Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

[Fiikso]

Are you are saying that you know more about Maddison and his abilities than the City management then ?

Genuine question as your post is so full of positive conviction, rather than simply being an opinion, that you must be a professional with genuine experience regarding players.

City’s management is not God, they make mistakes, and I have eyes to see the quality of the player. Besides, you’re suggesting that every signing we miss out on is because they wouldn’t be good enough for City, blatantly untrue. He was a thorn every time we played against him, enough for me to know his quality.

 

[Keeper!]

Yes true anyway dodged a bullet by the sounds of it.

 

[Gabriel]

just watched the booking,challenging for a header , but you don't get a decent view , i think if he was trying to get booked all game he didn't do a very good job considering some of the bookings in the charity shield and the new directive

He made the most tackles in last week’s round of fixtures. No idea if that is common for him or whether he was putting himself about more than is customary for such a reason.

 

[bluesmith]

It's ridiculous. Looking at it now it's as blatant as it gets

Yes handball direct off a long punted goal kick. Although it feels a bit quick to relate to this weekend.

 

[manimanc]

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[Keeper!]

He made the most tackles in last week’s round of fixtures. No idea if that is common for him or whether he was putting himself about more than is customary for such a reason.

He will have plenty of time to rest after those exertions.

 

[JewelZee]

I think we will be fine with the player we have so for me no need to be panicking and every day it seems in crisis day looking at the post for the past couple days in this forum, this comment is not directed to you but to other posters.

Fair enough. It's obvious from your posts you are a true Blue. I'm far from a panicker. Sometimes a bit of a worrier, but usually optimistic. I'm just saying even so I'm getting a little worried now. Hopefully we get our squad the way the club wants it before the window closes...

 

[I'm With Stupid]

You don't see why betting on yourself to get a yellow card is a crime?

Well yeah, but betting on transfers shouldn't be. You've got inside knowledge? Tough shit for the bookies. There's a reason they won't take bets on pre-recorded TV shows like Bake Off. If they really weren't making a fortune on transfer betting, they'd stop offering it.

 

[mosssideblue]

I suspect the FA notified the relevant parties when they saw a transaction was about to go down.

Why would they wait till then? Surely if they knew they would have notified West Ham immediately

 

[Fiikso]

Losing out on Madison suggests we'd have gone in for him. There's no evidence we were ever interested and, considering we knew Gundogan, Bernardo and Mahrez were considering their future, if we thought he was the right player, surely we'd have got him in regardless of outgoings?

City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Rags, Scousers didn't go in for him. Maybe we all lost out to perennial winners Spurs. Or maybe we all decided he wasn't quite at the right level.

I’ll come back to this when he produces top numbers for Spurs. There’s a reason pep wanted him before we supposedly told him we had bigger midfield signings in mind