Football The 2010/2011 Season Thread

[cHodAX]

Be interesting to see what ban Toure gets for failing a drugs test.

 

[Vladamir]

Be interesting to see what he's failed for, and if he comes up with an excuse for it

 

[Turamber]

My mate was absolutely screwing when he saw the line up. Unbelieveable lack of ambition from Houllier.

I wish I'd been doing that rather than watching that shambles!

 

[Everz]

I wish I'd been doing that rather than watching that shambles!

Yeh I agree, if Mick had done the same considering Young/Downing's current form, I'd be absolutely writhing. Is it true Delph was played at left back?

 

[Corran]

Be interesting to see what he's failed for, and if he comes up with an excuse for it

Banned for a "specified substance". Means it a drug where there more chance of a non-doping explanation. Now just need to wait and see what they say. Bound to get some doc to state he was on medication

 

[Ch3tan]

It will be some pointless ingredient in a diet or training supplement, see the case of the SPL player banned for a month recently.

Lot of sympathy with athletes and sports people on this kind of thing. The lists of banned substances are ridiculous, and it's very hard to find out just what is in your supplements and medicines a lot of the time. In the case of the SPL player the doping body recognised he was not at fault and took the substance unknowingly, after his own club had checked the supplement, yet he still had to serve a one month ban.

BBC Sport - Football - Hamilton's Simon Mensing serves ban after drugs test

edit:// The World Anti-Doping Agency defines a specified substance as one that is "more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation".
The Wada punishment for such a positive test ranges from a warning to a two-year ban.

 

[Gibbo]

This just gets better, it's apparently MUTV's fault and Fergie is now refusing to talk to them

Sir Alex Ferguson refuses to talk to MUTV after FA charge | Football | The Guardian

Quote from the report

"No official reason has been given for the latest exclusion but, within the club, there is a sense that the station should have been more alert to the possibility that Ferguson was in danger of talking himself into trouble rather than running the interview in full a few minutes after it was recorded."

Fergusons myopic views on referees is the problem here, nothing else...

 

[megadave]

Be interesting to see what ban Toure gets for failing a drugs test.

shouldnt be long before "omg why not over 9000 month ban like rio" article on the republikofmancwankia

 

[megadave]

Anyone see Real Madrid today? Great attacking display but the worst defending i've seen in years

 

[megadave]

Revealed: English FA has handed out 24 drugs bans since Mutu « Sporting Intelligence

Lol, if Ferdinand showed up to his drugs test buzzing off his tits on mdma he could have had a shorter ban!

 

[Ch3tan]

It's no shock that sports governing bodies the world over are inconsistent and politically motivated now is it?

 

[Ch3tan]

Legend:

Manchester United's Ryan Giggs reveals the secret behind his 20-years of success at Old Trafford - not concentrating on the flash cars, money and nice house - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

 

[Marc]

Rugby league is at the forefront of doping tests. They test pretty much everyone. Found with coke in your system? Tough shit, 2 year ban. None of this pussy footing about with 2 month bans etc

 

[Embattle]

Legend:

Manchester United's Ryan Giggs reveals the secret behind his 20-years of success at Old Trafford - not concentrating on the flash cars, money and nice house - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

Which I couldn't agree more with, it is why Beckham failed and why a number of others will follow him down that round.

 

[Raven]

It's players like him and Scholes that the younger players should look up to.

 

[Vasconcelos]

Anyone see Real Madrid today? Great attacking display but the worst defending i've seen in years

Yep. Malaga's defense was a candy.

Great perfomance from Marcelo. He deserved the call from his national team.

 

[Embattle]

Which I couldn't agree more with, it is why Beckham failed and why a number of others will follow him down that round.

*road

 

[Corran]

Lmao:

Referee shows 36 red cards in a game | The Sun |News

Referee sent off all players on the pitch, all subs, and the clubs staff. So 36 players + staff. New record number of red cards in a game. Wonder who the win was given too, lol

 

[Keitanz]

Legend:

Manchester United's Ryan Giggs reveals the secret behind his 20-years of success at Old Trafford - not concentrating on the flash cars, money and nice house - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

"You see footballers with the flash cars, lots of money and nice house," said Giggs. "But for the players who win things, that doesn't come into the reckoning."

Erm, yeah.................. :lol:

 

[cHodAX]

Erm, yeah.................. :lol:

What would you know about being an habitual winner? Habitual whiner you have nailed down though, go you!

 

[Ch3tan]

"You see footballers with the flash cars, lots of money and nice house," said Giggs. "But for the players who win things, that doesn't come into the reckoning."

Erm, yeah.................. :lol:

So you've missed the point, again.

 

[Cerb]

"You see footballers with the flash cars, lots of money and nice house," said Giggs. "But for the players who win things, that doesn't come into the reckoning."

Erm, yeah.................. :lol:

Such a troll. Your bias is equal parts infuriating and pathetic. You can be a football fan of one team and still give respect to other teams and their players you know.

 

[Lethul]

@ianprior ian prior Cracking interview by @sidlowe with Pepe Reina in tomorrow's Guardian, thoughtful and revelatory. But one which might worry #lfc fans

Time to get worried, AGAIN gah

Then again there are some really good youths out there, question is if any of them would be tempted by todays Liverpool

 

[megadave]

Ronaldo injured for a couple of weeks, expect Real Madrid to struggle. Ronaldo has 27 goals, their next top scorer has 6 ..

 

[Cerb]

Ronaldo injured for a couple of weeks, expect Real Madrid to struggle. Ronaldo has 27 goals, their next top scorer has 6 ..

Haha that's ridiculous. I knew he was doing well but I didn't know he was carrying them!

 

[supersaint]

He's been carrying teams for the past 4/5 years tbh

 

[Turamber]

Is it true Delph was played at left back?

Yup, for the second game in a row. Stephen Warnock's not wanted by Houllier and, reportedly, told him to stick something up his posterior -- and not in a nice way.

So we have to play a centre back or a central midfielder at left full back.

Hopefully the season will end soon and Houllier will do one. Absolutely useless waste of skin.

 

[Everz]

Feel sorry for Delph in that one tbh, hes a wasted talent out there.

 

[Ch3tan]

BBC News - Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho 'escapes knife attack'

 

[Cerb]

"Cadena Ser says the security staff member did not realise he had been stabbed until he was on the team bus."

Now that's a hard bastard.