Football

[Johnuk123]

Birmingham City sack manger Lee Clarke and assistant Steve Watson.

 

[Alistair G.]

Anybody seen arsene wengers reaction to the interview questions he faced this weekend. Felt a bit sorry for the woman interviewing him, he clearly wasn't trying to be helpful!.

But then I guess what can you say when your team have only just managed to salvage a draw at home to hull!.

Personally, Harry redknapps comments about Abel taarabt is probably best and the fairest interview given all weekend, if not of all season so far!

Both can been seen on the BBC football website

 

[Clip]

Wenger came across as very arrogant as if to be saying 'Why is a woman asking me thought provoking questions'. W*nker.

 

[Butts]

Birmingham City sack manger Lee Clarke and assistant Steve Watson.

Surprised SS4 is not on here gloating, he seems to have disappeared as quickly as his beloved Villa's form has

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Anybody seen arsene wengers reaction to the interview questions he faced this weekend. Felt a bit sorry for the woman interviewing him, he clearly wasn't trying to be helpful!.

But then I guess what can you say when your team have only just managed to salvage a draw at home to hull!....

Wenger came across as very arrogant as if to be saying 'Why is a woman asking me thought provoking questions'. W*nker.

As with all media people, she had an agenda. If you didn't notice it then of course he'll come across as arrogant. At the end of the day she got a story out of him.

 

[SS4]

Surprised SS4 is not on here gloating, he seems to have disappeared as quickly as his beloved Villa's form has

I'm still here, just haven't really had anything interesting to say. At least we're still roughly mid table

 

[Clip]

As with all media people, she had an agenda. If you didn't notice it then of course he'll come across as arrogant. At the end of the day she got a story out of him.

Her agenda was to get Wenger to admit that yet again he didnt buy what was needed in the transfer window. Tey are pertinent questions that any interviewer would have asked and probably will keep on doing when they dont get the results.

Lets face it the fans want answers and he isnt giving them. They are righly ****ed off with him so reporters are going to fucus on that. Remember they had not won a trophy in 9 years and with teams solely built by Wenger and the time they won a trophy before that was with players he had not signed.

And people say he is a fantastic thinking manager. Im sorry but he isnt and hasnt spent the money in the places they need. Thats why reporters are going to be on at him about this all season and fair play to them.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Only eight minutes gone and West Bromwich Albion go into a 1-0 lead.
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Only three minutes into the second half and Fellaini equalises.

 

[SS4]

A WBA player chopped down and a blatant handball by Rafael get the usual sod all off the totally impartial referee

 

[balne-wonderer]

Only eight minutes gone and West Bromwich Albion go into a 1-0 lead.
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Only three minutes into the second half and Fellaini equalises.

Both superb goals. Van Gaal has pulled a master stroke to be fair by managing to get the game reffed by one of his players, fair play.

 

[SS4]

2-1 wba

edit: Much as I don't want West Brom to win due to league positions it is always satisfying to see (or in this case hear) Man Utd lose

 

[balne-wonderer]

2-1 wba

edit: Much as I don't want West Brom to win due to league positions it is always satisfying to see (or in this case hear) Man Utd lose

To be fair Man Utd have been all over them in the 2nd half

Falco is getting warmed up
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A WBA player chopped down and a blatant handball by Rafael get the usual sod all off the totally impartial referee

Some of the decisions were bizarre. Good game though, well deserved point for WBA.

 

[fowler9]

Can't believe we are 5th in the table. Best league in the world. Ahem.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A WBA player chopped down and a blatant handball by Rafael get the usual sod all off the totally impartial referee

Heavens above, I thought that the departure of SAF saw the end of such "impartialities" shown by referees by the fact that penalties are now given like confetti against Manchester United this season.

In respect of the two incidents that you cite above, were West Bromwich Albion "pure as the driven snow" in similar respects with not a foul of any description perpetrated by them during the match? I read your posting a number of times in case I had missed where you detailed these.

 

[Greenback]

I saw most of the second half and I was pretty perplexed by some of the decisions that didn't go West Brom's way. You can't expect to get every decision, but the ref didn't seem to give them much at all.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Sunderland are said to be the biggest catastrophe to leave Southampton since the Titanic....

Just heard the fans that came along way for that match are going to get a refund of their fares/tickets?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Champions League

CSKA Moscow 2...Manchester City 2

City who were 2-0 up at half time, in a near empty stadium in Moscow, conceded a penalty four minutes from time from which the equaliser was scored. They now only have a total of two points from their first three matches in their group.

