itt liverpool not winning things; sandbox i love football

is corluka still at spurs btw?

he seems to injure himself while talking to the press about leaving

that was a poor miss by england's #9

ramires always shoots straight at the keeper, just sometimes they go in

i remem lolling while skimming citeh forum b1u3m00n that they called him ~breadvan corluka~

corluka still with us, still our best rb

really lettin them at us cheaply now tbh

look, s'kylewalker xp

good game, good game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-16309990

Wait, what?

"As much as we will say that ignorance is no excuse, ignorance is an excuse."

John Barnes, ladies and gentlemen.

what is the handball rule exactly? i can understand not giving a penalty for ball to hand, but i thought if you hit ball with your hand, intentionally or not, it's a free kick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQv3sfmzYo

will take that point thankyewverrymuch, we struggled once bale's leg was removed by ramirez

seeing as modric went out on right anyway, thought leaving both sandro and parker on and taking vdv off left adebayor very isolated

xposts. It has to be deliberate for either a free kick or a penalty to be awarded.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-16309990

Wait, what?

"As much as we will say that ignorance is no excuse, ignorance is an excuse."

John Barnes, ladies and gentlemen.

― aldo

this is completely correct tho. i have no idea what suarez said and it may well have been racist, but otoh a lot of stuff that's considered perfectly fine in latin america would be considered offensive here, and i don't expect a footballer to have engaged all that much with the culture in this country to know otherwise.

i think that for a ref to award a fk or peno, rather than 'deliberate' they'll use either movement of hand towards ball or the hand being in a position away from the body as a working

cole's was hb, so was ekotto in the box in the 2nd half tho

modric didn't kill himself out there tonight, hmm

It has to be deliberate for either a free kick or a penalty to be awarded.

― Chris, Friday, 23 December 2011 01:03 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

there's more to it than that

as always, i think i said it best tbh

"accidental" as a handball defence from pundits is not quite as bad as "he got the ball 1/24th of a second before he broke the guys ankle", but it's up there.

Well yes, if you examine the definition of 'deliberate' obv, but still stands that 'deliberate' handball = foul.

deliberate yes, but not *just* deliberate either

But deliberate is movement of hand towards ball and/or distance between player and ball and/or posotion of hand was my point. 'Deliberate handball' something of a misnomer anyway - handball is handball.

that was the best case for aaron lennon made all season iirc, the first choice tottenham front six is so well balanced and suffers without his hyperactive flitting-about

also aaron lennon has a really good walk, he strolls around imperiously like he owns the place

ya he's got the boss walk of a toddler that hasn't been slapped yet

People seem to go crazy over anything that could even slightly be considered handball these days. Like it seems to me there's been a noticeable increase in it over the last few years. Or maybe i'm spending too much time on the internet

feel like tonight was calling out for some real formation craziness from arry

                   Friedel
           Kaboul    Gallas   King
Walker                                Ekotto
                    Parker
         Modric                 Bale
                   VdV
                    Adebayor

or s/t

ppl go crazy over everything these days tbf, sexism, racism, legbreakers were all part of the game when i had a moustache

also aaron lennon has a really good walk, he strolls around imperiously like he owns the place

― nakhchivan, Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:32 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

ya he's got the boss walk of a toddler that hasn't been slapped yet

― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:33 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

haha this is true, can totally see it in my head

it's

i dunno

it's like he's wearing a nappy?

is that it?

something in the hips/arse, a waddle or something

what a bizarre line of thought

dude has got poise s'all

he has got the gait that thudd ought to have

king modric bale cech sandro friedel walker ivanovic sturridge romeu

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:52 (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

oh and mata & assou ekotto

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:53 (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

                   Friedel
Walker     Ivanovic        King          Ekotto
                Romeu     Sandro
       Mata       Modric          Bale
                   Sturridge

wow it's like the bible code or sthing

pretty neat

i accidentally left the bbc livetext thing on during my night and work and this is the second to last update and 'phil dawkes' should be fired tbh-

2232: I've just got off the phone with Alanis Morissette. She just started banging on about rain on your wedding day. I wouldn't trust a word she says.

Spanish media claim that Milan have struck a deal to sign Barcelona’s Seydou Keita next season.

He is tied to the Blaugrana until June 2014, but it’s reported he has a clause in his contract allowing him to walk away two years early.

The clause is activated if the 31-year-old is not given a minimum number of appearances during the campaign.

According to Sport.es this evening, Vice-President Adriano Galliani has already reached a verbal agreement with the player’s entourage for next season.

This would mean bringing Keita to Milan on a free transfer in June.

---

this cld be v. good - nice to see milan go for someone young by their standards too.

Kombouare has been sacked by PSG despite going joint top. lol money.

Kombouare? My lord!

Lots of this on twitter, sadly:

@StanCollymore do us a favour Stan and go and hang yourself like Gary Speed did please. Ok Negrito.

Daryl_Conning Patrice Evra is a dirty fat nigger! Hope he dies of aids like his ancestors #slave

dear god

ffs

West Midlands Police twitter feed:

@Daryl_Conning Your comments constitute an offence under the Public Order Act.We have received a complaint & advised them how to report it

Hope the guys shitting himself at the moment, waiting for the cops to show up.

he's deleted his twitter account; hope the facebook everyone is linking to is the same guy.

Yay twitter. Good for discourse and good for Britain.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078170/The-picture-shows-caring-John-Terry-poses-Hamleys-black-baby.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078170/The-picture-shows-caring-John-Terry-poses-Hamleys-black-baby.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078170/The-picture-shows-caring-John-Terry-poses-Hamleys-black-baby.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078170/The-picture-shows-caring-John-Terry-poses-Hamleys-black-baby.html

what the fucking fuck

Lawyer Alejandro Balbi holds a picture of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez posing with a black child

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/23/article-0-0F4253DB00000578-633_634x506.jpg

"Now get my fucking shirt washed and back by Boxing Day, you old cripple."

LOLOLOL 'The only time I've known a player isolated like this was Winston Bogarde at Chelsea'

Here, is Stoke - Villa genuinely the only game that Sky are showing on the 26th?