FA to be sued by Paquetta?

[bakajack]

Lucas Paqueta: West Ham midfielder considers suing FA after spot-fixing acquittal

Brazil midfielder Lucas Paqueta considering legal action against the Football Association after being cleared on spot-fixing charges.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not Swans related, but both Wet Spam and Paquetta himself lost earnings to the tune of tens of millions of pounds after his move to Man City collapsed when the FA announced they were charging him with spot fixing offenses.

Pretty flimsy evidence was used and the basis of it seems to come from betting information derived from their own ethics officer which hardly made him impartial.

Match fixers and cheats deserve everything that comes at them, but at the same time flimsy cases like this which ruined a player's dream move and potentially their entire career surely also have to be punished just as severely.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Lucas Paqueta: West Ham midfielder considers suing FA after spot-fixing acquittal

Brazil midfielder Lucas Paqueta considering legal action against the Football Association after being cleared on spot-fixing charges.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not Swans related, but both Wet Spam and Paquetta himself lost earnings to the tune of tens of millions of pounds after his move to Man City collapsed when the FA announced they were charging him with spot fixing offenses.

Pretty flimsy evidence was used and the basis of it seems to come from betting information derived from their own ethics officer which hardly made him impartial.

Match fixers and cheats deserve everything that comes at them, but at the same time flimsy cases like this which ruined a player's dream move and potentially their entire career surely also have to be punished just as severely.

It does seem like they had a very flimsy case with no compelling evidence, just putting 2+2 together and getting 5. If it was as weak a case as implied there, then yeah, f*ck 'em; sue the crap out of them.

 

[JackSomething]

Let's be thankful it's the Premier League going after Man City rather than the FA...

 

[Cooperman]

This could end up costing them a paqueta.

 

[jack123]

Good for him, I hope it costs them a pretty packet.

Are they stupid or what, talking about unusual betting patterns, I like my footie bets and do take a look at the odd few tipsters on X and online, and these are free, but looking at some comments following a tip for example somebody to get booked, you will have multiple people prepared to back, which in essence is just a hunch by the poster.

This just seems a case of the bookies crying because they have to pay out!

They are quite happy to have refs ignoring blatant fouls, and give no free kicks. But cry about this Jeez. Of course it’s just a game of football, and the betting is just a sideline of it, but I think if they are going to question the integrity of a player over a yellow card, then they should start looking at refs, because they have a lot more say in the betting opportunities of a game.