Meadows Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Right or Wrong..?.At Saturdays Scottish Cup 2nd round tie between Civil Service Strollers and Berwick Rangers, Strollers were winning One-Nil,5 minutes to half time and a BR director is at the dug out trying to get the managers attention. after being ignored by manager (Jimmy Crease) he gets the kit man to tell him, "Offer the players a ?100 bonus per man to win the tie,make sure they are told in dressing room at half time". Needless to say Berwick won 2-1 due to a decent sub coming on and changing the game...BUT... Over to JKB.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2NaFish Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 not in the slightest. nothign wrong with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siphiwe Tshabalala Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Berwick rangers train next to my footie team every tuesday and thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 not in the slightest. nothign wrong with that. Surely if losing 1-0 in an important cup tie is'nt incentive enough,then questions should be asked why it takes extra cash to get motivated.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2NaFish Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Surely if losing 1-0 in an important cup tie is'nt incentive enough,then questions should be asked why it takes extra cash to get motivated.... who is to say they wouldn't have won anyway? the money didnt hurt, they won the game, picked up ton each and barring a pish draw in the next round the cup the club will do well out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 fair point... one i used when playing devil's advocate,the other two points i made were that Bonuses etc,SHOULD be pre arranged (whats to stop the players trying the same again?) and i felt for the CSS players,they dont have a director with a couple of grand to throw about (not that they could have raised their game any higher) But equal playing fields when the game starts should be in the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devries4 Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Maybe the Hearts players yesterday were waiting on a similar offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groot Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 meadows, I am sure things such as bonuses are supposed to be agreed before hand in some instanses i.e. I remember Chelski getting into bother when some of their bonuses got changed but don't think it goes down to SC level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2NaFish Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 fair point... one i used when playing devil's advocate,the other two points i made were that Bonuses etc,SHOULD be pre arranged (whats to stop the players trying the same again?) and i felt for the CSS players,they dont have a director with a couple of grand to throw about (not that they could have raised their game any higher) But equal playing fields when the game starts should be in the rules. aye, sorry if i came across aggressive/forthright. its ****ty that teams can flash the cash, but there's not much that can stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitster Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 meadows, I am sure things such as bonuses are supposed to be agreed before hand in some instanses i.e. I remember Chelski getting into bother when some of their bonuses got changed but don't think it goes down to SC level What the above said really. It is match fixing at lower levels. Harsh but true and I do know what I'm talking about. Up for a debate? yes I always am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 What the above said really. It is match fixing at lower levels. Harsh but true and I do know what I'm talking about. Up for a debate? yes I always am Myself and my ten year old son had to make a decision on which game to attend (Hearts or Strollers) He chose cup game as relative plays for berwick and my mates play for strollers. First half,Strollers played very well but had played their normal left back at left mid..Berwick exposed the LB a few times in first half,and with a sharp player coming on as sub,exploited same area for 1-1, got a similiar 2nd soon after,Strollers missed a great chance for 2-2 with a sloppy header missing the target. I felt it wrong that money overshadowed the result. Two other points.... Refs are crap at this level as well ! And my wee laddie chose the right game !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitster Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Myself and my ten year old son had to make a decision on which game to attend (Hearts or Strollers) He chose cup game as relative plays for berwick and my mates play for strollers.First half,Strollers played very well but had played their normal left back at left mid..Berwick exposed the LB a few times in first half,and with a sharp player coming on as sub,exploited same area for 1-1, got a similiar 2nd soon after,Strollers missed a great chance for 2-2 with a sloppy header missing the target. I felt it wrong that money overshadowed the result. Two other points.... Refs are crap at this level as well ! And my wee laddie chose the right game !! any more? money? really what are you on about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart MacD Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 It would be of more concern if the director had offered an extra sum to lose the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 any more? money? really what are you on about? The scary thing is it makes sense to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Yo the Parrot Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 And my wee laddie chose the right game !! No he didn't The game at Tynie was a cracker best 0-0 I have ever seen Two great teams that could not be seperated and a fantastic ref that has taken my advice and feckked off to Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 What the above said really. It is match fixing at lower levels. Harsh but true and I do know what I'm talking about. Up for a debate? yes I always am Clearly it's not match fixing. The players shouldn't need any extra incentive but if their own chairman wants to offer them extra at half time to win the game then so be it, it's up to them. Obviously it would be different if money was offered to the opposition/match officials or if money was bet on a certain outcome but there's nothing wrong with giving your OWN TEAM a bit of added incentive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Given that this appears to be a football-related discussion, may I be the first to say... TERRACE!!! ps - I don't think it was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 It got a mention in the Sun's match report !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Jambo 60 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 who is to say they wouldn't have won anyway? the money didnt hurt, they won the game, picked up ton each and barring a pish draw in the next round the cup the club will do well out of it. Wage thiefs:43:, where have i heard that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupid Sexy Flanders Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 There's technically nowt wrong with it, just a bit disappointing that the director felt he had to offer the players a bonus to get them to get their fingers out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejam Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Callum - This could be worth a try in the Kickback teams quarter final if we are 1-0 down at half time ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 Callum - This could be worth a try in the Kickback teams quarter final if we are 1-0 down at half time ???? Thank god we are in the semi's...Mind you if we are a goal down,it would be a mistake by a central defender:qqb006: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejam Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Thank god we are in the semi's...Mind you if we are a goal down,it would be a mistake by a central defender:qqb006: Will be having words with Gareth then !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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