Football 2011-2012

[thetime]

Yeah. Pardew's been a bit superlative in the past about his players, both for us and other clubs before, so I'll wait until I see it, but I could believe it. Fuck me that guy has talent. What it is about Newcastle and sulky gifted French left-wingers?

[kaosmark2]

are the rumours true about ba's buy out clause? If they are harry will be sniffing or even liverpool.

[pink_triangle]

IGlad you got a result. Will another game be useful for the coffers? I know you were in a fairly perilous state a few years back. Quite happily see you at Anfield in the next round! Got a bit of a soft spot for them.

[strummer77]

stan collymore been alleged victim of racism on twitter, he suffers alot of abuse on twitter and I dont know why he bothers.

http://www.hopenotha...ial-abuse-claim

perhaps this country has a big problem with racism after all.

[thetime]

I heard it's true (Newcastle refused to comment), but I think its only to CL clubs.

[pink_triangle]

Back to more trivial Liverpool matters. Is there an older looking teenager in premiership history than jonjo shelvey.

[kaosmark2]

Just watched the goals of our game against Blackburn. It's not the greatest goal ever, but fuck me it's still incredible. Absolutely magic touch. That's the way to tell Pardew to play him more often:

[strummer77]

https://mobile.twitt...om/merseypolice

A 20 year old Aintree man has been arrested tonight on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following Friday's game.

[strummer77]

It's not the greatest goal ever, but fuck me it's still incredible.

[eFestivals]

I don't agree with you about him missing a trick, but why does he need to try to look graceful on this. He and the club made the absolute minimum of noise during the past few months about this whole affair. Liverpool have apparently not approached United, and he just said that he would have thought they would do it in person and not through the newspapers.

People shouldn't try to make a deal out of nothing.

he doesn't 'need' to look graceful - but neither does he have to do the opposite, which he did.

He could have shown a bit of grace and been regarded the better man because of it (by saying something like "we're always happy to talk to other clubs for the good of the game"), instead of showing himself as needing to put the club first (without any benefit from it, apart from shouting 'we're bigger than anything else' in a rather arrogant way).

Liverpool are getting slated for taking the exact same attitude from the situation/position of their club. Chelsea are taking the same 'us first' attitude over the Terry affair. Fergie has done nothing different here from the situation & position of Utd.

I'm pointing out that the way that clubs - all clubs - do this is what has led Liverpool to take the stance they have. If things had been the other way around then while Utd probably wouldn't have made some of the more crass mistakes that Liverpool have made, the underlying attitude towards things would have been much the same.... from the outside this can at times look hard to justify, but from clubs' positions it's obviously a different consideration because they all end up playing things in just about the same arrogant way.

[strummer77]

Scholes on the bench for Manchester United. Wow.

[thetime]

That's got to be worrying for United fans...

[thetime]

Oh well getting to cit stadium, come on united....3-1 united

[TheGayTent]

Who is more desperate...Wenger or Fergie?!

In ten mins I'll be at Hillsborough!

[strummer77]

Who is more desperate...Wenger or Fergie?!

[Sparticus]

Speaking as a united fan, that sending off was an absolute joke!

[strummer77]

Speaking as a united fan, that sending off was an absolute joke!

Edited January 8, 2012 by strummer77

[modey]

He was already blowing up before rooneys protest, harsh red card but he went in with two feet off the ground and so he has to go, four match ban too

City are appealing it but I can't see how it will get overturned?

[The Nal]

Great game! Fergie was rightly furious after. He was fucking raging.

Scholesy back though! SO happy!! Couple of miss placed passes but thats to be expected. If you need to control the game and hang onto the ball, theres (still), nobody better around. He did it from 70 mins to 91 mins brilliantly. (Apart from one or two loose passes).

In other news, Downing arrested for punching his missus. More fantastic news from LFC.

Edited January 8, 2012 by The Nal

[modey]

Liverpool v Utd in the fourth round then, that's going to be a security nightmare the way things have been stirred up in recent weeks

[The Nal]

Great draw!! Can't WAIT for the game in Klanfield.

Interesting stat, after coming on after 60 mins, Paul Scholes made 71 passes (97% complete), more than any Man City player in the entire game.

Edited January 8, 2012 by The Nal

[thetime]

I heard one of the passes resulted in their goal ? Is that right ?

[kaosmark2]

Some tasty draws for the 4th round. Can't be unhappy about getting lower league teams, but going away is always difficult in the cup. I reckon West Brom/Norwich should be a good game.

Reports of Warnock being sacked by QPR. Seems a strange decision to me, not sure who's around to replace him. I can't see Mark Hughes wanting it. There's enough talent in that team to stay up, but a lot of egos that'll need careful managing. Be interesting to see.

[Steve P]

He was already blowing up before rooneys protest, harsh red card but he went in with two feet off the ground and so he has to go, four match ban too

City are appealing it but I can't see how it will get overturned?

[The Nal]

I heard one of the passes resulted in their goal ? Is that right ?