[Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season

[iadom]

Originally Posted by gazzae

Because the players have food prepared especially for them.

When you think of some of the more bizarre things that have happened due to far eastern betting scams, that would be a more likely candidate than an Ar5e connection.

Who's floodlights nearly got sabotaged a few years back with the help of a corrupt club official at the behest of a Malaysian or other betting fix?

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Originally Posted by gazzae

Still seems very far fetched to me, as Jeff Stelling said on Sunday "It's Dream Team stuff."
Spurs nutritional staff advised chefs at the Marriot on the meals, you would imagine they would also supervise the cooking to ensure everything was cooked correctly.

I think Jol said he doesn't think it was foul play.

I read this but I can't remember where. Probably the newspaper.

Apparently (take this as nothing more than a rumour) the Marriott until 18 months ago, was so worried about the safety of its minced beef that that guests ordering med-rare burgers had to sign a legal disclaimer - which was scrapped after negative publicity.

The same article said that even if the tests proved the food made the players ill, then it would still be difficult to prove that this caused Spurs' losses. Ie difficult.

Just having a look through the paper now to try and find it.

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Just found it. Mail, p7.

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by iadom

Who's floodlights nearly got sabotaged a few years back with the help of a corrupt club official at the behest of a Malaysian or other betting fix?

Derby and West Ham wasn't it?

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Originally Posted by gazzae

Derby and West Ham wasn't it?

That was funny.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by iadom

but what if it was foul, fowl play, funny how the only people affected where players, apparently.

They were not the only ones apparently Martin Jol and Chris Houghton both had a dose to.

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

They were not the only ones apparently Martin Jol and Chris Houghton both had a dose to.

Jol looked a bit green in the face it had to be said. As for Hughton you just can't tell.

[sherer]

still abit upset about the result.. if we had taken our chances in the first half at home we would have been three -nil up.. didn't defend well and watford scored when they had chances.. our heads dropped in the first lef after their goal and we never got back in the tie

can't see watford beating leeds though

has anyone noticed that when a manager is sent off he just goes up to the stands now and gets his phone out so not alot changes.. some managers even watch from the stands anyway

if a manager is to be sent off they need to go to a room with no TV or access to anyone and do the same thing if they are banned for the next match.. rememer Jose and the Bayern game and the bloke on the bench with the hat to ocer the earpiece.. not really a punishment with all the technology we have today..

this makes interesting reading on Walcott

http://football.guardian.co.uk/world...770802,00.html

as i said he hasn't been tested by anyone world class and got marked out of a championship game at QPR

[gazzae]

Premier League replies to Spurs, they wanted a replay because two first teamers were sick!

Over the course of the following hour, the Board gathered its facts and gave the matter due consideration. It concluded the following:

1) It was satisfied that the following significant facts pertained:

· 6 players had been confirmed as having suffered from either sickness and/or diarrhoea (S & D) that morning

· 2 other players had felt unwell but had not suffered from S & D

(These facts were established by Jane Purdon in consultation with the THFC Doctor)

Of the six players confirmed with S & D, only two were in the starting eleven for your last three Premier League matches.

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I still think it was more than six according to press reports:
Davids - played 90
Dawson - played 90
Keane - played 90
Carrick - went off ill 62
Lennon - played 90
Tainio - played 87
Barnard - played 14
Davenport - played 3
Cerny - dnp
Huddlestone - dnp
were affected.

Spurs XVIs for the last three games:
v W Ham: Robinson ,Kelly ,Dawson ,Gardner ,Lee (Barnard ,78 ) ,Lennon ,Carrick (Reid ,63 ) ,Davids ,Tainio (Davenport ,87 ) ,Keane ,Defoe
Subs not used Cerny,Murphy,
v Bolton: Robinson ,Stalteri ,Lee ,Dawson ,Gardner ,Murphy (Davenport ,86 ) ,Tainio ,Carrick ,Lennon ,Keane (Barnard ,45 ) ,Defoe (Reid ,78 )
Subs not used: Cerny,Huddlestone,
v Arsenal: Robinson ,Stalteri ,Dawson ,Gardner ,Lee ,Lennon (Murphy ,77 ) ,Carrick ,Davids (sent off 85),Tainio ,Defoe ,Keane
Subs not used Cerny,Naybet,Kelly,Barnard,

Affected players in Bold.

Either this is being misreported by the media or the PL have it wrong. Carrick went off with stomach cramps (and actually threw up in the tunnel) and Dawson looked iller than usual. As for Keane well he looked a bit off colour too.

[gazzae]

According to the letter the facts on numbers who were ill were obtained after consultation with the Spurs team doctor.

I forgot the link in my earlier post, here it is...

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.ra...tfa_breadcrumb

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Originally Posted by gazzae

According to the letter the facts on numbers who were ill were obtained after consultation with the Spurs team doctor.

I forgot the link in my earlier post, here it is...

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.ra...tfa_breadcrumb

Yeah I read it there too. The media must have it wrong.

Therefore - from seeing extended highlights of the game, and from the alleged list which is all we have to go on, and Jol's interviews the two players MUST be Dawson and Carrick.

[iadom]

Rumoured on 5Live this morning that it may not be food poisoning but a virus.

Originally Posted by iadom

Rumoured on 5Live this morning that it may not be food poisoning but a virus.

possibly misleading, as one of the most common causes of food poisoning is a virus

http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/viewLeaflet.asp?ID=71

basically there are two main kinds of 'food poisoning', one is caused by being infected with bacteria or viruses, which multiply in the body & cause the symptoms, the other is caused by eating food in which bacteria have already been growing & excreted toxins. The main difference is that the first type can take a while to 'incubate', while the second is likely to have a more rapid effect.

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Originally Posted by iadom

Rumoured on 5Live this morning that it may not be food poisoning but a virus.

The fact they all went down with it together would possibly make that less likely. Unless they caught it from a common source.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

maybe the affected players indulged in a dodgy spit roast the night before?