pork pie fox
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Some high profile arrests in Turkey relating to a match fixing investigation:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14006118
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14006118
Par for the course in the Americas, I'm afraid. When a new league structure was introduced in Ecuador a couple of years back, it was so complex that no two newspapers presented the same version - probably because none of them got it right. It's not just the Americas though. You should see the Belgian set-up.What a ****ed up farcical joke of a league. Almost as bad as what happens in Scotland and in Rugby Union.
Vamos La Vino Tinto!
Donde estan?
Donde estan?
Donde estan los hije putas que nos iban a ganar?
Vamos La Vino Tinto!
Donde estan?
Donde estan?
Donde estan los hije putas que nos iban a ganar?
Ellas son sólo a la vuelta de la esquina
¿No habia una vez una regla que habia que escribir en Inglés en este foro?
1 | Molde | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 30-23 | 29 |
2 | Tromsø | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25-13 | 26 |
3 | Brann | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26-23 | 26 |
4 | Strømsgodset | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22-19 | 23 |
5 | Aalesund | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19-21 | 23 |
6 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 32-24 | 22 |
7 | Fredrikstad | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16-17 | 20 |
8 | Haugesund | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24-26 | 20 |
9 | Stabæk | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25-29 | 20 |
10 | Rosenborg | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24-17 | 19 |
11 | VÃ¥lerenga | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15-14 | 18 |
12 | Odd Grenland | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18-21 | 16 |
13 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23-31 | 16 |
14 | Start | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 23-28 | 14 |
15 | Viking | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12-21 | 14 |
16 | Sogndal | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9-16 | 12 |
If Rosenborg were to win their 2 games in hand they'd be up to 4th though, so it's not as poor as it looks necessarily.
Interesting that you only have 16 teams in your league, personally I prefer leagues like that that ones with 24 like ours where you have to play a good 16 more games a season.
I refer you again to the ludicrous Belgian league.If Rosenborg were to win their 2 games in hand they'd be up to 4th though, so it's not as poor as it looks necessarily.
Interesting that you only have 16 teams in your league, personally I prefer leagues like that that ones with 24 like ours where you have to play a good 16 more games a season.
Belgian league is something like this:You'll have to fill me in on that one (or refer to your previous post on it), BM. Don't really know much about the Belgian league. Is it similar to the Mexican one though? Where they have play-offs etc. so the team who finish 8th can win the league.
It's utterly insane. Because all the teams in the Europa League playoffs start on zero points, a team can narrowly avoid relegation and realistically qualify for Europe at the expense of the team who finished top. Bonkers beyond belief.:icon_lol: What's wrong with a simple league structure?
Belgian league is something like this:
16 teams play 30 games each on a home and away basis. Then, three sets of playoffs:
Top six are put into a group, their regular season points halved and they play home and away again. Top team are champions.
7th to 14th are separated into two groups of four (home and away again). Winners of the two groups play each other over two legs. Winner of that plays over two legs against the team who came fourth in the Championship playoff for a place in the Europa League qualifying rounds.
Bottom two play each other five times (the team that finished 15th starts this stage with three points and plays at home three times). Loser of this stage goes down. Winner progresses to a further playoff with three second division sides.
I'll have to bear that in mind for the Prediction League.
Fabio Cannavaro retired. :icon_sad:
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Leicester | 46 | 97 |
2 | Ipswich | 46 | 96 |
3 | Leeds Utd | 46 | 90 |
4 | Southampton | 46 | 87 |
5 | West Brom | 46 | 75 |
6 | Norwich City | 46 | 73 |
7 | Hull City | 46 | 70 |
8 | Middlesbro | 46 | 69 |
9 | Coventry City | 46 | 64 |
10 | Preston | 46 | 63 |
11 | Bristol City | 46 | 62 |
12 | Cardiff City | 46 | 62 |
13 | Millwall | 46 | 59 |
14 | Swansea City | 46 | 57 |
15 | Watford | 46 | 56 |
16 | Sunderland | 46 | 56 |
17 | Stoke City | 46 | 56 |
18 | QPR | 46 | 56 |
19 | Blackburn | 46 | 53 |
20 | Sheffield W | 46 | 53 |
21 | Plymouth | 46 | 51 |
22 | Birmingham | 46 | 50 |
23 | Huddersfield | 46 | 45 |
24 | Rotherham Utd | 46 | 27 |