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sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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Man that stadium is empty...

I take it it's the defender who admitted to doing gently caress all to stop that going in, right?

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sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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I wonder if Brendan left an Envelope for his son letting him know that he'd let dad down?

sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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I honestly don't know where to post this, but I guess it comes under the heading of misdemeanor and general skullduggery.

Apparently Olympiakos's manager, who was doing a drat good job, has been sacked for loving the chairman's wife.

sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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This thread disappeared for a few months but has suddenly come to life. We live in troubled times.

sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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Loic Remy's been arrested on suspicion of rape apparently...

sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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It makes sense to assume PL matches don't get fixed because of the risk for everbody involved, and the fact that it would be difficult for these people to offer your average PL footballer money he can't refuse.

But if championship matches have been fixed what are the chances that here and there it played a part in getting some teams promoted either directly or indirectly? Pretty high I reckon.

e: or relegated, for that matter

sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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I meant entire results being fixed.

Plus Le Tissier did that before most PL footballers began earning ridiculous amounts of money.

Maybe I'm just naive? I at least reckon there's probably 'fixing' of some kind going on, but the logistics of fixing an entire PL match just doesn't seem worth the effort for these guys unless I'm completely underestimating them.

sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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JFairfax posted:

Fixing entire results does seem unlikely, however what about red cards that change games? Also just because you earn a lot of money each week doesn't mean you hold on to it or never suffer from gambling addiction.

Gambling addition isn't the issue here. They're not gambling on anything. "Get yourself sent off and I'll give you seventy thousand pounds" is pretty straight-forward.

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sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

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Total Meatlove posted:

They're not gambling on themselves, a player who has lost his week's wages in a casino is a pretty good candidate for one of these 'fixers' to tap up.

Ah... I mis-understood.

Anyone else read this? http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/football/article3943383.ece

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