** Weekend Football Thread ** *spoilers*
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Soldato
You can hardly say you've got a gambling addiction when you're betting £4 and aren't sure of decimal odds
Wanted to see a Liverpool fan complain just from irony after Mascherano dived for the first and Lucas handballed for the second
.On a serious note, how is it possible that a player can win the ball with a slight touch and it be called a foul (and correctly), but if a keeper gets a glance on it it can't be a foul. Gomes only touches it because Carrick kicked it into his hand, Carrick was still wiped out and the touch is ridiculously slight, if Carrick isn't wiped out he's still going to get to it and cross it back in. It's a case of one rule for a goalkeeper, another for a player?
It's also about bloody time we got a penalty, especially at Old Trafford.
Anyway, first half, shocking play from everyone bar Ronaldo who actually helped defend
o). Second half, imagine the shock of Tevez making the difference.... never seen that before! I'd never play Nani again. Shocking. Also, Berbatov was abysmal til he scored, which was lucky because his header was terrible and Jenas took it away from Gomes, after that his passing was bloody awesome though. The second thing to win the game was taking Darren 5-touches off and putting someone who can play the ball before players run offside.Ronaldo or Rooney for Man of the Match for me, both were amazing.
Soldato
Ronaldos passion today was reassuring also - he seemed right up for it and his celebration marked it.
Caporegime
He tripped himself. If you're going to class that as a dive then every single time a player goes to ground it should be classed as a dive.Wanted to see a Liverpool fan complain just from irony after Mascherano dived for the first and Lucas handballed for the second
He tripped himself and conned the ref into thinking he was fouled. I'm not going to say it again. I hate him and his little ratty face so I'm probably a little biased
Oh, and after seeing the replays, Gomez gets a finger to the ball so technically it wasn't a penalty, however the ref didn't see that, no one could in real time (if they say so they are lying), so he gave the penalty. Last weekend, the ref didn't get a clear view so didn't award United a penalty, it's hard to ref a game on a Sunday morning, never mind the pace these games are played at, so mistakes are going to always happen.
I'd rather United have lost the game today and not had that penalty, for the one last week to have been given.
Caporegime
Wasn't a dive thoHe tripped himself and conned the ref into thinking he was fouled. I'm not going to say it again. I hate him and his little ratty face so I'm probably a little biased
Oh come off it, he collapsed. Either way, that was a shocking decision because no one was right on him, at least in Carricks 'penalty' he was taken down.
well that was a ******* terrible decision, it completely changed the game 
- we just seem to get no luck at OT
However, can't complain about the final result, we went to pieces after the penalty and it was farcical tbh...
Oh well, I didnt expect anything from this game and we got nothing, no harm done, onto the next game
- we just seem to get no luck at OTHowever, can't complain about the final result, we went to pieces after the penalty and it was farcical tbh...
Oh well, I didnt expect anything from this game and we got nothing, no harm done, onto the next game
But I made the point above that if a player did what Gomes did with his foot then it would be a foul every day of the week. What makes keepers so special. If Carrick hadn't flicked the ball out with his foot Gomes wouldn't have been close with his hands.
well that was a ******* terrible decision, it completely changed the game
It wasn't a terrible decision. It was one that arguably went against Spurs, but to say it was terrible would mean it was obvious, it really wasn't. It took me about 3 or 4 replays to see any touch on the ball at all, it was that fine. And that was on a camera, not 25 yards away with my eyes.
Oh come off it, he collapsed. Either way, that was a shocking decision because no one was right on him, at least in Carricks 'penalty' he was taken down.
Didn't your mum teach you that 2 wrongs don't make a right
Anyway, you see countless wrong free-kick decisions given during a game. Who's to say we wouldn't have scored from a free-kick that we wrongly didn't get.
And the 2nd goal wasn't handball
Well it was pretty obvious to me watching on Setanta, and indeed their commentary team agreed, even the replays showed gomes getting a clear touch - the change in the direction of the ball was blatantly obvious and thems the rules - if the keeper gets a touch its fair game.
I think it completely ruined the flow of the game, it was always going to be a close game and hell when we were 2-0 up I could still see us losing, such is our luck against utd (especiall at OT) - but when that was given it was obvious our heads went (which I agree is no ones fault but our own), I just think its a pity it wasnt as competetive a game as our form of late should have made it.
Still, Im no sore loser, UTD deserved the 3 points - onward and upward
Just seen that Jagielka's done his knee ligaments and will be out for the rest of the season.
As much as i dislike Everton, you have to feel for him. He's been excellent for Everton this season and will now miss what is possibly going to be his only chance to play in a FA Cup final.
Can see Drogba mauling Yobo if he's up for the Cup final now.
As much as i dislike Everton, you have to feel for him. He's been excellent for Everton this season and will now miss what is possibly going to be his only chance to play in a FA Cup final.
Can see Drogba mauling Yobo if he's up for the Cup final now.
Their commentary team was suggesting at the time of the incident that Gomez was going to be getting a red card
This is my understanding of it as well. In this case, it was the second, which means penalty.
It's like sliding in from behind. If you take the player before the ball it's still a foul.
Regardless, I don't know what SAF said at HT but it worked. That's probably the best half of football i've seen United play all season. Absolutely sublime from the 45th minute to the 90th.