**** me didnt think this thread would still be going this morning....
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"Sky and Setanta have the right to choose their games and it will be the same for everyone. So Mr Ferguson will not be complaining about fixtures and a campaign against United.
"Or there is another option. That Mr Ferguson organises the fixtures in his office and sends it to us and everyone will know and cannot complain. That is simple."
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Uefa reject draw rumours
Rigging rumours put to bed
Uefa have dismissed rumours the Champions League draw might have been fixed, branding them 'ridiculous' and 'impossible'.
A post left on a newspaper's internet forum at 10.28am on Friday morning - 90 minutes before the draw took place in Nyon - correctly predicted the entire quarter-final draw.
The poster claimed bookmakers were no longer willing to accept bets on the draw, although it is understood that most were not running books on it anyway.
When all four ties predicted in the post came to fruition it caused fevered internet speculation that some sort of manipulation might have taken place.
But a Uefa spokesman said: "It is just a lucky guess.
"I have been in touch with people internally and they are quite surprised. They find it a little ridiculous actually.
"The results of the draw and the practice draw were completely different, and I think it was just pure luck that this guy could get them all right.
"That's the only explanation we can give."
Former Russia goalkeeper Rinat Dasaev pulled the balls out of the hat during the draw, which was televised live, with Uefa general secretary David Taylor watching on.
Uefa are confident that the entire procedure was impossible to rig.
"It's a draw that's open to the public and club representatives. The balls are all of the same colour and there are no distinctive marks on them," added the spokesman.
"I was just 10 metres away and what was drawn was also read by Mr Taylor. It (a fix) is impossible."
[B]Sir Isaac Newton knew the universal law of karma - any action has its equal and opposite reaction.[B]Comment
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Thats not true though is it. The balls are unnecessarily big things and need to be unscrewed to remove the slip of paper. They also have Champions League markings all over them so it'd be very easy to conceal something.Originally posted by RoadEnd View PostComment
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I'm sure AFII will come back with a magnet explanation on that one Stig"What's your favourite Beatles album then?"
"I think I'd have to say....Best of the Beatles"Comment
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Uefa should do the decent thing and re-draw the quarters until we get to the following combination:
Schalke - Liverpool
Arsenal - Barcelona
Man u - Chelsea
Fenerbache - Roma
It might take a while and the estimates on this draw sequence probability vary from 28-1 to 40320-1. Admit it was fixed Platini and right your wrong.
TBH - if you want to win this you have to play the best teams at some stage. The second leg v arsenal is at home and that gives us a slight advantage. Whichever way it goes - it will be very very tight.[B]Sir Isaac Newton knew the universal law of karma - any action has its equal and opposite reaction.[B]Comment
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Hopefully we can avoid our usual capitulation at the Emirates but 2nd leg at Anfield gives us a great chance.Originally posted by el matador View PostComment
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Well actually the best explanation so far is that it wasn't fixed.Originally posted by JohnDoe View PostBest explanation so far
Most people, and I include myself in that, really don't understand statistics. For example, a lot of people are frightened of flying but they don't think twice about getting into a car in which they have a far greater risk of dying.
Oh b*ll*cks, I've got caught up in this crap again.
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Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
May the Lord bless this post.Comment
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Neil, you've been no fun in this thread. Your refusal to play the conspiracy game is unimpressive and I suggest you leave.Comment
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Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
May the Lord bless this post.Comment
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Apology accepted
Today I'm going to find out who really shot JFK.Comment
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I could not dig, I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?Comment
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Originally posted by Matt View PostApology accepted
Today I'm going to find out who really shot JFK.
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Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
May the Lord bless this post.Comment
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