Club have released a statement saying that Studge is fully cooperating with the FA's investigation and categorically denies ever betting on football.
Yep. Categorically denies betting. He may have told his mates the team news etc who then made a fortune off it though.Just told his mum the team news and who he was being transferred to and that. If someone made a few million it wasn't his fault, surely?
Lolz.. Didn't we all know in Jan he was going? There was a story about a flurry of bets in the west midlands.Apparently he told his family that he was going on loan to West Brom. Shortly after a flurry of bets on that move were placed. Unless he deliberately advised his family to place bets themselves, it seems pretty unfair to hold him responsible for that. It almost certainly happens all the time that a player will tell family and close friends if they're moving. They surely can't control what happens by word of mouth.
You all seem to be forgetting the last time one of our players did nothing wrong, explained what he had said to the FA, and they used the information to murder him. He just had to keep his mouth shut and deny saying anything to anyone. The flurry of bets could have come from the tea lady for all they know. Instead, he has now admitted he passed on information, then a bunch of bets were made, and the FA have charged him with being involved in those bets. If you honestly think he's going to get away with it, you haven't been paying attention.
I would assume somebody has done something stupid like placing a bet via an online account which can easily be traced to his mates or family members.
Has he admitted it? The assumption is that he told his family. He hasn't said anything other than he hasn't bet on anything.
Lolz.. Didn't we all know in Jan he was going? There was a story about a flurry of bets in the west midlands.
News of who is going where, in any single transfer window, must lead to bets all over the place. Hundreds of players move, most of them tell friends and family, and by word of mouth that reaches pubs etc, and bets follow - the number of suspicious bets must be huge. Unless the FA can pinpoint direct and intentional tips from the player to a gambler I don't see how they can take action without being open to the innumerable similar cases all around the country.
Hahaha is this the twilight zone? The FA do not have to prove intention. If he provided information and bets were made, then that's all she wrote he is going down.
The other week, Carra's dad told one of my mates son's that Henry was being appointed villa manager, done deal. The fact Jamie knows him through Sky and Christian Purslow who is now Villa CEO lived in the same block as Carra's dad made everyone think was a dead cert. My son backed it at 6/1. By the time I saw the text half an hour later he was 1/5, and a few hours later it was in the papers. Then it didn't happen (thankfully, if you're a villa fan, have you seen the mess Henry has made of Monaco?).
I bet this kind of shit happens all the time and the bookies make more out of it than they lose. As if you wouldn't tell your mates or your mum if you thought you were about to sign for someone.
Hopefully it shouldn't even amount to a slap on the wrist, on further investigation the FA conveniently omitted this part of the rule form their charge....
(c) It shall be a defence to a charge brought pursuant to sub-paragraph E8(1)(b)
if a Participant can establish, on the balance of probability, that the Participant
provided any such information in circumstances where he did not know, and could
not reasonably have known, that the information provided would be used by the
other person for or in relation to betting.