Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:36 pm  

flipper wrote: ken barlow wades in viva ken barlow https://twitter.com/#!/Bill_Roache Would have been more amusing if it was the real William Roache.

flipper wrote: ken barlow wades in viva ken barlow https://twitter.com/#!/Bill_Roache Would have been more amusing if it was the real William Roache.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:20 pm  

Someone post that Wenger gif. Won't let me for some reason.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:39 am  

Roddy B wrote:

Someone post that Wenger gif. Won't let me for some reason.

this one?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:21 am  

Wonder how many games Bellamy will get for his xenophobic remark to Tim Krul?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:59 am  

ash4hullfc wrote:

Wonder how many games Bellamy will get for his xenophobic remark to Tim Krul?

Less than Cabaye'll get for his lunge on Spearing.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:31 pm  

Best bit of the Suarez judgment is the bit where they talk about the pinching. In his statement, Suarez said he did it in a 'conciliatory way'. Under cross examination, Suarez admitted this was incorrect and he did it to wind Evra up. When the Commission asked LFCs lawyer how this could be, he said 'bad drafting' (I.e. from the person who drafted the statement). Amazing.

I also liked Dalglishs comment to Phil Dowd (4th official) when he was told about the complaint 'Hasnt Evra done this sort of thing before?'. So what if he has Kenny?

I hope they appeal, I really do.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:22 pm  

Ian 77 Redux wrote:

snip

There are a few bits of 'comedy gold' in there. My personal favourite is the persistent mentioning of Evra being 'shocked' by Suarez kicking him in his knee. If you put in "Patrice Evra simule face à Luis Suarez" on YouTube, you will there isn't a kick to the knee, and you'll see comedy gold from Evra as he lies on the ground, rolling all over the show as though he'd been kneecapped.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:36 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Ian 77 Redux wrote:

snip

There are a few bits of 'comedy gold' in there. My personal favourite is the persistent mentioning of Evra being 'shocked' by Suarez kicking him in his knee. If you put in "Patrice Evra simule face à Luis Suarez" on YouTube, you will there isn't a kick to the knee, and you'll see comedy gold from Evra as he lies on the ground, rolling all over the show as though he'd been kneecapped.

I thought that was rubbish too. Don't know why Evra felt the need to ham that up. Cretinuous and unnecessary when you consider how disgusting Suarez's behaviour quite clearly was.

That said, I did like Evras explanation as to why he would have picked yellow at the coin toss!

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:32 pm  

Just been on Sky Sports news that Liverpool have decided not to appeal Suarez' ban and it will start immediately.

Hopefully the club can move forward. I have to admit that I actually enjoy watching him as a player.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:42 pm  

citywolf wrote:

Just been on Sky Sports news that Liverpool have decided not to appeal Suarez' ban and it will start immediately.

Hopefully the club can move forward. I have to admit that I actually enjoy watching him as a player.

*Faints*

Only sensible conclusion when you read the judgment. Considering how much of a hard on Liverpool had when the original decision came out this is quite a come down. Don't know who tied in they are to McCormick (their external lawyer) but he lost pretty much every argument. If I was that yank I wouldn't instruct him again and I'd also ask Dalglish to explain how he dealt with it on the day and his laughable conduct when they played Wigan.

Liverpool have retained a degree of dignity by admitting defeat now but their reputation has been tarnished by this whole farce.