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Hilarious stuff.

To see the guy still on the pitch is one thing, to then lose to a flick on handball is something else.

I refuse to blame either to be fair, Poor performance all round and I'd rather see that addressed than complain about a goal that shouldn't stand because the fact is they're never punished. I'm getting the impression that playing football with your hand is perfectly within the rules so long as the referee fails to see it, the number of incidents in the past few years is simply ridiculous.

We simply have no end product at the minute, we control the midfield and usually have the most possession but we are failing to put the ball into the net. Cisse misses so many chances before he finally does score.

Season Summary: Finish strong, get the injured lads back and concentrate on the Europa. Simple as it can be now.

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Michael Owen retires.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21839361

A excellent striker whose career as it went on became blighted by injury l am afraid.

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SSN: England call up Newcastle's Steven Taylor to replace Gary Cahill

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Its seems that players are dropping out like flies.

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The motive is to destabilise the club. It came out the same day as the North London derby and promised massive transfer budgets, being a massive European club, and cheaper ticket prices. It's Usmanov's same style all the time. Whenever Arsenal are having a bad run he pops up with a press release slating the club and promising more, or he says Henry wants him to take over, or he writes a letter to the press.

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you mean he's not allowing these incompetent numpty bunch of seniors to get away with 'crap'

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No what I mean is that when the season is still progressing and we still have games to win and points to fight for he is attempting to inhibit that to make matters worse and market himself to the fans. This is why he chooses his timing so carefully. He is working against the best interests of the club for personal gain.

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the current seniors are a problem. i respect neither but want the best for the club and at the moment Deins on Usmanovs side so there I am.

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Michael Appleton sacked by Blackburn.

LINKY

Blackburn really are a joke club. Fans of Blackpool will be laughing.

Burnley fans will be delighted after Appleton's out of order comments after last weekend's derby.

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Absolutely shocking and it just shows again that Blackburn are run by a absolute bunch of idiots.:td::(

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I thought he retired years ago, his record says he did anyway...

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About time he got a chance, very under rated imo

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Callum McManaman escapes FA action over Haidara challenge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21849733

Pathetic.:(

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Ridiculous.

I really hope the scummy filth that is wigan are relegated this season.

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I don't think Wigan are scummy. Their manager doesn't set out to get his team to 'let them know they're there' and to make borderline tackles to unsettle the opposition. They're usually clean and fair players.

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I would have agreed with you before this incident to a degree Damien, but the way the club officials have reacted has been disgraceful.

Here's to their rapid demise.

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yes, disappointed in wigan's response

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I think thats a bit harsh. Personally i don't think he meant it, yes it was a definite red card but i don't think he went out to get the Newcastle player, it was accidental.

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I just don't get it. The message this sends out now is really poor... so far the reaction to it has been negative from not only Newcastle fans but others too.

OK, so Haidara's assailant cannot be charged due to the fact that the officials saw it and chose not to act. Is it not therefore fair to conclude that those officials aren't fit for purpose and should be relieved of their roles?

Lets be honest here though.. it's just getting worse and worse each season, there were many things the ref completely missed yesterday, their goal came from a handball. James Perch was lucky to be on the pitch after a dodgy tackle too. Callum McManaman punched the ball out of play after his challenge. So not only does he get away with the challenge he also gets away with the 3 pointer he tried after it.

Bale being booked for diving every other week, Suarez playing goalkeeper or scoring with his hands. How does this even happen? YOU CANNOT let something happen regardless if the ref did or didn't see it. Whilst the result may stand for a goal that's been bundled in from a deliberate handball, how can anyone sit and justify not banning the player for doing so? How do you escape serious punishment for attempting to gain a freekick/penalty via diving? Cheating is being promoted in this league and others every week because the governing body sit back and do absolutely nothing about it.

Simple solution: and note I'm not picking these players out of spite, I'm picking them as they are the most recent and talked about this year.

Gareth Bale - 3 match ban for simulation.
Suarez - 4 match ban for using his hand to create or score a goal.
Callum McManaman - 3-6 match ban depending on severity for dangerous play.

