Major Isewater Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44170578 Who would have guessed it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 French Major, French..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkymatt Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 I read the title as Panini World Cup cheating shock. Thought there was some sticker scandal involving NTTDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singingsuperstar Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Garlic munching ***. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Thought this was gunna be another sticker trade thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Fabrique Belgique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 One after another and nothing changes, rotten to the core both Associations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 Brazil looked unbeatable until the final until Ronaldo suddenly got food poisoning and half of their team looked like they had been given tranquilizers. Nothing suspicious about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDLEE Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 Makes me wonder about 2002. That South Korea v Italy match was pretty controversial at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 Placing Brazil in pot C on purpose is hardly a huge scandel. That is the total of it. Cue being called naive.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, REDLEE said: Makes me wonder about 2002. That South Korea v Italy match was pretty controversial at the time! And vs Spain, who had a perfectly good goal ruled out, too. I can see Russia getting to the semi-final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, REDLEE said: Makes me wonder about 2002. That South Korea v Italy match was pretty controversial at the time! I still say that game was fixed, there was just too much wrong with it for it to be legit. Whether it was `official` or some sort of betting thing who knows? I really felt sorry for Francesco Totti that day, he was robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, David Brent said: And vs Spain, who had a perfectly good goal ruled out, too. I can see Russia getting to the semi-final. Their game v Portugal in the group stages could bear examination too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 51 minutes ago, RedDave said: Placing Brazil in pot C on purpose is hardly a huge scandel. Indeed. Don't know if it still happens but for most of the last two decades in Europe the tournament qualifying group draws all have a pre-condition that the 4 biggest TV audience countries go in the smaller sized groups to smooth their passage, cut their number of games played, and spare them dead rubber fixtures against minnows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 hour ago, David Brent said: And vs Spain, who had a perfectly good goal ruled out, too. I can see Russia getting to the semi-final. Any proof they fixed any matches at all? This isnt about fixing actual matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 2 hours ago, David Brent said: And vs Spain, who had a perfectly good goal ruled out, too. I can see Russia getting to the semi-final. Remember that, cross was headed in lino gave a goal kick said the ball was out before the cross. was about a foot from the dead ball line. I had lumped on Spain that year!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 2 hours ago, REDLEE said: Makes me wonder about 2002. That South Korea v Italy match was pretty controversial at the time! Stick UEFA in there too alongside Fifa. The Chelsea vs Barcelona game in 2009 was obviously fixed so Chelsea didn't win for a repeat of the champions league final the year before. That ref gave Chelsea nothing in the game. Platini always hated the English anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 I’d be amazed if anyone is surprised by this. Those who govern FIFA, UEFA, and for that matter the other football confederations and many other international sporting institutions, are so corrupt that political parties wouldn’t employ them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 At least Septic Blatter is no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted May 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 2 hours ago, stephenkibby. said: Remember that, cross was headed in lino gave a goal kick said the ball was out before the cross. was about a foot from the dead ball line. I had lumped on Spain that year!!! Too much info there, Mr Kibby . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 5 hours ago, RedDave said: Placing Brazil in pot C on purpose is hardly a huge scandel. That is the total of it. Cue being called naive.... Was my thoughts as well. The story also says every WC since has had the same draw keeping the favourites and hosts apart until the final if they win their groups. Hardly cheating on a grand scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 On 19/05/2018 at 10:49, Singingsuperstar said: Garlic munching ***. It's not as though our World cup win wasn't controversial was it.. No dodgy goals or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 On 20/05/2018 at 18:21, richwwtk said: Was my thoughts as well. The story also says every WC since has had the same draw keeping the favourites and hosts apart until the final if they win their groups. Hardly cheating on a grand scale Platini thinks that he is a genius . He is/was adored in France and thinks he can do or say anything he wants and get away with it . In my view he is hinting very strongly that ,although he was caught out , this sort of thing is/was rife and therefore his wrongdoings were nothing exceptional. He is sneering at that naivety of honest brokers whilst trying to play down the importance of all this cheating . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Platini thinks that he is a genius . He is/was adored in France and thinks he can do or say anything he wants and get away with it . In my view he is hinting very strongly that ,although he was caught out , this sort of thing is/was rife and therefore his wrongdoings were nothing exceptional. He is sneering at that naivety of honest brokers whilst trying to play down the importance of all this cheating . Cheat Bleating, Sir Bender Monkey springs to mind...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcofisher Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 On 19/05/2018 at 11:41, Punkymatt said: I read the title as Panini World Cup cheating shock. Thought there was some sticker scandal involving NTTDS. Me too, and was then questioning whether this could be why Bailey Wright was left out of the WC squad, banged up for shoplifting stickers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 On 20/05/2018 at 19:01, wendyredredrobin said: Brazil looked unbeatable until the final until Ronaldo suddenly got food poisoning and half of their team looked like they had been given tranquilizers. Nothing suspicious about that Platini will be revealing revelations about that cunning plan after his media team assess the reaction to his group draw fixing statement. Time will tell if he can part the Red Sea a third time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 On 20/05/2018 at 17:21, richwwtk said: Was my thoughts as well. The story also says every WC since has had the same draw keeping the favourites and hosts apart until the final if they win their groups. Hardly cheating on a grand scale In any other sport it would be called “seeding”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Before we get all self righteous and jingoistic, I seem to recall that in 1966 England happened to play ALL their games at Wembley! Sheer chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, Leveller said: Before we get all self righteous and jingoistic, I seem to recall that in 1966 England happened to play ALL their games at Wembley! Sheer chance? Different times. England were allocated Wembley as hosts as in those days FIFA were skint and needed to maximize revenues (none of this multi-biliion sponsorship malarky of today and there were only 16 finalists.) It's true England's semi-final should have been played at Goodison but was similarly moved to generate extra income. Recall, those were the days when one Wembley fixture was moved as they forgot to tell Wembley greyhounds of the double booking and didn't want to let them down from their twice weekly fixtures. Similarly, the tournament was put back the best part of a month as the BBC, as host supplier of TV pictures, had insufficient cameras to cover the tournament plus all their usual summer events (Wimbledon, The Open et al.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 10 hours ago, BTRFTG said: Different times. England were allocated Wembley as hosts as in those days FIFA were skint and needed to maximize revenues (none of this multi-biliion sponsorship malarky of today and there were only 16 finalists.) It's true England's semi-final should have been played at Goodison but was similarly moved to generate extra income. Recall, those were the days when one Wembley fixture was moved as they forgot to tell Wembley greyhounds of the double booking and didn't want to let them down from their twice weekly fixtures. Similarly, the tournament was put back the best part of a month as the BBC, as host supplier of TV pictures, had insufficient cameras to cover the tournament plus all their usual summer events (Wimbledon, The Open et al.) I never knew all that, thanks for sharing. As you say, different times indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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