Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

What a weird fucking end to the saga in an even weirder transfer window.
Sums up this window to a tee.

Fuck it, let’s just go with what we have. Try and buy someone in jan maybe.

Not ideal season but we had to allow some players the time to leave. No point making bad mistakes now. Maybe a surprise incoming before the window shuts.

Fuck it.
 
My son made a few quid keep betting on Everton’s Allan getting booked. One game he came on as sub and got booked before he’d even got got his bet on.
 
Sums up this window to a tee.

Fuck it, let’s just go with what we have. Try and buy someone in jan maybe.

Not ideal season but we had to allow some players the time to leave. No point making bad mistakes now. Maybe a surprise incoming before the window shuts.

Fuck it.
We surely have to try and get someone in, apart from Doku.
 
Video doesn't tell you much, tbf. Ball to the LW was on, Villa's break looked good. The handball looked odder to me.

I'm also unfussed by Twitter betting conspiracy experts. There will be a million posts that come to nothing every weekend. And he doesn't say which market.

As much as the odds reflect the overall amount staked, I find it believable that someone who had a good view of both teams and their likely tactics view could have him as much more likely to become a tactical fouler than would normally be the case. Grasping at straws, the question is, was there a wider pattern beyond these accounts? Could that have provoked others looking at the markets to get involved?

But....the multiple accounts. That really takes a fair bit of explaining. That implies a more concerted effort, than just a regular heavy gambler going about their normal business, perhaps with a new account.

So far tho, this seems like a circumstantial case.

Trippier and Sturridge recieved bans after the FA were presented with text message records showing both sent the information to the people related to the accounts in quesiton. Toney was caught red handed placing his own bets.

However, if there are multiple incidents involving multiple accounts, then depending on the association between the players and the account holders, and the patterns involved, governing bodies might not think that final piece of evidence is required to prove that an infraction took place.
 
You can be sure whatever the outcome, he’ll be watched closely going forward. If cleared I still think best to give it a wide birth, at City he’ll be watched even closer.
 

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