Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:42 am  

Saddened! wrote:

No, it's Rafa Benitez's fault.

I think you will find that it is either Hodgsons fault/the owners fault/the will of god. Delete as applicable.

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:47 am  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Rumours we've made a formal enquiry for Luis Suarez, with further rumours adding we want to include Babel in any potential deal, to bring down the fee, like.

Can't say he'd be my number one pick, a good player no doubt, but I've voiced my reasons for not rating him so highly in the past, and they wouldn't change unless we became a 4-4-2 team, something I don't want to happen.

I think Suarez and Torres up front would be a very good partnership, would mean changing the system but maybe that is what it needs.

Utd were solid yesterday but showed little going forward, thankfully Scholes is back fit! Rafael's second yellow card was a joke.

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:49 am  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

:NAUGHTY:

I think you will find that it is either Hodgsons fault/the owners fault/the will of god. Delete as applicable.

how come Benitez comes out of this debacle looking unblemished - it's his cr*p signings that put LFC in this mess surely ? not to mention some very dodgy 'tactical' decisons in cetain matches and how on earth was he allowed to let Xabi Alonso go ???

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:40 am  

Why isn't Rooney being charged by the FA for his reaction to Rafael's red card? His reaction was absolutely disgraceful, yet the FA will charge Babel for posting a jovial picture on Twitter, but Rooney can abuse whoever and behave however because the FA are spineless scum.

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:42 am  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Why isn't Rooney being charged by the FA for his reaction to Rafael's red card? His reaction was absolutely disgraceful, yet the FA will charge Babel for posting a jovial picture on Twitter, but Rooney can abuse whoever and behave however because the FA are spineless scum.

because he's a special case with extra protection from Sir Alex - the FA are scared sh*****s of him !

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:08 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Why isn't Rooney being charged by the FA for his reaction to Rafael's red card? His reaction was absolutely disgraceful, yet the FA will charge Babel for posting a jovial picture on Twitter, but Rooney can abuse whoever and behave however because the FA are spineless scum.

He was booked, so they probably can't do anything else.

I never saw it but on the radio they said Liverpool players went ballistic at the ref over the second goal?

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:25 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

He was booked, so they probably can't do anything else.

I never saw it but on the radio they said Liverpool players went ballistic at the ref over the second goal?

They were annoyed as they felt Kelly was fouled, he at least looked like he fell very awkwardly, which usually leads to a stop in play when there is potential serious injury.

Still, it shows how daft things are. A player can disgrace the sport in one furious row because a referee made a correct decision, the other posts a jovial picture about a ref that made woeful decisions, in fact, Babel didn't even post the picture, yet one will be charged and the other won't be repeated. I know what's worse, we all know what's worse, we all know what needs to be clamped down on more often, but the FA will forever be inconsistent and will forever turn blind to the most obvious problems.

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:29 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

They were annoyed as they felt Kelly was fouled, he at least looked like he fell very awkwardly, which usually leads to a stop in play when there is potential serious injury.

Still, it shows how daft things are. A player can disgrace the sport in one furious row because a referee made a correct decision, the other posts a jovial picture about a ref that made woeful decisions, in fact, Babel didn't even post the picture, yet one will be charged and the other won't be repeated. I know what's worse, we all know what's worse, we all know what needs to be clamped down on more often, but the FA will forever be inconsistent and will forever turn blind to the most obvious problems.

So were the Liverpool players reactions not a disgrace?

Also the ref never made the correct decision, the second yellow to Rafael was laughable, never worthy of a card.

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:55 pm  

18million for Darren Bent.

Re: More Football Chat : Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:07 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

So were the Liverpool players reactions not a disgrace?

Also the ref never made the correct decision, the second yellow to Rafael was laughable, never worthy of a card.

You are missing the point completely. The point I'm making is; the FA will charge somebody for a jovial picture, but won't charge somebody for disgracing the game and ferociously abusing a referee on the pitch. I seen Rooney square right up to the ref and shout repeatedly at him, one can only assume swear words, yet nothing is done of it, it isn't even repeated. Does common sense not tell you what is the bigger crime here?