TiffToff88 Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 Paddy Power have been forced to apologise after offering odds of 66/1 for Ugo Ehiogu replacing Harry Redknapp as Birmingham City manager Not sure how this managed to slip through their net!
Guest MattP Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 They are brilliant at getting free publicity.
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 Couldn't do a worse job than 'Arry.
Wymsey Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 Used to like Paddy Power, but this has massively put me off them now. Distasteful, sick-minded, and disrespectful to both Ugo and his family.
Sambiasso Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 34 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said: Used to like Paddy Power, but this has massively put me off them now. Distasteful, sick-minded, and disrespectful to both Ugo and his family. It was human error, someone used an old template and it wasn't spotted. Sometimes people make mistakes.
Brainy Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 you would think this was a genuine cock up, and he would have been 250/1+ like Ozzy Osbourne if it was just a total pisstake.
urban.spaceman Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 Quote Paddy Power - which also offered odds of 2,500/1 on Brummie rocker Ozzy Osbourne replacing Redknapp - has apologised for a "genuine error". Ozzy Osbourne is twice as likely to become Birmingham City manager as we were to win the Premier League.
Stadt Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 3 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: Ozzy Osbourne is twice as likely to become Birmingham City manager as we were to win the Premier League. My favourite one of those was that Elvis being found alive was 2000/1
Kitchandro Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 4 hours ago, Sambiasso said: It was human error, someone used an old template and it wasn't spotted. Sometimes people make mistakes. Yeh I'm not buying that on this occassion. Paddy Power were quite a funny and a bit 'edgy' a while back. Now they're trying way too hard and failing miserably. Some of their more recent adverts have been shocking and the initiatives like 'RIP Football' and this have just fallen flat on their faces.
Sambiasso Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 Fair enough, I'm of differing opinions and think it was down to human error. Ugo is to well respected in football for it to be a PR stunt, had they used Clarke Carlise then I would be agreeing with you.
ScouseFox Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 shows how much research goes into their releasing of new markets if you believe it was an accident. surely they'd double check the prices etc, and notice one of the selections was perhaps a bit short @ 66/1 considering he's dead, before they put it out to be bet on?
Manwell Pablo Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 Tbf I'd still rate the chances of that occurring higher than Conor mcgregor beating floyd mayweather in a boxing match and that was only 3/1
Strokes Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 1 hour ago, Manwell Pablo said: Tbf I'd still rate the chances of that occurring higher than Conor mcgregor beating floyd mayweather in a boxing match and that was only 3/1
Tuna Posted 18 September 2017 Posted 18 September 2017 Anyone else come in expecting a Pearson thread?
TiffToff88 Posted 19 September 2017 Author Posted 19 September 2017 I feel like my title for this thread was massively underappreciated...
MC Prussian Posted 19 September 2017 Posted 19 September 2017 Quote "This was a genuine error, a trader re-used an old market as a template for this one, and didn't notice that Mr Ehiogu was included Apology accepted. Still, what's it with Paddy Power and internal quality control and proofreading?
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