It's as simple as that, you'll quickly find less divers and basketball players.

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Thing is he made no attempt to pull out of the contact, also he just walked off after, leaving the player on the turf.

Having already achieved a similar result from a like tackle before in his life, you'd think he might have learned.

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For God's sake grow up.You 're demonising an entire club over one incident, pretty sad.:td:
btw,Newcastle are no angels,remember the incident against Everton?Does that make them a "Scummy club" also?

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I think you need to look at the whole club, Wigan just don't have a history of going into tackles strongly.

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Lee WHO? :D

Up yours Jeff Stelling.:cool:

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Well said.

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Premier League warned over 'rich and poor' split in wake of TV deal.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...onship-tv-deal

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Yep I am well aware of that.

I am also aware that Pardew has apologised for some tackles unlike the attempted justification of the tackle by martinez and whelan. They have no shame.

You are aware that mcmanaman has previous, aren't you?

I have to say you must have some important friends at the FA, what with the no action decision with mcmanaman and the red card rescinded for a near identical, studs up, tackle by gomez at Sunderland. ;)

Anyway I am sure things will sort themselves out before the end of the season. :)

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Referee Mark Halsey receives death threat after missing Callum McManaman's horror tackle
Referee Mark Halsey has reportedly been the subject of a death threat after missing Callum McManaman's horror tackle on Newcastle's Massadio Haidara

Halsey was in charge of the match between Wigan and Newcastle on Sunday but his view was blocked when McManaman and Haidara collided.

According to the Sun, a friend of Halsey said "Mark was made aware of one particularly vile message asking for his address and claiming he deserved a death threat."

"Mark loves refereeing and is consistently one of the best in the game but after something like this he is left wondering whether it is all worth it.

"He didn't even sleep on Sunday."

Halsey was attacked on Twitter and also came under fire from former referee Graham Poll who suggested the time could be right for him to quit

Poll said: "Mark used to be one of the fittest referees in the Premier League. He's been through a tough time in his life.

I just hope Mark looks at it and thinks 'is it time? Is this a signal to go?'"

Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan defended midfielder McManaman following the tackle by claiming he won the ball as “clean as a whistle”.

However Newcastle are considering legal action against Wigan Athletic as Macmanaman could yet escape retrospective punishment from the Football Association.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...or-tackle.html

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surely he wont end up at Tottenham

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confirmed. Cavani would cost £60m

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...medium=twitter

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hm... Tommy is on his way out in the summer and could be Barca bound. if so I think he'll be part of a David Villa deal not Alexis. not saying Sanchez wouldn't be welcomed though ;)

his agents busy

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oh great. another Bendtner senior to deal with

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a few eyebrows may rise of names not stated by the piece above, when they appear that is ;)

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Detest international week :( No interest whatsoever in International football qualifiers, probably doesn't help being Scottish :(

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youre not alone mate

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I know there's about 5 million of us, 3 million of us are ginger and at any one time 4 million of us are drunk.

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So what's the probability of a Scotsman being neither drunk or ginger? :spin:

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(1/5 * 2/5) or 8%.

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I've always wondered if half the issue with people not interested in Internationals anymore is to do with Sky don't have the rights and so don't put their marketing team behind them.

I follow my national team and always will, just wish the players would put in the same effort they do for their trade teams

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Nothing to do with Sky with me. I've not been that interested in internationals long before Sky got the EPL rights.

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Suarez to consider leaving reds

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-33030521/

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Yes l can't say l am a lover of it either.:td:

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:nono: surely not.

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Yes please, I would sacrifice a whole year of my JSA to pay for the air fare out of England. We don't want cheating gits like him in the game thank you very much. Go to join the cheats in Barcelona or Madrid instead.

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And what about all the other many cheats in the Premiership as you must want them to go somewhere else as well then Mark.

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England match in Montenegro faces television blackout threat.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ision-blackout

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Greg Dyke to replace David Bernstein as FA chairman.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21877945

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Arsenal won't get any of the above named three buddy.

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youre joking right?

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Neymar rejects Santos contract renewal

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...3/20.jpg:large

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this is where the daily mail think Qatar is..

