: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:47 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

It was Rickets fault. It's under 11 stuff. If you're heading back towards the keeper then you make sure you don't head directly towards goal. If, for example, you head towards the keeper and he's gone runabout, like today, then you're only going to giveaway a corner.

Don't talk daft. 5 yards out of the penlty area, with no striker around, is defender territory. No question about it. There was no reason for the keeper to around 20 yards off his line.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:51 am  

Chris Dalton wrote:

Jermaine Defoe "not good enough to take to the world cup" as cover over a 16 year old boy who has never played senior level football before and scores 5 goals in one match.

Good old Enfield Exile.

What?

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:57 am  

Chris Dalton wrote:

You don't think preventing a team from entering the world's premier sporting tournament and causing an international incident is slightly worse than cheating in a dead rubber game early on in a league format when your team is getting beat 3-0?

Has the league season ended? Was the Spurs / Wigan game a friendly? Does goal difference not count anymore? If Spurs had hit the woodwork, rather than the net, on 9 occasions, would you still have the same view? If not, why not?

Hmm. Please, Aristotle, give me some more of your wisdom.

Have you actually read Aristotle? Tell me how Aristotle has influenced some of the great German thinkers?

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:58 am  

Chris Dalton wrote:

...simply speaks for itself. Cheating is cheating. Here's me thinking cheating wasn't cheating at all.

So every single form of cheating no matter what context or end result is the same?

You don't think preventing a team from entering the world's premier sporting tournament and causing an international incident is slightly worse than cheating in a dead rubber game early on in a league format when your team is getting beat 3-0?

Hmm. Please, Aristotle, give me some more of your wisdom.

If Spurs miss out on the Champions League by one goal, then it is just as, if not, more crucial than Ireland not getting to the World Cup.

Matt23 wrote:

Who's calling for Henry to be thrown out of anywhere?

Quite a lot of people actually. That was one suggestion put forward after FIFA refused to back down to the FAI's requests. Stupid, I know.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:00 pm  

Are 2 footed tackles allowed now?

Even if you win the ball i did not think this type of challenge was permitted.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:02 pm  

Saint Viper wrote:

Are 2 footed tackles allowed now?

Even if you win the ball i did not think this type of challenge was permitted.

You talking about the Stephen Ireland tackle?

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:13 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

You talking about the Stephen Ireland tackle?

De Jong (I think thats how you spell it) on Babel

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:30 pm  

Saint Viper wrote:

Are 2 footed tackles allowed now?

Even if you win the ball i did not think this type of challenge was permitted.

It was a block. Babel was injured by the ball. Is stamping on someone's back legal? Skrtel thinks so.

De Jong is slowly turning in to a favourite of mine after some anonymous displays, followed by inconsistency. He has been impressive in most games he has played this season, and seems to be improving.

I am not really keen on holding midfielders, as they are not proper footballers in my opinion as most of them cannot pass the ball. However, he is becoming a favourite of mine because of his attitude.

In a 50:50 I would back him against any Prem footballer.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:37 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

It was a block. Babel was injured by the ball. Is stamping on someone's back legal? Skrtel thinks so.

De Jong is slowly turning in to a favourite of mine after some anonymous displays, followed by inconsistency. He has been impressive in most games he has played this season, and seems to be improving.

I am not really keen on holding midfielders, as they are not proper footballers in my opinion as most of them cannot pass the ball. However, he is becoming a favourite of mine because of his attitude.

In a 50:50 I would back him against any Prem footballer.

He's a good player but not sure he is any better than Mascherano, Fletcher, Essien, Palacious to name but a few.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:43 pm  

As defensive midfielders go in the Prem there is Essien then daylight.