bulivye

didn't get to see the match today, but i hear Darlow failed to cover himself in glory...too harsh?

perhaps it's been mentioned, but i didn't know he was one of the fastest 20 players in the league! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/11525027/The-top-20-fastest-players-in-the-Premier-League-revealed.html?frame=3261278

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he looked to me like he was fearful of injury today because of the weather conditions--made him tentative & it contributed to his choked sitter. 

perhaps i should've said MOST recent opposition?

Dele Alli! 

not 3 minutes in and this bag o' douche is intentionally clipping the heels of our defender to send him sprawling into the hoardings.  glad that Mitro got right in his face when he came on!

found these:

"I'm blind, I'm deaf, I wanna be a ref!"

"kick your dog, he's lying to you!"

"Hey ref, does your boyfriend know you're screwing us?"

"How bout you bend over and look out your good eye?!"

"Hey ref you might want to check your voice mail YOU'VE MISSED A FEW CALLS!"

Not heckling per se, but was at Birmingham City once and some lad shouted "ref, you pink-shirted t***." Some massive skinhead in front of him turned around and in broad Geordie, solemn as you like came out with "excuse me pal, I think you'll find that colour is actually salmon."

 

He didn't look like the sort you'd argue with and this lad obviously thought the same so he said sorry, quickly followed by "refe-f***ing-ree, you salmon-shirted bellend."

 

Made me chuckle that someone would be so particular about colours.

  let's hear 'em!

Get off your knees, you're blowing all the calls!

Unfortunately it's part of the game, screw the haters, I rather he'd play dirty and time wasting if it meant picking up results like today. You don't get anything in this game for being honest.

remy's no-penalty call for example...

isn't he supposed to be one of the fastest players in the league? (real question, btw) his performances like today are really frustating today if so. 

singularly unimpressive today. 

would he play like he cared if started in the middle?

i am consoling myself by softly humming Local Hero' very slowly... 

loved the black & white headband!

  the lads are not howay-ing.

should there be a thread for Gary Speed's birthday today?

Happy Birthday & RIP Gary Speed. 

by the time he was 2 he had his own crew...

then he grew up. 

As much as I want to agree that the red card was a poor call, if one of their lot stamped on one of our team in the same way I'd certainly be up in arms demanding a red.

of course, that's what fans do.  the real question is how arsed would you be if that red were then not given?

The only two things I have learned from Mitrovic is that he can head the ball and that he's a heed the baal.

 

hmm... i remember a certain Callum McManaman early in is career doing a horror-tackle on Massadio-Haidara & getting what again?  was Mitro's anything like that 'challenge'?

 

Good fucking post.

 

No it isn't ffs

 

A clearly wrong decision has nothing to do with this. There would never be another red card again if the criteria was it being comparable to this challenge.

 

FWIW my view is similar to what someone posted earlier about it being an "orange" card. It's clearly at least a yellow and worse than almost all yellow card challenges you'd see. It's not like it's an incomprehensible decision like the Afelley or Noble red cards. Also, everyone who says he was trying to control the ball, even if the Arsenal player wasn't there that's a bloody weird way to try and control the ball.

McManaman's actions were defended by his manager & others as a product of 'enthusiasm' on his debut & that he shouldn't be held to account because he wasn't "that sort of lad".  point being that Mitrovic is also full of enthusiasm but has gotten a reputation as being "that sort of lad" ... i think marriner has made up his mind before the match even began that he wasn't going to having any nonsense during his game & so he books sissoko early etc.

when mitro has his awkward/rash/clumsy 'challenge he gives him straight red b/c it's in his head that mitro is a dirty player.  i think it's also in his head that since he screwed up a call against arsenal from before ( last season was it?) & then he's not blown for the penalty by thauvin, he's got to do something harsh to an arsenal opponent to show he's got nothing against arsenal. 

i'm not saying that Mitrovic should carry on screaming, "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" as he plunges into every 50/50 ball or challenge & get away with it; he needs to keep a lower profile.  but, on this occasion i think he saw red based on his reputation & another player might have got off with a yellow.

hmm... i remember a certain Callum McManaman early in is career doing a horror-tackle on Massadio-Haidara & getting what again?  was Mitro's anything like that 'challenge'?

btw, the little whisper in Carzola's ear after marriner booked him was for Carzola's obvious recognition that mitro's red, wasn't.