Quoteon what basis? evidence? come on you can do better than thatOriginally Posted by Noelys Guitar
Our group included in this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7122881.stm
Last edited by Noelys Guitar; 01/12/2007 at 1:07 PM.
on what basis? evidence? come on you can do better than that
All Eastern or south eastern european sides and teams from the Balkans. One country named is Bulgaria. And Slovakia are mentioned in the article written in Der Spiegel.
Last edited by Noelys Guitar; 01/12/2007 at 2:11 PM.
2nd paragraph of BBC article. Euro 2008 qualifers, Champions league and Intertoto.
Seems to insinuate clubs alright...that the vast majority of clubs involved come from countries in eastern and south-eastern Europe
On the way into the stadium, an elderly San Marino Steward waved us in and said "Tonight, may the best team win"
And they nearly did.
The BBc article says Euro qualifiers. Plural. Not one. The Der Spiegel article is suggesting that this report is just the tip of the Iceberg. Did anyone ever see an ex international manager loitering around a Paddy Powers?
Slovakia 6 - 1 Cyprus
Cyprus 5 - 2 Ireland
Wales 1 - 5 Slovakia
Slovakia 2 - 5 Wales
Some VERY odd results in there. Slovakia especially were all over the place
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Slovakia 16 12 5 1 6 33 23 +10
Also the fact that Ireland had the reputation of being one of the most organised teams in Europe - the self-inflicted wound of taking on a less-competent coaching staff might look strange to people looking for conspiracies...
SIGNATURESCOPE
Perhaps it should be in World Football?
sorry i got the one from the bangkok post, experts in such matters,i thought it would be in the bbc report as well
http://www.bangkokpost.com/sportsplu....php?id=124135
According to the report, the matches being investigated include 12 in the Uefa Cup qualifying, three in the Champions League qualifying stage, eight in the Inter-Toto (UI Cup), two in the Uefa Cup and one in qualifying for the European Championships.
I hope it was Cyprus 5 - Ireland 2. I'd rather be exposed as cheats than just pure crap!
Bulgaria are (at the moment) in our WC group. Slovakia was in our Euro qualifying group. Bulgaria allegedly bribed a ref before a WC78 qualifier against Ireland in Sofia. The ref gave outlandish decisions against Ireland that day. So maybe things are coming home to roost against our old friends.
Not worth considering unless it involves the Czechs or Germans, we'd go through to the finals like Denmark in '92 if one of those sides got chucked out of the competition.
Would you lads really like to see us go to a finals in the summer? We'd be out in the first round without scoring a goal )o:
"No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret. But no, no regrets." -Mick McCarthy
Slovakia were just inconsistent, from what I saw. It'd be pretty hard to fix it so Slovakia scored the goals they did ihn Cardiff, because they were world-class goals.
"Life is like a hair on a toilet seat. Sooner or later you are bound to get pi$$ed off."
"In this league, a draw is sometimes as good as a win" - Steve Morison
Unless the Wales kit man put teflon on that fella with the dragon shaved in his head's gloves.
"No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret. But no, no regrets." -Mick McCarthy
Unless Bulgaria were involved and were given a suspension from internationals
Sorry to burst your bubble, but for your assertion to be right, the Irish team would need to have been actors of Oscar nomination proportions. The naked truth is the team was like Jack Schitt or one of his clan !
can't see that happening. they'll just ban the respective people from any involvement with football for a long time.
so if berbatov, petrov and petrov were involved in fixing games...
or they could get a points penalty (a la juve)
"None of the 16 finalists at Euro 2008 are involved in the investigation."
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