Can't really blame Tottenham for cheating, how often in the future are they going to get to play on a Wednesday night?

Am i the only one that doesn't see what the fuss is about re VVD? He's decent enough but a lot more error phrone than general consensus suggests.

Thought he was crap.

Danny Rose and Jan Vertonghen are the dirtiest players in the PL

1 hour ago, PloKoon13 said:

Is it really a cut-off date rather than a cut-off number of fixtures? How absurdly arbitrary.

Then again, with the incompetents who run the game, who can honestly be surprised?

 

My understanding is that it's a cut off date of Dec 31st, irrespective of how many games each club has played.

1 hour ago, Davey Baby said:

My understanding is that it's a cut off date of Dec 31st, irrespective of how many games each club has played.

I believe you, I was just marvelling at how ridiculous the system is.

13 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

I believe you, I was just marvelling at how ridiculous the system is.

On face value yes, but it's 5 cards, and whether it's a number of games, or a date that you have to acrue them by, is much of a muchness when you consider that it could be 5 straight games in a month that gets a player a ban :)

 

Kante got booked in our opening fixture vs West Ham on 15th August, and then not again until 20th November, the start of a run of 4 yellows in 6 games ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37975118

 

Really good article on the accuracy of newspaper gossip columns.

Mike Dean's last 7 Spurs games:

- Spurs Won: 6
- Draw: 1
- Spurs Lost: 0

Penalties awarded for Spurs: 5
Red cards given to opposition: 3

1 hour ago, BelgradeCFC said:

Mike Dean's last 7 Spurs games:

- Spurs Won: 6
- Draw: 1
- Spurs Lost: 0

Penalties awarded for Spurs: 5
Red cards given to opposition: 3

Hope he's not doing our game against them

Has the play advantage ruled been changed? Couple of incidents on the weekend I'm aware of, the FK against us in the dying minute of the first half, and the penalty awarded to Spurs yesterday. On both occasions, attacking team opted to play on and gained full advantage, somehow they missed the goal scoring chance and the referee awarded them again. The one for Spurs was a game changer, PK and a red card after Spurs squandered their goal scoring chance. Literally, 2 bites at the cherry, I don't think this is what's the rule intended to do.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38463120

Samir Nasri: Sevilla midfielder investigated after treatment tweets

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Sevilla midfielder Samir Nasri is being investigated by the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (AEPSAD) over treatment he received at a Los Angeles clinic.

The Drip Doctors clinic posted a tweet saying the on-loan Manchester City star had been given an immunity IV drip.

It triggered a series of embarrassing tweets, which were subsequently deleted, leading to the Frenchman claiming his account had been hacked.

The drip given to Nasri, 29, may break World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) rules.

The immunity IV drip involves one litre of hydration and is designed to "combat superbugs and common viruses", according to the Drip Doctors website.

Wada place a 50ml limit on IV infusions for active athletes in six-hour periods unless it was "received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures or clinical investigations".

A statement from AEPSAD said it had "commenced an investigation into treatment used by football player Samir Nasri".

It added: "AEPSAD wants to gather all the information and check what happened. We must be very prudent at the moment. We can't prejudge the player."

Former Arsenal player Nasri, who has 41 France caps, joined Manchester City in 2011 but left in August for a season-long loan with the Spanish side, who are third in La Liga.

 

kind of funny how his this nasri stay has started..

them chinese are batsh*t crazy

Edited December 30, 20168 yr by havelschayes

I see Clattenburg is interested in a move to China.....He does seem a tad vein with the fake hair, CL tats and so on. Be right up his Street being the highest paid referee in history 

I'd be more understanding of him taking the money than players.

What makes me laugh reading his comments he's talking of wanting to help the standard of refereeing in the Chinese league. It's not about the money etc. Yeah yeah I'd have more respect if he just said it's about the money tbh

I wonder if the Chinese clubs are interested in buying fans too...

2 hours ago, Chelsbear said:

I see Clattenburg is interested in a move to China.....He does seem a tad vein with the fake hair, CL tats and so on. Be right up his Street being the highest paid referee in history 

Good, i won't miss him if he goes. Hopefully they go for Mike Dean too. These two get far too much attention in my opinion.

From what i have seen, referees that get so much attention are often the ones that make the most mistakes. You don't want refs to be talked about and making headlines, all you want from them is to be making correct decisions.

4 hours ago, Stim said:

I'd be more understanding of him taking the money than players.

Is he not already on Liverpool's pay roll

Feel bad for Hull City, they stood strong until that last minute corner. I hope for a good second half.

Weird how's there's a 7.45pm KO tonight. Never heard of a New Years Evening game. 

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

Weird how's there's a 7.45pm KO tonight. Never heard of a New Years Evening game. 

Where are you seeing this ? Liverpool v Man City are on at 5:30pm and there are no more games after that.

Edited December 31, 20168 yr by Scott Harris

United 1-0 down to Boro

Who would you prefer to win if it's not a draw? 6 points to Liverpool or 7 to City.

Edited December 31, 20168 yr by Ernie_blue