Football 2011-2012

[pink_triangle]

Suarez is one of the most fouled players in the league - don't get sucked into the same fergie-appointed hype machine that he is a cheater.

[TheGayTent]

Great to see the "NE is a hotbed of football" exposed again last night...

That said, well done to Ba, great to see him carrying on where he left off.

[Wooderson]

Ronaldo is/was one of the most fouled players as well, doesnt mean he isnt a cheat. Suarez was known for going down too easily before he even signed for liverpool. Hopefully as you say he is improving but it is a part of his game I could do without.

[pink_triangle]

Nasty little undercurrent I'm detecting - without sounding like some conspiracy nut - that Suarez is being singled out here. Samuel's piece for example - you read it? Just a horrible excuse for a journalist.

[Wooderson]

The evidence was there WAY before Fergie said anything. Suarez has a standard dive, both legs up in the air, roll into a ball with a hand up in the air as if hes calling for a stretcher. Hes done it lots of times in his LFC career so far. Doesn't mean hes not a cracking player though.

Nani has cut a lot of it out after his awful dive in Old Trafford vs Liverpool last year (when Agger said "play football"), as has Drogba.

Ronaldo is still at it though.

[The Nal]

Nasty little undercurrent I'm detecting - without sounding like some conspiracy nut - that Suarez is being singled out here.

[kaosmark2]

yep - I reckon the time has come to start saying that Newc are clearly a decent side, and it's more than just a good run &/or luck running with them.

But all the same I can't quite believe it, and a part of me expects them to start tumbling down the league. The next four games will say if that's going to happen or not.

[kaosmark2]

That’s the rep that sort of player gets though. Ronaldo is always accused of diving, even when hes legitimately fouled but considering the amount of times hes gone down to win a free he has no right to complain. Same for Drogba, Nani and the boy who cried wolf.

Suarez isn’t as much of a diver as he is an exaggerator. The slightest touch has him screaming and rolling around like hes David Busst.

Haven't, will do now.

[kaosmark2]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15537141.stm

Twitter racism. Saw a report than Anton Ferdinand got a racist tweet as well.

[TheGayTent]

Newcastle will fall apart when a certain someone starts fucking one of the players' wife...

[eFestivals]

http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/15537141.stm

Twitter racism.

I've seen a few mentions of "Sammy Ameobi" over the last few weeks, and until now I'd thought it was what they were calling Shola nowadays.

[Badlands]

Great to see the "NE is a hotbed of football" exposed again last night...

That said, well done to Ba, great to see him carrying on where he left off.

[kaosmark2]

I've seen a few mentions of "Sammy Ameobi" over the last few weeks, and until now I'd thought it was what they were calling Shola nowadays.

[TheGayTent]

I don't understand, please expand your comment.

Assuming you weren't making disparaging comments about the North Easts football fans based on one Away game on a Monday night 200 miles away were you?

[The Nal]

Classy Chelski fans singing "Anton Ferdinand, you know what you are" last night. Chelski could be in trouble now. Hardly going to help Terrys case either.

[kaosmark2]

Disparaging? No.

A comment to highlight that Newcastle fans and the fans of their fellow North East clubs are no more or no less passionate than anywhere else. Hence the comment about the myth that "the North East is a hotbed of football"

A Saturday game at Stoke not on the TV Newcastle would have probably trebled their attendance than that they had the other night. Exactly the same as many other clubs - the games that are hard to get to, are attended by less people.

So, no, not a dig at Newcastle fans, or Sunderland fans come to that.

Again, the above numbers are no different to those of other clubs. My club are taking 6,000 to Coventry this season. We've had 9,000 at Wigan in previous seasons. Leeds have taken 5,000 to away matches 200+ miles away. City have, etc etc.

No one describes East London, Manchester, or Leeds as a "hotbed of football", but the phrase gets turned out by no nothing commentators and repeated ad nauseum by some football supporters who should no better - it's boring, tiresome, and incorrect.

Tits that post ignorant shit boil my piss too.

[eFestivals]

Classy Chelski fans singing "Anton Ferdinand, you know what you are" last night. Chelski could be in trouble now. Hardly going to help Terrys case either.

Chelsea have historically had just about the biggest racist contingent of any club, so I'm far from surprised.

(yes, I know there's a few others who are or have been worse, but not many).

[TheGayTent]

Classy Chelski fans singing "Anton Ferdinand, you know what you are" last night. Chelski could be in trouble now. Hardly going to help Terrys case either.

[TheGayTent]

Shifting a weekend game to a Monday night is complete w*nk though. I'm largely an armchair supporter (I got to around 5 games a season, not all of them involving Newcastle), but it's a complete shitter to travel to. While I like it when our games are on the tele, Monday nights is just needless. Of all the crappy slots games are shifted to for Sky, they're the worst (although Friday nights are pretty bad).

[The Nal]

Antonio Cassano having heart surgery.

Shite! Good luck to him.

[pink_triangle]

Surely it can't be coincidence that on his big anniversary the premiership have given saf a home match against a team managed by Steve Bruce. Couldn't give him a better present than that!

[Kowalski]

In 1980 SAF wins the SPL with Aberdeen. 31 years later, in 2011 he wins EPL with Man Utd. Can any other coach, in any sport, equal such a span?

An outstanding manager, the greatest ever. Can't believe it's been 25 years since he left us

[ampersand]

In 1980 SAF wins the SPL with Aberdeen. 31 years later, in 2011 he wins EPL with Man Utd. Can any other coach, in any sport, equal such a span?

An outstanding manager, the greatest ever. Can't believe it's been 25 years since he left us

[TheGayTent]

The frustrating thing about the fat, bung taking, negative, hoof ball merchant, is that he gets results.

Absolutely battered by Hull today, Green pulled off save after save, easily MoM, yet we come back down the A1 with the three points.

[pink_triangle]

Glad to see swansea continuing their good early season form, I think it would do the welsh national side a lot of good to have more young welsh players in the premiership. Also impressed by citys resiliance coming from behind. I suspect the bottom of the table will end up being more exciting than the top, there are probably 12 contenders for relegation.