Football The 2010/2011 Season Thread

[megadave]

Rooney should appeal, it'd get shortened fo' sho'

 

[Cerb]

To be fair though. If Rooney gets Banned for cursing how can Cashley not get a ban for shooting someone?

 

[Corran]

To be fair though. If Rooney gets Banned for cursing how can Cashley not get a ban for shooting someone?

they will say it not in game so not their business

 

[Lethul]

Is this old?

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[Ch3tan]

older than cho

 

[supersaint]

 

[megadave]

conspiwacy

 

[Embattle]

Lets try and not use silly excuses for what Rooney did, the fact is if he gets banned it isn't some big conspiracy but little more than the result of him doing something stupid which isn't uncommon to the breed.

 

[Cerb]

I did pretty much say that.

 

[Corran]

Lets try and not use silly excuses for what Rooney did, the fact is if he gets banned it isn't some big conspiracy but little more than the result of him doing something stupid which isn't uncommon to the breed.

He was stupid, but the ruling they have used to charge him is even more stupid:

FA rules state: "A participant shall at all times act in the best interests of the game and shall not act in any manner which is improper or brings the game into disrepute or use any one, or a combination of, violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour."

............

Now, if Utd wanted to be really picky they could actually take all the footage from one weekends worth of games - then make a nice big tape of every single time a footballer swore and got clearly shown on the footage shot.
Even if you took just the examples of a player telling a referee to "Fuck off", then they will have a rather lengthy collage in which could then argue that if you going to penalise Rooney then they have to penalise the other 50+ players that were filmed swearing during a match.

..........
Should have given him a massive fine (ie £100k or something that actually makes a difference, not £1k etc.) and left it as that. It annoys me when camera's are shoved in players face in the manner it was (they do it all the time, including to players that just lost a match etc - you bound to get a reaction when emotions are high)., but that just me.

 

[Marc]

Is this old?

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Already being scouted by Francisco Pimienta, Barca's youth coach.

 

[cHodAX]

Massive club.

City Can’t Even Sell 2,900 Tickets!

 

[Turamber]

To be fair once City win something they will acquire the glory hunting style supporters that clubs like United take for granted. Just look at the Chelsea fans that came out of the woodwork when Roman and his rubels turned up.

 

[CorNokZ]

Glory hunters for sure! Didnt hear one peep out of them when we visited the Bridge! Even when we asked them to sing us a song and then went quiet for 10 seconds.. Not even after the final whistle and they had just qualified to the last 8

 

[megadave]

Already being scouted by Francisco Pimienta, Barca's youth coach.

Now just to pump him full of steroids while he's still young!

 

[megadave]

To be fair once City win something they will acquire the glory hunting style supporters that clubs like United take for granted. Just look at the Chelsea fans that came out of the woodwork when Roman and his rubels turned up.

True, Man Utd will undoubtedly suffer as a result too.

 

[megadave]

Glory hunters for sure! Didnt hear one peep out of them when we visited the Bridge! Even when we asked them to sing us a song and then went quiet for 10 seconds.. Not even after the final whistle and they had just qualified to the last 8

Who wants to pay £60 to go see a team that wouldnt cut it in the championship when we're already through? boring

 

[Vladamir]

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olol

 

[Raven]

That's one way to excuse a lack of turn out!

 

[Turamber]

Glory hunters for sure! Didnt hear one peep out of them when we visited the Bridge! Even when we asked them to sing us a song and then went quiet for 10 seconds.. Not even after the final whistle and they had just qualified to the last 8

To be fair the same can be said of a lot of Premier league teams at home. It is no longer a game for the working class the ticket prices have moved it firmly into the middle class.

Not too many people will sing and cheer through the opera or the theatre and they take the same mindset to the football.

 

[CorNokZ]

Who wants to pay £60 to go see a team that wouldnt cut it in the championship when we're already through? boring

Who doesnt support their team regardless of who they are playing?

 

[leviathane]

To be fair the same can be said of a lot of Premier league teams at home. It is no longer a game for the working class the ticket prices have moved it firmly into the middle class.

Not too many people will sing and cheer through the opera or the theatre and they take the same mindset to the football.

this. If you want to be able to afford to watch football regularly for cheap you got to go down the leagues to do so.

 

[CorNokZ]

Just checked, at random, season tickets to West Ham's best seats. Doenst cost that much more than we pay in Copenhagen..

 

[Ch3tan]

West Ham and Chelsea are weird Cokenose, really quiet grounds. spurs is bloody loud, Emirates is far better than highbury was (same fans, just a different atmosphere).

 

[CorNokZ]

The sound at Stamford Bridge was good, the thing is that we sang for 90+ minutes while Chelsea "fans" were doing fuck all

And we weren't allowed flags or banners? Fuck off!

 

[leviathane]

health n safety

 

[CorNokZ]

What a load of bollox! Only Roman's flags are allowed? What is the difference?

 

[Everz]

Molineux is fooking brilliant..

Alot of the midland grounds still have that old sort of tribal feeling about them. Spurs make alot of noise, Chelsea and Arsenal are pretty much libraries however. But one must remember that being an away fan is a mile apart from a home fan.

 

[CorNokZ]

How come? I make just as much noise at home as I do away.. You guys got a really fucked up view on supporting your team imo

 

[Everz]

Home team goes down 1-0.. fans go quiet

Away team goes down 1-0.. fans carry on singing..

The us vs them mentality as an away fan makes the difference tbh. Us at Molineux is a weird one, we've been drawing/winning and it's been silent, then be down 3/4-nil and still be belting it out.