And, we're off.....2016/17

[Lord Tyrion]

What I meant is if one player had stayed on their feet and the other went flying in you are at risk of serious injury.

Most of us were taught to be fully committed in challenges instead of hanging back ( protecting ourself) for that reason.

When I say fully committed I mean fair and hard not reckless and OTT.

:thup:

That is the same in rugby or hockey as well. A half hearted tackle is more dangerous than a full on one. Only when in control though, as you say.

 

[user2010]

Bad dive from Sterling before Aguero scored and referee did nothing. MOTD didn't even mention it.

He didn`t dive....he kicked the ground and fell over the advancing keeper.:rofl::thup:

 

[Qwerty]

Bad dive from Sterling before Aguero scored and referee did nothing. MOTD didn't even mention it.

Yep It was a shocking dive, he really needs to work on his technique with his Diving coach.

Glad you mentioned it, I was beginning to think I'd imagined it.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

He lives in North Wales and he's a Blue apparently.

:rofl: :rofl: it's a conspiracy :rofl: :rofl:

 

[freddielong]

he plays on the Maxitour where most of the comps are in Manchester with a few ex Man U players also play don't know where he lives but if he is Manchester based he should not be doing Manchester clubs games.

Manchester United and Spurs always do well with him whilst Arsenal who have a win rate of approx 60 percent usually it falls suspiciously to around 20 percent when Dean refs.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

At this particular moment I would like to quote the late, great Kenneth Williams, as Julius Cesar:

"infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me".

Shown only the other day and it still made me laugh.

 

[sawtooth]

He didn`t dive....he kicked the ground and fell over the advancing keeper.:rofl::thup:

Maybe that's the cunning new dive technique. This way you can still try to fool the ref for a pen but you also have a get out. You cant castigate a player for accidentally kicking the ground. Genius.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

:rofl: :rofl: it's a conspiracy :rofl: :rofl:

I always thought he supported tranmere but LB told me he was definitely a Blue. Tranmere is on his list at the FA as the team he supports.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Has only Ref'd 4 games in total between us, was took off the 2006 Cup Final between you's and West Ham because of possible allegiances to you's (papers claimed).
Neither of us suffer or benefit from him, unlike poor Arsenal :rofl:

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Has only Ref'd 4 games in total between us, was took off the 2006 Cup Final between you's and West Ham because of possible allegiances to you's (papers claimed).
Neither of us suffer or benefit from him, unlike poor Arsenal :rofl:

He's the reason Arsenal haven't won the league over the last decade

 

[freddielong]

He's the reason Arsenal haven't won the league over the last decade

It must be nice when you haven't won the league in so long that people stop joking about it, just so I know Stuart_C when is that?

 

[sawtooth]

He's the reason Arsenal haven't won the league over the last decade

Whats youse excuse for the last 25? 😷

 

[Deleted member 1740]

It must be nice when you haven't won the league in so long that people stop joking about it, just so I know Stuart_C when is that?

When is what ?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Whats youse excuse for the last 25? 😷

Uriah Rennie, Howard Webb, rob styles, Graham poll, Roger Milford, Steve Bennett Jeff winte:r Mike Riley, dermott Gallagher:rofl: :rofl:

 

[freddielong]

When is what ?

How many years of not winning the league before people just don't expect your team to so stop joking about it? I am guessing around 15 -20.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

How many years of not winning the league before people just don't expect your team to so stop joking about it? I am guessing around 15 -20.

I don't set the rules so crack on. Personally I don't get so touchy when it's mentioned by other armchair fans.

 

[Slime]

I heard Ray Wilkins describe the Jones aspect of the tackle this morning as "he cleared out the attacker". Took the ball, no question, but also fully took out the West Ham player. An old fashioned tackle in effect which in the modern era is not often seen as it gives the ref a chance to book you. I am absolutely not advocating that Jones should have been carded but clearing out a player is a risky business in modern football.
Stay on your feet, stops the problem. If you were a manager you would be pounding that into players heads all the time.

No he didn't.
Jones was on his way past the West Ham player when the West Ham player arrived and then went into the side of Jones's legs.

 

[Old Skier]

Mike dean did even things out though by not sending kouyate off for what was a two footed out of control lunge......

And this is his main fault here, total lack of consistency giving the impression that he may have thought the first one may have been wrong so he wasn't going to do anything about the Kouyate incident which was worthy of the same punishment.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

No he didn't.
Jones was on his way past the West Ham player when the West Ham player arrived and then went into the side of Jones's legs.

We will have to agree to disagree on that one.

 

[Papas1982]

Is it march already?