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I firmly believe that a major problem is that officials don't have the bottle to send players off or even book them, just for example the Torres red card, the official had the usual big rants Terry and co, arguing with the official.

What should happen, if players dispute the decision made, book them, officials cannot allow this problem to go on.

The company that deals with referee's back there officials to the hilt and suspend those that are bad, BUT they have to be more tougher, as the PL is not about football anymore, its about mega-money, and players are spoilt little brats.

Only recently, we had a player who demanded a hairdryer, as the club they were at, didn't have any, and his club went and got one.

Officials should get tougher.

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It wasn't called an "Alex Ferguson" was it ?

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Thought Ginola would have done that, because, after all, he was worth it... :erm:

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That doesn't sound especially unreasonable, considering they provide shower facilities.

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OMG that's shocking - is there a link to that story? :erm:

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Jack Wilshere out for 5 months may be more :mad:

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...rgery-on-ankle

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POG66, l don't remember the player or club, but it was in the PL.

And l thought, talk about pampering the player, when l played football, it was a luxury to have showers.

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An interesting interview from the Big Man

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15064028.stm

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Full time score

Norwich 2 Sunderland 1

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Sir Alex Ferguson says television has too much power


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15059636.stm

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yeah they might but as long as match fixing isn't happening i couldn't care less. these players get paid big money, their careers are at the training ground deal with it!

hmrc looking into the above. the premier leagues like gold, the revenue continues to rise. fergie said himself the product it too strong. downer is other European countries have different rules regarding tax which goes against England so all things have to be taken into account, be too strict and our league might flop.

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Very good interview really, all the better considering he boycotted the beeb for so long.

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two on the trot for the Canaries - just United at OT on saturday for three ;)

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And that could very well happen - Berbatov will be playing :(

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There are some idiots in football, this one is a real HEADER :D

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l expect you will concede 3 goals as a minimum against United.:D

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We drew one game, not the end of the world.

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anyone else watching CSKA v Inter. Inter 3-2 up at moment, 10 minutes to go, lively game, quality goals too.

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Bayern Munich v Man City teams;

Bayern Munich
01 Neuer
05 Van Buyten
13 Rafinha
17 Boateng
21 Lahm
07 Ribery
30 Dias
31 Schweinsteiger
39 Kroos
25 Mueller
33 Gomez
Substitutes: 22 Butt, 26 Contento, 14 Takashi Usami, 27 Alaba, 44 Tymoschuk, 09 Petersen, 10 Robben

Man City
25 Hart
02 Richards
04 Kompany
22 Clichy
28 K Toure
18 Barry
19 Nasri
21 Silva
42 Y Toure
10 Dzeko
16 Aguero
Substitutes: 30 Pantilimon, 05 Zabaleta, 06 Lescott, 13 Kolarov, 07 Milner, 34 De Jong, 32 Tevez

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Yes its a very entertaining game and Inter milan are not as good as they were under the special one.

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On balance I would agree a 1-1 draw away at unbeaten Stoke is a far better result than a 2-2 draw away to the team who were bottom of the table at the time.:p:

Berbatov on the bench.:)

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Man Utd have just taken the lead against Basel through Wellbeck.

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Well change that as its now 2-0 through Wellbeck again.

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Bayern have taken the lead through super Mario against Man City.



Well the mountain to climb has just become higher for Man City.

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2-0 Gomez again

Hart unlucky on both occasions making saves.

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Yes poor naive defending in the last 10 minutes.

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Some shocking defending from Man Utd this time and the score is 2-2 now in the theatre of dreams.

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Erm...have you not followed his career over the last 3 years?!

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What a woeful second half performance from Man Utd with Basel now leading 3-2.

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And that is what you get with sub-standard defending. Our weakness this season.

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Well my team has not been much better Russ.

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Word is Tevez has refused to go on for City. Story brewing there I think.

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Yes l have heard that as well and fallout could be interesting tomorrow.

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And Man Utd Have just equalised in the last minute of normal time through Young to make it 3-3.

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could of had the winner too.

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Full time Champions league scores

Man Utd 3 Basel 3
Bayern Munich 2 Man City 0

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Tevez did refuse to come on.

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I think Berbatov should have started the game...................at centre back.:rolleyes:

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According to Mancini he is 'finished' at the club. Hopefully thats the last we see of him in England.

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Until he returns with an Italian or Spanish club .:rolleyes:

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l agree totally and also remember that Mancini made him captain last season so l also think that Mancini's judgement has to be called into question as well.

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My response was to the first part of your post, which seemed to be saying that there was a good chance that Norwich would win from the previous post. My point was that one drawn game doesn't end the season.

