10-31-2009, 06:35 PM
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#261
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Originally Posted by ShotDownInFlames12
Well Liverpools title chances are done. performances like that are embarrassing. Degens red was a bit harsh but Carra had zero argument. We just don't have the depth to challenge and will have to spend money in Jan to try to get better. That being said, I think the race is Chelseas to lose.
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Take it to the special Liverpool only thread ... no-one cares here. 
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10-31-2009, 06:59 PM
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#262
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Embarassing performance by Spurs today. Defenders were standing around and doing nothing on the first goal. Keane was absolutely useless after all of his talk this week. No excuses for how they played, but missing your three best players never helps either. Bentley was useless too.
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11-01-2009, 03:05 AM
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#263
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Account closed at user's request.
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Spurs are a joke. Have been for years. They haven't beaten Arsenal in the League in 20 matches!
I remember someone in another thread about NHL rivalries mentioning that a rivalry ceases to be a good rivalry when one team usually prevails. Spurs can't beat Arsenal in a meaningful match, yet the North London derby still manages to captivate football fans throughout the UK.
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11-03-2009, 11:37 AM
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#264
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I just saw the highlight of that goal by Drogba from this weekend...what a setup!
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11-05-2009, 02:43 PM
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#266
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Yellowknife
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Originally Posted by NBC
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Hahaha hilarious, way to go newcastle. Hope Ashley holds onto the club for a long time!
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11-06-2009, 08:31 AM
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#267
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Chelsea's transfer ban has been temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) pending a final decision on the matter.
Fifa had ruled the club could not sign players until 2011 after inducing Gael Kakuta to break his Lens contract.
But Chelsea appealed to Cas, which said on Friday: "Such sanctions are now stayed until the Cas renders its final decision in this matter."
The decision means Chelsea will be able to sign players in January.
No date has been given for a final decision from Cas but the case is not expected to be concluded until spring of next year.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ea/8319573.stm
Hope that every club/player dealing with them in January realises that they've got them over a barrel and and exploits the situation accordingly.
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Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand faces a prolonged injury absence as the club try to find the cause of his problems.
The defender is out of Sunday's match at Chelsea with a calf injury, which manager Sir Alex Ferguson fears is related to a lower back problem.
"There has been no improvement," said Ferguson. "We are having to look at something different.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...td/8346388.stm
First time I've ever heard of a relationship between a back problem and calf injury. Sciatica yes, but calf? 
Last edited by Bagor; 11-06-2009 at 08:33 AM.
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11-08-2009, 11:07 AM
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#268
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 서울특별시
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Well some calls go for you some go against...gift call for Chelsea today.
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11-08-2009, 12:31 PM
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#269
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Big win for Spurs yesterday. They just need to survive until they can get some key players back.
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11-08-2009, 01:48 PM
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#270
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SeoulFire
Well some calls go for you some go against...gift call for Chelsea today.
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Lots of missed calls going both ways in the game today, especially late in the game. Just from the top of my head there was the missed handball on Lampard just outside the box, the kick to Drogba's chest to me looked intentional and Evans was lucky not to get a red card, and Valencia probably deserved a red for his lunging and late tackle on Lampard. Of course there will be some controversy on the goal, but from the angles I saw it was hard to tell how much contact/pulling Drogba actually made with Brown.
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11-09-2009, 08:12 AM
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#272
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Lethbridge
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Originally Posted by NBC
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He has got a valid point it wasnt a free kick and Brown was fouled in the box
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11-09-2009, 09:12 AM
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#273
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 서울특별시
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish_flame
He has got a valid point it wasnt a free kick and Brown was fouled in the box
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I can just imagine this board (and others) if the roles were reversed.
Anyways, 5 (and a half) points down 12 games in is not a horrible place to be for United but I don't think they have it in them this year. As much as I hate to say it, losing the poofter and (to a lesser extent) Tevez, hurts.
Don't think anybody predicted that the top 4 would have 11 losses and the big 4 would have 12 losses to this point.
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11-09-2009, 10:41 AM
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#274
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Account closed at user's request.
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Originally Posted by scottish_flame
He has got a valid point it wasnt a free kick and Brown was fouled in the box
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The biggest issue here is that he questions and complains about every issue regarding refereeing that affects his club, rightly or wrongly. The FA has tried to crack down on things of this nature through its Respect campaign. There is a problem in the UK at all levels of football, wherein there are fewer and fewer qualified individuals willing to officiate matches. According to the FA's website, "On average, 7,000 referees quit football every year at because of the abuse they receive from players and from the sidelines."
English football's governing body wants to stamp out this type of behaviour and this guy can't seem to grasp this very basic concept, which is why the FA always seems to be investigate this idiot's comments. Some players are worse than others when it comes to abusing match officials and managers are no different. This jack*ss is the king of the malcontents.
Someone made the point that English referees seem to be of a poorer 'quality' than ones from the continent. It is of little wonder that they have ANY officials of quality when they are constantly being criticized and second-guessed by imbecilic, petulant cry-baby managers like this.
