jdckelly

desperately unlucky tonight

manager defending his player shocker how dare he do what every single other manager in the history of the game has ever done

It was Matic, but I don't think it was simulation as such. Stubbed his foot in the ground which can wreck if you jar your whole leg. looked like he was trying to get a free out of it at the same time

Losing Bale could cost them massively TBF. but it gives chelsea a massive stroke of luck since rafa's attempting to sabotage the cl place bid by trying to win trophys which people are objecting to while if it was the other away around they'd object to that too

christ if hes out for the rest of the season bet the house on Arsenal and Chelsea falling over the line to the cl places

this, really annoying to go through a fair number of games then come across a loser who gets rewarded with a chance at another trophy, is it going to change? like hell the big clubs want that safety net

can't argue with that side really

Julien Laurens ‏@LaurensJulien 49s Joey Barton will face the National Ethnics Council on April 15th. He risks a one match ban or more for his tweets insulting Thiago Silva

It's based on that they'll want to play for teams that aren't battling relegation. Or do you think that's their level? and perhaps they believe next season we won't be battling relegation and be actively competing further up the table?

Matt Spiro ‏@mattspiro 4m Marseille head of communications: "Joey explained to me that in England it's not unusual for players to mock each other on social networks' I don't recall any instances of players calling each other what Joey did the other day

ah so its based on relentless negativity theres been zero proof that any of the players are in any way looking to get out (colo aside which is a different matter altogether) and besides Ashley isn't exactly just going to let them go

I think Cabaye and Ben Arfa will both go. They've both figured out that our football holds them both back and neither want to play negatively or with long balls. The only thing that might hold Ben Arfa here is fitness concerns. and your basing this on just a dislike for Pardew?

bit of an extreme way to try and get yourself into the first team changing your name and all but it just goes to show the admiration Pards brings...........or someone was really really really stupid

Moving on... so liverpool still completely delusional nice to see seriously how the hell can they possibly justify that price the manager wanted him out before he even saw him train once and given how stuck up his own ass and completely in love with himself Brendan Rogers is I doubt that position has changed and his West Ham form while far from terrible is hardly anywhere near enough to prove he's worth 17m hence why West Ham will probably send him back and probably try to get him on loan again with Liverpool paying more wages this time. Thus they have a player unwanted by the manager on big wages and their ridiculous demands mean they can't sell. Bravo Liverpool another fine piece of business

nowhere to hide now joey boy http://www.om.net/fr/Saison/101005/Actualites/66265/L_OM_demande_a_Barton_de_mettre_fin_a_la_polemique

http://www.psg.fr/fr/Actus/003001/Article/61796/Communique-du-Paris-Saint-Germain oh dear joey

Pretty sure contracts in France take tax into account, ie. £45k per week but be £45k per week AFTER tax...could be wrong though which means french clubs having a fire sale because they're costs of paying their guys just skyrocketed. Congrats to PSG for winning the league there until the end of time If Monaco goes up, they should have a great chance of beating PSG in a couple of years like. the other french clubs are making moves against that wanting Monaco to have its hq in france to stop that advantage http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1258571/louvel-questions-monaco's-financial-'fairness'?cc=5739

thing is with the new tv deal we might be willing to pay more than we would have last season

Pretty sure contracts in France take tax into account, ie. £45k per week but be £45k per week AFTER tax...could be wrong though which means french clubs having a fire sale because they're costs of paying their guys just skyrocketed. Congrats to PSG for winning the league there until the end of time

by the end I was happy to see him go because of how much of a prick he was been, essentially since he discovered twitter his prick like tendencies have grown 10 fold

with those wages? more difficult than it first looks imho

barton got the smackdown without his name even been mentioned to up his already inflated profile and is throwing a hissy fit then, christ he should grow up

da fuck is the lunatic on about this time

Plus neither were ignored by the media where as some seem to think Di Canio is the first appointment that has ever been questioned like this. Woodgate had to field questions about racism in his first ever press conference ("I'm not racist, I'm black and white" ). It's absolutely no shock that his move to Swindon wasn't picked up all that much but a premiership club appointing him was obviously going to get more attention, here and from the looks of it international press. Fascism is something that isn't tolerated in this country, having an openly fascist manager taking over one of the top 20 teams in the country in one of the most influential leagues? It was always going to get attention. One thing about Di Canio is that the British press and the public in general held him in great affection when he was a player here. When he went back to Italy and started acting a nutter not so much, and I'd argue that the press thought him a harmless and entertaining sideshow when appointed as manager of a lower league team. And most of the public don't care much about anything below the Premier League. I think we'd have a bit of a fuss about the Fascist stuff no matter which Premier League club he joined, the Miliband stuff has raised the profile of it though. I'd personally be fuming if he was joining our club, but what can you say - when you're in the situation where your club might get relegated then some fans forget principles and what they'd probably point their fingers at other fans for, and go back to backing their club and unfortunately sometimes siding with unsavoury characters. the thing is I doubt there would be half as much questioning it or bother (at least from the British Press) if it was West Ham who were in this situation and took this leap of faith simply because of what he did for them. Quite frankly I wouldn't be questioning him on his political beliefs myself but on the fact that they've replaced a highly experienced manager and (much as I don't buy into the hype of O'Neill) someone with a good track record and by all accounts was well liked by the sunderland players and whom the crowd had not turned against, in the middle of a relegation fight for someone with 18 months managerial experience at League 1 and 2 level and is a nutjob with a record for falling out with players and getting himself sent off. Stay up or not it will all end in tears

could be setting up Williamson to be sold and Good to be the 4th choice cb next season assuming Colo stays, if he goes then god knows