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Easy enough to say Tevez did refuse to come on without actually knowing what happened and just believe the crap that comes out of Mancini's mouth. It's clear to me players are unhappy with Mancini's way of things if you take a look at Dzeko's mood towards him last night.

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A key ingredient of being a good manager is not just tactics but as SAF has shown in letting the players know who is boss at the end of the day and as the old saying goes players are there to play and managers are there to boss and tell the players what he wants them to do.

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I suspect that as well :(

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Arsenal v Olympiakos

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sanga, Metesacker, Song, Santos, Frimpong, Arteta, Rosicky, Arshavin, Ox, Chamakh
Subs: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Coquelin, Ramsey, Park, Van Persie

interesting line up :cool:


women in a wedding dress at the Emirates followed by her nearly confirmed under the thumb husband :D

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A bit of a surprise the team selection if you ask me thenry.

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not so much mate, their at home, play Tottenham on sunday and Internationals are coming up. its a good chance to mix it up resting a few players.

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Alex Ox scores, Arsenal 1-0 up. good goal :cool:

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But this will not be a easy game given their current form and sometimes you can rest too many players.



And good news is that Chamberlain has just given them the lead.

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did you say something denphone?

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Yes we posted at the same time so great minds think alike.:D

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And even better news in that Arsenal have gone 2-0 up through Santos.

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erm..

2-0 Santos :)

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2-1:D

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poor defending, school boys would even be ashamed of that. Arshavin just standing still as usual :mad:

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And they could have easily drew level as well.

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Wenger doesn't believe in coaching the players how to defend. One of his excellent trades in the game!

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He needs to look at videos of Adams,Winterburn,Dixon,Bould and Keown on how to defend.;)

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English steel! they didn't need to be drilled, they all had unity which this lot lacks. Same old Denphone, Arsene think he doesn't need to tweak it, it'll ruin their egos.

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Chelsea have taken a deserved lead at Valencia through Lampard.

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Tevez suspended for two weeks by the club :rolleyes:

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Why when Keown and Bould are still at the club.

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Wengers suffocating them all. Hes a control freak!

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So why is he not using their experience and expertise then.

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if it was me l would pay up his contract and get rid of this insidious character.

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not a good move for football as a whole let alone Man City.

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Champions league results

Arsenal 2 Olympiakos 1
Valencia 1 Chelsea 1

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15093522

:dunce:

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He is, this is from 5 years ago

Arsenal's unexpected success in this year's Champions League stemmed from solid rear-guard performances in the Gunners' defence.

The back four kept a record-breaking 10 clean sheets en-route to the final despite being without injured regulars Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole and Lauren.

"Behind the scenes Martin Keown has been there on the training ground doing his coaching badges and I don't think they could have had better mentors than Keown and Pat Rice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...al/4771963.stm

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I've got to see highlights of Marseille, Dortmund. OM won 3-0 lol that even with Hummels and Subotic in Dortmunds squad :shocked:

In other news in another league... Barca won 5-0

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why did A.cole go off in a strop?

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Yes Barcelona the Spanish invincibles impressive again.

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Ashley Cole was unhappy with some refereeing decisions.

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Very good goals from the French side in Germany. Remy scored a very good goal, amazing considering hes got heart issues.

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http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...209222,00.html

Jim Boyce also said, within link that he'd terminate his contract but its whats in the quote above thats interesting. The reason why I replied "it wouldn't be a good move for football as a whole" to denphones call to "kick him out of city" is because obviously it'll be picked up by other players but if Fifa can do the above go for it, throw the book at him!

i bet human rights will get involved :mad:

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Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden set for six months out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15098286.stm

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Tevez should be fired and banned for playing for another team until his contract should have ended for Man C.

Only then should he be allowed to play for another team.

Then after that deport him.

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Fifa can do nothing.

And depending on contract, neither can Man City

If I had the owners money, I would have Tevez sit on the sidelines...doing nothing but train.

But I'm a bitter son of a gun :D

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Tevez courts controversy where ever he goes, probably on the advice of his agent, Get rid I say !!

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Just reading about levein saying O'connor still has a chance to play for Scotland

If it is true about his coke habit (and i don't mean cola), then he shouldn't be allowed back.

has the world gone mad? Or has it always been, but I'm becoming saner? :D

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has Scotland got a choice? I don't follow the SPL to comment on whether or not others should be given a chance? anyway, hasn't he kicked the habit after being helped by the authorities? no point kicking a man while hes down.

regarding Tevez, yes they do have a choice. if City file a strong case then anythings possible.

