itt liverpool not winning things; sandbox i love football

and the contact with modric is clear and significant imo

xp but in any case

Whether he dived or not, there were plenty of legitimately blown calls in that game. Rough to watch as a neutral; can't imagine if one had an interest in either side.

with a cruel hangover and in front of an unsympathetic crowd of mainly lfc supporters

I took lumps out there today

oof.

wtf the fa really are looking into the towel thing?

Priorities

xp yeah, if you wanna talk about karma.....

strike for vaughan!

robinson- still doing that little jump before conceding from distance

ade's disallowed goal came from this

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/11/article-0-0F241F3A00000578-617_468x328.jpg

prompting harry to say

'The linesman, he'll watch it tonight, when his wife's making him a bacon sandwich and he'll think: 'F*** me what have I done there today?'

http://twitpic.com/show/large/7rzanw

http://i.imgur.com/w9EQ4.png

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

kaboul otm

I avoided the sandbox soccer thread last week, after our (Norwich's) humbling by Man City, but after this weekend I thought I'd pop my head in.

Pretty pleased with that result, even if the referee was appalling (1 blatant handball by Holt, 3 by various Newcastle players - including one in the box and one right on the edge of the box, and a pretty shady red card for Newcastle).

Our next two fixtures look ok too (away to Everton and Wolves, but then home to Tottenham, who I fully expect to destroy us).

Haven't had a chance to watch MOTD yet, so don't have an opinion on the other games yet. Just thought, as the token Norwich fan, I should pop in.

rah!

I dunno how i expect us to react to this tbh, but if you play the two big lads up front you'll get some joy.

☰☰☭☰☰ SHEFFIELD UNITED ☰☰☭☰☰ 5 WINS ON THE BOUNCE ☰☰☭☰☰

You've got to be pretty happy xp, excellent home form is the essential for new clubs imo (same points as undefeated Liverpool, pah).

likely outcome of foy's perf:

FA charge for towel jersey -note that ref refused to deal with timewasting during the match

FA charge for Harry Redknapp for criticising Foy

Three points for execrable Stoke, none for loveable Spurs

Lols at loveable Spurs fans

No charge for despicable cheat Luka Modric

? Missed that one tbh

Diving and that

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Don't tell me i need to post the gif again?

should we start a sandbox thread on the categories of fouls that justify your falling over or otherwise?

imo, if someone kicks you on the shin while you're trying to play football, fuck em. Stoke get away with enough.

gif shows a foul in the box, idgi

want to see a gif of woodgate's two-footed slide on ekotto in the first half, tbh, a foul anywhere else on the pitch.

LBI - Is Jetro Willems any good?

I'm prepared to anoint him as the saviour

Less breakable than the Da Silvas you would hope

Had to laugh at Fabio lasting thirty minutes and Rafael sixty in the Palace game. I genuinely can't remember Fabio completing a full match for Utd

Copa del Rey Preview: Ponferradina v Real Madrid
Back to business for Jose Mourinho's side after the Clasico loss on Saturday as they travel to Leon to start the defence of their Copa del Rey title

just the time for ronaldo to score another four goals and prove he is the best in the world

There doesn't need to be contact for a foul to be comitted. A free kick/penalty is awarded if a player "trips or attempts to trip an opponent". Foy obviously felt that Whelan either tripped or attempted to trip Modric and that it wasn't a genuine attempt to win the ball.

LBI - Is Jetro Willems any good?

― pandemic, Monday, 12 December 2011 14:30 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

Oh he's talented alright. Has only played seven games so far, he wasn't even playing in the second squad, he's only 17. But the two left-backs before him got injured.
He's made a really good impression so far, considering he's only 17 and all of a sudden is needed. He made one huge error against Feyenoord a week ago, leading to a F'noord goal. But it was the type of error one can make when so young I think. I genuinely think he'll have learned from that.

It's bizarre to hear ManU think he can replace Evra in time; so many things that could go wrong still in his development. He's still quite 'shy' (or just cautious?) making the play himself, but for once there's a back at PSV who not only attacks decently but can actually defend. Which, in my eyes, is a quality so often overlooked for defenders, y'know, the actual defending.

Ps. Plz don't buy him already as we like him here ok thx bye

Thx for that mate

full backs being able to defend is so last century

http://s8.postimage.org/o7573r6xx/article_2072911_0_F230_F2700000578_764_468x646.jpg

looking a lil bit rapegaze

Ha xps, good luck getting a foul for an attempted trip without diving.

Prefer chillwave Balotelli
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5Y23Kewy06Y/TRoyVDQa3II/AAAAAAAAACI/7Zv_HfbqUg8/s1600/balotelli-hat.jpg

yeah, that's exactly my point, ismael

what happened to ross barkley is he still around

Style of play

A tactical player, Luiz is known for his flair, technique with the ball, powerful long-range shooting, tackling, reading of the game and an aerial threat in defence and attack. He has been harshly criticised while with Chelsea for his rash tackling and decision making at times, making him an inconsistent centre back. [24]

On 01 December 2011, David Luiz was one of 55 nominees, and an undoubted favourite, for the FIFPro World XI team[25] . This naturally makes a mockery of some of the criticsm he has received from members in the English media.

so prolly no one here that cares much but the Mexican Apertura final last night was quite entertaining. Tigres won 3-1 at home after claiming the first leg 1-0 at Santos. extremely chippy, 3 sendings-off including the Santos keeper (the odious Oswaldo "Dirty" Sanchez). it's the first title for Tigres in something like 29 years so they're loving it.

I've been meaning to learn more about Mexican footy for a while, because it's an absolute black hole as far as Britain is concerned, other than Hugo Sanchez and the recent few EPL imports I guess. I couldn't even've told you they did the apertura/clausura thing.

Meantime, predictions for tonight? 1-2 I reckon, City hanging on a bit for the win. Hopefully via a JT screw-up for which he volubly blames Luiz.

following/learning about the primera is hard even in the USA if you're a non-Spanish speaker. I constantly have to go to my Mexican-American friends to explain things. Goal.com has some good English coverage.

I was actually watching the final w/ one Irish-American and one English expat, huge footy fans both, and they both agreed that Mexico is ripe for plundering as far as cheap quality signings goes. it's definitely a moneyed league but not one that is above selling.

Only just turned the match on - has there been an awkward conversation with Neville about AVB and those Luiz comments?

http://twitpic.com/7sg0kk

Lol.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Romeu, Meireles, Sturridge, Drogba, Mata. Subs: Turnbull, Lampard, Torres, Mikel, Malouda, Ferreira, Kalou.
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany, Clichy, Milner, Toure Yaya, Barry, Silva, Aguero, Balotelli. Subs: Pantilimon, Dzeko, Johnson, Savic, Nasri, Toure, De Jong.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

Lolz not even on the bench? Going for a home win. Also predict it will be dull but as I'm gonna watch it, I hope I'm wrong on this one.

http://twitpic.com/7sg0kk

Lol.

― jim in glasgow, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:32 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

beautiful.