toonarmy

are u serious? have u seen geremis free kicks? And what are you talking about? Even Ronaldo misses most of his free kicks. Taylor has been so close sooo many times the last few games, by far the best we have.

how did it all happen (besides the tap in)? Who made the initial shot?

hahaha Pompey. Had two players in behind chelsea's entire defence, and somehow managed to miss the net. Brilliance.

bayern up 4-0 now.

Anyone see the comedy I'm just hearing about now in the Arsenal game to start the second half? Apparently the ref did not check and blew the whistle to start the 2nd half with only 8 arsenal players on the pitch, and then booked toure for running onto the pitch without permission. Not sure what was going on there.

didn't see it. deserved penalty?

barca behind already. interesting.

Doesnt have massive quality, but he works harder than any player in the world and can chip in with the odd goal and assist. Great player to have in your team especially when you have the likes of Rooney,Berbatov,Ronaldo,Tevez and Scholes to do damage. Exactly. If you have Park (and Rooney really) buzzing around creating havoc, that really allows the other skill players to not have to waste tons of energy either shutting down the other team on defence or carving up a defense on attack. As it is, Park brings much more than simply running around like a headless chicken, he tends to run with purpose, make lots of good plays, and does make a lot of good setup passes. I love his play. He's not the best, but he's great at allowing the best to be the best.

this. we're absolute shit and still better than a handful of teams.

I feel like Ameobi's play needs to be set to the Benny Hill music

lost in the enrique great cross was yet another great free kick by Raylor. excellent.

close...

shola so slow

Has Love even touched the ball yet?

Arteta just reached out with leg, landed badly

It probably would be called a penalty for any other team, but I don't think it should be. Penalty should be given if the player is attempting to score, not looking to go to ground, which Pedersen clearly was (and no idea why Pedersen did, he could easily have stayed on his feet and been one on one with the keeper). Strange that. There are other reasons why a pen can be given, even hand ball without immediate danger of the opposition scoring. I don't understand the theatrics when there is a clear foul like this. As far as I am concerned MGP should have just stopped running, pick up the ball and put it on the spot. Stonewall penalty for what the defender was trying to do: hold him back by the shoulder in a one on one with the goalkeeper when he was already beaten.. You could even argue last man, and a red (would have been if it was outside of the box; what makes it less of a foul inside of the box?) I guess I should have been more clear-I meant in those kinds of situations only, handballs and the like are different. Rafael might have had the intention to hold back MGP, but he didn't in the end. You are allowed to put your hands on a player as long as you don't impede them, and MGP simply felt a touch and went down without ever actually having been impeded. Also, I actually don't agree that a foul outside the box should be held 100% to the same standard as a foul in the box, because the results are different. If they were indeed the same, then just like any other foul, the affected team should be given a free kick at the spot of the foul, instead of a special situation of a free one-on-one with the keeper. A penalty is a special situation. I don't see why something like a foul created by stepping on a players foot when he wasn't involved should result in a penalty just because he was inside the box.

It probably would be called a penalty for any other team, but I don't think it should be. Penalty should be given if the player is attempting to score, not looking to go to ground, which Pedersen clearly was (and no idea why Pedersen did, he could easily have stayed on his feet and been one on one with the keeper).

nearly a penalty. went down too easily

One of his first free kicks this season that looked like one of the stunners from last year.

santa cruz. out of nothing really, nani and scholes had a miscommunication in midfield, blackburn stole it, great run by roque, and he rounded kruzcak. shock to the system.

rooney 1-0

brilliant strike, out of the blue

3-1

great saves by bywater. shades of our match against liverpool where given had a bunch of great saves and still gave up a ton of goals.

2 out of 3 on the prediction. not bad.