Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:30 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Is there anything more pleasurable than watching Mr Wenger doing his impression of a spoilt 6 year old child????....

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Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:36 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Recently died? It's April 24th. His father died on the 29th December.

Indeed, and to lose someone that close to you I would say that 4 months is still recent. I stand to be corrected but has Cohen actually sored in the intervening period?

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

It's a bookable offence to remove your shirt after scoring. If the tribute is so important to you then you'll take the punishment.

Quite & I've no doubt that Cohen (and many others before him) weighed that up before doing so. My point was simply that as a rule it's absurd, if you really feel that such an action was worthy of the same punishment as a cynical foul than fair enough, that's your opinion. For me though I just don't see the point in a caution for something so trivial.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:38 pm  

Yorkshire_Red wrote:

Indeed, and to lose someone that close to you I would say that 4 months is still recent. I stand to be corrected but has Cohen actually sored in the intervening period?

Quite & I've no doubt that Cohen (and many others before him) weighed that up before doing so. My point was simply that as a rule it's absurd, if you really feel that such an action was worthy of the same punishment as a cynical foul than fair enough, that's your opinion. For me though I just don't see the point in a caution for something so trivial.

Didn't the shirt-removal cautions arise from Robbie Fowler revealing a t-shirt in support of Liverpool dockers?

Trust a scouser to ruin things for everyone

Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:48 pm  

Yorkshire_Red wrote:

Indeed, and to lose someone that close to you I would say that 4 months is still recent. I stand to be corrected but has Cohen actually scored in the intervening period?

Quite & I've no doubt that Cohen (and many others before him) weighed that up before doing so. My point was simply that as a rule it's absurd, if you really feel that such an action was worthy of the same punishment as a cynical foul than fair enough, that's your opinion. For me though I just don't see the point in a caution for something so trivial.

I'm against the rule. I think it's a nonsense rule and one of the many reasons why I think the governing bodies are a pile of steaming....

But the rule is in place. It is an automatic yellow card and everyone knows it. But you want to complain that he got the yellow card and I think it's right he got the card.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:51 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Recently died? It's April 24th. His father died on the 29th December.

It's a bookable offence to remove your shirt after scoring. If the tribute is so important to you then you'll take the punishment.

Idiot. Four months is hardly a long time to get over losing a parent especially before their time and without warning. You haven't a clue!

Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:58 pm  

100% Wire wrote:

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Who is it? Chantelle?

Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:00 pm  

Chris Dalton wrote:

Idiot. Four months is hardly a long time to get over losing a parent especially before their time and without warning. You haven't a clue!

I expect it will take years to get over the death of a parent.

But it doesn't mean that the referees have to wait years before they book a player for committing a bookable offence.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:01 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Who is it? Chantelle?

Keely Hazel.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:03 pm  

Wigan/Leeds Andy wrote:

Needs to do it over a few seasons to be regarded as a top striker, but if he played for Arsenal I reckon they would have won the league. He's a finisher, something the Arsenal desperately need - along with some bollox.

It isn't goals that are a problem for Arsenal, an aggressive defensive midfielder and a couple of decent centre halves and they would be sorted.

Playing passing football is great when you have the ball, without it they struggle to get it back.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:09 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

It isn't goals that are a problem for Arsenal, an aggressive defensive midfielder and a couple of decent centre halves and they would be sorted.

Playing passing football is great when you have the ball, without it they struggle to get it back.

That's the difference between them and barca.