Football Match Fixing - over 680 cases

Gazzetta67
Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
edited February 2013 in The cake stop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21319807

Suppose it's ONLY Cycling that will still be the bad boy when it comes to "cheating" as in football they didnt inject,swallow, or inhale so thats ok then :roll:

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  • lucan2
    lucan2 Posts: 294
    Who cares? Diving to gain a penalty or to have an opponent sent off is cheating, so is match fixing. But it's only a game, so it doesn't really matter.
  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    How many matches of Minnows vs Giants result in a goal-less draw to be replayed at the other venue?
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    It just gives Plantini and Blatter a distraction from the doping revelations coming out of operation puerto.
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    It just gives Plantini and Blatter a distraction from the doping revelations coming out of operation puerto.

    Unfortunately, there probably won't be any revelations coming our of Puerto.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    johnfinch wrote:
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    It just gives Plantini and Blatter a distraction from the doping revelations coming out of operation puerto.

    Unfortunately, there probably won't be any revelations coming our of Puerto.

    Apart from the former Real Sociadad President coming out and admitting it earlier today?
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Unless you've seen something more than I have (I read about the story this morning, so maybe more has come out during the course of the day), then the ex-president wasn't admitting but accusing. He was saying that his predecessors were running a doping ring.

    The problem there is that he now has the burden of proof, and the Spanish authorities seem to want to protect their footballers.

    On this issue, I hope that you're right and I'm wrong.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Anyone who has played football at any decent level - and so are not your common or garden Sunday player - will be simply amazed at the intensity maintained by Barcelona in many football matches.

    That's all I'm saying.
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Anyone who has played football at any decent level - and so are not your common or garden Sunday player - will be simply amazed at the intensity maintained by Barcelona in many football matches.

    That's all I'm saying.

    I'll offer the standard response "but they have the ball all the time so its easy" :lol:
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    And if the high intensity game didn't work, well you made sure that there was a plan B.


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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    johnfinch wrote:
    Unless you've seen something more than I have (I read about the story this morning, so maybe more has come out during the course of the day), then the ex-president wasn't admitting but accusing. He was saying that his predecessors were running a doping ring.

    The problem there is that he now has the burden of proof, and the Spanish authorities seem to want to protect their footballers.

    On this issue, I hope that you're right and I'm wrong.
    Why would the Spanish want to protect anything?
    /cynic mode on/
    Possible guesses and speculation as they won't release the facts........
    Spain has to hand back the World Cup.
    And the European Championships.
    Barcelona has to hand back their Champions Leagues. And championships. And Cups.
    Nadal has to hand over his majors. And other tournaments.
    Fernando Alonso, Contador.............

    No. Nothing to protect...... /cynic mode off/
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Armstrong at fault methinks ....
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Match fixing is bad and people should be persued and the neccessary action taken.

    However there have been some unholy alliances formed in the pro peloton. Could that be construed as cheating as it's not like all the teams are trying genuinely to win?
    Tail end Charlie

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  • random man
    random man Posts: 1,518
    Frank the tank wrote:
    Match fixing is bad and people should be persued and the neccessary action taken.

    However there have been some unholy alliances formed in the pro peloton. Could that be construed as cheating as it's not like all the teams are trying genuinely to win?

    There aren't any rules against that though, are there?
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    random man wrote:
    Frank the tank wrote:
    Match fixing is bad and people should be persued and the neccessary action taken.

    However there have been some unholy alliances formed in the pro peloton. Could that be construed as cheating as it's not like all the teams are trying genuinely to win?

    There aren't any rules against that though, are there?
    If it's a question of legality/within the rules you're right fella, ethically though you're not competing within the spirit of the competition.

    Just a bit of food for thought before folk start getting too pious.
    Tail end Charlie

    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.

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