you haven't seen any evidence of them being drawn together

so doesn't that demonstrate some slight evidence that they are being kept apart?

I'm not claiming there IS fixing, I'm just suspicious. Of course there hasn't really been any need for fixing recently because the introduction of seeded draws has meant the 'big' countries couldn''t have been drawn together anyway.

Whatever happens I'm not going to claim today's draw will prove fixing (though it could prove the opposite), but my suspicions might be built on a little bit.

Posted By: mr carra on October 21st 2013 at 12:54:56

Message Thread

World Cup play-offs draw about to happen, btw (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 12:27:23
- Good stuff - not easy for France or Portugal - Iceland have a sniff. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Oct 21, 13:14:29
  - good chance no scandinavian teams (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:15:14
    - prior to the emergence of that mid-80s Danish team... (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:26:09
      - Up to a point (Other Football) - norway, Oct 21, 13:52:13
        
        well that's why I said 'other than Sweden' (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:55:08
    - My hunch was right (Other Football) - norway, Oct 21, 13:22:30
      - sorry but footy only started at mexico 86 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:38:15
        
        No (Other Football) - norway, Oct 21, 13:50:40
        
        haha (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:53:17
    - the more serious fall out would be no scandinavian supporters (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:17:16
      - ffs it isn't a proper World Cup without a load of styrofoam viking helmets (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:18:40
- portugal vs sweden (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:11:45
  - Fix! (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 21, 13:17:29
  - ukraine vs france (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:12:33
    - Fix! (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 21, 13:17:40
    - greece vs romania (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:13:24
      - come on Romania! (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:17:51
      - croatia vs iceland (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:13:42
- is this one of those UEFA/FIFA things where they take an hour to draw 8 balls? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:08:32
  - yes now explaining the procedure ffs (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:09:44
    - I'm not actually able to watch - can someone explain to me why there are three pots? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:12:48
- cheers - my conspiracy draw (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 12:32:26
  - ffs (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 12:33:05
    - We'll see. There's a 3 in 4 chance that Portugal and France will be drawn apart from each (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 12:40:13
      - isn't that the crux of it - it's almost impossible to prove it's a fix (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 12:44:20
        
        aren't the odds change when evidence of corruption within FIFA are apparent (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Oct 21, 12:51:23
        
        Well, as I posted the other day... (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 12:48:45
        
        you haven't seen any evidence of them being drawn together (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 12:54:56
        
        because I couldn't see any draws where there were 2 obvious big teams! (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 12:58:15
        
        these were the draws, btw (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 13:04:23
        
        The statistical evidence is way too small and likely to get smaller (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:03:14
        
        I don't think there is *any* statistical evidence for fixing. Small or otherwise. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 13:06:56
        
        npot abso;lutely convinced Portugal are the worst possible draw for France (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:11:04
        
        incidentally, is there anyone here who DOESN'T want France to draw Portugal? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 13:04:48
        
        can't say i particularly want it (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 13:06:16
        
        so it's a bit like evidence of god then (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 21, 12:47:51
    - portugal will get iceland; the rest probably about right (n/m) (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Oct 21, 12:38:45
      - I'd Kevin Keegan it if Iceland qualified (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 21, 12:42:00
        
        liked somebody's observation on the Guardian the other day (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 12:47:33
        
        Excellent (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 21, 13:30:22
      - yep, or possibly Romania (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 21, 12:39:29
        
        So there's a 50:50 chance of Portugal getting Iceland or Romania (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 12:42:20

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