Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:37 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

What did de Gea do? I saw Blackburn's first, wasn't much he could have done about that.

Flapped at a routine cross that led to the 3rd. Park was bad as well. Blackburn were quite good as well,.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:04 pm  

Mark wrote:

Flapped at a routine cross that led to the 3rd. Park was bad as well. Blackburn were quite good as well,.

Whilst De Gea flapped at Blackburn's third, how many Utd players attacked the ball after that; nil. Free header in that position is unforgivable.

No worries though; the squad is fine. Get Scholes some Ginseng and kiss and make-up with Keane, ASAP, please Fergie.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:22 pm  

It wasn't De Gea's fault United got beat. If you're looking for somebody to point the finger at then Berbatov should be blamed for bringing Yakubu down, that was more at fault then De Gea coming out for the ball. For those who didn't see it basically Berbatov tugged him then dragged him too the floor when Yakubu had his back to goal, 12 yards out at the side of the goal, and there was literally no danger.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:34 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

It wasn't De Gea's fault United got beat. If you're looking for somebody to point the finger at then Berbatov should be blamed for bringing Yakubu down, that was more at fault then De Gea coming out for the ball. For those who didn't see it basically Berbatov tugged him then dragged him too the floor when Yakubu had his back to goal, 12 yards out at the side of the goal, and there was literally no danger.

By Yakubu you obviously mean Samba yes?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:54 pm  

Strange selection by Ferguson today. United never turned up and the defence for all three Blackburn goals was dire. Will De Gea be dropped for Lindegaard midweek? My guess is he won't, but he can't keep half-heartedly coming for balls as he did this afternoon. Only bright points for me were Berbatov and Valencia, who finally looks like he's got his confidence back. Thought Hanley and Samba were impressive while Yakubu had no right rolling back the years and playing like he did. Up front all on his own and looking like Venky's number one customer, yet he was still too strong and clever for the United back four.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:28 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

It wasn't De Gea's fault United got beat. If you're looking for somebody to point the finger at then Berbatov should be blamed for bringing Yakubu down, that was more at fault then De Gea coming out for the ball. For those who didn't see it basically Berbatov tugged him then dragged him too the floor when Yakubu had his back to goal, 12 yards out at the side of the goal, and there was literally no danger.

I have actually read that it was De Gea's fault because he dived the wrong way! The annoying thing about that penalty, is that it happens ten plus times a game, with nothing given. In fact, Berbatov did it to Samba at least one more time in the box.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:32 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Yakubu had no right rolling back the years and playing like he did. Up front all on his own and looking like Venky's number one customer, yet he was still too strong and clever for the United back four.

Yakubu is an odd one....I think his scoring record over the years indicates that, with a bit of dedication, he could have been up there has one of the Premier League's best ever strikers, yet wherever he goes, he inevitably ends up turning into an overweight liability.

As an Everton fan, its so frustrating when you see him performing like he did today, yet for all the urge to slate Moyes for selling him, you know full well that he will drift back into being the idle waste that he became in his last year or so at Goodison.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:42 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

As an Everton fan, its so frustrating when you see him performing like he did today, yet for all the urge to slate Moyes for selling him, you know full well that he will drift back into being the idle waste that he became in his last year or so at Goodison.

Starting on Monday against Stoke no doubt.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:54 pm  

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary ... en-reasons They've released it as an ashx file. If you just rename it as a PDF file then it should open okay in Adobe Reader or any other PDF reader. I guess it's just an FA conspiracy so that the scousers won't be able to see the evidence against them.

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary ... en-reasons They've released it as an ashx file. If you just rename it as a PDF file then it should open okay in Adobe Reader or any other PDF reader. I guess it's just an FA conspiracy so that the scousers won't be able to see the evidence against them.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:00 pm  

5. The FA's case, in short, was as follows. In the goalmouth, Mr Evra and Mr Suarez spoke to
each other in Spanish. Mr Evra asked Mr Suarez why he had kicked him, referring to the foul five minutes previously. Mr Suarez replied "Porque tu eres negro", meaning "Because you are black". Mr Evra then said to Mr Suarez “say it to me again, I’m going to punch you”. Mr Suarez replied "No hablo con los negros", meaning "I don't speak to blacks". Mr Evra continued by saying that he now thought he was going to punch Mr Suarez. Mr Suarez replied "Dale, negro, negro, negro", which meant "okay, lovely, lovely, lovely".

As Mr Suarez said this, he reached out to touch Mr Evra's arm, gesturing at his skin. Mr Kuyt then intervened. When the referee blew his whistle and called the players over to him shortly after the exchanges in the goalmouth, Mr Evra said to the referee "ref, ref, he just called me a loving black".