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*Official* English Football Season 2009-2010

Jarquis

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grecian said:
Umm, Lennon, Walcott then SWP, but there's massive q-marks over them all, injury-wise for the first two, and being crap with t'other.
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Yeah, that's my order as well. Think the first two are quite a bit better than SWP, though as you said there are doubts over Lennon and Theo.
Walcott is available tomorrow, though I don't expect him to start as (to steal a line from a blog I read) "it'd be like throwing an extremely flammable baby onto a roaring fire". In that Bolton are liable to kick 6 lumps of **** out of every team they face.
 
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cpr said:
This. Yes I can understand the call if their was a 2nd pull in the box, as the ref's fine to give advantage with the first, however dont believe theres anything more than a brush of arms in the area. Wouldn't say dive, but ref was conned into giving it 5 yards further than the only foul.



Rafael is promising, looks great going forward, still learning though. Does get shown a bit by quick wingers, couple of years he'll be a great wing back.
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Aye. He gently brushed the arm that Bellamy was trying to hold him off with. Although I would've given it in real time tbf.
 
The Sean

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grecian said:
Yeah, I know CPR rates him, but looks iffy in defence for me. Rubbish penalty decision was a free-kick outside the box, but he didn't touch him inside, imho. Glad they have started giving stuff for shirt-pulling though, was getting ridiculous.
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Felt the same way watching it TBH - really soft penalty given that even the second touch wasn't in the box IMO (not to mention the cataclysmic hysteria should that exact penalty be given in United's favour at Old Trafford) but at the same time it's hard to get too annoyed at cynical shirt pulling finally being punished.

Then again, if that goal is the difference over the two legs...
 
Scaly piscine

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Whether or not the second bit is a foul is debatable, but it is in the box - the commentators were busy rambling on about the first foul..

What exactly is Rafael doing reaching out with his arm there? If you do that when a guy is running away from you then you're at the mercy of the referee and interpretation.
 
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Marcuss said:
Little topic of discussion during half time; Walcott, Lennon and SWP. What order would you have them in? (With half an eye on the WC without turning it into the WC thread) :)
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Lennon=Walcottt once both are full fit IMO. SWP shouldn't be considered for ENG duty anymore, he has way below international quality in the WCQ. Milner is ahead of him ATM as well.
 
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grecian said:
Umm, Lennon, Walcott then SWP, but there's massive q-marks over them all, injury-wise for the first two, and being crap with t'other.
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Yeah would go with that order, although Walcott is aslo prone to being crap at times, still he probably has the most potential if he can get fit.
 
Craig

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We have some program on at half time where Robbie Slater and Mark Bosnich acting like a pair of ***** with a rugby ball. If I had to spend any amount of time with them, I would kill myself.
 
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Pothas said:
Manchester United 0 Leeds United 1

That is why.
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No team's immune to cup upsets tbf.

Scaly piscine said:
Whether or not the second bit is a foul is debatable, but it is in the box - the commentators were busy rambling on about the first foul..

What exactly is Rafael doing reaching out with his arm there? If you do that when a guy is running away from you then you're at the mercy of the referee and interpretation.
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Damn right. Blaming the ref lets Rafael off the hook a bit.
 
BoyBrumby

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Ha, woeful marking. Evra is the most overrated defender in the Prem currently IMHO.

Fair to say Citeh have the bitterest frontline in football; all nursing grudges of one form or another.
 
grecian

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Craig said:
That was some pretty good defending by United when City had several corners in a row.
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Slightly less good defending there with most of the defence deciding to leave the centre of the goal. I enjoyed it though:)
 
Jarquis

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Don't like either of these sides doing well, absolutely fantastic that Tevez has put them ahead though. Love that.
 
cpr

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Yeah, what I was about to say, why was Brown going to chase down a ball he couldn't reach, when Carrick and Anderson were trying to do the same, leaving 2 unmarked in the box. Clever football brain from the orange one as usual......
 
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