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Not sure of the source for this

Manchester City's lawyers are examining the club's options but it now looks as though Carlos Tevez will not kick a ball again until January at the earliest.

City's legal experts are examining the rule book to find a way of suspending Tevez the maximum of two weeks on a rolling basis until the transfer window opens after manager Roberto Mancini claimed the striker refused to play against Bayern Munich on Tuesday night.

Suspension is a preferable option to sacking the striker and pursuing him for compensation for gross misconduct and breach of contract, a sum which would effectively be paid by the club he signs for in January. However, that option has not as yet been ruled out.

Imposing the initial two-week suspension is only the first part of City's punishment for Tevez after extensive talks between chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Mancini, temporary chief executive John MacBeath and their lawyers, with the club backing the manager against one of City's most prized players.

Tevez earns £200,000-a-week, so would lose around £3 million in wages if City can ban him for the 15 weeks until the transfer window is open again. The internal club suspension will also cost Tevez appearance money and other bonuses, potentially worth £500,000 a week.

That is sure to be challenged by Tevez and his legal team and advisors, while Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor is anxious for round-table negotiations to mediate. This would enable Tevez to move on in January but continue to play in the meantime.

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Totally agree.

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"would you believe it" Shamrock 1 up at WHL

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that lasted long, Tottenham 2-1 up.

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And Spurs now 2-1 up.

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With all due respect to Shamrock, l feel totally embarrassed at being a Spurs fan.

We should have demolished the visitors, they are part timers and we have a load of Internationals, we should have been 5-0 up before half time.

The visitors fans were even singing ' champion league your having a laugh':mad:

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Van Persie is who Mancini wants to replace him apparently...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...anchester-city

Don't know what City's obsession with buying Arsenal players is, it typically hasn't work out well for them. I am pretty sure they just want to weaken the opposition and Arsenal are the closet team to them that will actually sell as we don't have Chelsea's resources and it's not as politically difficult as it would be for United.

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well if things carry on the way they are at Arsenal even the loyal captain in Van Persie we have will leave.

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Thursday, 29 September 2011

Uefa Europa League

AEK Athens 1-2 SK Sturm Graz
AEK Larnaca 1-1 Steaua Bucharest
Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Paris SG
Braga 1-2 Club Bruges
Celtic 1-1 Udinese
FC Metalist Kharkiv 1-1 AZ Alkmaar
FC Twente 4-1 Wisla Krakow
FC Vaslui 2-2 FC Zurich
Legia Warsaw 3-2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Lokomotiv Moscow 0-2 Anderlecht
Macc Tel-Aviv 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Malmo 1-2 Austria Vienna
NK Maribor 1-2 Birmingham
Odense BK 0-2 Fulham
Rapid Bucharest 1-3 PSV Eindhoven
Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Slovan Bratislava
Rennes 1-1 Atletico Madrid
Rubin Kazan 2-2 PAOK Salonika
Schalke 04 3-1 Maccabi Haifa
Sporting 2-1 Lazio
Standard Liege 3-0 FC Copenhagen
Stoke 2-1 Besiktas
Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers
Vorskla Poltava 1-2 Hannover 96

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All in favour of sending Tevez on loan to Crawley for the season say Aye.

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No l will just say get on your bike and go to some other league but remember to take your dummy with you.

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I like the idea of siberia for tevez, or perhaps the russian side Anzhi Makhachkala

They could afford him.

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WEST HAM have made an audacious bid to sign Carlos Tevez on loan.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...z-on-loan.html

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Aye, my hometown could do with him helping us get promoted until we're in established in the CL :D doubt our little stadium will pass though :dunce:

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Well that beggars belief.

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West Ham sign Manuel Almunia on one-month emergency loan from Arsenal.

LOL.

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aww, so sweet lol

you seen this Damien > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-he-wants.html

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Yeah.

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What does this word mean? ;):p:

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Well it seems even third raters are leaving Arsenal.;):D

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Err..good?

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Martin Atkinson has just ruined the merseyside derby, never a red card. Awful decision.

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Yes l know but it happened when my team played Spurs and went down to 9 players and the referee ruined that match.

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Though it does prove the old adage, the ref is blind :D

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The difference is those were deserved sendings off, this wasn't even a foul ;)

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You sure you was watching the same match.:)

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Yes, I am an Arsenal fans and Liverpool's cards in that match were deserved. In this case that tackle from Rodwell wasn't even a foul, let alone a red card. He went in on the floor, with one leg, and won the ball cleanly. Shocker of a decision. :erm:

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l wonder if your thinking about Liverpool's cards would be different if it was your side.;)



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