Football
Martín Silva; Maxi Pereira, Lugano, Godín y Cáceres; Arévalo Ríos; Stuani, Lodeiro, Cebolla Rodríguez; Cavani y Suárez.
It's a sell out in Montevideo.
http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/265550/tabarez-mantiene-los-11-de-jordania/
Another trashing for Jordan?
Anyone who thinks that was a fix needs to give themselves a good sheikh.
Nov 21, 2013 -- 12:56AM, themover wrote:
could be one of the biggest ever world cup fixes
I'll think you don't have to look hard for some much bigger fixes.
1.03 £73,956
1.04 £440,339
1.05 £440,327
1.06 £274,340
1.07 £117,019
0-0 was 90 at KO
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Yes ... it was wasn't it
Nov 21, 2013 -- 1:01AM, paulcarm wrote:
some guy said earlier he put thousands on a home win because "it's the closest you'll ever get to free money"
I learned this a long time ago - but there's no way you can accurately price up a dead second leg.
oh well if it pushes unders ridiculously high i'm all for it
Well, I would take my hat off but I've had to burn it to keep warm.....
Football is a mad game.
1/ The most startling aspect for me,if it was pre arranged,was why they narrowed in the pitch,it should/did eventually sound the alarm bells.
2/ The condition of the playing surface.
3/ The final balls by uruguay seemed deliberately over/under hit.
4/ Cavani seemed intent not to score,he constantly turned dangerous situations into wasted opportunities,never looked to link up with suarez.
Strange strange strange.
Nov 20, 2013 -- 5:43PM, Biscuit1979 wrote:
Suarez will surely be keen to get a couple too after missing out in the 1st leg. I'm taking Uruguay on match odds, ht/ft and also unquoted.
Anyone heard from this poor chap, hope he is ok ......
Suarez will surely be keen to get a couple too after missing out in the 1st leg. I'm taking Uruguay on match odds, ht/ft and also unquoted.
Shrewdie alert
Still not as good as the Portugal v Cape Verde Islands thread from a couple of years back.
Nov 21, 2013 -- 11:21AM, joss wrote:
wow just shows difference in opinion. Didn't think 5 flattered Uruguay at all last week
First 4 goals last week came from Uruguay strikers being unmarked in the area due to deflections or walkabout duty. Fifth goal was class.
Jordan away are a defensive team, so there were plenty of men in the box this week to cut out the lucky breaks.
Lesson here: never back a side that will be thrilled to draw 0-0. If they scored early it would of been four, it gets to the hour and motivation becomes a serious issue.
but because there was p1ss all decent fooball for much of the week, with many people (myself included) usually staying clear of friendlies for obvious reasons, everyone got sick of waiting and jumped on at ridiculous prices (again myself included
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This looked for all money a tie where Uruguay were almost under orders not to score. Everytime a ball was played in the air the strikers headed it back down the field away from goal rather than flick it on. When they were around the box inevitably they passed to a defender. The less said about the deliveries for the free kicks and corners the better. Quite what Lugano was doing heading onto the crossbar from a yard out is anyones guess.
There was a ridiculous corner near the end where Suarez I think drilled it 10 yards outside the edge of the area to no one.
, thank fu ck it was to cold in my gaf so i went to bed
Nov 21, 2013 -- 11:05AM, Biscuit1979 wrote:
Didn't watch it so can't really comment but are people confusing 'fixed' with 'couldn't be bothered'
I think so. Fixed is Peru losing 6-0 to Argentina so the hosts can qualify or the German-Austrian Anschluss so both teams went through.
Taken your loss well then?
I got out of 2 of my bets as i was out last night, left the match odds to run though. Stinker.
Lost about 200 overall.
FIXED FIXED FIXXXEEEEDDDD
AND FIXED
FIXED
Nov 21, 2013 -- 2:48PM, Biscuit1979 wrote:
Not sure i ever said i was going in large. Then again, what is large? A large bet for someone might be a drop in the ocean for someone else.I got out of 2 of my bets as i was out last night, left the match odds to run though. Stinker.Lost about 200 overall.
Even if you did 'get out of 2 of my bets' , you would still have made a loss on them, small or not, obviously, so your bet on match odds would be at least £200 @1.05 to win £10 , really?? ffs
Players who are earning millions would not risk their careers to fix a game. Last week was a flattering scoreline for Uruguay and Jordan defended much better this leg. Apart from the missed header in the first half, they didnt have too many great chances.
ROFLMAO
NOBODY ASK THEIR OPINION.
oh well , fingers slightly scorched but not badly burnt
Why would i? The only thing obvious here, is that you don't know what you're talking about. However i'm glad my overall loss on the game amuses you so much
Nov 21, 2013 -- 2:43PM, Biscuit1979 wrote:
"I'd love for some Uruguayan mafia that lost money to kidnap members of that Uruguay team and torture the truth out of them"Taken your loss well then?
It's a curious situation. I lost, like I said, a decent three figure sum, but it was all profit, which p*sses me off, but it's nothing compared to losing money you've actually slaved away for, and I saved over twice as much of that kind of money by redding out on about the hour mark. When the full-time whistle went I was just glad my losses weren't worse. But yes, I think it's sh*tty I lost a lot of money because Uruguay are bent 
If I don't get another goal in Lyngby/AC Horsens it will be worse than uruguay for me
Decided I wasn't taking 1.01 as it just didn't feel right so put a waiting to be matched at 1.02 for a bit of value.
As I was doing it a voice in my head was going are you mad...1,02 you're crazy,you could regret this.
Sadly the other voice of free money won the day.
Bstard Uruguay.
The market was so in love with Uruguay it was untrue.
All this was was lack of motivation, the players knew they were at the world cup and they played the whole game in 1st gear.
