Football : Season 2011/12

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Mal

So, you've seen games with 100s of penalty shouts? and just because Patrick Viera said so, doesn't back you up either

...and you've missed the point...again...why focus on Utd, why not try to solve the problem of the ref's not being able to see it in real time?

i think you missed the point..I used an example of how a stat will quite obviously be wrong. but i admit my failing..I forgot who i am trying to explain to..know your audience.
So to help you

...ball, round..man, kick man..man with noise thing, not give "penalty"

Oh, and that is a "snide" comment..just in case it escapes you

[gazzae]

Don't get me wrong I'm not claiming bigger teams don't get an advantage when it comes to decisions but lets not pretend it's just Man Utd, or even just the top 4.

[colin25]

I agree..I never said it was exclusive to Man utd.

[Mal]

Originally Posted by colin25

i think you missed the point..I used an example of how a stat will quite obviously be wrong. but i admit my failing..I forgot who i am trying to explain to..know your audience.
So to help you

...ball, round..man, kick man..man with noise thing, not give "penalty"

Oh, and that is a "snide" comment..just in case it escapes you

You went up a level there Now I was trying to keep it friendly...

A opinion (Viera's) was made without stats to back it up and a response was given with stats.

Originally Posted by colin25

I agree..I never said it was exclusive to Man utd.

So why is the focus only when it happens with Utd?

Like I have been saying, the ref's need some sort of help in spotting these fouls in real time, not after the match on Sky.

[denphone]

So ladies was it a penalty in the Barcelona/Milan game?.

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by denphone

So ladies was it a penalty in the Barcelona/Milan game?.

100%

[colin25]

yup...though i give it as only 99.999%

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I feel disappointed, i expected goals

Though I can't see it lasting.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by colin25

yup...though i give it as only 99.999%

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I feel disappointed, i expected goals

Though I can't see it lasting.

Come on Colin cheer up as the second half is likely to be better then the first.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by denphone

Come on Colin cheer up as the second half is likely to be better then the first.

I will hold you to that promise

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(though if you are wrong, you don't need to tattoo everton for the cup )

[denphone]

Originally Posted by colin25

I will hold you to that promise

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(though if you are wrong, you don't need to tattoo everton for the cup )

Its does seem the temptation to mentioned Everton was just too much for you as you do seem to taking the bait in the last couple of hours my dear chap.

[colin25]

I was thinking about the bet..I read today..metro..where the english fan had to get a tattoo..he lost the bet with the welsh fan...though can't remember what he tattoed..maybe a leek?

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Wales Grand Slam Champions 2012.

found it

[thenry]

thanks for sharing the link

[colin25]

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/ne...1466-30637173/
sorry..was just checking wording

[thenry]

no worries Oxford, Arthur does it all the time

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Damien

I think there are a number of issues here, the first of which is to be clear on what he actually did.

He did not just post a single racist message about Muamba. He then posted a series of racist and sexist messages directed specifically at other members of the site who found his initial post offensive. I won't repeat what he said but they were very offensive and meant to be read by the people he was abusing, he sent them those messages. There seems to be a desire to lessen the extent of his abuse to that single message about Muamba as make the sentence seem more egregious than it actually is.

That doesn't mean a jail sentence is warranted of course. However I think it's good to see action taken against these sick messages that are becoming increasingly common on the Internet and Twitter. It's worth taking a look at the messages Stan Collymore receives, it's often a unrelenting stream of explicit, sometimes violent, racial abuse whenever he comments on any topic. This is not a minor problem. It is not 'people being stupid on Twitter'. It's very nasty people hiding behind their perceived anonymity to constantly abuse people because of the colour of their skin or their gender. They have also taken to trolling the Facebook pages of the recently deceased to cause further grief to their families, again this will be tinged with racial and/or sexist abuse if they were not a white male.

I think a jail sentence might well have been warranted however while there are plenty more deserving of a place in jail walking the streets I'll stick to my origional stance.

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Originally Posted by thenry

Have you seen him play, could you write up a little review of what to expect?

I've not read much on the guy tbh, a few short comments and this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...das-touch.html all pretty much saying hes a quality player

I have seen him once and he was pretty annonymouse that game tbh, however I heard plenty of German press staff saying how good he was when England were sniffing around him trying to get him to change teams. Apparently he can play anywhere in midfield and is very attacking, a good passer and can cross with either foot