*Official* English Football Season 2010-11

[GIMH]

Hope United get thrashed again like in 2009.

thought u were a dirty man u fan?

Anyway, Mourinho is right about those Chelsea and Arsenal games. Particularly the Chelsea one, it was an absolute disgrace.

 

[TT Boy]

On a serious note though ,it may be incredibly bitter but Mournho has a point and Barca do get a lot of red cards against them thanks to their playacting.

Also he is basically doing SIR Alex Ferguson's job for him ,before the final.

I hope Sir Alex plays on more of this before the final and pressures the referee and then we proceed to kick the **** out of those Barcelona diving wankers at Wembley.

He has no point considering the antics of the clubs he has coached over the years and one of the worst offenders last night was Di Maria. He should blame himself that Pepe got sent off, bound to happen when you set yourself up at home with some of the best offensive players on the planet to play anti-football. At one point in the game Real had less than 25% possession. They were embarrassed.

 

[vcs]

thought u were a dirty man u fan?

Anyway, Mourinho is right about those Chelsea and Arsenal games. Particularly the Chelsea one, it was an absolute disgrace.

Not really a fan of any football team in particular TBH. Though was an occasional sympathiser of Arsenal when they had the "Invincible" team, can't stand the current bunch of bottlers.

 

[GIMH]

What was it that gave me the impression you were Man U then?

Your chance of getting my vote in BOTM just went up

 

[Furball]

Mourinho is right regarding Barcelona and the ridiculous red cards they get in their favour. Fantastic team which doesn't need the help every time it looks like it could get tough for them. That said 20 something percent possesion with one of the most expensive sides in the world and no attempt to play any actual football is a disgrace.

Although, I'm happy with Barca going through. I don't think United have a sniff against them, especially playing 14 v 11.

Every single red card Real Madrid players have received in this season's clasicos has been fully merited. In fact, Real have been lucky that only four of their players have been sent off in those games.

As for his big post-game whinge, he's conveniently ignoring the fact that his Inter side required an offside goal to be given at the San Siro, and for Barcelona to have a goal chopped off at the Camp Nou for absolutely **** all to progress. Doesn't exactly fit in with his big conspiracy theory does it?

Here's an idea Jose. You've got hundreds of millions of euros worth of offensive talent, some of the finest in the game. Barcelona are ravaged by injuries and played Carles Puyol at left back and Javier Mascherano in defence. Ever thought it might have been a good idea to attack them in the first half?

 

[Uppercut]

thought u were a dirty man u fan?

Anyway, Mourinho is right about those Chelsea and Arsenal games. Particularly the Chelsea one, it was an absolute disgrace.

True but they also had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside in the first leg against Arsenal this year and a clear penalty denied in the first half of the second.

Only the losers ever talk about refereeing decisions. The ones that go against the winners are forgotten, and Barcelona almost always win. People made exactly the same complaint about Mourinho when he was winning everything at Chelsea.

 

[Furball]

thought u were a dirty man u fan?

Anyway, Mourinho is right about those Chelsea and Arsenal games. Particularly the Chelsea one, it was an absolute disgrace.

Barcelona were denied at least one clear cut penalty in the first leg at the Camp Nou in that game, which would have resulted in a sending off. Abidal's sending off at Stamford Bridge was a nonsense.

There's a recurrent theme with Chelsea complaining about referees in Europe. It's because they're not good enough to win, so have to look for some excuse to mask the fact that they're not good enough.

 

[roseboy64]

Another gem - "nothing would make me happier than if we sold you this summer".

Gibson endures Twitter abuse: Sport: Soccer: English Premiership

Gibson needed roseboy on there to defend him.

Also, Rio "show him some love tweeps" Ferdinand = tosser.

He'll be no more than a squad player really. Only thing I have to say about that is those fans were idiots. Cowards too. Probably would ask for his autograph if they saw him IRL. But yeah, no need to slag off a player of a team you're a fan of. If a manager such as Fergie sees fit to keep him around, fine by me.

 

[roseboy64]

Seemed like Mourinho was going for a 0-0 here and then grab a win at Nou Camp. In other news, Pepe didn't catch Alves with the tackle.

