JH Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Arsene Wenger's excuse is that it was an accidental backpass Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I've just seen the Porto goals. Fabianski is terrible, man. Didn't even seem like Porto threatened other than the two goals they were gifted. In all honesty I feel like Sol should have dealt with that ball himself. All of that waiting made the situation awkward. Then again, that's what you deserve for starting Sol Campbell in a Champions League match. Wenger should be embarassed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Just saw the highlights. The ref didn't really do anything bad but he was a bit of a cunt for the second goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iliketoonarmy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Seen that 2nd Porto goal for about the 10th time. Still no f***ing idea why Fabianski gave the ref the ball Fabianski clearly knows he isn't playing for Man Utd. If he didn't give the ball to ref he would probably be penalised with a red card. Maybe the goal wasn't a controversial one, but the ref was still shit. It was clearly a penalty for fouled on Rosicky right before the second goal. And Fabregas deserved much more protection from the ref today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Somebody pointed to me that had they not split the last 16 CL round over two weeks, they would have had to have two games at San Siro on consecutive days. Has this situation happened before? (I'm sure it has but can't remember). It has also occurred to me that Campbell today scored his second consecutive goal in the CL... after the one in 2006's final! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1878 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Seen that 2nd Porto goal for about the 10th time. Still no f***ing idea why Fabianski gave the ref the ball Fabianski clearly knows he isn't playing for Man Utd. If he didn't give the ball to ref he would probably be penalised with a red card. Maybe the goal wasn't a controversial one, but the ref was still s***. It was clearly a penalty for fouled on Rosicky right before the second goal. And Fabregas deserved much more protection from the ref today. Fabregas is an absolute cunt. Porto didn't foul him enough for my liking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Seen that 2nd Porto goal for about the 10th time. Still no f***ing idea why Fabianski gave the ref the ball Fabianski clearly knows he isn't playing for Man Utd. If he didn't give the ball to ref he would probably be penalised with a red card. Maybe the goal wasn't a controversial one, but the ref was still shit. It was clearly a penalty for fouled on Rosicky right before the second goal. And Fabregas deserved much more protection from the ref today. I don't think Fabianski had much choice, with the ref being so close to him. Maybe he could have delayed it a bit more, but if he'd kicked it away, he'd have been in real trouble. The one who was clearly not 100% tuned in was Campbell, and you do wonder about his mental fitness for the top level. He just stood there lost in despair rather than doing what was needed ie standing by the ball to prevent a quick take. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1878 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Seen that 2nd Porto goal for about the 10th time. Still no f***ing idea why Fabianski gave the ref the ball Fabianski clearly knows he isn't playing for Man Utd. If he didn't give the ball to ref he would probably be penalised with a red card. Maybe the goal wasn't a controversial one, but the ref was still s***. It was clearly a penalty for fouled on Rosicky right before the second goal. And Fabregas deserved much more protection from the ref today. I don't think Fabianski had much choice, with the ref being so close to him. Maybe he could have delayed it a bit more, but if he'd kicked it away, he'd have been in real trouble. The one who was clearly not 100% tuned in was Campbell, and you do wonder about his mental fitness for the top level. He just stood there lost in despair rather than doing what was needed ie standing by the ball to prevent a quick take. In the post-match interview Campbell blamed the ref for standing in his way Nevermind the fact you didn't have a clue what was going on until they were already taking it, eh Sol? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 That quick freekick last night by Porto was bullshit. There was no way any of the players were prepared to defend it which they should have been given some time to do. Fabianski was a bit naive, should have held onto it and risked a booking, but I guess with the game he had been having he didn't want to step on any more toes, so I understand why he did it. SSN showing clips of Henry taking quick free kicks against Chelsea, but at least they had a chance to put up a wall and get some men back for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 That quick freekick last night by Porto was bullshit. There was no way any of the players were prepared to defend it which they should have been given some time to do. Fabianski was a bit naive, should have held onto it and risked a booking, but I guess with the game he had been having he didn't want to step on any more toes, so I understand why he did it. SSN showing clips of Henry taking quick free kicks against Chelsea, but at least they had a chance to put up a wall and get some men back for it. There's no requirement to let the defence get ready before taking a quick freekick. That's the whole point of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 It was a bad decision by the ref. He signalled for indirect freekick after the ball was back in play, and he was standing in Campbells way anyway so there wasn't a lot they could have done unless Sol shoved the referee over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 “He’s about 20 yards away from the situation and then even after the free kick he was blocking me to get to the ball as well so a bit of a nightmare there,” said Campbell. When asked if he thought the referee got the decision wrong he said: “I think he did yeah, because he’s blocking me to get to the ball, so he’s basically just given them an advantage.” The former England defender admitted that it was quick thinking by Porto but was still unhappy with the situation. “Yeah it’s quick thinking, but if the referees in front of me then yeah of course it’s quick thinking, what can I do? Shove the ref out the way? I don’t know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 That quick freekick last night by Porto was bullshit. There was no way any of the players were prepared to defend it which they should have been given some time to do. Fabianski was a bit naive, should have held onto it and risked a booking, but I guess with the game he had been having he didn't want to step on any more toes, so I understand why he did it. SSN showing clips of Henry taking quick free kicks against Chelsea, but at least they had a chance to put up a wall and get some men back for it. There's no requirement to let the defence get ready before taking a quick freekick. That's the whole point of it. has our resident ref been in on this yet ? as i understand it, if they are going to take a quick free kick the atacking team still have get an ok from the ref before the defence has organised. some refs will let it go if it is in a non threatening area (ie not a shot). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Personally I wouldn't have stopped them. It's a free kick to the attacking team so to stop them taking it would be wrong IMO. Him taking the ball off Fabianski and then proceeding to stand in Campbell's way however probably wasn't such a good idea. It looked very messy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 A few years ago, Thierry Henry did EXACTLY the same thing against us. See if you can guess who said this at the time: "It was a strange goal, I must concede that." "I do not know what was said by the referee to Thierry. He took a quick decision. Fair or not, good or not, I do not know." "I don't really agree with the rule because it's difficult to defend" "It's an intelligent exploitation of the rule" "The keeper has to adapt." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Villareal - Wolfsburg has been an entertaining game so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Will be watching the Fulham game over the Liverpool one tonight. Enjoyed their little European campaign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 A few years ago, Thierry Henry did EXACTLY the same thing against us. See if you can guess who said this at the time: "It was a strange goal, I must concede that." "I do not know what was said by the referee to Thierry. He took a quick decision. Fair or not, good or not, I do not know." "I don't really agree with the rule because it's difficult to defend" "It's an intelligent exploitation of the rule" "The keeper has to adapt." The guy's unreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 His post-match interview was lulzy. He almost even started laughing at himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Brilliant start by Liverpool, good save by the Unirea keeper as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 That Unirea are piss poor like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 That Unirea are piss poor like Couldn't even bring myself to set the drumkit up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 That Unirea are piss poor like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Fulham 1-0 up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 if in doubt, overhead kick it towards your keeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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