There’s lots of amateur detectives out there.
In case you slept through it (and that’s perfectly understandable considering it was conducted in the middle of the night), the draw for the third round of the Carabao Cup (league cup) took place in China on Thursday morning and looks as follows:
#CarabaoCup: Round Three draw complete ✅
Here it is in full… pic.twitter.com/9rKFY5RPqR
— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) August 24, 2017
Manchester United were drawn at home to Championship side Burton Albion. On paper, that would seem to be a relatively straight-forward hurdle for Jose Mourinho’s men to overcome, and could therefore be perceived as ‘lucky’ by some, right?
#CarabaoCup: Round Three Draw 🏆@ManUtd v @burtonalbionfc pic.twitter.com/TEv0QWEKey
— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) August 24, 2017
Wrong! According to social media sleuths, ‘luck’ has nothing to do with it and it’s all a big conspiracy. They claim the graphics for the draw went up suspiciously quickly (almost as if people prepare the templates in advance) and that this is conclusive proof that Manchester United were the beneficiaries of a FIX!
How do they have the graphics ready so quickly? #strange
— P™ (@SemperFiArsenal) August 24, 2017
Exactly what I’m thinking about rn
— JamesAV (@avfcjames1) August 24, 2017
Absolute Disgrace! Explain how an image of the fixtures was out before you started tweeting the draw? Money Money Money! Fixed Fixed Fixed!
— Kieran Robinson (@RobinsonK26) August 24, 2017
Fixed
— Ginger Luke TVV 🦁⚽️🦁 (@footymadluke123) August 24, 2017
The most transparent fix ever in cup football. And people wonder why clubs don't take these competitions seriously. Disgraceful.
— Jason TwoRivers (@billytworivers9) August 24, 2017
Its fucking rigged
— Chonney_AFC🇹🇬 (@Amesron11) August 24, 2017
In other news, the price of tinfoil has rocketed.
