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God it's brilliant! Don't think it was acted at all though - if they'd have been acting there would have been far more wailing and gnashing at the end. Reckon the guy just knew they'd b******ed it up after the first two pens and just sat, stunned and unable to react at all. Whoever made that REALLY hates Milan

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Know what you're saying, but I think he's clever enough to realise he can only do it when he's done something special - in which case people will forgive him pretty much anything! Not that he should give a toss what those c*nuts think after the abuse he's taken from a bunch of ignorant no marks.

I LOVE PETER CROUCH AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR HIM!!! All those old trafford c****. "I'm a Mn U fan, I'm gonna boo Peter Crouch cos everyone says he's a lanky streak of piss..." where are you now you pathetic little turds? CROUCHY!!!

That's heartwarming that is - great to see other fans seeing the light. I'm made up for Crouchy.

tingling all over!

That's the line I always remember - so beautiful, said with such incredulity and sheer wonder!

In the sky bound for football heaven

Cheers for looking up the laws Kev - my gut feeling told me that should be the case all along. Which leads us to: The point I've been trying to make is that the red card DID prevent a goalscoring opportunity. By the time the ref decides whether or not to play advantage, the game has moved on. The foul has to be judged in the moment - and at the moment Lehmann hacked the man down he was preventing a clear goalscoring opportunity. What happens thereafter is beside the point. IMHO. As for the Campbell handball example - I definitely think a player should be sent off under those circumstances!

Sorry, I still disagree. Eto'o was through on goal, went past Lehmann and was chopped down. His opportunity to score a goal was thereby denied. The fact that the ball then broke free to another player doesn't alter that. But I'm probably sounding just a bit nit-picking right now so I'll shut up

It's been doing my head in, this bare-faced assertion that if the ref had allowed the goal he then wouldn't have sent Lehmann off. This forum seems to be about the only place where the opposite view even gets an airing! I always thought the laws were pretty clear - if there's a foul the ref can allow advantage, then go back and administer the appropriate sanction for the foul. No-one would bat an eyelid if there was a bookable foul in midfield, advantage was played and the ref then went back with the yellow card. So surely in this case, there was a red card offence (something even Wenger, Henry and Lehmann appear to accept), therefore correct course of action would have been to allow advantage, award the goal, then send Lehmann off for the red card offence. As for your point Liverbobs, I'd argue that Lehmann was still deliberately denying Eto'o a goalscoring opportunity - hence the red card. The fact that the ball then broke free to another player and the goal was scored is beside the point. Doesn't alter the fact that Lehmann had to go. But as I said at the top, my main frustration is this parroting in the media that it should have been either a goal or a sending off. And no-one seems to be questioning that orthodoxy.

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Poorly written attack. You pompous self-regarding knobend

cheers Sutty

What sort of people spend their time laying into a writer who's spent years (mostly unpaid) writing insightful stuff which thousands eagerly await and enjoy reading each week. Bizarre. He's the best internet writer around and his articles are generally spot on. I don't see how anyone who enjoys spending time on a forum reading people's opinions could possibly object. Let alone take the opportunity to publicly slag him off.

Not you calling it small time mate. Just a couple of other self-appointed moral guardians. Speaking of which, I do think anyone who behaves like Terry off the field isn't someone I'd be proud to support on it. Doesn't mean we most likely have people in our squad who might have done similar things, but where it seems clear to me that someone like Terry is a nasty b*****d then I don't want to see him wearing red. Same went for Bowyer a couple of years ago. Anyway it'll never happen!

You may have a point there

Has more to do with glassing bouncers and laughing in the face of American tourists after 9/11. But what the f***, call it small time if you like.

Also a totally nasty c**t. I'd hate to have him play for us. Genuinely.

Aye. What a class A c**t

Ah well. Give a f*** right now

What did Cisse do¿

OH YA f***ING BEAUTY!!!!!! f***ING DID THOSE c****!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the updates everyone

Lampard to skew one wide from inside the six yard box in the last 30 seconds. PLEASE.

f***ING COME ON BOYS.... please hold on