Mole_Toonfan Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 No shame in that man. True, i was more laughing about how she adored it. Laughing, smiling and could'nt take her eyes off it. Super Mario. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I'd have similar 'issues' if that lady was in my presence. Wow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Same mindset of Mole. What a hero. A missus that looks in such eager anticipation for it. She's unreal, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I'd have similar 'issues' if that lady was in my presence. Wow. She's fantastic like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 El Diego's been given the boot from his UAE team. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18791134 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4422432/Premier-League-betting-scandal-Claus-Lundekvam-blows-lid-on-football-fraud.html Could be worthy of a thread? A SENSATIONAL betting scandal rocked the Premier League last night. Former Southampton captain Claus Lundekvam has blown the lid on systematic fraud by top-flight players. The stars made thousands of pounds by spot-fixing — just like the three jailed Pakistan cricketers. Lundekvam, 39, insists other Premier League skippers colluded with the betting scam. In a series of startling interviews in his native Norway, Lundekvam claimed that he and fellow Saints aces raked in thousands betting on their own games — for a spell, doing it ‘almost every week’. He alleged they used club staff to put big stakes on incidents like the first throw-in or corner, that they conspired with captains from opposing teams to ensure the bets came off and that the problem was rife in a Premier League where players lived in a ‘bubble’. Lundekvam, who played for Saints from 1996 to 2008 and won 40 Norway caps, said: “It’s not something I’m proud of. “For a while we did this almost every week. We made a fair bit of money. We could make deals with the opposing captain about, for example, betting on the first throw, the first corner, who started with the ball, a yellow card or a penalty. “Those were the sorts of thing we had influence over.” But Lundekvam insisted he and his team-mates had never doctored the result of a game. He added: “The results were never on the agenda. That is something I would never have done. We were professional competitors. Even though what we did, of course, was illegal, it was just a fun thing.” The English and global football authorities, not to mention the police and the Premier League’s millions of fans worldwide, are unlikely to take the same view. Betting on penalties, in particular, would take the fixing into new territory since the outcome of matches would clearly be affected if a goal was scored. And Lundekvam, who fell into cocaine and alcohol abuse after retiring in 2008, insists it was not just Saints players who were breaking the law and FA rules. He declared: “I know it happened at other clubs as well. “We footballers live in a bubble. It was part of the lifestyle and the excitement. Whatever we could bet on, we bet on.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Can of worms and a half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4422432/Premier-League-betting-scandal-Claus-Lundekvam-blows-lid-on-football-fraud.html Could be worthy of a thread? A SENSATIONAL betting scandal rocked the Premier League last night. Former Southampton captain Claus Lundekvam has blown the lid on systematic fraud by top-flight players. The stars made thousands of pounds by spot-fixing — just like the three jailed Pakistan cricketers. Lundekvam, 39, insists other Premier League skippers colluded with the betting scam. In a series of startling interviews in his native Norway, Lundekvam claimed that he and fellow Saints aces raked in thousands betting on their own games — for a spell, doing it ‘almost every week’. He alleged they used club staff to put big stakes on incidents like the first throw-in or corner, that they conspired with captains from opposing teams to ensure the bets came off and that the problem was rife in a Premier League where players lived in a ‘bubble’. Lundekvam, who played for Saints from 1996 to 2008 and won 40 Norway caps, said: “It’s not something I’m proud of. “For a while we did this almost every week. We made a fair bit of money. We could make deals with the opposing captain about, for example, betting on the first throw, the first corner, who started with the ball, a yellow card or a penalty. “Those were the sorts of thing we had influence over.” But Lundekvam insisted he and his team-mates had never doctored the result of a game. He added: “The results were never on the agenda. That is something I would never have done. We were professional competitors. Even though what we did, of course, was illegal, it was just a fun thing.” The English and global football authorities, not to mention the police and the Premier League’s millions of fans worldwide, are unlikely to take the same view. Betting on penalties, in particular, would take the fixing into new territory since the outcome of matches would clearly be affected if a goal was scored. And Lundekvam, who fell into cocaine and alcohol abuse after retiring in 2008, insists it was not just Saints players who were breaking the law and FA rules. He declared: “I know it happened at other clubs