I dont know if its been posted yet i haven't looked through sorry if it has.

from bbc sport.

Former Wales striker Iwan Roberts says knowing a rival team's line-up could be a boon or a curse.

Roberts' comments came in the wake of unproven allegations that Crystal Palace had Cardiff City's selection before their 3-0 win there on 5 April.

"It might be good if you get the team-sheet early and you find out Gareth Bale isn't playing against you - you might sleep easily," said Roberts.

"But if you find out he is playing, you might have have a sleepless night."

Roberts says in a career spanning almost 20 seasons via Watford, Huddersfield, Leicester, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Norwich, Gillingham and Cambridge United, opposition selections would often be available.

"It's a hard one to explain. I don't think it gives one team an advantage because you've still got to go out and perform and win the game.

"When I played it would happen.

"A player would have a mate in the next team you were up against who would be out of favour and would let us know their line-up so you'd have it the night before.

"It has been going on for years and years and years."

But a rival club's inside information about the availability or otherwise of a world class talent such as Real Madrid's Welsh star Bale could be a double-edged sword, says Roberts.

He said: "It can be an advantage or a disadvantage.

"It might be better to only have [that information] an hour before kick-off to worry about it."

Edited by Crystal ClearCPFC (18 Apr 2014 7.12am)

Absolutely classic....
Really puts this whole debacle into perspective.
If subpoenaed can we please use this defence

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