Premier League 2011-2012

[GLCQuantum]

Only just realised Spurs' first 2 games are United away and City at home. Should be interesting.

[BaaBaa.]

[PeteC]

I wouldn't worry about it BaaBaa. Sure it's nice to have a romping, stomping victory on week 1 like Bolton did, but real patterns aren't going to emerge until October IMO. Pete

[BaaBaa.]

Yup, early days. Played well 1st half, not so much 2nd, but we've also got half a new team.

Will take a few games to bed in.

Downing is twice the player I thought he was though, well impressed.

Luis is just Luis, my favourite player, the mad, erratic, psycho, nutter! Most exciting player in the league for me.

[Terry]

Only just realised Spurs' first 2 games are United away and City at home. Should be interesting.

Yep - get the crap out of the way first..............

[Arcadian]

I read that Fabregas is willing to give up his loyalty bonus to be able to join Barc. LOYALTY ffs.
A couple of weeks ago I was almost convinced that Joey Barton was a reformed character and he would be a bonus for any club, but same old same old. Just a yellow card? Referees demand respect, they should earn it.

[Bamboo Grove]

Stoke vs Chelskea 0-0. How long will the new manager last?

[redzonerocker]

I read that Fabregas is willing to give up his loyalty bonus to be able to join Barc. LOYALTY ffs.

That's old news mate & the fact is, he's been told he has to give up his bonus.
A/ for not being loyal
B/ otherwise he's going nowhere

A couple of weeks ago I was almost convinced that Joey Barton was a reformed character and he would be a bonus for any club, but same old same old. Just a yellow card? Referees demand respect, they should earn it.

Song on Barton should & will be a red card courtesy of the FA panel.
Barton on Gervinho was either a yellow or red for each, not one red & one yellow

Barton's reaction to the slap was embarassing but so too was Steven Taylor's, indicating to the ref it was an elbow then refusing to comment in the interview after the game, embarassing mk2

The best thing is, Gervinho was clipped & it was a penalty!!

Most experienced ref in the league is Peter Walton . . . one of the worst as well

[bubbly]

Please sir,please sir,the ref didn't give us 3 points. all we did was stamp on a player and then later hit him and we got punished for it!!!!
Didn't hear you whinging so much when Eduardo took a blatent dive

[redzonerocker]

Please sir,please sir,the ref didn't give us 3 points.

We didn't deserve 3 pts

all we did was stamp on a player and then later hit him and we got punished for it!!!!

As i stated,or didn't you read it correctly?
No argument on the red card(s) but Barton manhandled Gervinho (before he fell down like a big girls blouse ) & should have gone too.
As for Taylor . . well his 'no comment' & embarassing silence in the after match interview tells it's own story

[/quote] Didn't hear you whinging so much when Eduardo took a blatent dive[/quote]

Eduardo dived alright but he's gone & that's history.
Just about every player in the prem takes a dive these days when the opportunity is there.
Unfortunately it's part of the modern game & not exclusive to foreign players either.

[bubbly]

Barton grabs Gervinho and drags him off the ground cos he dived.He didn't strike him!!! He got booked for it. Correct decision. Gervinho slaps Barton and yes he went down easily and made a meal of it but you cant strike another player!!! Red card,correct decision. Its too easy to jump on the"but its Joey Barton" bandwagon. If it was anyone else,would there be such an outcry????? I don't think so.

[redzonerocker]

Barton grabs Gervinho and drags him off the ground cos he dived.He didn't strike him!!! He got booked for it. Correct decision.

He manhandled him & dragged him up off the floor in an aggressive action, frothing at the mouth & tv replays show quite clearly Gervinho was fouled = no dive

To make matters worse, the ref didn't even see any of it & the linesmans view must have been obscured by the players, hence he got the red for Barton's reaction & Taylors theatrical elbow insinuation
Unprofessional & pathetic the pair of them.

As for Gervinho, silly boy for getting involved

Gervinho slaps Barton and yes he went down easily and made a meal of it but you cant strike another player!!!

Slaps?
He barely made contact
. . . but if Barton didn't go down like a girl & Taylor didn't bear false witness, would Gervinho have got a red . . . . . probably not!!

Its too easy to jump on the"but its Joey Barton" bandwagon. If it was anyone else,would there be such an outcry????? I don't think so.

Be honest bubbly, he doesn't do himself any favours does he?
Good player but a liability & a nasty piece of work to boot

[bubbly]

Yeah whatever. You've got red tinted glasses and mine are black and white. Thats footbell

[BaaBaa.]

Kinda like Joey Barton, despite his past. Not singling out Gervinho as it was his debut but Barton only did what we've all felt like doing many times.

[redzonerocker]

Kinda like Joey Barton, despite his past.

A moron & a bully
Youtube is full of his cowardly attacks & challenges, not a great role model

Not singling out Gervinho as it was his debut but Barton only did what we've all felt like doing many times.

You've lost me there, video replays show quite clearly Gervinho was clipped.
Even that most partisan of barcodes (Shearer)on MOTD thought it was a pen

Whatever , it didn't deserve a reaction like Barton's