I'll personally pay for the plane tickets for Soto and Spearing to go to new clubs.

The injuries to Johnson and Agger have shown just how little depth we have down back. Kyrgiakos is terrible and we've got a ridiculous injury list. Aurelio, Kelly, Agger, Johnson...is there any chance we can recall Insua from Galatasaray? He's only sitting on the bench there.

I think 'penalty every day of the week' is a bit far, Odemwingie was very theatrical about it... but Pepe never got anywhere near the ball. I'd say 7 times out of 10 it's a pen, so I cant complain about it being given. Was just very depressing to lose to two penalties.

If Reina didn't get anything on it, Odemwingie wouldn't have lost control of the ball and wouldn't have hit the turf.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1372782/Roy-Hodgson-paid-7-3m-Liverpool-exit.html

45k per day. Nice work if you can get .

The standard level of quotes or references for a daily there, imno: 0.


In most other sports you're penalised for that. We see players penalised for that in football all the time.

To make matters worse, Aitkenmike is one of the users on here who still arks up about the penalty in '06 v Italy...but this was a black and white pen?

It's the role of the referee to protect the keeper's right to go for the ball, and if he catches the man yeah sure, penalty. But if the man catches him that's never a penalty and to give it thus is a complete load of bollocks.

But he did catch the man. His leg came through and tripped up Odemwingie. Keeper goes for the ball, misses, and hits the player, who goes down because of it. That's a penalty every day of the week. Hell, if this was roles reversed, you'd be screaming blue murder if it hadn't been payed.

you're funny

Exactly.

If Afro honestly believes himself, I feel sorry for him, I really do. Just lowers my opinion of Liverpool fans even more.

So I should hate Man U fans just because of R_H? Or hate Chelsea because of FarcosMlores? What a stupid mindset to have.

That is a football fan.

You have to struggle to deny that certain people make you dislike teams. I mean does Alex not make you dislike Sydney Olympic?

It what creates hatred between players and fans. I bet you dislike United even more due to Sir Alex, Gary Neville and Mancs. I don't really know the rivalry here but back over there, I didn't have much time for City fans or Liverpool fans. Just don't see eye to eye on anything. So therefore, I dislike them.

Thats ridiculous...Not worth the paper the story would havebeen printed on.

No its not but a narrow minded ijiot ! get over yourself really added with the comments what creates hatred between players and fans. We arn't living in the stone age of brittania anymore hello :-({|=

Something has to trigger it. You just don't not like someone becuase of the colour shirt they are wearing. I bet you hate certain players...we all do. Why don't you like them? I am guessing it is something they have done or said...

If I was on the other end of that decision and it wasn't paid I'd be disappointed but I'd understand that the keeper is entitled to play the ball, which is exactly what he did.

Let me ask you this: If a corner comes in, and the keeper comes out for the ball, misses the ball and crashes into a defender, is that a penalty as well? Becuase I've never seen that given.

If he doesn't collect the ball and crashes into an attacker (I assume you mean this rather than a defender) who has brought the ball down on his chest (as we are talking about a player in possession of the ball) or a player who is about to head the ball into the net, then yes, that would be a penalty.

I just don't see how you can not see that the 2nd penalty was a clear penalty. The keeper has come out, he has missed the ball, his legs have collected the striker, who has gone down. I don't understand why this wouldn't be a penalty.

Odemwingie wasn't in possession of the ball though, he'd a) lost control of the ball, and b) didn't have a clear scoring opportunity.

Whether or not he had a clear goal scoring opportunity doesn't matter because it has no bearing on whether it's a penalty or not.

WTF does that have to do with anything.

:lol: Can we stop with this argument? It's clearly going nowhere.

a):lol: Is that because you think the keeper had already picked it up as you seem to think he won the ball despite missing it clearly? :lol:
b) Agreed, there was a covering defender coming across as Odemwingie checked back in (showing he still had possession) therefore correctly no red card for DOGSO was given, but that doesn't change the fact that it is a penalty.

No, i'm enjoying marvelling at how someone can be so obviously self-deluding.:twisted:

because penalties are only given when the player has a clear scoring opportunity...........:roll: :roll: :roll:

"Won the ball" = "Picked it up"? Where the fuck does it stipulate that? I guess we'd better tell all the players that you have to pick up the ball to win it back. What the fuck is this, rugby?

Exageration for effect. He got as close to picking the ball up as he did to kicking it. Not that you have even been able to admit that yet.

Exaggeration for effect? Well why don't you completely exaggerate the truth and claim that Reina punched Odemwingie in the face? :roll:

Because then you would be saying Odemwingie's face got in the way of Reina's hand.

Correct call. Everyone knows it, you too Afro. Move on.

Yeah, beucase clearly peoples inability to understand context is the problem here. You use an irrelevany hyperbole as your contention and think it makes sense. And then someone brings up something completely fucking irrelevant. Of course you 'win' the argument.