And then this happens during the match...
Nigeria v Scotland investigated BEFORE kick-off for match fixing
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I'm know nothing about goal keeping other than what I see and I think most people assume I know equally as little about football in general which I am happy to go along with.
I do recognise a stitch up when I see one though. He may as well have thrown it in the net for all the obviousness of it.... oh wait, he did.
Grumpy old bastard alert
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It wasn't a goal, by the way. It was blown up for a foul on the goalkeeper. If I'm being charitable, I could say he exaggerated the contact and chucked the ball to sell the foul to the ref.
The pragmatic side of me, however, thinks it does look extremely dodgy indeed. He wouldn't be that stupid. Would he?
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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For balance, I've done that at least 6 times in my career. All without payment.
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For balance, I've done that at least 6 times in my career. All without payment.
Do you have a Nigerian passport? If not, send me some cash via Western Union and I can get you a Nigerian passport (plus $67m) and you could be a WC keeper!Grumpy old bastard alert
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It wasn't a goal, by the way. It was blown up for a foul on the goalkeeper. If I'm being charitable, I could say he exaggerated the contact and chucked the ball to sell the foul to the ref.
The pragmatic side of me, however, thinks it does look extremely dodgy indeed. He wouldn't be that stupid. Would he?
Yeah looks very dodgy. Either situation makes him look really stupid.
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It wasn't a goal, by the way. It was blown up for a foul on the goalkeeper. If I'm being charitable, I could say he exaggerated the contact and chucked the ball to sell the foul to the ref.
The pragmatic side of me, however, thinks it does look extremely dodgy indeed. He wouldn't be that stupid. Would he?
Yeah looks very dodgy. Either situation makes him look really stupid.
This is where we get out of the realms of result fixing and look at spot fixing (talk to Cairnsy & the Jaw), e.g.
- Between 'x' time and 'y' time, one goal keeper will fumble a cross
- Player 'A' will wear blue boots with green laces
- Player 'B' will have his shirt untucked for the national anthem
- Player 'C' will get a yellow card in the send half
All silly sounding stuff but very serious, hard to monitor and raises less alarm bells than a strange result.
"...sure beats doin' stuff."
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nonsense would be sorted if Obafemi Martins was there, leading from the front.
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
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Of course, the ref might have been hooked up with a rival bookie so that's why he disallowed the 'goal' .......
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Of course, the ref might have been hooked up with a rival bookie so that's why he disallowed the 'goal' .......
Yup.... Never trust a ref
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