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Post by weallloveleeds on Jul 12, 2006 20:15:18 GMT -1
I'm now even more confused!
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Post by Lollipop on Jul 19, 2006 20:06:11 GMT -1
***NEW TOPIC***
The Italian Scandal.
What do you reckon?
Do you think the punishments were a bit harsh..or perfectly fair? Will Juve get relegated to Serie C because of the amount of points they have to make up?
Do you reckon something like that would/could happen in the English game?
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Post by jimbo on Jul 19, 2006 20:12:50 GMT -1
To be honest I think it was perfectly fair and I think it should happen in the English game if clubs are found guilty in the dodgy transfer dealings..... to be honest I think its what the English game needs, the tob clubs getting ruffled up a bit and some of the big name foreigners leaving....
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 20, 2006 9:33:47 GMT -1
I don't think Juve will go down - they'll surely hold on to enough players to be able to make up those points against Serie B opposition - but it could be a while before they reach Serie A again. I reckon five years.
As for the English game - there's enough money in it now to make it perfectly plausible, but I don't honestly believe it would. There are far too many people who would be too willing to expose it, not least of all the media, for it to be pulled off. In Italy, football is almost seen as a religion, whereas here people would leap at the chance to drag names like Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea through the dirt. Over there, the news was greeted with shock - in England, I think there'd be more than a little schadenfreude going round.
(FYI, schadenfreude is German for 'happiness at the misfortune of others')
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Jul 26, 2006 20:48:42 GMT -1
Well after the Italian F.A. pretty much reversed the original verdict, I think they are even more of a joke than they were before. What a bunch of cowards, and now they are about to let AC Milan back into Europe into the Qualifying Round, disgraceful. Hopefully nothing like this happens in the game over here, but if the situation arose, I'd link to think our F.A. would deal with it well...  |
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Post by weallloveleeds on Jul 26, 2006 20:52:35 GMT -1
Hopefully nothing like this happens in the game over here, but if the situation arose, I'd link to think our F.A. would deal with it well... I doubt it! They'd probably just fine the clubs involved. The FA is incompetant, inconsistant and lacks common sense. No doubt the Italian FA is probably corrupted too, so it's not surprising that the punishment has been scaled down. |
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Jul 26, 2006 21:00:32 GMT -1
Oh yea, no doubt the Italian F.A. has corruption problems, I'm sure.
Think our F.A. isn't corrupt, just incapable!
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Jul 26, 2006 21:05:00 GMT -1
Oh yea, no doubt the Italian F.A. has corruption problems, I'm sure. Think our F.A. isn't corrupt, just incapable! Ditto that! Mind you, am sure the FA could be just as susceptable (sp) to corruption. |
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Post by PASTIE on Jul 26, 2006 23:47:16 GMT -1
It has happened here though hasn't it? As I recall it was pinned on individuals, but I could never envisage goalkeepers acting alone, and for anything to go unnoticed.
I'm disappointed they cut the penalties - a message needed to be sent not just to Italy but to beyond.
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Post by nordonwooler2 on Aug 9, 2006 10:11:47 GMT -1
I'm disappointed they cut the penalties - a message needed to be sent not just to Italy but to beyond.
I agree completely. AC Milan in the Champions League still!!!!!!!
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