I'm not winding you up, if you can be bothered to trawl back to your thread for the United game you'll see that that was my opinion then (one that many Hull fans agreed with). Davies got nowhere near the ball because he didn't have the desire that Smalling did. Just out muscled him.
Aye, don't see why people are complaining about the red. It's essentially a clear goal scoring opportunity, according to the rules that means a red card.
No it would have been a foul outside of the box and should have been then. The most annoying thing however was the constant unpunished diving as he gave United control of the refereeing. He gave a foul against Januzaj for diving but decided not to book him for diving for some reason
I personally think that his touch is too heavy. The ball spins away from him and means Dawson can put himself in a position to defend. Booking? Yes. Red card? Not for me, but I sympathise with Oliver.
Maybe, but the rules say it's a red. Sadly, there is a lack of common sense in the game and the strictness of the rules do not help.
Not a chance. It happens on every goal kick/long ball. Defenders generally out muscle/jump the attacker and win the ball.
(Might as well use this as an MOTD thread as well) I bet Hodgson would consider Caulker scoring twice a good reason for calling him up. ****, he probably thinks Caulker is still at Spurs, because he clearly hasn't watched Cardiff this season.
He's been Cardiff's best player by a country mile. I don't know why you under rate him so much. What gets me is Stekelenburg. He managed to play in the World Cup final but ****ing hell, he's absolute dogshit.
I've not seen the incident so can't comment, but assuming it wasn't a clear goal scoring oppurtunity denied by being fouled and Kaboul got sent of, the saddest thing is for the sake of 20 or 30 seconds for the 4th official to look at a replay whilst the players and ref are still bickering, a 90 minute game could still be ruined after 30 seconds due to a wrong decision.
I'm not saying he's absolute 'Tom Cleverley-esque' rubbish, but there is no way you can justify him being called up for England (as well as others) ahead of players such as Lescott, Davies among others.
Totally agree. If Sherwood is to lose his job then this is the type of result they would look at despite Spurs not being that bad. 4 individual errors (5 if you count the penalty decision, I don't) have cost Spurs big time.
Sherwood won't be sacked before the season end. Though he won't be there at the start of next season. Van Gaal methinks.
Well as Lescott is barely playing, you really can justify it. In the only game i've seen him play this season I thought he was ****e. As for Davies, my opinion is that Caulker should be ahead of him because there isn't a difference in ability, playstyle or leadership but Caulker should be nurtured into what I believe could be a future England captain. He won't be playing in the England side in the WC because there are defenders ahead (same for Davies) of him but i'd take him because he's the future (Davies isn't). Watching MOTD now, I really can't stand United. Not one likeable player.
Caulker has never played well when i've seen him, especially the game when we beat them 4-0, he was their worst defender on the day. The England squad MUST be picked on form. For me, based on what I have seen, Caulker should not be there. Saying that, half of the squad shouldn't be there... Who in their right mind does? Why do I have a feeling if that has been a West Brom player in Van Persie's situation he wouldve been sent off?
It feels like you're judging English players against the Premier League rather than against their fellow Englishmen. I didn't mind them so much when SAF was there with players like Vidic, Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney at their best. Now they're just a bunch of overpaid celebrities who aren't good enough. Because you have this weird "the big clubs get all the decisions" obsession
