Champions League Thread (the dawn of time - 2014)

[Deleted member 9102]

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[PhilD123]

It actually really wouldn't suprise me if it is rigged, and I've got no doubt it will have been in the past if it is the case. It is worrying, theres no way that guy could have predicted it. I mean you say about Chelski vs Liverpool, which is true, but what were the chances of us drawing Roma 3 times in one year. I think it happens with the FA Cup draw as well, though, we've been drawn against Premiership opposition for something like the last 12 games.

 

[m_vaughan]

The chances of someone predicting all four fixtures correctly is less than 1%, but I remember I had done the same (randomly ofcourse) for the 2006 quaterfinals.

You need to remember that once you get one of them right, the chances of getting all, increases.

The FA Cup is definately rigged though.

 

[usy]

wow, 4 English Clubs in Quarter-finals.

That tells you something about the best league in the world.

 

[Skater]

We very nearly had 3 English teams in the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup as well, but for penalties and ridiculous team selection. It would have been great to have had 7 of the 20 English Premier League sides in the quarter finals of both European competitions.

 

[Deleted member 9102]

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[Will_NA]

We very nearly had 3 English teams in the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup as well, but for penalties and ridiculous team selection. It would have been great to have had 7 of the 20 English Premier League sides in the quarter finals of both European competitions.

Plus, we've got 3 English teams in the FA Cup semi-finals so we're doing well on that front, too.

 

[Deleted member 9102]

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[Will_NA]

Touche.

 

[Leicester Fox]

It's not fixed it's just this year Romans decided to drop a few pounds in the right peoples pockets to get his team back to the home country.

 

[m_vaughan]

It's not fixed it's just this year Romans decided to drop a few pounds in the right peoples pockets to get his team back to the home country.

Thats more opinion than fact. Although we've had relatively easier fixtures this year, its not always been the case. I used quite get annoyed when we kept on drawing Barcelona and Liverpool.

 

[Leicester Fox]

It's more joke than opinion than fact I don't think the draws fixed, there's no real obvious reason for it and I'm sure the bookies will have noticed if there was any odd betting going on especially giving how tennis and horse racing our about as competitive as wrestling now.

 

[PhilD123]

Yeah, but, Joe, how do you explain what happened with the liverpool guy? He wasn't predicting it, he knew what it was going to be.

 

[Leicester Fox]

Lucky guess, of the hundreds of different combinations there are across the past few years there will have been more than enough threads exactly the same saying the draw was rigged and this would be it....

If you want to believe it fine but south parks got it right when it says 1 in 4 people are idiots and you can find them as the people who believe in things like this nonsense. If there was going to be someone lying about it too it would be a scouser.

 

[Deleted member 9102]

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