Michael Laudrup's Wacky Match-Fixing Opinions

[BoysInBlue]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19667219

LOL Talk about needlessly digging yourself into a hole...

 

[tsubaki]

To be fair to Laudrup, what he describes does go on in Spain.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

To be fair to Laudrup, what he describes does go on in Spain.

And Italy.

 

[MapleLeafEvertonian]

Well hey, think we've just stumbled upon another income source. Bill is all over this man.

 

[MapleLeafEvertonian]

But In all seriousness this would be terrible if it happened here, if we took it to the extreme.

Say Man Utd are playing us last game of the season and they have to win or draw to win the league.

Now the fine folk from Man city thus dangle a 15 million pound carrot in front of us as a little shove to beat them. The term, they bought the league, could never be so real aha.

 

[tsubaki]

And Italy.

Thats more of your traditional match-fixing, all Laudrup is (naively, though the interview is quite interesting) calling for is to allow teams to pay other teams to win. It probably works in Spain because the teams that get the suitcase are usually (i) comparatively poorly paid and (ii) probably not paid in full.

 

[Groucho]

But how can you pay someone to win? If you're not good enough to win, no amount of bribe cash will turn you in Brazil 1970.

 

[tsubaki]

But how can you pay someone to win? If you're not good enough to win, no amount of bribe cash will turn you in Brazil 1970.

I think its more pay someone to be arsed to win.

 

[Groucho]

I think its more pay someone to be arsed to win.

Oh right. An incentive, I see.

 

[fozzy]

But In all seriousness this would be terrible if it happened here[/B}, if we took it to the extreme.

Say Man Utd are playing us last game of the season and they have to win or draw to win the league.

Now the fine folk from Man city thus dangle a 15 million pound carrot in front of us as a little shove to beat them. The term, they bought the league, could never be so real aha.

well!

i remember le tiss kicking the ball out striaght from kickoff!

also remember the flood lights going out very often for one or two seasons!

you also have sagears and grobthegob too!

the epl is as honest as iran's nuclear plan!

probs many more!

 

[Neiler]

Surprised by this he seems like a sensible fella does Laudrup, lets be honest though we know it goes on.

 

[steken1]

Friendly clubs could be used to throw games the other way though. Wouldn't be too difficult.