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11-09-2009, 11:21 AM
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#275
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#1 Goaltender
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If they don't screw up they don't get criticized. They bring it on themselves.
I realize it's easier said than done but that's what it comes down to, in all sports.
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11-09-2009, 11:53 AM
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#276
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Originally Posted by NBC
The biggest issue here is that he questions and complains about every issue regarding refereeing that affects his club, rightly or wrongly. The FA has tried to crack down on things of this nature through its Respect campaign. There is a problem in the UK at all levels of football, wherein there are fewer and fewer qualified individuals willing to officiate matches. According to the FA's website, "On average, 7,000 referees quit football every year at because of the abuse they receive from players and from the sidelines."
English football's governing body wants to stamp out this type of behaviour and this guy can't seem to grasp this very basic concept, which is why the FA always seems to be investigate this idiot's comments. Some players are worse than others when it comes to abusing match officials and managers are no different. This jack*ss is the king of the malcontents.
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What type of behaviour. Critiquing their performance? They're well compensated and hear a hell lot worse from the terraces every week. If it's so tough and they're such a sensitive bunch to the "abuse" I'm sure there's plenty of their colleagues that would gladly step into their boots and collect their cheques.
Don't screw up and you won't get criticised. Simple as that. Same as every other profession on the planet.
Long may it continue. Sir Alex, as exemplified by his success has always held people to high standards, and been critical of those that don't meet those standards. That the rest of the sub-ordinates (and let's face it, that's what they are) that pose as managers accept defeat in a meek and mild manner is typical of their track records and their acceptance of less than average performances.
Keep them on their toes. If they've had a crap game then in my books they're as fair game as any of the players on the pitch to be called out for it.
Rooney said it best yesterday.
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When leaving the Stamford Bridge pitch at full-time, Rooney mouthed the words "12 men" at a TV camera.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...em/8351245.stm
Oh, and there should have been at least 20 minutes extra time yesterday for the time taken to prepare Drogba's death certificate. 
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11-09-2009, 12:39 PM
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#277
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Account closed at user's request.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagor
What type of behaviour. Critiquing their performance? They're well compensated and hear a hell lot worse from the terraces every week. If it's so tough and they're such a sensitive bunch to the "abuse" I'm sure there's plenty of their colleagues that would gladly step into their boots and collect their cheques.
Don't screw up and you won't get criticised. Simple as that. Same as every other profession on the planet.
Long may it continue. Sir Alex, as exemplified by his success has always held people to high standards, and been critical of those that don't meet those standards. That the rest of the sub-ordinates (and let's face it, that's what they are) that pose as managers accept defeat in a meek and mild manner is typical of their track records and their acceptance of less than average performances.
Keep them on their toes. If they've had a crap game then in my books they're as fair game as any of the players on the pitch to be called out for it.
Rooney said it best yesterday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...em/8351245.stm
Oh, and there should have been at least 20 minutes extra time yesterday for the time taken to prepare Drogba's death certificate. |
Apparently there are NOT plenty of other colleagues that are willing to step into their shoes. There is a dearth of qualified officials in England and very few are going through training academies to become officials, creating a problem. Simple as that. Which is the very reason the FA launched their Respect campaign.
Funny that he is only ever critical when he loses. If he is the standard-bearer of 'holding people to account' when it comes to officiating, then why does he NEVER say anything when decisions clearly benefit his side? I've never heard him say the officials 'screwed up' when they awarded all those penalties to United which resulted from blatant Ronaldo dives, yet you will hear it from the other Premiership 'sub-ordinates'. I think it is called propriety and/or decorum, mixed with a little bit of professionalism. But I can't be too critical as those adjectives have been in short supply in Chavchester since the days of Matt Busby. So I call bollocks to that point.
I was also under the impression that in every other major sports league (EPL cricket, IRB rugby, NFL, NHL, etc) managers and the like incur fines and suspensions when they spout off against match officials. This particular issue seems to be a fairly localized phenomenon of British association football.
I was impressed with what Rooney said, no so much for what he said but that he was actually able to count to 12.
Last edited by NBC; 11-09-2009 at 12:53 PM.
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11-09-2009, 01:43 PM
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#278
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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The respect campaign is more aimed at the psycho chavette parents in the like of Hackney marshes. As I said, if they can't hack it there's plenty more in line that would love to collect their paycheck. What next? Chants from the terraces such as "the referee's not very good?".
IMO, Yes, why not? Considering that he has repeatedly demonstrated the highest consistent standards since the Premier League was founded then .... yes, if someone should be the standard bearer it might as well be the individual that has repeatedly demonstrated having achieved the highest standards.
Ah .. here we go again. "All" those penalties that they were awarded. Your counting might be on a par with Rooneys.
When all's said and done, Sir Alex's legacy will be silverware. The subordinate's legacy will be that they didn't criticise refs.
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11-09-2009, 02:05 PM
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#279
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 서울특별시
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NBC,
Childish name-calling really helps make the point. Nice job.
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11-09-2009, 02:37 PM
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#280
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Yellowknife
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What an embarassing dive by Ngog, complete crap player
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