*Official* English Football Season 2012-13

[Uppercut]

Halsey under strict orders it seems.

It's weird how the English media hate yellow cards. Leaving defenders free to cynically hack the opposition again later is a virtue, for some reason.

This is terrible. Nani's so, so bad.

 

[Agent TBY]

Borini, Kelly and Nani have been poor imo.

United need Welbeck on the pitch to stand a chance.

 

[Uppercut]

Shelvey gone. Fair enough decision, sometimes you get away with them but it's such a stupid tackle to make, dire technique.

 

[Eds]

Shelvey gone. Fair enough decision, sometimes you get away with them but it's such a stupid tackle to make, dire technique.

Looked so much worse in real time as well. Looked more like a 50:50 in the replay.

 

[Agent TBY]

Shelvey got away with the exact same thing around fifteen minutes before that, should've learnt his lesson.

 

[Uppercut]

giving Fergie some abuse on the way out

 

[Uppercut]

Not exactly doing much better against ten. Desperately need Scholes, as per usual.

 

[Uppercut]

Do red cards ever actually "ruin games as a spectacle"? I always thought they made them better, always adds another level of intrigue. Maybe not if they're for the losing team, but surely it improves them at least as often as it ruins them.

 

[Eds]

Gary Neville bang on as ever I reckon.

 

[Agent TBY]

Gary Neville bang on as ever I reckon.

What'd he say?

 

[Uppercut]

Has a point about Evans. Both players go to ground at pace in opposite directions. He's very lucky that a) Shelvey caught him rather than the other way round and b) he wasn't seriously injured.

 

[Uppercut]

What'd he say?

Basically said he thinks it's a fair decision but Evans is completely out of control too and might be lucky to get away with it. Said he would have considered booking both players.

 

[grecian]

Do red cards ever actually "ruin games as a spectacle"? I always thought they made them better, always adds another level of intrigue. Maybe not if they're for the losing team, but surely it improves them at least as often as it ruins them.

It can do, if United had been one-up then the game is over, or against lesser oppo. Seen it dozens of times. In this situation, probably no.

I always say that the last World Cup final, was a perfect example of sending offs maybe making a game better, if they'd happened. Couldn't have been any worse.

I'm old School, so I would have just booked Shelvey, but as Citizen Neville said, Evans was just as wild, so send them both off.

 

[Uppercut]

It can do, if United had been one-up then the game is over, or against lesser oppo. Seen it dozens of times. In this situation, probably no.

I always say that the last World Cup final, was a perfect example of sending offs maybe making a game better, if they'd happened. Couldn't have been any worse.

I'm old School, so I would have just booked Shelvey, but as Citizen Neville said, Evans was just as wild, so send them both off.

Yeah definitely. Also a good illustration of what I was saying earlier about the odd English fervent opposition to bookings.

 

[Eds]

Suso.

Gerrard.

Football.

 

[Agent TBY]

Oh man.

 

[The Sean]

Only surprise is that it took 46 minutes. United's abject inability to show up at Anfield year after year getting really boring.

Well deserved lead for Liverpool though - absolutely pantsing us.

 

[The Sean]

Ha ha, **** me.

 

[Uppercut]

Ahaha Rafaelllll. Beauty.

We only start playing when behind, isn't this exactly what happened last season too?

 

[Agent TBY]

What a goal.