Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [8 - 11th December 2012]

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Disgusting, shocked no one talked about it
 
Purdy said:
Disgusting, shocked no one talked about it
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Taylor seemed stunned that a free-kick had gone against him and even more so when the ref booked him. Not only should that have been a straight red, he should have been booked earlier for a lunge on Agger.
 
I really dislike those bubbles. I don't know why, they just wind me up :/
 
Purdy said:
I know you've complained about my 'bias posts' before, but are you just taking the **** now? I mean you are a liverpool fan right?
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It's not just you, I find the fact that in general people who watch football do so with such rose tinted specs on that they can't pick out incidents objectively and end up painting players from every other team as inhumane villains. He's gone for the ball and followed through into Sterling's body.

It's a foul and a yellow card, but doesn't look like Taylor's gone in to "do" Sterling. Compare it to the Alonso/De Jong one, where the ball had gone way before de Jong arrived. With this one Taylor has actually gone through the ball.

There was a similar one a few years back when van Persie got sent off (can't remember who they were playing) for kicking somebody in the face. Yes, his foot was high, but he had clearly controlled the ball, and at the time the general consensus was that the red card was harsh. The Taylor one was similar, but his foot was at half the height.
 
manic111 said:
It's not just you, I find the fact that in general people who watch football do so with such rose tinted specs on that they can't pick out incidents objectively and end up painting players from every other team as inhumane villains. He's gone for the ball and followed through into Sterling's body.

It's a foul and a yellow card, but doesn't look like Taylor's gone in to "do" Sterling. Compare it to the Alonso/De Jong one, where the ball had gone way before de Jong arrived. With this one Taylor has actually gone through the ball.

There was a similar one a few years back when van Persie got sent off (can't remember who they were playing) for kicking somebody in the face. Yes, his foot was high, but he had clearly controlled the ball, and at the time the general consensus was that the red card was harsh. The Taylor one was similar, but his foot was at half the height.
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Fair enough, he did Agger earlier in the half lunged in on the right hand corner of our box and should have already been on a yellow and that is still a blatant red, reckless and excessive force to Sterling's gut, agree to disagree.
 
Purdy said:
Fair enough, he did Agger earlier in the half lunged in on the right hand corner of our box and should have already been on a yellow and that is still a blatant red, reckless and excessive force to Sterling's gut, agree to disagree.
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Fair enough, I missed the Agger one. For me, if you are going for the ball and mistime the tackle as, in my opinion, Taylor was, it's a yellow card. As you say, the laws are open to interpretation though, so you're entitled to your opinion.

It bugs me when people try to get players into trouble/paint them in a bad light when their offense is debatable at best though.
 
manic111 said:
He's gone for the ball and followed through into Sterling's body.
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Going for the ball doesn't mean you therefore can't be sent off. He went in forcefully, studs up straight into Sterling's stomach. Had it simply been a high boot then fair enough but this wasn't. It was a forceful challenge that could have easily resulted in an injury and should have been a red.
 
Bugs me more when we don't get penalties (Agger being strangled by Collins and Jonjo) and they get one for a ball being booted from 100cm's away. :p

I said at the time I think it was a horrible lunge at Agger and then he followed it up with that on Sterling, I believe he has a nasty streak in him.
 
Tiote got a red card a few weeks ago for stretching for the ball and catching the Sunderland players shin by mistake. Eyes follow the ball before, during and after the tackle. Today's was far far worse. Good job he's got 7 kids because that could've ripped his sack off.
 
The Agger headlock was worse than you normally see but pushing, pulling etc from corners goes on all the time and very rarely is anything given. The Shelvey one was ridiculous though; even if he couldn't see the penalty, he should have pulled it back for the free-kick for the pull on him just outside the box.
 
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