Johnners
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Yeah, was pretty slick. Fingers crossed it Hughes was watching and it means more chances for the Robinho/Elano combination at Citeh eh?
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*Official* English Football Season 2008-2009
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dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
With SWP out for the next 3 you'd imagine Elano will start unless Bojinov is back to full-fitness, which I don't think is for a few weeks yet.
Don't mind him on the bench in the last few matches because he's had in-form players in front of him, but when Vassell was starting central midfield ahead of him I wasn't happy.
Don't mind him on the bench in the last few matches because he's had in-form players in front of him, but when Vassell was starting central midfield ahead of him I wasn't happy.
Craig
World Traveller
Nicola Legrottaglie? I didn't see the match but I know he was responsible for Elano's goal, not sure for Robinho.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Pirlo gave the ball up way too cheaply then Robinho step-overed his way through Zambrotta before shooting accross the face of Buffon into the far corner.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
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It's funny, because does he seriously think that Aston Villa or Chelsea would give him that much? I rate him but if he's gonna pull that he can go. He'd benchwarm at both those clubs anyway and he'd arguably get more gametime at Eastlands.
It's funny, because does he seriously think that Aston Villa or Chelsea would give him that much? I rate him but if he's gonna pull that he can go. He'd benchwarm at both those clubs anyway and he'd arguably get more gametime at Eastlands.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Hiddink confirmed as interim manager for Chelsea whilst also managing Russia. Could prove to be a very excellent management decision.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
My brother went to the game and said it was tops. Good game and crowd apparently.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Nah, disagree. Think they'd be great, myself. Certainly make yellows more meaningful and the team that the foul was committed against would directly benefit rather than some random team down the line when the offenders has accumulated enough for a ban.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Surely though the idea of a player receiving a yellow is that his offence doesn't warrant him leaving the pitch? I absolutely resent the prospect of Ryan Shotton leaving the field for X minutes because he mistimed a tackle by half a second, or did some innocuous thing that we see players get booked for.
You could argue also that often the team that a red card offence is committed against doesn't benefit from it and that it's others that do. I've seen a high proportion of reds at PP fall in the last ten minutes.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Not necessarily. Yellows are actualy pretty flabbily defined currently; occupying as they do some indeterminate hinterland between a foul and a permanent dismissal. A sin-bin would give then a proper status.
If sin-binnings encourage either refs to be less card happy or players to go in late less often it's for the good, surely?
Uppercut
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I think they should have both, ideally. The sin-bin can be for those incidents where one team is about to launch a counter-attack and the other team's captain just deliberately trips someone up and kills the move. A yellow isn't anywhere near enough for those incidents.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
The problem with sin-bins is a team like the CDMs will just dive around like fairies all game and be up against 9-10 men most of the match.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Well, I don't necessarily think that refs would become less card happy for one. Additonally, is players going in late less often necessarily for the good of the game? Hear me out. I'm not advocating dirty play, far from it. But I'd argue that 90% of bookings for late challenges were not intentional fouls, simply mistimed. If players fear leaving the pitch if they make an error of judgement like that, they won't go in for tackles and suddenly Aaron Lennon will be the best player in the world.
Have to agree, though, that the worst kind of tackle is the one when a team is counter-attacking and get tripped in their own half. But I wouldn't sin bin them - straight red IMO, it's actually worse than when it happens when a player is one on one in the box.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
In a word: yes. Anything which might lead to fewer fouls is, for me.
If a defender thinks he can't legitimately tackle an attacker so chooses not to lunge in then I personally don't think the game is losing much.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
If an English player puts his foot up = foul
If anyone else puts their foot up = not a foul
Always thought that was a strange rule.
If anyone else puts their foot up = not a foul
Always thought that was a strange rule.