Paqueta Charged By The FA.

[TonyM]

Personally, I think he’s fucked, having seen those clips.

Are they the only fouls that he had in those games? And are they out of line with other fouls in other games?

If someone edited video of anyone of us they could tell any story they wanted.

 

[Stephen230]

Are they the only fouls that he had in those games? And are they out of line with other fouls in other games?

If someone edited video of anyone of us they could tell any story they wanted.

It’ll be the betting activity that decides his fate, not the clips of the incidents.

 

[TonyM]

It’ll be the betting activity that decides his fate, not the clips of the incidents.

True but I'm not sure that a correlation between the betting activity and his yellow card bookings is enough to imply definite proof. It's just "more likely" to be true I think. And I'm not sure that is fair.

I'm no expert obviously but I just hope for the lad's sake (or any other player's sake) that proper authorities (police, judges, etc) are involved and not some dope from the FA.

 

[city2]

Guess we won’t be signing this guy then

 

[Keeper!]

Personally, I think he’s fucked, having seen those clips.

 

[bluetonium]

And now, an official statement from the FA.

Brought to you by Sky Bet in partnership with Bet365 and Ladbrokes. Don't forget to put your accas on guys!

But of course, always gamble aware.

As we see pictures of Paqueta playing every week with 'betway' printed across his chest on big bold letters.

Obviously this is serious stuff, but they're hardly adverse to accepting a few cash payments themselves from betting companies, are they? Sorry but I just find it hard to take the FA seriously on this subject when they're happy for gambling to infest every other aspect of our game. Probably they didn't get a cut and that's why they're miffed.

Personally I'd say tip of the iceberg. Lots of money in the game, lots of opportunities for people to make more money, lots more going on.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Guess we won’t be signing this guy then

Wonder if he’s lumped on not signing for City?

 

[paulchapo]

Pretty identical to the Leicester card too.

I remember watching that Villa one and I was wondering how he could be so daft going into such a stupid challenge after just doing one. Now we know.

 

[Dubai Blue]

How ironic he wears a shirt with "betway" on it.

Even more ironic that it was Betway that reported him to the authorities.

 

[SiMCFC]

And people thought he was just shit at tackling!