Clueless much? I'll answer that one for you. Yes, very.
English, CL & Europa League Football [12th - 18th Mar 2010] **spoilers**
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Clueless much? I'll answer that one for you. Yes, very.
Man Utd spend what they've earned. Big bloody difference there.
Fully agreed.
I can see that. But we've seen tackles like that every week against our own players and thankfully it doesn't result in a major injury. Look at the Everton v Liverpool game, Mascherano was lucky he didn't suffer a leg break with Pienaar kicking him.
Ronaldo was booted up and down the pitch during his time at Old Trafford, no sympathy from rival fans. I do think players take it too far, but that Shawcross was 50/50, no malice, just an incredibly horrible outcome. Bringing up past tackles when he was younger is pointless. I can remember Gerrard flying in two footed when he was younger, Essien too. These tackles will always happen, it's part of football. It's a side nobody likes to see, and it's even worse when a player is carried off as a result of it.
Ronaldo was booted up and down the pitch during his time at Old Trafford, no sympathy from rival fans. I do think players take it too far, but that Shawcross was 50/50, no malice, just an incredibly horrible outcome. Bringing up past tackles when he was younger is pointless. I can remember Gerrard flying in two footed when he was younger, Essien too. These tackles will always happen, it's part of football. It's a side nobody likes to see, and it's even worse when a player is carried off as a result of it.
This fergie time is funny, because he shares it with every other manager in the league. He's a very kind man. And yes all referees are incompetent, something nearly all of us say every time we see a football match these days. The difference is that managers get fined for saying it.
Fingers crossed they do.
One thing is for sure, he shouldn't be facing Man Utd at Old Trafford this weekend. Lets see if the F.A. have balls.
Since when has that ever mattered to the F.A. who bend their own rules every other week. It's violent conduct. 3 match ban please. The good thing was he wasn't even booked for it, so I reckon the F.A. will look at it again.
Well the referee should have done his job, if he had given him a yellow, the F.A. would have that to fall back on stating that he was punished by the ref at the time and the matter was dealt with. But no booking at all, and I'm not sure the referee did see it all, the F.A. should definitely step in and ban him and throw the ref into the championship for not doing his job.
Gerrard hasn't looked as passionate as he has in recent years, he might have had enough of playing under Benitez or he's had enough of playing through an injury when the biggest tournament of his career is around the corner. He needs a break, hopefully an upcoming 3 match ban should sort that out.
Of course. Did you think I was talking about the World Cup?
We all know where Gerrard's priorities lie. 
Didn't stop them charging Ferdinand with 2 seconds of distant video footage.
It's unbelievable really.
They could charge him but they bottled it. They've gone back on their own rues before to punish people. Yet again they show incompetence at the highest level and reinforce another incredibly poor refereeing performance in the EPL.
Nail on the head. They've just backed the referee up for his performance during the game with their inaction today. Has there been a worse season for these decisions? Every game I've seen them.
Although I'm specifically talking about the standard in the EPL this season here, I agree that the problem is more widespread. FIFA and UEFA aren't fussed though. Football has never generated as much money and that's all that matters to the big chiefs.