As mentioned, over hit corners, refusing to shoot, very slow play.
Extreme over caution, when have you ever known Suarez not to run around like a lunatic?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aca_1384816088
Seriously, you could see this coming a mile off. UEFA boss and everyone's favourite poison dwarf, Slack Bladder, would have made it quite clear that given Qatar will host the WC, fellow camel-fanciers must not be humiliated until after 2022.
0-0 = win-win for all concerned, except the mug punters who blindly backed Uruguay based on their price alone, but there's no known cure for stupidity and greed kills.
Nov 21, 2013 -- 10:25PM, Just Checking wrote:
I think the people saying it was a "fix" are just talking through their banks, as always happens. 0-0 didn't even come below 70 in this game until I think after the 10th minute so people watching and laying were either 1. insane (which I wouldn't rule out) or 2. thought a goal looked likely on what they were seeing.
I got the impression that bots were just ruling the markets. Uruguay were still single figures to back in the 91st minute with Jordan having a free-kick and a man down timewasting; then Uruguay were still a shorter price than Jordan in the 94th minute when Jordan had a corner. The match odds market - unlike the goals markets - was stuck far too much to its original price.
I lost around £4 on the match so I have no emotionally ties to the game and I can say after watching football for many years
there was clearly something fishy about the game, players refusing to shoot etc. Yes it could have been pure laziness and Jordon
time wasting but you can understand punters suspicions.
Did anyone see Brackly beat Gillingham a couple of nites ago just days after Gillingham turned over a very strong Sheff Utd side. Doesn't make sense to us mugs but to the players the mind set was very different!!
Never mind a drink drive campaign for Christmas how about one for us..........Think before you bet!!!
Nov 21, 2013 -- 10:36PM, JC1326 wrote:
Amazing how many people on here saw this coming yet didn't say a word before kick off/didn't have a go at backing 0-0 @ 700/1 or whatever it was.
The aim of the two-legged match was to get to the World Cup. Uruguay were already there. I've learnt this kind of lesson before and I'm very cautious with two-legged matches, especially ones that are over at half-time.
Nov 21, 2013 -- 10:25PM, Just Checking wrote:
I think the people saying it was a "fix" are just talking through their banks, as always happens. 0-0 didn't even come below 70 in this game until I think after the 10th minute so people watching and laying were either 1. insane (which I wouldn't rule out) or 2. thought a goal looked likely on what they were seeing.
insane... 
Nov 21, 2013 -- 11:14PM, Just Checking wrote:
It's a bit like saying Man U getting a 0-0 against stoke last game of the season is a JFK style conspiracy, when the trophy is already sitting in the stand with their name on it and they can enjoy a 90 minute stroll...
Lets be clear, Jordan are a mug side. You don't get beat 5-0 at home to Uruguay in such an important game, I don't care how many lucky deflections Uruguay had. I'd say the gap between Uruguay is like a full strength Man United and a Conference side, maybe even lower. Uruguay should have played the reserves and won. That's the reason I was on it, and didn't believe the fact the tie was won was relevant. I actually would never blindly back, I even doing the work when it's San Marino. Uruguay just didn't do their job, or they may not have been trying.
Nov 21, 2013 -- 10:33PM, This is for BIG Players only wrote:
Aftertimers club!! I lost around £4 on the match so I have no emotionally ties to the game and I can say after watching football for many yearsthere was clearly something fishy about the game, players refusing to shoot etc. Yes it could have been pure laziness and Jordon time wasting but you can understand punters suspicions.
Classis scene from The Waltons:
(Grandpa to John-Boy) "Well, John-Boy, it's like this. There are after timers... and then there's a whole lot of poor people."
As much as people think there is a massive difference between the two sides, there isn't. Jordan at home are a pretty decent outfit and better teams than Uruguay have gone there and lost. Where Uruguay have a different class is that they have a few expensive strikers who people see the name of and back the national team. Uruguay aren't a very good side, they have played poor football for the last few years and only got through the group ahead of Venezuela because of help(yes the football super power). Those that are looking for fixes should watch the Colombia and Argentinian games that sealed Uruguay's qualification(Dig up the threads on here and you will see people talking about the result the market expected and duly delivered, that's a clear sign). Uruguay haven't played as a team for a long time and that was abundantly clear in the Confed cup.
The only victories they've had since 2011 outside of friendlies are as follows; Peru 4-2, Venezuela 0-1, Nigeria(N) 1-2, Tahiti(N) 8-0 & Peru 1-2. Would you be shocked that Jordan beat that motley lot at home?
Jordan are a decent home side, they defend well and play as a team. Where the real difference in class lies is that underneath Jordan's first team you get a sharp drop in players and in the first leg that showed. What didn't show it seems were that Jordan were the better team for much of the game in a 5-0 loss. Up until the 4th goal Uruguay had 4 shots on target and Jordan had more shots on target and overall. Jordan are a typical middle east side who struggle to finish off decent play, much was the same here. Uruguay got lucky.
I don't buy that Uruguay were told on high to be easy on them nor that they weren't motivated to win the game in front of their own fans because of their horrible home record.
Was the Uruguay v Jordan game a shock, yes, Jordan got lucky. The first leg was the bigger shock and those that don't know Jordan from Adam had Tahiti contact lenses fitted.
Unless Uruguay change something they will be rubbish in the World cup and everyone who sees Cavani and Suarez and backs on the name will end up disappointed once more.
Nov 21, 2013 -- 11:48PM, Darlo Bantam wrote:
The last time Manchester United played a conference side, they won 1-0 with the Conference side hitting the bar in the final minute.
Okay then, a Conference side that isn't paying all it's players League One/Championship wages
