The midweek/weekend games thread

[arabspur]

I really really hope Saudi Sportswashing Machine or Everton take 4th and 5th in any order

Imagine chelbrick..arbrick and liverpool all out of the CL

 

[Spaceman]

bolton 1 wigan 2

 

[Yiddo]

I have a bad feeling about this. Everything seems to be going in our favor in terms of teams below us. I can see us bottling this game.

 

[Spursalot]

I really really hope Saudi Sportswashing Machine or Everton take 4th and 5th in any order

Imagine chelbrick..arbrick and liverpool all out of the CL

You spelt liverbrick wrong.

 

[1882]

Going to be difficult - we need to be fudging solid. First game back for Harry though, the players will hopefully respond.

Strange... I thought today was Harry's first game as England manager!!

 

[Spaceman]

Krul; Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini Santon; Obertan, Guthrie, Perch, Gutierrez; Ba, Cisse.

saha starts

 

[chancer]

Interesting - I had no idea this was how it originated, too young too remember that. To be fair - surely a tackle from behind that takes the opponent before the ball would've been a foul anyway? Why stipulate the "from behind" bit? Surely a rule simply stating that "if you touch the man before the ball then it's a foul" would suffice, since all tackles from behind would fall under this umbrella.

Sure, it was always a foul, but the rule change made it a straight yellow card. Before that, players (often big strapping Italian defenders!) would do it 5 times in 10 minutes with no punishment other than conceding frees. For negative teams with good defences - like the Italians - giving away free kicks was preferable to allowing the attack to develop from open play. The situation needed a tougher punishment, hence the rule change to a yellow card.

Torres has just been booked for one of the "tackled from behind" challenges that should not be a yellow because he could have got the ball. It should have been a simple free, but not a yellow as a "tackle from behind".

 

[Denmark Spur]

Sunderland played 120 mins on wednesday - and still MON has not made a single sub yet :~

 

[Spaceman]

Sunderland played 120 mins on wednesday - and still MON has not made a single sub yet :~

was accused of doing that too much at villa

 

[SubZero]

I really really hope Saudi Sportswashing Machine or Everton take 4th and 5th in any order

Imagine chelbrick..arbrick and liverpool all out of the CL

That would be very sexy indeed!

 

[Jordinho]

Sunderland played 120 mins on wednesday - and still MON has not made a single sub yet :~

Gets too caught up by the match. Less jumping up and down, more thinking ahead needed.

 

[Roy1983]

yessssss

Don't be so bitter. Move on :special:

 

[Spursalot]

Gets too caught up by the match. Less jumping up and down, more thinking ahead needed.

Maybe he's just trying to keep himself warm? It is pretty cold out tonight...

 

[Midfield Maestro]

Swansea 2 - 3 Norwich! fighting back

 

[Jordinho]

Grant Holt: Has committed more fouls (57) than any other player in the Premier League this season.

Lots of fight and effort, but I think he's more suited to the Championship.

Now sent off, penalty to Swansea.

 

[Kingdawson]

Can Sunderland hold on?

 

[Jordinho]

Four minutes added on.

 

[chancer]

Wow, and Italy score two tries in 5 minutes just before HT v. England.

 

[arabspur]

Am really stating to like number 10 at everton...a beast waiting to be unleashed tbh

 

[Denmark Spur]

fudge offfffffffffffffff