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2011-12 Football/Soccer Thread
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Bartman101
Banned deucer.
Well there's a turn up for the books. Kevin Davies starts his first league game in ages. 4-5-1 against Newcastle today, 3pm kick-off. The fact that we only had 1 day's rest is a bit pathetic though.
Bogdan; Steinsson, Ream, Wheater, Ricketts; Eagles, Reo-coker, Pratley, Mark Davies, Petrov; Kevin Davies.
Bogdan; Steinsson, Ream, Wheater, Ricketts; Eagles, Reo-coker, Pratley, Mark Davies, Petrov; Kevin Davies.
this match is a victim of the crowded easter fixture list and it doesn't half show. Bolton just played two days ago, and we spent our Friday chasing shadows around the Liberty Stadium. There's just no energy out there.
edit: fuck me, spoke too soon. take a bow ben arfa, outstanding
edit: fuck me, spoke too soon. take a bow ben arfa, outstanding
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE. Great goal by Bennett he's been due for a while. Had a couple of decent penalty shouts too.
Seems like Bolton played well and deserved something, but that performance from Newcastle shows their credentials. Always good when you can be average and still win games.
Seems like the wheels have come off for Spurs as well as Man City. Wonder if they can hold onto a Champions League place..
Lastly, I just want to say I really wonder how the FA deal with 'incidents' and how they determine the punishment. Does anyone have any idea what their criteria is?
I'm not defending Wayne Rooney, but he got a 3-match ban for swearing at the camera when scoring a goal. Fair enough some would say, I would have thought 1-game was fair but whatever.
Now, Ivanovic against Wigan clearly punched one of their players off the ball. Thankfully, this was brought up and action was taken. However, Ivanovic received a 3-game ban for punching someone. How is swearing at the camera as bad as punching one of your fellow pros?
I'd just like to hear people's opinions on this. And Balotelli should probably be banned from football all together as he's even worse.
Seems like the wheels have come off for Spurs as well as Man City. Wonder if they can hold onto a Champions League place..
Lastly, I just want to say I really wonder how the FA deal with 'incidents' and how they determine the punishment. Does anyone have any idea what their criteria is?
I'm not defending Wayne Rooney, but he got a 3-match ban for swearing at the camera when scoring a goal. Fair enough some would say, I would have thought 1-game was fair but whatever.
Now, Ivanovic against Wigan clearly punched one of their players off the ball. Thankfully, this was brought up and action was taken. However, Ivanovic received a 3-game ban for punching someone. How is swearing at the camera as bad as punching one of your fellow pros?
I'd just like to hear people's opinions on this. And Balotelli should probably be banned from football all together as he's even worse.
Yeah the bans from the FA seem nonsensical but you have to consider that they're trying to send a message to society in general and kids in particular. If they started handing out 1 game bans for swearing at the camera but 3 game bans for violent conduct then you run into the trouble of putting a value (or degrees of badness) on different incidents and that is a whole can of worms. If you just have a list of things you can and can't do, and you punish them all with 3 game bans then that sends a much clearer and stronger message. For big incidents the FA still rule differently (such as the racism thing with Suarez) but those are isolated incidents. It may not seem fair at first but I don't have a problem with it, in fact I'd like to see cheating and diving included in that list. Imagine if you got a 3 game ban for diving, nobody would ever dive again!
HBK
Subtlety is my middle name
Thank you :D Now to win that London derby!
What a run and goal by Ben Arfa, pretty sure I had sexual feelings for him at some point watching MOTD. Wenger sign him up!
While you're at it, why not take Cisse, and maybe Hangeland too?
This weeked has been pretty shocking for watching football. If I sit to watch some football, it's been tedious and boring, and unexciting, then as soon as I leave, it just explodes into something good. Was so bored watching the Fulham Chelsea game. Not because I'm a neutral fan, it just wasn't really a thriller.
I swear I'm cursed. Make sure to let me know if you want an exciting game, and I'll stop watching.
I swear I'm cursed. Make sure to let me know if you want an exciting game, and I'll stop watching.
I thought you were a Spurs fan, Norwich vs Spurs was a great game.
Hopefully Alan Pulido will make a statement for English clubs while plays Honduras in London.
I find this same problem, whenever I do actually watch a match it is always low-scoring and not very exciting.
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