Sport Football Thread 2011/2012

[neoELITE]

Reina's now suspended for the FA Cup semi-final against Everton. Brad Jones is the second choice keeper and he's not played a game this season. Perch did the usual footballer thing but Reina should know better. Poor old Liverpool aren't very good at the moment are they? I didn't realise it was so long ago that they won the league title.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_League_1989-90

[DC Lemon]

Would Reina get in more trouble if he actually connected with Perch? It's such a waste to get a red for what he did. You'll see more aggressive behaviour than that go unpunished but there's no chance of an appeal. You've got to break a nose if you're going to miss the semi-final of the FA Cup.

Both players were guilty of simulation!

[Kelthink]

It's pretty much the same way he got his last red card, which is a bit stupid too (him and Robben).

[rjpageuk]

Pushing your head into someone seems to happen a lot in football nowadays (e.g.

earlier in the year) and something is only done about it by the ref if the other player rolls around pretending he is hurt so no wonder players do that - they would be hurting their team if they didnt.

[JamesTW]

Brad Jones is the second choice keeper and he's not played a game this season.

No he isnt

[Dudley]

Would Reina get in more trouble if he actually connected with Perch? It's such a waste to get a red for what he did. You'll see more aggressive behaviour than that go unpunished but there's no chance of an appeal. You've got to break a nose if you're going to miss the semi-final of the FA Cup.

Nope it's violent conduct either way. If you take a swing at someone and miss it's exactly the same offence.

(I'm just talking about the LOAF here rather than what "should" be the case)

[ryodi]

Doni is the second choice keeper isn't he? I seem to recall him playing in the Carling Cup games earlier in the season.

[redbloodcell]

No he isnt

I was going to say - they got Doni in the summer. Still, he hasn't played a game all season either. Good 'keeper though, never understood why he fell out of favour at Roma so much.

[Daley]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8fUnbZkCA&feature=player_embedded

Check out this Brazilian ballboy who pops onto the pitch to clear a goal-bound shot off the line during a match between Guarany and Sergipe to decide the Campeonato Sergipano (a regional league). Sergpipe break clear only to see their ‘goal’ stopped by the cheeky scamp, causing a near riot. While he might have prevented a goal, the ballboy couldn't stop Sergpipe winning 1-0.

[redbloodcell]

Del Piero's (white boots) first touch yesterday:

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/fabio-quagliarella-juventus-v-napoli/

Oh and Juve won again, they've got the tougher run-in but look determined to take the fight to the wire.

[Calashnikov]

Just got back from the San Siro, what a game!

FT 5 Inter Milan 4 Genoa

13'[1 - 0]D. Milito

27'[2 - 0]D. Milito

38'[3 - 0]W. Samuel

45'[3 - 1]E. Moretti

59'[3 - 2]R. Palacio (pen.)

74'[4 - 2]M. Zárate

79'J. César (red card)

80'[4 - 3]A. Gilardino (pen.)

84'F. Belluschi (red card)

85'[5 - 3]D. Milito (pen.)

90'[5 - 4]A. Gilardino (pen.)

Lucky boy, that sounds like a classic.

[neoELITE]

No he isnt

I stand corrected. Doni is the second choice keeper. A Liverpool supporting friend at work corrected me on this but then went quiet when I asked him about Liverpool's recent form. I can see Everton beating them in the semi as they're ending the season very strongly and Liverpool can't seem to score. I don't particularly dislike Liverpool but, as a neutral, I find them quite boring to watch. Reina didn't do them any favours at all. I was quite pleased that Newcastle won the game yesterday - they seem to be a real team and I've always admired how passionate and loyal their fanbase are - no matter what league they play in, they attend games in their 1000s. Alan Pardew should really get the manager of the year award this season.

[El Pibe]

I'd really like to see Everton win the cup this season.

[Jamin]

As a Liverpool fan I find them boring to watch, so you neutrals don't stand a chance. I'm going for a 0-0 for the semi and we pinch it in extra-time. Own goal.

[Sirloin]

Jesus, how did Gary Neville get to be this good at being a pundit? Pointed out more interesting things from 20 seconds of footage than Match of the Day have managed all season.

[El Pibe]

Listening to 5Live and they have Phil Neville summarising. It's a Neville monopoly!

[DC Lemon]

When players don't go down like theatrical tarts, you get other players being able to do this on a football pitch.

[SaintM]

Do what?

[PDogg]

That's better than any tackle Scholes has ever made.

[JamesTW]

I hate dirty Scholes but the other guy should of gone for that, it's deliberate

[Big Gus]

The Daily Record have got hold of the CCTV footage of the assault David Goodwillie admitted recently.

Got to be said, his then team mate Danny Swanson got absolutely mullered.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2012/04/03/video-watch-dramatic-cctv-footage-of-scotland-striker-david-goodwillie-s-4am-city-centre-street-fight-86908-23811126/

Pwopa nawty, etc.

[SaintM]

I hate dirty Scholes but the other guy should of gone for that, it's deliberate

You know what, I didn't even see that elbow despite watching it about 6 times trying to see what was so bad.

It's a shame the ref didn't miss it totally because the FA won't do a post-match review and ban now (or have they stopped that stupid policy yet?).

[PDogg]

Hahaha, that guy falling over the bin

[a big boy]

When players don't go down like theatrical tarts, you get other players being able to do this on a football pitch.

Classic Howard Webb 'sensible refereeing': booking for an outright assault.

[KRP]

Ibrahimovic looks like Zod.

[Rsdio]

Little run-down of crap mascots here which mostly raised a chuckle - the Villa one raised a WTF. We made it in at number 12.. I'd forgotten that Terry the Terrier once had a wife

[a big boy]

I was just going to say you can see Milan hitting them on the break here (honest I was). Lovely ball from Zlatan

[Marlowe]

Pretty soft penalty. You see shirt pulling like that go unpunished at the majority of corners, and the corner hadn't even been taken. In any other game that's just a talking to.

[Naysonymous]

[tyler]

More corrupt officiating keeps AC at arms length to ensure Glorious Barca's progression.