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Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by humanbeingincroydon, Sep 21, 2016.

  1. vimhawk

    vimhawk Well-Known Member

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    It's annoying when ratings are clearly written with a bias toward the result. You can be sure that most teams will not get 11 shots on target against ManU, yet many of those ManU opponents who failed to get 11 shots on target will get higher scores. Makes you wonder how all those shots happened doesn't it?

    While I'm letting off steam and also on the wrong thread, I'm just wondering how often a player making a studs up challenge does not get sent off? You can say all you like about "not sure the intention was there" (as Pogba apologists have been saying) but I thought dangerous play was dangerous play? Presumably we can look forward to the next challenge like that (except if made by a Liverpool player of course) also being given a yellow - with no punishment for kicking the ball away of course.
     
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  2. "Thanks for that Brian"

    "Thanks for that Brian" Well-Known Member

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    There was something terrible and familiar about the refereeing of the game and its reporting. It was almost as if Sir Ferguson had returned to United....
     
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  3. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Quite. I've heard some fans saying that they've got their United back and I can't help but agree.
     
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  4. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    They got their obnoxious sense of entitlement and pathological need to try and shout down any and all valid criticism already...
     
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  5. paultheplug

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    Benny got sent off some time back for a similar but less dangerous looking tackle
     
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  6. Diego

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    No need to look forward, United v Newcastle a week earlier, Shelvey studs straight into the back of Pogba's knee with no chance of getting the ball........yellow card <ok>

    I presume you have already pointed this out though :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  7. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    And there was a big uproar about it and everyone agreed that it was a red. This time? Crickets.
     
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  8. Diego

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    So, no need to look forward then :emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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  9. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    Says a lot that the article in yesterday's Standard about Dembele's time with the club had this as an opening paragraph...

    To get the measure of Mousa Dembele, forget his statistics and listen to the people who know him best. Dembele is due to complete a £9million move from Tottenham to Chinese club Guangzhou today, having won precisely nothing in 324 appearances in English football — fewer than he would have liked in eight-and-a-half injury-hit seasons since joining Fulham.
     
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  10. Think we could have guessed this! <laugh>
     
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  11. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    The current issue of WSC has an article about Steptonho's stint at Man Utd and how it was doomed to fail from the start, and while the first 2/3 of the article makes several valid arguments about why he was a bad choice from the outset and how he ****ed up the club during his stint, the last third of the article inexplicably turns into a POCH TO UNITED stream of consciousness that's riddled with patent untruths (not least the lie about tapping-up Poch at Southampton that we've seen regurgitated here before) while also trying to suggest that there's no difference in the approach even though at no point did countless pundits or ex-Spurs players (or both, as is the case with ex-Man Utd players) not only blab to the press how Poch should move but also devote the majority of the coverage of Southampton matches to it - including throughout the bloody match
     
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  12. Rocky blue army

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    Hacks saying palace and west ham interested in signing Vinnie for £12 million knowing levy he will be negotiating for saha as well <laugh> just don't want Carroll
     
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  13. O.Spurcat

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    One of the best hacks ever, passed away today.

    RIP Hugh McIlvanney.
     
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    Oliver Holt in pro-Spurs article shocker! :emoticon-0104-surpr
     
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  15. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    Did he lose a bet?
     
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    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    According to the BBC, Forest Green Rovers' goalkeeper lost some teeth in a collision with an opposition player.

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    It's that or he got kicked right in the ****ing face. One or the other.
    I'll hide the results behind a spoiler tag:
     
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  17. SpursDisciple

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    You should see the other lad? - what did you do, scuff his studs?
     
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  18. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    Paul Scholes has been harrumphing to anyone who'll listen that, if Poch ever becomes Man Utd manager, he needs to try to win every trophy available

    Because if there's one thing Alex Ferguson was known for it's going out of his way to make sure his team wins the Season Killer Cup and definitely not sacking it off at the earliest opportunity

    And then there's that thing about sacking off the FA Cup by not even taking part in it...
     
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  19. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    It's a shame that Scholes doesn't apply such high standards to punditry. We'd never see him again.
     
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  20. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    "Do as I say, not as I did during my career that I seem to have forgotten about" - the Sky pundit's creed
     
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