to Australia finding that it's their own backyard they should be tending to before worrying about their neighbours in the bid for a World Cup in Australia in 2018 or 2022.

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Nicole Kidman is the face of the campaign, and our bid has even received praise and support from former Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu.

But the frivolities must stop, first things first.

In a sport-loving nation, there must be order in the house.

The FFA should have tended to all the major concerns of the various major sporting codes that will be impacted by Australia's potential hosting of the largest sporting event on the planet before presenting the `No Worries' slogan.

We look silly.

This concern and infighting that is being so obviously broadcasted and ridiculed by the Australian media is not just watched and observed domestically. If FIFA learns of internal quarrels, it could severely damage our campaign to host the event.

To explain to FIFA president Sepp Blatter that the Australian supporters may be more interested in an Essendon vs Collingwood match at the MCG than a clash between Brazil and Portugal would make the FIFA executives seriously doubt whether Australia is ready to embrace the sport of football at the level they require.

It's a question we need to ask ourselves.

The A-League enjoyed spectacular success over the first few years of its existence, but this season has seen a dramatic drop average attendance, dipping below 10,000 people per game.

The unprofessionalism that formerly plagued the last national league in the country, the NSL, reared its ugly head when new franchise Gold Coast United began a spat with its own supporters.

This behaviour makes it difficult for the sport to be taken seriously in Australia.

Like sharks sniffing blood, the AFL and NRL are flexing their muscles in an attempt to bully the FFA. They are welcoming the new kid on the block to the big leagues.