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Just watched them talk about it on the news.

Waiting for them to start listing Torquay players, as surely nothing else can explain the way we have been throwing games this year. :}

Im sure we won't, BUT if we did that would be me finished with football!

lol Have to say I'm quite surprised AK hasn't been arrested yet.

Dave_Pougher wrote:lol Have to say I'm quite surprised AK hasn't been arrested yet.

Yep this certainly brought a. to my face, maybe Hector has actually found a way we could remain in the football league...joking of course..

It is now clear. Alan IS a brilliant manager after all. This explains everything.

These players would be knackered trying to rig one of our games, we couldn't win a game even if the oppo were trying to let us. In fact if the oppo didn't even turn up because they were that desperate to throw the game we'd lose 1-0 to a O'Connor own goal.

Our former loanee Nick McKoy is one of the players that has been charged with match fixing in Australia.

there's a difference between types of match fixing that the media seem to entirely miss. Probably because it's more dramatic to say "aaah MATCH FIXING IT'S ALL RIGGED!!"

match fixing conjures up the image of a team contriving to lose a game, or concede a goal - basically directly affecting the outcome of a game (this is what Nick McKoy was charged with in Australia).

the recent allegations - Sam Sodje, for one - centre around spot fixing, which is slightly different. Many bookmakers will offer odds on stupid things like which team will get the first throw in, or who will get booked first. That's the sort of thing that and individual player is more likely to be involved in, simply because it's really hard or an individual to affect the entire match.

That's not to say that spot fixing isn't bad. Of course it is - and bookmakers accepting these sorts of bets are the reason that they can happen. Is it really that hard to imagine a Torquay player being approached and getting told "if you kick the ball straight out from the kick off, we'll give you 2 grand"? not for me. That's way easier to contemplate that trying to get the team to 'throw' a game.

if it was up to me I'd prevent bookies from offering those sorts of bets, as they're far easy to manipulate.

DJ Campbell has furiously denied any match fixing allegations and says he hopes to play in the 1-1 draw with Millwall this weekend.

stefano wrote:DJ Campbell has furiously denied any match fixing allegations and says he hopes to play in the 1-1 draw with Millwall this weekend.

very good!