Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:48 pm  

Megatron wrote:

All the greats have a bit of needle.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:37 pm  

I see Brenda has come out and blindly supported Suarez again. Whilst I'm not really that bothered about this particular example of him lacking morality, as there are plenty of other players would have done the same, is there a line at Liverpool that Suarez would need to cross before they would criticise him?

Horror tackles - Blindly supported, despite criticism from former greats
Diving - Blindly supported, despite condemnation from pretty much everyone else
Deliberate cheating - Blindly supported, the excuse being it's the referee's job to stop him cheating rather than his responsibility to not do it in the first place
Racism - Blindly supported, despite him being clearly guilty and being widely vilified for it, the t-shirt idea was simply horrific and an embarrassment to everything the club once was

How far could it go before Liverpool took a stance other than supporting him, as if he was an angel?

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:41 pm  

Not sure how much truth in these rumours, but Wigan linked with Vagner Love and Wolff Eifrem, both would be great additions in my opinion, can't see Whelan putting his hand in his pocket though.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:58 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Racism - Blindly supported, despite him being clearly guilty and being widely vilified for it...

It was a case of one person's word against another. Hardly a case of him being clearly guilty.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:30 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

It was a case of one person's word against another. Hardly a case of him being clearly guilty.

No it wasn't. He admitted saying it nine times but claimed that it's okay because he's from Uruguay.

[John_D]

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:32 pm  

Guardiola to return to coaching from the start of next season. Start your bidding.
I'll stick me neck out - I reckon he'll end up at Bayern Munich.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:47 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

No it wasn't. He admitted saying it nine times but claimed that it's okay because he's from Uruguay.

No he didn't.

He admitted saying it once, but claimed it was similar to the way the English refer to gingers or blondies. The tribunal found in favour of the several times that Evra claimed, even though when Evra first made the allegation he told journos that Suarez used the offending word more than ten times.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:56 pm  

St. Rughead wrote:

Not sure how much truth in these rumours, but Wigan linked with Vagner Love and Wolff Eifrem, both would be great additions in my opinion, can't see Whelan putting his hand in his pocket though.

Eikrem the former Manchester United midfielder? Not seen much of him to be honest, I can't see why that one would be unrealistic, given he's playing in Norway for Molde?

Vagner Love seems a bit out there as a signing for Wigan as he has been linked with some massive clubs over recent seasons. But the last I heard of him was him signing for Flamengo for $10m, so I don't think even he would be out of Wigan's reach. A chance to play in the Premier League might appeal to him. Decent scoring record for all his clubs I think and well worth a punt by Whelan if he's available.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:57 pm  

John_D wrote:

Guardiola to return to coaching from the start of next season. Start your bidding.
I'll stick me neck out - I reckon he'll end up at Bayern Munich.

Chelsea surely? It's been Abramovich's wish for years now, ever since he got rid of Mourinho?

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:57 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

He admitted saying it

GUILTY!