 

[Neil Pickup]

To be fair, there were four penalties in that game... but to be honest this whole "scandal" bores me rigid. I want to see football, and I want to see any **** who surrounds the referee instantly booked, because there is no universe in which that's acceptable.

 

[GIMH]

Barcelona were denied at least one clear cut penalty in the first leg at the Camp Nou in that game, which would have resulted in a sending off. Abidal's sending off at Stamford Bridge was a nonsense.

There's a recurrent theme with Chelsea complaining about referees in Europe. It's because they're not good enough to win, so have to look for some excuse to mask the fact that they're not good enough.

In general I agree. But that second leg against Barca...I started watching it indifferent to the result and finished it livid, it was such a bad refereeing display. One of the worst.

I seem to remember Mourinho caused a referee into retirement one year,wasn't that also after a Barca game?

 

[Ikki]

I actually started watching hoping Chelsea to get trounced and, like you, finished livid at the injustice. I don't even like Chelsea and I was gutted for them. It was disgraceful refereeing. The incompetence was of such a degree the impartiality of the referee was being questioned.

 

[Nate]

So excited for the Clarets tonight. Can't wait.

 

[Nate]

Just heard about the QPR issue! How serious is it?

 

[Furball]

I actually started watching hoping Chelsea to get trounced and, like you, finished livid at the injustice. I don't even like Chelsea and I was gutted for them. It was disgraceful refereeing. The incompetence was of such a degree the impartiality of the referee was being questioned.

Yeah, that referee really showed his Barcelona bias when Abidal was sent off for nothing.

Chelsea shot themselves in the foot that night by missing absolute sitters.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Just heard about the QPR issue! How serious is it?

From what I've read, it's bad. Flagrant breach of the 3rd party ownership rules done with the knowledge they were contravening the regulations.

Given West Ham were fined £20m for a similar offence, which they claimed they didn't know they were committing at the time (which I personally don't buy, but anyway), if the facts are as reported The R's should, in all equity, get a stiffer penalty.

If it's a deduction of points tho it could open up a whole can of worms, because Sheffield United might feel aggrieved a points penalty wasn't imposed on the Hammers and could conceivably pursue litigation.

Of course the common factor is Colin Wanker and anything that's bad for him is good for football.

 

[Furball]

From what I've read, it's bad. Flagrant breach of the 3rd party ownership rules done with the knowledge they were contravening the regulations.

Given West Ham were fined £20m for a similar offence, which they claimed they didn't know they were committing at the time (which I personally don't buy, but anyway), if the facts are as reported The R's should, in all equity, get a stiffer penalty.

If it's a deduction of points tho it could open up a whole can of worms, because Sheffield United might feel aggrieved a points penalty wasn't imposed on the Hammers and could conceivably pursue litigation.

Of course the common factor is Colin Wanker and anything that's bad for him is good for football.

Yes and no, the West Ham situation was a Premier League issue, this is a Football League issue. I don't think there would be much of a case given how differently both bodies have treated clubs going into administration.

 

[GIMH]

While that's true, the fact that both issues directly affect movement between the two divisions, then I'd be surprised if the Prem didn't have some unofficial input.

Then again, how many points clear are QPR? I remember Arsenal had a point or two deducted in 1991 but it was nowhere near enough to stop them winning the title; a cop out here could be to do the same thing.

Worth nothing of course that Arsenal's offence was completely different.

 

[Ikki]

Yeah, that referee really showed his Barcelona bias when Abidal was sent off for nothing.

Chelsea shot themselves in the foot that night by missing absolute sitters.

Abidal being sent off was wrong IMO, but he could have been sent off earlier when he was pulling and tugging Drogba in that 1v1 chance. The reality is it made little difference to the game because 10 or 11, Chelsea were sitting back and trying to hit on the break. 4 pretty solid penalty shouts are far worse IMO. 1, ok, 2..alright...3, no way...4...get ****ed.

They missed sitters but it does not justify incredibly poor officiating. You put it on the scales and the decisions were far in favour of Barca.

 

[Nate]

I heard that the penalty could reach 15 points, which although extremely unlikely, would definitely make the playoff situation interesting.