Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 That fat guy behind the post, there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 What a complete non-event of a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 blatant pella. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Vidic mistaking Mariappa for a broken down van there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 God, commentator really is labouring to manufacture any kind of genuine competitive interest in this match/the title race. It was over fucking ages ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 God, commentator really is labouring to manufacture any kind of genuine competitive interest in this match/the title race. It was over f***ing ages ago. That says a lot considering it was Jonathan Pearce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 God, commentator really is labouring to manufacture any kind of genuine competitive interest in this match/the title race. It was over f***ing ages ago. That says a lot considering it was Jonathan Pearce. Don't mind Jonathan Pearce most of the time (compared to others, especially), but it's just silly really. "Man Utd fans clasping the edge of their seats" at the end? Or what, they'll only be the 13 points clear of a dogshit Man City with eight games left? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 God, commentator really is labouring to manufacture any kind of genuine competitive interest in this match/the title race. It was over f***ing ages ago. That says a lot considering it was Jonathan Pearce. Don't mind Jonathan Pearce most of the time (compared to others, especially), but it's just silly really. "Man Utd fans clasping the edge of their seats" at the end? Or what, they'll only be the 13 points clear of a dogshit Man City with eight games left? Just meant he seems to get excited at the easiest things. That or he's just unnecessarily loud. For him to feign interest must mean it's a dreary spectacle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 The Wolves' own goal wasn't as funny as I'd hoped either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 The Wolves' own goal wasn't as funny as I'd hoped either. Having seen it there it's a fucking awful back pass. Doesn't excuse the keeper particularly but still Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I miss the old Invincibles' Arsenal. Not facing them, of course, but just watching them annihilate teams with attacking football. They were class - great champions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Stoke v WBA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Imagine having Jonathan Walters as your top scorer. Michael Owen must feel so low Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Former Chelsea target Kenwyne Jones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Stoke on course to average a goal or less a game for the 4th time in 5 seasons. Fuck me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 How the hell Pullis didn't get done for driving at what ever speed he did was ridiculous. Would love to see that twat thrown in prison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 How the hell Pullis didn't get done for driving at what ever speed he did was ridiculous. Would love to see that twat thrown in prison. Stoke boss Tony Pulis has dodged a driving ban despite being caught by police doing 96mph on a Warwickshire motorway. Pulis convinced magistrates that handing him a ban would cause hardship to him and the people of Stoke-on-Trent. The 54-year-old Welshman had reached 15 penalty points with the offence but said he could not use a chauffeur as that could lead to leaks of confidential phone calls concerning the club made while on the road. Pulis argued that leaks of conversations with chairman Peter Coates could even lead to the club being relegated from the Premier League, which would put local businesses at risk. His lawyer, Mike Stephenson, told the court: 'There are numerous phone calls every day between Mr Pulis and the chairman which are totally confidential between them. 'That has contributed to the success of the football club. 'As a result of being in the Premiership it has put Stoke-on-Trent on the map. 'It has led to numerous businesses being set up. A number of them are totally reliant on Stoke City, and those businesses would suffer if they were relegated.' Pulis had pleaded guilty through his lawyer in his absence at a hearing in Leamington last month to a charge of speeding on the M42 in north Warwickshire. The offence occurred on November 6 last year, when Pulis was driving in a BMW 530DM back to his home in Poole having seen his side thrashed 5-0 at Bolton. There was a variable speed limit of 60mph on the section of the M42 in north Warwickshire at the time. Pulis, who already had nine points on his licence, was handed six penalty points for the offence taking him three above the 12-point totting up limit. But the presiding magistrate accepted a ban would cause unnecessary hardship because of 'the unusual nature of the business and the necessity of confidentiality.' Pulis was fined £2,500 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge, and given seven days to pay in full. Incredible shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Still, it makes a change from the usual bollocks argument that the multi-millionaires involved in top flight football usually use, that financially they can't afford to miss part of their career. I'd have them in contempt of court for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 There is this debate about whether defensive walls should jump up at free kicks, and Ricky Lambert's goal gives food for thought. The defenders jumped up, they became very loose and the ball went through them, which I think we're seeing more of than we used to. Shearer blamed Sturridge for turning his back, but if the defenders stay hunched together and on the ground, that sort of instinctive gesture is less inclined to happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Forgot about that (Pulis), absolutely fucking ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 How the hell Pullis didn't get done for driving at what ever speed he did was ridiculous. Would love to see that twat thrown in prison. Stoke boss Tony Pulis has dodged a driving ban despite being caught by police doing 96mph on a Warwickshire motorway. Pulis convinced magistrates that handing him a ban would cause hardship to him and the people of Stoke-on-Trent. The 54-year-old Welshman had reached 15 penalty points with the offence but said he could not use a chauffeur as that could lead to leaks of confidential phone calls concerning the club made while on the road. Pulis argued that leaks of conversations with chairman Peter Coates could even lead to the club being relegated from the Premier League, which would put local businesses at risk. His lawyer, Mike Stephenson, told the court: 'There are numerous phone calls every day between Mr Pulis and the chairman which are totally confidential between them. 'That has contributed to the success of the football club. 'As a result of being in the Premiership it has put Stoke-on-Trent on the map. 'It has led to numerous businesses being set up. A number of them are totally reliant on Stoke City, and those businesses would suffer if they were relegated.' Pulis had pleaded guilty through his lawyer in his absence at a hearing in Leamington last month to a charge of speeding on the M42 in north Warwickshire. The offence occurred on November 6 last year, when Pulis was driving in a BMW 530DM back to his home in Poole having seen his side thrashed 5-0 at Bolton. There was a variable speed limit of 60mph on the section of the M42 in north Warwickshire at the time. Pulis, who already had nine points on his licence, was handed six penalty points for the offence taking him three above the 12-point totting up limit. But the presiding magistrate accepted a ban would cause unnecessary hardship because of 'the unusual nature of the business and the necessity of confidentiality.' Pulis was fined £2,500 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge, and given seven days to pay in full. Incredible shit. a) I'm very surprised that a magistrate has the discretion to waive a ban. b) There has to be other ways round the 'chauffeur confidentiality' problem. c) If this decision makes it less likely that Stoke will get relegated, than it naturally follows that it's more likely that another club will get relegated, with the same kind of consequences for the businesses and residents of that town. Is it really part of a magistrate's job to promote the interests of their home town, in competition with another's? Some seriously flawed reasoning here. d) Driving at nearly 100mph is dangerous. Making these sorts of 'allowances' is irresponsible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 To be fair what tipped it over was the argument not mentioned there, it would cause cruel and unusual suffering to the chaffeur / people on the bus having Pulis near them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Accrington Stanley now have a potential strike pairing of Francis Jeffers & James Beattie. Would have been canny around 2001. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Supreme piece of skill I'm watching the MOTD repeat btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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