FIFA corruption (Everton related)

[Del]

Would have got smashed everywhere in the group stages anyway

 

[royalblue66]

Just like RAWK on here, ffs.

 

[Chang Elephant]

Here's me and friends before the game

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Can't believe this threads not been locked to be honest, all this conspiracy nonsense is a bit embarrassing really.

 

[Jacko93]

10 years on and still going on about it like it matters. seriously it's embarrassing, it's beyond kopite. get over it even if it did happen we would have got hammered anyway, it saved us the pain. Honestly I'd be pissing myself if it was Kopites Going on about it. Suarez had a good goal disallowed in the Derby at Goodison in injury time the other year and we got a free kick for it, terrible decisions happen all the time in football, they really do.

TBF that wasn't a perfectly good goal, Coates was climbing all over the back of the defender. So it was just the fact that the wrong reason was given for the dissallowance.

 

[mrb85]

The conspiracy theory falls at the first hurdle -- why appoint a high profile ref when you could have appointed a relatively inexperienced ref and put the blame directly on him for any bad controversial decision?

 

[Tubey]

The conspiracy theory falls at the first hurdle -- why appoint a high profile ref when you could have appointed a relatively inexperienced ref and put the blame directly on him for any bad controversial decision?

How could the people responsible trust the inexperienced ref to do it? Wouldn't they go to a guy they know can be trusted to do the job?

Especially a man around in the era of the most corrupt league in European football who had been elevated to the stratosphere of the job by those in question.

 

[mrb85]

How could the people responsible trust the inexperienced ref to do it? Wouldn't they go to a guy they know can be trusted to do the job?

Especially a man around in the era of the most corrupt league in European football who had been elevated to the stratosphere of the job by those in question.

Presumably the guy would have been told what he had to make the outcome. Easiest thing in the world to do is to throw a game if you're either a ref or a keeper.

 

[marty mcfly]

People who think uefa wouldn't be beyond foul play in this way are naive considering the amount of money concerned. Where Villarreal not in financial difficulties ad well at that time

 

[marty mcfly]

Would have got smashed everywhere in the group stages anyway

Celtic made it through the group stages plus the money would still have been nice

 

[marty mcfly]

The conspiracy theory falls at the first hurdle -- why appoint a high profile ref when you could have appointed a relatively inexperienced ref and put the blame directly on him for any bad controversial decision?

Because that ref had a few favors to repay

 

[Groucho]

I can't help but feel too much is being read into this, personally.

I'm not naive enough to suggest it's total nonsense, as it's not beyond the realms of possibility, but I'm just not feeling the 'conspiracy' thing 100%.

 

[Joey66]

I can't help but feel too much is being read into this, personally.

I'm not naive enough to suggest it's total nonsense, as it's not beyond the realms of possibility, but I'm just not feeling the 'conspiracy' thing 100%.

As I stated this thread has been a bit of tongue in cheek optimism all blues know the chances of justice if any was due is on the moon -As we are EFC not the red lot!
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