 

[Kite159]

Champions League

CSKA Moscow 2...Manchester City 2

City who were 2-0 up at half time, in a near empty stadium in Moscow, conceded a penalty four minutes from time from which the equaliser was scored. They now only have a total of two points from their first three matches in their group.

Could be worst for City, they could be Roma who went down 1-7 against Bayern

They are doing better then they did in 12-13 when they drew all 3 home games and lost all 3 away games

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Chelsea must be happy with that performance, one foot into the last 16.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Could be worst for City, they could be Roma who went down 1-7 against Bayern

A German team winning 7-1 away from home.....that should ring a very recent bell, albeit in a different competition..
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Well, it is now half time and Liverpool find themselves 0-3 down at home to Real Madrid.

 

[Butts]

A German team winning 7-1 away from home.....that should ring a very recent bell, albeit in a different competition..
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Well, it is now half time and Liverpool find themselves 0-3 down at home to Real Madrid.

Need a "2005 Special" - no chance :cry:

 

[richw]

Well, it is now half time and Liverpool find themselves 0-3 down at home to Real Madrid.

We made QPR look like Barcelona on Sunday so no surprise here. I was expecting 5+

 

[fowler9]

We made QPR look like Barcelona on Sunday so no surprise here. I was expecting 5+

Ditto, it is hardly a shock.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Well, forget all the frippery of European Club competitions this week.

Wednesday night 1945 ko will see the long expected Highland League game between Brora Rangers, top of the league (P 12...32 points...goal difference of 42) who are home to Fort William ( P 12...5 points...goal difference of -19)

And the result was....

Brora Rangers 6...Fort William 0
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I had a great view of the game (due to the sparsely populated ground)

Deveronvale threw it away, being 2-0 up with ten minutes to go and hitting the bar whilst holding that advantage.

Free parking, £8 Admission, £1 Pie and Coffee - and smoke where you like, it was nirvana.

I noted that both Formartine United and Deveronvale were again in action on Wednesday evening, both against teams called "Thistle", with no shortage of goals in either match....

Strathspey Thistle 0.....Deveronvale 5

Formartine United 6.....Buckie Thistle 5

 

[richw]

Ditto, it is hardly a shock.

Second half was ok once we got Balottelli off.
At least Andy Carroll scored goals for his overpriced tag!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The FA have charged Neil Warnock, the Crystal Palace manager, as a result of his post-match comments after the 2-1 defeat by Chelsea, stating that his comments inferred the showing of bias by the referee.

How fortunate that forum members on this football thread are not subject to the same stricture, as a reading of the numerous posts upon this thread since inception that imply such referee bias to a certain Premiership Team (and even being under the effects of their Svengali-like former manager) would need the largest court building in the land and a long time period in which to hear all those cases..

 

[Donny Dave]

The FA have charged Neil Warnock, the Crystal Palace manager, as a result of his post-match comments after the 2-1 defeat by Chelsea, stating that his comments inferred the showing of bias by the referee.

To be fair Neil Warnock did have cause for complaint though. 2 very similar challenges (John Terry and Damien Delaney), only 1 of which gets a booking. Also, the ref wasn't going to give Delaney his second yellow card, until several Chelsea players surrounded him ....

How fortunate that forum members on this football thread are not subject to the same stricture, as a reading of the numerous posts upon this thread since inception that imply such referee bias to a certain Premiership Team (and even being under the effects of their Svengali-like former manager) would need the largest court building in the land and a long time period in which to hear all those cases..

I wonder how longer I would be banned for then if the FA could charge us as well

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Also, the ref wasn't going to give Delaney his second yellow card, until several Chelsea players surrounded him ....

On the portion that I have highlighted, is that not now construed as being an offence?

 

[Greenback]

Why did Brendan Rodgers buy Balotelli? Was it a decision that was imposed on him from above, maybe?

 

[Minilad]

There is a vine doing the rounds of a Liverpool fan at last nights game holding up 5 fingers and mouthing the words 5 times to a Real Madrid player. I lolled

 

[familyguy99]

Tuesday 21st October - Oldham 4-1 Coventry

One of best performance I see Oldham play this season but saying that Coventry were poor side.

If we don't lost to Bradford on Saturday will be heading to top of table Bristol City on 1st November with 13 match unbeaten run and we could be first team this season to beat Bristol City in league way we been playing. (that if Bristol City doesn't lose to Barnsley on Saturday that is)