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Rumour Betting Investigation on 2 fremantle games
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Looking forward to getting a HTB of our own. #standbyfreo
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Semi vs Port - the players couldn't hit the side of a *in' barn!
this is a delicious conspiracy on the surface, but i'm not sure it really makes much sense.
that game cost us a genuine spot in the top 2, and just about knocked us out of the 4.
good luck convincing a team of 22 blokes to lay down and give up on avenging a GF loss for a bit of coin split 22 ways
the investigation will either be about umpiring (at our request, AFL doing due diligence but will come to nothing) or more likely a suss betting plunge relating to a specific team selection/late replacement issue. maybe even a leak from an individual player or staff member about the flu going around the club before that Saints game.
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True if it's an internal players/staff member that is the target, but not if the investigation is coming from pressure from the agencies themselves. In which case the Saint's game is highly likely.
Investigations are often started when the agencies themselves flag unusual betting activity/results. The odds for that game where off the charts, it wouldn't have taken much for a few healthy bets to turn into massive payouts - betting agencies don't like that, it would have been flagged and brought to the AFL's attention I'm sure. That combined with strong rumours at a later date indicating that the Dockers had quite a few players with flu - if somebody had that information before-hand, either by licit or illicit means, that's the sort of situation that gets investigated.
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Dirty cheats,strip them of all their premierships
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Yeah, we've been discussing this on our board, trying to work out what it could be.
Putting it down to a betting scandal so far.
Really doubt we threw the game against that Saints though,
A. If we won we would've set up our top 2 finish
B. Saints played ridiculously good that day and would've taken it to most teams
Would be great if they looked at the umpiring in the Geelong and Carlton games. Shocking free kick disparities. Doubt the AFL would investigate themselves though
Putting it down to a betting scandal so far.
Really doubt we threw the game against that Saints though,
A. If we won we would've set up our top 2 finish
B. Saints played ridiculously good that day and would've taken it to most teams
Would be great if they looked at the umpiring in the Geelong and Carlton games. Shocking free kick disparities. Doubt the AFL would investigate themselves though
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Crowley thought it was a little strange when Ross Lyon told him to "get on" Riewoldt.
Then he realized it was for the first goal at $7 !!!
Then he realized it was for the first goal at $7 !!!
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I hope there is nothing in this
Fyfe should be forced to play for West Coast as a punishment
Would have to be the voting panel I guess.
It'll be interesting to find out what is going on. I'd be surprised if it were umpiring as some have mentioned. I'm guessing it'll be players being rested or sick and the info being fed somewhere or something.
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It's a bit late to investigate them now it's been 15 years since they tanked down at Kardinia Park; although the AFL has never really come out and placed a statute of limitations on these things.
Not sure maybe Ross has a soft spot for Lenny? The other game might be whatever happened with Ross and the fan
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It may not be this year. Remember the 'Darkest Day In Australian Sport'? It wasn't only drugs - there was also match-fixing (or spot-fixing - betting scams).
Maybe they've had something under wraps for a while, but the Essendon challenge to the legality of the investigative process spooked the AFL. Now they are probably more confident about how they go about things.
Maybe they've had something under wraps for a while, but the Essendon challenge to the legality of the investigative process spooked the AFL. Now they are probably more confident about how they go about things.
I'm guessing it has something to do with betting plunges on Rising Star nominations in games against Freo - ie the suggestion that the Dockers were going to let X player off the leash.
I doubt there'll be anything in it though.
Jarman Impey in R8 v Port was the only player to win a Rising Star nomination against Freo, while Matt Taberner won a nomination for the Dockers in R22 v Brisbane.
I doubt there'll be anything in it though.
Jarman Impey in R8 v Port was the only player to win a Rising Star nomination against Freo, while Matt Taberner won a nomination for the Dockers in R22 v Brisbane.
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Why would we throw that game? That game would have been the difference between a top two finish and a home qualifying final and likely another grand final. Waste of time, nothing to it. Saints did it for Lenny.
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Given my West Coast allegiance, I'm not particularly fond of Fremantle but I cannot imagine Ross Lyon, with his team in their premiership window throwing a match for the financial gain of others. It seems a tad farfetched.
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