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...3/19.jpg:large

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Gary Mabbutt recovering after emergency surgery on blockage.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21879102


Lets hope he gets better soon.

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I think you have a chance of getting any.one of the three, maybe two. Neymar has quite a while left on his deal iirc and was always going after the world cup and where do you think Qatar is then in some ones throat as it looks a reasonable shout to me.

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agreed. 3 might be a stretch but 2 is possible.

Santos are trying hard to keep him. worse comes to worse release clause.

its wrong. Africa/MiddleEast mixed up.

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England U21s won 3nil tonight. Zaha was decent. the Liverpool lads wasnt bad neither.

Brazil currently 2-2 vs Italy. Brazil were 2 nil up. ITV4

friendly

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Qatar is on the other side of Saudi Arabia but I did have to look it up. :dunce:

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Liverpool agree fee for La Liga player.

http://fernandezsusofans.lockerdome....cles/106837293

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2013/03...manuel-iturra/

:Yes:

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West Ham get Olympic Stadium after government ups funding.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21889864

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Mario Götze has told 'Sport1' that Real Madrid, Barcelona & Manchester United are "attractive" clubs

http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fus...el_691416.html

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No Arsenal amongst them l see.;)

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Theos out

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...no-injury.html

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How will we ever beat San Marino now....?

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Injury prone it seems.

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Well you and thenry would be the perfect CB pairing.:D

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he's trying to get higher wages from us :p:

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EU prepares to blow final whistle on Spain's debt-ridden football clubs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...football-clubs

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San Marino v England

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well if Fletcher's injury is bad as it looks it will confirm sunderland will be going down :mad::mad::mad::mad:

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Dave Sunderland will not go down despite Fletcher's injury.:nono:

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we certs to go down Den playing so crap no one to score without Fletcher we be in bottom 3 after next 2 games against man utd and Chelsea can not see us winning another game way we play cant even beat 10 men teams like last week

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i hope the FT scoreline is in double digits

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if it not at least 6 they want shot with the brown stuff playing worst team in world

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There's only one Osman Leon.

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Norwich City agree deal for Dutch striker.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21877134

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a bit late from the BBC. article posted on the 20/03/2013



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Brighton & Hove Albion

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Coventry transfer staff & stock from Ricoh stadium

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21912436

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Luis Suarez (Urugay 1-1 Paraguay)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=F6COaP4ewEI#!

wheres this guy going to end up next season?

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big signing for West Ham if it comes off.

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Could be an even better/ bigger signing than bony, it'll be announced on Monday with luck...

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smoke screen?

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Not at all, just the trying to get the best available player possible.

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its tough though. having likeable characters doing the deals is massive.

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Liverpool Confident Of Completing £5m Deal to Sign Talented Young Aston Villa Striker.

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2013/03...villa-striker/

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:)

this is heating up :)

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They might want them but whether they get any of the above is a different kettle of fish in itself.

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:)

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A good player of that there is no doubt.

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well if this continues...

then of course Arsenal wont be able to sign them :mad:

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he should have been playing for Arsenal :(

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Yes it would be lovely to get Xabi back as he was regarded as a true legend on Mersyside.

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The ones in the black are the only sensible clubs.

WHY!?

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Gutted for Grimsby today. Been a crap weekend for sport for me.

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No surprises there buddy as it has been on the cards for a while.

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:tu:

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both will not happen imo

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PFA chief Gordon Taylor backs retrospective action.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21925558

A good idea in my mind.:Yes::Yes:

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yeah about time.

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SSN: Nigel Adkins to be named Reading manager, deal not yet done though

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And l wonder how much time he will get.

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3.5 years...of course that is dog's years...6 months in human time :)

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making him captain was a huge mistake :LOL: decent work horse but not captain quality.

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Indeed he has never been captaincy material.

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England team above in pic..

:rolleyes:

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I was hoping to see the france vs spain game..but not on tv.

So will watch England...hope I can find my Montenegro shirt :)

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My , My your loyaltys do seem to change on a regular ongoing basis.;)

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You can't blame me..England keeps playing different teams :)

Now cheering Wales

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Colin