that’s just bale’s preferred cross imo
spurs lack of headed goals is curious.
handball ffs
controversial
awful defending
ekotto will do that tbf
Poor defending, Alan Smith otm
handball
Wasn’t a handball, didn’t think it was a foul by Modric though.
vdv rw wtf rmde
vdv rw wtf rmde
vdv rw wtf rmde
vdv rw wtf rmde
vdv rw wtf rmde
was a spurs foul before that, no foul by modric, handball by cole, but we didn’t defend on either flank and that’s still a major weakness
ramires isn’t far off being as quick as bale imo
he is tho
ooh
too easy for drogba there
hes fast but not a great player, best employed as a carrilero where he has space in front & his crap first touch is less exposed
for two experienced top-class centre halves, king and gallas tend to ignore the fuck out of opponents in their box at times
oh god paulo ferrara, how is he still at chelsea?
decent rb imo
you’re joking
nope
i mean he’s good at crossing, but that’s about it.
puts him halfway ahead of most epl fullbacks there already
rip paul smith
“must be a magnet in that left boot”
why would a magnet help you control a football?
putin running the line?
cuz footballs are also magnets obv
lolssou lolkotto
ouch
looked a cunt’s tackle tbph
has to be red
nice
It would be nice if the Chelsea supporters joined in with the chants of “Terry—you’re a cunt”
ya fukhead should have been sent off
modric needs to die his hair black if he’s to be tim burton’s next muse
That’s one of the most obvious cynical tackles I’ve ever seen.
Yah, was nasty.
romeu coming on gives chelsea a 4–2 edge over spurs in the all important ‘players i like’ rankings.
romeu romeu rah rah
oh i forgot about friedel. 4–3 in that case.
i like
king modric bale cech sandro friedel walker ivanovic sturridge romeu
oh and mata & assou ekotto
ray winstone’s disembodied floating giant skull is never less than unhomely, sinister and repellent
yeah imagine waking up to it
reading that in a ‘imagine how *I* feel’ kinda way NV, quite disturbing
BOSWINGA
ya bosswinger
boss winger crap fullback
jesus souness has been on rte too long just zinged all of cameroun
Hoddle loves Ledley to bits
coming from a scottish international that was pretty funny
xp
gotta love ledders but he’s been out of position for a lot of three yard goals this season imo
just seen the garbage games sky is serving up for boxing day. way to spoil xmas.
PAV!
PAV
Pav?
who’s playing right for spurs now? modric?
Football Pantheon are doing their top 100 moments list. Robert Carlos’ Tournoi f-kick was in there. It was from much much farther out than I remembered.
meireles hair is hilar
yeah
modric rm bale lm sandro parker
not bad, bale modric prob better swapping tho
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.
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
FriedelWalker 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.
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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