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Once again Wayne Rooney has proved what a petulant little shit he can be. He can be a great player at times but last night he was very poor. Just goes to show he still hasn't matured and is easy to wind up in these big game competitions. Wonder if his dad had a bet on him being sent off.
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There seems to have been a bug in the system that merged two discussions together, "Single Guys in ED" and "Football Focus", as Football focus was the largest (by about 250 pages!) this has become the main thread.


Sorry about that.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Parkdrive Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I believe not just the Rodwell decsion to be

> > wrong, Van der Vaart clearly handled the ball

> to

> > score Tottenhams first goal but none of the

> > officials gave it. The decsion to disallow

> Wolves

> > a perfectly legitimate goal was also

> questionable

> > to say the least. Perhaps this will just add

> fuel

> > to the fire regarding video replays for match

> > officials?

>

> It's debatable whether it was handball or not.

> Certainly none of the Arsenal players appealed at

> the time. And as for video replays I think that

> could spoil the flow of the game. I'd only go for

> goal line technology though. Too many times a ball

> has been clearly over the line and not given.


I missed this at the time it was posted, but I think I'm right in saying Mertesacker protested immediately.

Spain (like Barcelona) play some beautiful football - almost redefining the game... but at 3-1 ahead against Scotland they still, when suffering a minor foul, go down and roll as though savaged by a rabid dog (like Barcelona). This means I am constantly struggling between admiration and repugnance.


Admirugnance?

maxxi Wrote:

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> Spain (like Barcelona) play some beautiful

> football - almost redefining the game... but at

> 3-1 ahead against Scotland they still, when

> suffering a minor foul, go down and roll as though

> savaged by a rabid dog (like Barcelona). This

> means I am constantly struggling between

> admiration and repugnance.

>

> Admirugnance?


Repugmiration?..It's frustrating, as they just don't need to resort to those tactics, I guess it's cultural.


Obviously their technique and movement with the ball is second to none, but it's their pressing game when they haven't got the ball that impresses me the most, Scotland could hardly get out of their own half with the ball, yet hardly pressed Spain in their own half, allowing them to pass it out from defence to midfield effortlessly.

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