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From what Hughton has said, their case is that it's a yellow card offence, not a red. The claim is that it was a body check, made in retaliation for something Elmander had done earlier. The clash of bodies was intentional, but not the clash of heads. The only view I've seen is a long distance one. Along with the body check, there does look to be a slight movement of the head that was probably intentional, but not definitely. If there's no close up view of the incident, I don't think the evidence is clear enough. Yeah, that'll be exactly what they'll claim.

I actually associate Shrewsbury Town with you. The only time I ever see them mentioned is in your accumulators.

Exactly, it's embarrassing. No surprise that Neesy agrees with the utter tripe.

Emre's deep-sitting playmaker, not a box-to-box player or an agressive DM. Not sure what people expected from him.

I think they're probably viewing the appeal as a no-lose situation. If he does get his ban extended to 4 games, Coloccini's back by then anyway and Campbell/Taylor will have a bit of fitness under their belts.

As opposed to playing Alan Smith? Fuck off.

He's advocating not playing with a DM. Which is quite right, if Alan Smith is your only fit DM.

yeah, we're playing at Stamford Bridge with two slow, unfit defenders who have never played together.. can't wait! No we're not. And Sol + Taylor is a quicker combination than Colo and Williamson.

Elmander's twice the player Viduka was. At us, anyway.

He proved last season that he's a good crosser. The problem is getting in position to cross, and he hasn't been helped in that regard by the fact he's been deployed slightly deeper to compensate for the shite behind him.

He's barely had a chance.

He has ended up on the bench cos he has been getting injured Don't be so ridiculous, man. Injuries have only been a problem for him in the last year, prior that he's was relatively robust. aye and that is why the seasons prior to that he played 27, 31 and 27 league games - so he didnt really end up on the bench "because of his inability to learn" Souness, Roeder, Allardyce and Kinnear generally picked central defensive partnerships that didn't include him. Roeder had him mostly at FB, Kinnear quickly discovered that he wasn't up to it, as did Souness who even bought Boumsong because of it. Allardyce had him 4th choice behind Faye, Cacapa and Rozenhal. They can't all be wrong. Hughton only started him last season because there was no alternative.

He has ended up on the bench cos he has been getting injured Don't be so ridiculous, man. Injuries have only been a problem for him in the last year, prior that he's was relatively robust.

Bottom half. OUT!

You can't compare tackles with that, man.

So are relegation clauses.

The incident was before the second goal, in fairness.

Not sure why. It was the worst of the lot, end of.

Williamson's was the worst of the lot, like. What the hell was he thinking of?

Might get my wish.

They're central defenders, man. If they can't do 90 minutes there's something seriously wrong.

Taylor has a lot more ability; quicker, stronger, better in the air and far more of a threat in the opposing box - as are most. Williamson has shown a tad more consistency.

On the plus side, we have two decent athletes with lots of experience to come in. Could be worse. Could be Carroll, or Tiote.

Yeah, because an accumulation of fouls against a certain player gets you a ban.

Nolan's was almost as bad, tbh.