Rival watch

Bournemouth are atrocious
One down and lucky not to have conceded five and only 25 gone

 

Really struggling for form since the turn of the year. Can't buy a win.
They're a shambles at the back at the moment and Howe needs to change things.
Don't rate any of their keepers, either.

 

I predicted 3 - 0 and it doesn't look enough already. Despite currently being 14th, a shoeing today will put them right in the relegation shake down and they have a poor goal difference. Desperately, they need to get some wins and fast. Currently, that doesn't look likely. They have 2 home games up next against The Spammers and Swansea.After that, the next 4 games are Southampton [A}, Liverpool [A], Chelsea [H], Us [A]. Hmmmm.

Today's the 50th anniversary of QPR's victory in the League Cup, Rodney Marsh and all that. They were my Mum's Father's team and it's probably the first football result that I remember.

 

Ibrahimovic reffing the game. Throws Mings to the floor off the ball, then tells the ref what to do about it.
Some things don't change in the Prem, do they?

Penalty to Bournemouth! Ridiculous decision by Jones. What's he thinking there?

 

1-1. King. Very well placed penalty. De Gea went the right way and still couldn't get anywhere near it.

 

Friend's totally lost control of this one.
Bournemouth down to ten, while it should be Utd a man down.
He's got no idea what's going on and he's totally bottled that, after being surrounded by players.

 

That's been coming. He doesn't have authority over United's players, Zlatan in particular.

 

Quite the opposite, in fact.

 

The chances of him getting retrospectively banned? About 5%?

 

What a joke. Mings and Ibrahimovic should both have gone, not Surman I could understand the ref not seeing Mings' but Ibrahimovic's was clearly seen and he bottled it. Total joke the way refs have helped United out this season. Cowards the lot of them.

 

I'd say 100%. It's about whether pundits concentrate on it and his profile means that they will.
The Mings one is far more debatable and he's lower profile, so I doubt he'll get done.
They might try to "balance it out" and stick them both with one, though.

 

Yup, ref will say he saw it and they'll throw the book at Mings instead.

 

Neville was already dressing up Mings' as intentional so they'll run with that, I'm sure. In his defence though, he was put off balance by Rooney but I think he still could have done more to avoid Ibrahimovic and it's dangerous play at least.

Ibrahimovic's is as blatant as they come but I'm sure the officials will get out of banning him if they want to.

 

This all happened because Friend didn't deal with the original incident.
He's now going to get hammered, especially as he spent several days this week on the piss.

 

I hope that's the case but I'm not sure. Zlatan's big news for the PL. Ban him and the 'powers that be' start to wonder if he'll leave at the end of the season and less viewers in China mean that their bonuses will fall in a year or so. Much like how England Captain Shearer could do what he wanted and not get sent off or banned.

 

I guess we can work out where one of the 2000+ referees who are on strike this weekend should have been...

 

Not on their three day stag do for Anthony Taylor?

 

Unimpressed by Ibrahimovic's elbow, Mourinho brings on Fellaini.

 

Penalty to Utd. Stupid handball by Smith.
Saved by Boruc!
Still seems like it's just a matter of time.

 

Friend completely misses Artur getting sparked out.
Not a foul, for me, but it's an obvious head injury.
Having a mare.