bwilly11 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Malouda is a selfish asshole for allowing any of this to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 If Malouda plays and Honduras wins 3-0 by forfeit and we get screwed over for goal difference, I am going to be pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grigorio Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Obinna said: If Malouda plays and Honduras wins 3-0 by forfeit and we get screwed over for goal difference, I am going to be pissed. understatement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Unless FG are able to draw or beat Honduras, it now becomes irrelevant to us in terms of goal differential as thanks to our draw against Costa RIca there is no way that Honduras can finish level with us on points if they beat FG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Obinna said: If Malouda plays and Honduras wins 3-0 by forfeit and we get screwed over for goal difference, I am going to be pissed. If they get a 3-0 win we'd be even on goal difference and ahead on goals scored (5 to 3) so they have to beat us to finish ahead either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, jonovision said: If they get a 3-0 win we'd be even on goal difference and ahead on goals scored (5 to 3) so they have to beat us to finish ahead either way. That is true, but if they get a forfeit win or any other kind of win they can't finish level with us on points no matter what. It would only be if they draw against FG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Gian-Luca said: That is true, but if they get a forfeit win or any other kind of win they can't finish level with us on points no matter what. It would only be if they draw against FG You're right. I can stop hyperventilating in this paper bag now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Why would they forfeit against a team they beat 3 1 before? Makes no sense unless malouda is bank rolling the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Isnt Vic still in charge of Concacaf? Maybe he can step in and bring some sense to this stupid situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I think they are trying to prove a point with FIFA/CONCACAF, and using the biggest stage they have to make it. What that point is isn't entirely clear, though... "We should be considered a country within FIFA! So that we, uh, can't use French players, like we are, um... Yeah." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Club Linesman said: Isnt Vic still in charge of Concacaf? Maybe he can step in and bring some sense to this stupid situation. Dangerous for him, I would think, politically, with Canada in the same group. Wouldn't want to be seen as meddling. I would think he would delegate this to other tournament officials and stay arm's length. I think he was hoping that FIFA would take a position which would have allowed him to wash his hands, but they didn't bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstepp817 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 CONCACAF shouldn't allow non-FIFA nations to participate...reeks of bush league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 FG are holding their own against Honduras so far, 30 minutes in 0-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 This is going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport...and the judgment will be in time for the 2019 Gold Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddoouugg Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Do the cards picked up in this game still count? since that Honduran player just got his second yellow of the tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 It is interesting that they would play Malouda in game 2 after initially indicating he would be in the starting 11 against us and then revising that position after being told for sure that he was illegal. It essentially gifts Honduras the win, while we had to play for ours and got a worse goal differential. makes the whole development seem like a total joke - and CONCACAF is the butt of it. How they can permit this to happen is baffling. It allows FG to decide who in the group they will provide an advantage to. That alone makes the whole group suspect in terms of the FG results. If it wouldn't nullify Davies 2 goals, I would argue that all games against them in the group should be declared 3-0 wins to level the playing field. That is the only outcome that would allow for equal treatment in the group - but even that pads the goals for/against in the event of a tie breaker among the 3rd placed teams. just a fucking joke that this can take place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 14 minutes ago, ddoouugg said: Do the cards picked up in this game still count? since that Honduran player just got his second yellow of the tournament Who the hell would know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Half time 0-0. IMO Concacaf should fine FG for flouting the regulation & ban them from the next Gold Cup, but if they award Honduras a 3-0 victory, it seems like they are punishing the other teams in the group who didn't have the fortune to have FG deliberately forfeit the game. Most forfeits for fielding ineligible players are discovered after the fact, not before - and by "most" I mean every forfeit that I've ever heard of at any level of soccer up until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngravs Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 If anything this screws the teams in pool B and C that finish third, if we beat honduras and they finish on 3 points with whatever GF/GA ratio it might be enough to go through because of those 3 goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngravs Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 The FG vs #FH game is very entertaining, back and fourth Malouda is all over the Honduras defence, could have a couple goals and assists (still 0-0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I can't wait until FG sits on their butts for the entire game against Costa Rica and loses 68-0 since apparently none of this matters anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbsmith Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Ngravs said: The FG vs #FH game is very entertaining, back and fourth Malouda is all over the Honduras defence, could have a couple goals and assists (still 0-0) If malouda scores does it stay 0-0 on the score sheet? Lol... Honestly don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngravs Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, apbsmith said: If malouda scores does it stay 0-0 on the score sheet? Lol... Honestly don't know. I would love nothing more than a Malouda goal and somehow they end up not forfeiting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngravs Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Alvarado 2nd yellow, now what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Leon played like shit against us, tonight he looks like the Ligue 2 backup that he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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