as well. “We footballers live in a bubble. It was part of the lifestyle and the excitement. Whatever we could bet on, we bet on.” old story isn't it, sure there was tales of wimbledon doing it, putting the ball out for throw ins directly from kick offs, john scales taking a pen etc ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Le Tissier admitted to it in his book too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Aye that's old news that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We had a habit of kicking the ball straight out of play from kickoff for a while in the late 90's. Always thought it was some kind of betting scam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We had a habit of kicking the ball straight out of play from kickoff for a while in the late 90's. Always thought it was some kind of betting scam nah, for a while we were just crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Funny goings on with Man U's floatation http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jul/10/manchester-united-accounts-share-offer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Funny goings on with Man U's floatation http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jul/10/manchester-united-accounts-share-offer Hope they go bust and all the fans die. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We had a habit of kicking the ball straight out of play from kickoff for a while in the late 90's. Always thought it was some kind of betting scam nah, for a while we were just crap. We did that stupid kick-off under Robson, makes complete sense now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Funny goings on with Man U's floatation http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jul/10/manchester-united-accounts-share-offer Hope they go bust and all the fans die. Bit extreme hoping they go bust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 FIFA looking into this Lundekvam thing, couldn't he go to jail for something like this? How is it different to the cricket thing other than that it was ages ago? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 FIFA looking into this Lundekvam thing, couldn't he go to jail for something like this? How is it different to the cricket thing other than that it was ages ago? They'd have to lock Le Tissier up as well. Not exactly a bad thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We had a habit of kicking the ball straight out of play from kickoff for a while in the late 90's. Always thought it was some kind of betting scam nah, for a while we were just crap. We did that stupid kick-off under Robson, makes complete sense now. Don't remember that? Wtf is Lundekvam doing coming out with all of this, the numpty? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Also, do the big betting sites do markets on stuff like first throw in? Seems ridiculously open to abuse, more so than results, goalscorers, most corners and the like. Suppose you can get markets on individual players getting booked I think, which is probably equally open to abuse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We had a habit of kicking the ball straight out of play from kickoff for a while in the late 90's. Always thought it was some kind of betting scam nah, for a while we were just crap. We did that stupid kick-off under Robson, makes complete sense now. Don't remember that? Wtf is Lundekvam doing coming out with all of this, the numpty? We used to hoof the ball into the corner straight from kick off for the opposition to take a throw in near their own byline iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Also, do the big betting sites do markets on stuff like first throw in? Seems ridiculously open to abuse, more so than results, goalscorers, most corners and the like. Suppose you can get markets on individual players getting booked I think, which is probably equally open to abuse. Yeah. Made a good few quid on the 'next throw in' market. It's almost instant-money / money-loss . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I'm sure SkyBet had markets available for the last Wrestlemania, which seemed ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We had a habit of kicking the ball straight out of play from kickoff for a while in the late 90's. Always thought it was some kind of betting scam nah, for a while we were just crap. We did that stupid kick-off under Robson, makes complete sense now. Don't remember that? Wtf is Lundekvam doing coming out with all of this, the numpty? We used to hoof the ball into the corner straight from kick off for the opposition to take a throw in near their own byline iirc. Ah fucking hell aye. That little 'tactic' was so infuriatingly senseless, that it actually sounds remotely plausible we could've been involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We had a habit of kicking the ball straight out of play from kickoff for a while in the late 90's. Always thought it was some kind of betting scam nah, for a while we were just crap. We did that stupid kick-off under Robson, makes complete sense now. Don't remember that? Wtf is Lundekvam doing coming out with all of this, the numpty? He's gone a bit mental after his alcoholism/cocaine addition days tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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