Comments on: Europol investigation finds suspected fixing in 689 soccer matches

By: 22044

22044 — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:19:01 +0000

I’m a soccer fan.
The diving is definitely a blight on the game.
The game at its highest levels is too big for its own good sometimes, that players occasionally cheat and try to fool the officials.

By: Outlander

Outlander — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:17:01 +0000

How do you fix a game that is likely to end 0-0 or 1-0?

Those crazy Eurotrash. They just like cheating and perverting things. They have their government bodies working to cheat at friggin figure skating!! They just cheat to cheat.

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ThePrimordialOrderedPair on February 5, 2013 at 9:57 AM

Actually, it’s really easy. All it takes is for the goalie to accidentally slip or just be not-quite-fast enough to block a shot, and you’re suddenly down 1-0 and lose the game. For higher scoring games, it’s harder to cheat without being noticed, I think.

By: ThePrimordialOrderedPair

ThePrimordialOrderedPair — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:57:39 +0000

How do you fix a game that is likely to end 0-0 or 1-0?

Those crazy Eurotrash. They just like cheating and perverting things. They have their government bodies working to cheat at friggin figure skating!! They just cheat to cheat.

But, who really cares if they throw soccer games? Who really cares what they do? I just wish they would be forced to take the Indonesian Dog-Eating Imbecile they all love so much. They deserve the slug.

By: albill

albill — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:26:01 +0000

Lance Armstrong unavailable for comment…

By: albill

albill — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:25:36 +0000

Aren’t all sports rigged?
Such as the lights going out at the Super Bowl to cool down the Ravens so the 49ers could make it a close game…covering the point spread and all…

By: jake-the-goose

jake-the-goose — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:48:25 +0000

ddrintn on February 5, 2013 at 8:39 AM

The “diving” all started in the Latin countries – and spread from there.

Silly – but are now seeing it in the NBA —- it has to be stopped with fines and penalties

By: rbj

rbj — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:46:13 +0000

But A-Rod might have taken something to make him a better player! Eleventy!!

By: ddrintn

ddrintn — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:39:08 +0000

I lived in Europe for many years – I became a rabid ‘Football’ fan. Everyone use to talk in the pubs about games being fixed – players taking dives – fortunate red cards.

jake-the-goose on February 5, 2013 at 8:02 AM

Yeah, watching games is all the evidence you need. A player will be writhing on the ground in poorly-acted agony for about 3 minutes, then spring back up as good as new like he’s been shot out of a cannon. A lot of European hockey players in the NHL have been known for that sort of thing too.

By: sartana

sartana — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:27:34 +0000

Europol should come and have a look-see over the results of our last election.

By: Oil Can

Oil Can — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:13:12 +0000

This is a sport so boring that excitement has be created by the announcer yelling GOOOAAAAL in the microphone for two minutes.

Estrogen is the performing enhancing drug of choice in soccer, right?