I'm certainly not saying Rafael done the same thing however if Meireles doesn't pull out of the challenge it would have looked 10x worse than it did. Both feet left the floor and he's stamped down on the ball; it was a silly way to tackle and had there been any contact he could have easily found himself in trouble.
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I'm certainly not saying Rafael done the same thing however if Meireles doesn't pull out of the challenge it would have looked 10x worse than it did. Both feet left the floor and he's stamped down on the ball; it was a silly way to tackle and had there been any contact he could have easily found himself in trouble.
Only skimmed through the thread but whoever it was who posted the comment about Munich should be permabanned. Nothing against the Don who made the decision but there's no place on here or anywhere for those sort of comments.
As for the game, the penalty was a joke but Gerrard deserved his red. I've got nothing against players making those sort of tackles if they're trying to win the ball, and I'm sure he did, but the game's gone soft and the rules state you can't jump in two footed anymore
Never really thought we had a chance to win today but I'm very pleased with the defensive side of the performance (all 4 defenders had great games) and I thought we looked to play it on the floor far more than we ever did under Roy. Certainly more confident about the remainder of the season than I ever was with Clown Shoes in charge of us
Agreed,
Unfortunately Gerrard has lost his discipline a bit and gone back to pre summer 2004 antics of being very rash, its been coming a bit since Rafa lost him and others in the dressing room.
The picture above about Gerrard stamp, rafael did something similar, but he had intent to go in two footed that made meireles chicken out or get a broken leg, whistle should have been blown there and yellow given, and the later incident wouldn't have occured.
Torres is hard to judge, played a lone man for 70minutes, looked okay and had a good handshake with kenny when he came off.
Sorry for being lazy but did someone say some **** was just standing outside the stadium doing airplane signs and shouting munich?
Nice to see where the ticket allocation goes to, can't people who join in on these songs be banned from football matches like they would for racism? Making fun of death might aswell be the same as making fun of skin colour.
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What I mean is, if you make it a rule that is a one strike and your done situation then it would be for the best, the same goes for the sectarian crap that's posted in the SPL thread.
You still banned me
Oh I agree, but there wasn't the same intent I didn't think.
Gerrard looked like he wanted to go in on him.
No complaints about the red card, you simply can't tackle like that anymore but I don't think it was a malicious challenge at all. He's not lunged into Carrick, he's lunged across Carrick to get the ball and the only reason there was any contact was because Carrick was going for the ball too.
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Drab, drab game. Utd win in second gear again. And what is it that Maxi Rodriguez does? Is looking Argentinian an attribute?
On the issue of Song's hair - he should've never shaved those dreads. Dude's made himself look homeless.
On the issue of Song's hair - he should've never shaved those dreads. Dude's made himself look homeless.
Still no excuse, perhaps it was silly of FA to allow so many tickets to be sold, if it were just the corner section then it would have been ok, but this wasn't just some "oh its just a silly minority" thing, it was wave after wave of coins!
I hope CCTV captures a few, police had arrested a few Liverpool fans as our disabled section exit is next to a police interview room.
We open that top stand for other away teams, usually you might see a pie or two being thrown
but you had to see the amount of coins being thrown it was a poor show by Liverpool fans.Also not surprising to hear they destroyed the toilets too causing water damage, wonder if they nicked the fittings!
The Football Association has opened an investigation after Liverpool winger Ryan Babel posted a digitally altered picture on Twitter of referee Howard Webb wearing a Manchester United shirt.
Should probably sort out the diving or the appauling standard of our best referee before they go investigating jokes of a picture he clearly took of RAWK or something.
Get your priorities straight FA, bunch of clowns.
Still no excuse, perhaps it was silly of FA to allow so many tickets to be sold, if it were just the corner section then it would have been ok, but this wasn't just some "oh its just a silly minority" thing, it was wave after wave of coins!
I hope CCTV captures a few, police had arrested a few Liverpool fans as our disabled section exit is next to a police interview room.
We open that top stand for other away teams, usually you might see a pie or two being thrown
Also not surprising to hear they destroyed the toilets too causing water damage, wonder if they nicked the fittings!
No doubt a few fans from both sections need either arrested or banned from football stadiums completely as many cannot conduct themselves, Munich, Hysel, Hillsborough references and the throwing of anything should warrant you a ban.
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Gerrard deserved to go and it was never a pen and I think with 11 men on both sides we would have seen a more interesting game.
But United showed no real creativity and very limited in the chances they created. What is most galling is that this poor United side will probably win the league.
But United showed no real creativity and very limited in the chances they created. What is most galling is that this poor United side will probably win the league.
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United had a few good chances and whilst I agree creatively they are not doing it at the minute - still significantly better than the opposition today.
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United had about 2 clear chances- Berbatov's header and Evans' header...against 10 men.
Such a poor side at the moment to be honest.
Such a poor side at the moment to be honest.
So you fell asleep in the second half? Cool.
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I've never understood why some fans have to resort to such stupid measures, I remember seeing the pics of OT after a Liverpool vs Chelsea FA Cup semi-final and the place looked like a warzone. Our own fans can be no better sometimes, just stuck in the dark ages.
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July in Vegas mate, shopping for suits n shoes at the minute...
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No, I watched it in my pants in HD on the couch as I don't go to Old Trafford. United barely got out of second gear, poor show really for their loyal fans who had paid all that cash to watch them sit back and defend a lead against 10 men
No, I watched it in my pants in HD on the couch as I don't go to Old Trafford. United barely got out of second gear, poor show really for their loyal fans who had paid all that cash to watch them sit back and defend a lead against 10 men
They controlled the game. At least the closing stages anyway. Liverpool never looked like scoring for the entire 90 minutes by my viewing.