tad rhino wrote:he jumped into the man,never looked at the ball
Drogba didn't jump into him. He was running through to follow the ball if it went through. He was perfectly entitled to be there and in no way deserved a booking.
Martin Samuels wrote:Michel Platini, the president of UEFA, told an English newspaper that football club debt is not accepted in Germany. Wrong again, genius. Schalke 04 were reported to have debts of £109million at the start of the season, despite a £90m sponsorship deal with Gazprom signed in 2006. Also, it is a lot easier to stay out of the red when the government help build your stadium, as happened when Bayern Munich called on £188m for redevelopment and infrastructure around the new Allianz Arena, or when Hertha Berlin stumped up none of the £217m spent on their Olympiastadion for the 2006 World Cup final. Platini has some big fans in Germany, though, not least Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the chairman of Bayern Munich, who is a staunch supporter of the plan to limit spending according to income - and no wonder. Were this to happen, Bayern would always have more money available than any other German club and would never lose their crown to minnows such as Wolfsburg, as happened last season, or fail to qualify for the Champions League entirely, as happened in 2006-07. They would not slip to eighth in the Bundesliga, as they have now, and would certainly not lose home and away to Bordeaux, as has happened in the Champions League, with the result Bayern are likely to be doing a graveyard shift in the Europa League after Christmas. Thanks to Platinis regulations, Bayerns supremacy would be as good as guaranteed, not by being better, just by being wealthier. Its financial fair play, apparently.
The award of the goal for chelsea was a decision that can only be matched by the 'goal' scored by Chimbonda against City two or three seasons ago. Everyone in the ground could see he handled the ball, not to mention from an off-side position. The off-side was blatantly obvious - he was on the goal line! Probably the worst decision I have ever witnessed in football.
Saying that, Evans should be banned for three matches for his challenge on Drogba.
Anyways, back to the football: I thought Rooney was excellent yesterday. He occupied the Chelsea defenders on his own.
MrPhilb wrote:If Fletchers was a foul then why did United not get a penalty at anfield for Carraghers challenge on Carrick?
Because the whole world is against United, obviously.
I thought Carragher was lucky with his challenge. It could easily have been given, but often isn't. With it being in the penalty area referees are obviously going to be wary of making a mistake and err on the side of caution.
If Fletcher challenge was to be deemed acceptable then the Blackburn's and Bolton's of this world would be doing it to you every time they play you. You'd soon be bitching about it then.
I'm still puzzled though how United fans think Fletcher won the ball when the ball went behind him after the challenge.
Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:Because the whole world is against United, obviously.
I thought Carragher was lucky with his challenge. It could easily have been given, but often isn't. With it being in the penalty area referees are obviously going to be wary of making a mistake and err on the side of caution.
If Fletcher challenge was to be deemed acceptable then the Blackburn's and Bolton's of this world would be doing it to you every time they play you. You'd soon be bitching about it then.
I'm still puzzled though how United fans think Fletcher won the ball when the ball went behind him after the challenge.
Fletcher didnt touch Ashley Cole, he jumped in the air in a way that has only been seen from him previously when mobile phones have been around.
Enfield Exile wrote:If Carragher's challenge was awarded a penalty then surely Fletcher's trip on Arshavin was a penalty?
I think its been stated on here already that it was a penalty, yet it didn't matter as in the same passage of play Arshavin spanked the ball into the top corner
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