The Burnley red card was an odd one. One of those that looked awful on one angle, but like he pulled his foot away on another.
EDIT: Sean Dyche not complaining
EDIT: Sean Dyche not complaining
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Brilliant debut from Niang. That's a real steal from Watford..gonna be a huge player for them
Barkley celebrating before even hitting the ball
Amusingly, there are some decrying it as unsportsmanlike behaviour, or poor form... Which naturally reminds me of that time Nani caused a similarly imaginary furore by juggling the ball at 4-0 up in a cup tie against Arsenal. I've still yet to meet a single real life fan who finds that kind of thing remotely disrespectful. Most think it's brilliant.
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Yeah, I hate that disrespectful nonsense. You get it in snooker and darts too- finishing with two doubles in darts used to cause rows on stage- god forbid we want a bit of flamboyant excellence a la Zidane, Maradona, Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis (four names rarely used in the same sentence).
Ali, MacEnroe, Higgins, even Cantona...You could go on and on.
Fairly harsh posts on Eddie Howe. Couldn't give a feck if he is British or not. He has done a pretty amazing job with bournmouth. Fair fecks to him for his attacking football too
Naseem Hamed in his day was excellent, Eubank too.
EDIT: Naseem fighting Robinson for his WBO world title is probably the greatest wum fight ever.
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The thing with the Nani clip is I can't see how else he was meant to control that ball
Yep, every player in his team bar Wilshere belongs in the Championship but he has them mid-table in the Premier League. Good manager. Not top level by any stretch but still alright.
*build them up to knock them down*
If Naseem hadn't been such a flamboyant cock, he'd never have been such a legend. Lennox was the undisputed Heavyweight Champion, but most don't really care, 'cos he was a bit boring. He was certainly way more deserving a champ than Bruno, but I'd challenge you to find a Briton who liked him more.
Even if there was, he should've done it anyway. It's Pele vs Maradona, Shearer vs Cantona. It's what football's all about ...
I agree. But Nani got a lot of abuse for that even though it seems like it was the best way to control the ball! I don't think he was showboating
Gosh not this again
I get you, but you dont even need to make excuses for it. It's morally sound. History will judge it favourably. What would football be without forwards embarrassing defenders? A drab, post-apocalyptic world of Pulis and Allardyces. Mad Max, staring Crouch and Fellaini
Nani
I wish he had got a proper send off.
I've seen a lot of criticism towards Neymar's showboating in recent years with defenders going in on him because of it but I love it. I'm not the biggest Neymar fan but I can't help but appreciate the skill and the confidence it takes to do it. If every footballer behaved like robots then it'd take away from the sport, imo.
I wish he had got a proper send off.I've seen a lot of criticism towards Neymar's showboating in recent years with defenders going in on him because of it but I love it. I'm not the biggest Neymar fan but I can't help but appreciate the skill and the confidence it takes to do it. If every footballer behaved like robots then it'd take away from the sport, imo.
Sports are supposed to be fun.
What else would you call it? Anytime he wore a United shirt he played within himself and offered absolutely nothing on the ball.
WTF, that was never a free kick for City, also the free kick was taken no where near it was given
Anyone else gutted Cesc didn't do an Adebayor?
Not surprised we got to see Juan Mata with his supposed red card challenge but they didn't show Vardy literally kick Bailly after he had tackled him.
Not sure there was as much in the Vardy 'kick out' as some are making. Was very impressed by Bailly's maturity though and the way he completely didn't react.Not surprised we got to see Juan Mata with his supposed red card challenge but they didn't show Vardy literally kick Bailly after he had tackled him.
Odd that it wasn't shown at all though - you'd think it might be significant enough to make the highlights if nothing else, as much as to show the tone the referee had set in the match from some of Leicester's challenges before the Mata decision; context is quite important in explaining that decision.
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Gabbiadini looks dangerous
Sunderland are an affront to the entire sport. Moyes has no answers.
how is that not offside (Sanchez) when it just happens to rebound (directly) off a defender but he's been offside for the last 15 minutes?
(keep asking this - doesn't make any sense if they interpret this way, it's fecking ridiculous)
(keep asking this - doesn't make any sense if they interpret this way, it's fecking ridiculous)
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They "weren't quite good enough".
So many shit referee decisions all over the place in every game. Clattenburg's performance was abysmal.
People will quite happily talk of United getting favours from refs. Arsenal had a handball goal and should of been down to ten men. If that was the other way round you just know Clattenburg would of sent of the defender due to the fan pressure. Joke decisions once again.
Lost count of the number of big decisions that have gone Arsenal's way this season.
Only a loan but yeah he looks decent
Four replays of Ibra's elbow. One of Mings' stamp. Clearly no agenda...
Did they talk about how Arta should have been shown a second yellow and thus a red or was that just ignored? TBH, we know why they do it, so it doesnt annoy me as much as it used to.
No, but was the whistlestop goals-only MOTD2 highlights. Couldn't face it yesterday. Was watching that boxing farce for better or worse.
That was a joke. Why didn't they show the stamp as it happened but wait till after showing the elbow (after the resulting shot on goal and then the corner) before showing it fleetingly and then focusing on Zlatan.
Same yesterday during the live text where BBC headlined: "Zlatan stays on the field after elbow" but never even mentioned Mings stamp. BBC playing to the pantomime crowd and plaumausing the ABU's I reckon.
Not unexpected as @Sylar said. Not when they can wank over Klopp.
Which made it even more ridiculous. More replays of the elbow than goals, which normally get one replay.
Of course not. It didn't even make the highlights. And after the game they didn't talk about anything beyond the Ibra/Mings incident.
EDIT: Oh and saying Surman's first yellow shouldn't have been a yellow, because Shaw didn't get booked for a similar tackle, even though imo Surman's was worse as he kind of scissored a bit.
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Love how SAF fecked them off for years with the club picking up his fines for it.
Martin Keown on the red card "Herrera, He's either getting sent off or he's getting someone else sent off and he's screaming whenever he goes into a tackle".
He then said that it was a red and Herrera does well to to get out of the way of it
He then said that it was a red and Herrera does well to to get out of the way of it