Chengdu Blades

[Newbury Blade]

from the Guardian:

Chinese police have launched a crackdown on match-fixing and corruption in football with the arrests this month of more than 20 sports officials, including the president and two coaches of a team owned by Sheffield United.

Zhang Weizhe, the head coach of Sheffield United’s Hong Kong-based offshoot, and two other men linked to the Yorkshire club are suspected of buying promotion, bribing referees and using club funds for private business.

Sheffield United are not implicated in any wrongdoing, but the English Championship club may be forced to reconsider their hefty investment in Chinese football.

 

[JohnDenver]

Anyone caught cheating when under the employ of SUFC should be torn limb from limb and fed to the pigeons on Fargate.

 

[broomhillblade]

Anyone caught cheating when under the employ of SUFC should be torn limb from limb and fed to the pigeons on Fargate.

Does that include diving in the penalty area?

 

[JohnDenver]

Does that include diving in the penalty area?

That would be the logical extension of the argument, yup. Kyle Walker be warned, these pigeons are voracious...

 

[Student Blade]

hi

could you post the link for this report please if there is any more of the report. Iv looked on the guardian website and cannot see it...

Thanks

UTB

 

[silverfox]

Link here.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/31/china-football-match-fixing

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

An astute businessman like McCabe didn't know where Chengdu club funds were going??

 

[NN6]

I am amazed how many people assume just because someone has made money they are 'astute'....how 'astute' do you think Berlusconi is?

 

[SwissBlade]

I am amazed how many people assume just because someone has made money they are 'astute'....how 'astute' do you think Berlusconi is?

Lets not get started on Berslusconi...

Whats to say that McCabe isn't astute?

 

[JohnDenver]

how 'astute' do you think Berlusconi is?

Not astutue enough to know when to duck.

 

[SwissBlade]

Not astutue enough to know when to duck.

Or maybe so astute to know when not to duck....

I've not checked how his popularity rating is since the "attack", but i'd guess its gone up...

 

[JohnDenver]

Or maybe so astute to know when not to duck....

I've not checked how his popularity rating is since the "attack", but i'd guess its gone up...

You've come up with a great new concept in electioneering. I'd vote for that slimey rightwing scumbag in exchange for one free punch. Forza Italia!

***cracks knuckles***

 

[SwissBlade]

You've come up with a great new concept in electioneering. I'd vote for that slimey rightwing scumbag in exchange for one free punch. Forza Italia!

***cracks knuckles***

Ha ha we can joke but speaking with my italian colleagues, the italian press got behind him as a victim...

Personally the video of him bending the woman traffic warden over as if to give her one was a vote winner for me