joe hart

[Lavinda Past]

He hasn't. One of the players has leaked it. No big deal.

Agree with the decision to drop him and also with DD's assessment here. Although I suspect that had this happened last year you would have used this as a stick to beat Mancini with. Leaks in the dressing room show that the manager has lost the dressing room, sign of poor team morale etc etc.

Nobody leaked it!
People just noted that whereas it's usually Joe in goal for training b4 match day, it was pantilimon today. No drama. We knew this was gonna happen.

It's been reported by one of the papers (can't be arsed checking which) that Joe Hart was 'fuming' when he left training... It doesn't take a genius to put 2+2 together and actually get the right answer.

It's how he acts in January that matters

 

[alanblue]

About fucking time

 

[Burtonblue]

Good call by Pellegrini, had to be done. Joe's a big man, in every sense, and he needs to spend some time on the bench, get some distance from what's going on on the pitch, look and learn, and generally get his head sorted. However, he must be given a chance to play himself back into the team, and that obviously means cup matches. Tricky question, then: who plays the CL? Can we really put Pants in for those games? I doubt it , myself.

If Pants does well enough in the PL games then he should play in the CL.
A lot of people here seem to have forgotten he is the Rumanian national keeper. He is no novice and should have the experience to play CL football.

 

[tonea2003]

time will tell if it turns out to be a right decision, i hope joe hart reacts in the right way which i'm sure he will

 

[Falastur]

Good call by Pellegrini, had to be done. Joe's a big man, in every sense, and he needs to spend some time on the bench, get some distance from what's going on on the pitch, look and learn, and generally get his head sorted. However, he must be given a chance to play himself back into the team, and that obviously means cup matches. Tricky question, then: who plays the CL? Can we really put Pants in for those games? I doubt it , myself.

If Pants does well enough in the PL games then he should play in the CL.
A lot of people here seem to have forgotten he is the Rumanian national keeper. He is no novice and should have the experience to play CL football.

Actually, he just got dropped from the Romanian national team.

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

About fucking time

Come on Al, tell us what you really mean, stop sitting on the fence.

 

[Burtonblue]

Good call by Pellegrini, had to be done. Joe's a big man, in every sense, and he needs to spend some time on the bench, get some distance from what's going on on the pitch, look and learn, and generally get his head sorted. However, he must be given a chance to play himself back into the team, and that obviously means cup matches. Tricky question, then: who plays the CL? Can we really put Pants in for those games? I doubt it , myself.

If Pants does well enough in the PL games then he should play in the CL.
A lot of people here seem to have forgotten he is the Rumanian national keeper. He is no novice and should have the experience to play CL football.

Actually, he just got dropped from the Romanian national team.

Fair play. I suspect it may have something to do with the fact they haven't seen him play for months....
Either way, he has played at top level before.

 

[Len Rum]

Good call by Pellegrini, had to be done. Joe's a big man, in every sense, and he needs to spend some time on the bench, get some distance from what's going on on the pitch, look and learn, and generally get his head sorted. However, he must be given a chance to play himself back into the team, and that obviously means cup matches. Tricky question, then: who plays the CL? Can we really put Pants in for those games? I doubt it , myself.

If Pants does well enough in the PL games then he should play in the CL.
A lot of people here seem to have forgotten he is the Rumanian national keeper. He is no novice and should have the experience to play CL football.

Actually, he just got dropped from the Romanian national team.

What' s the chant tomorrow then - Romania's No. 2 ? Has got a certain ring to it.

 

[mcfcphil]

Don't even think there was much of a decision to be made. Hart's form has made him to all intents unplayable.

 

[Jumanji]

If the rumours are true, then that's fantastic.

It would set a terrible precedent if a player is in such poor form (not even sure form is the right word at this point), yet can keep their place.

If you play well enough, you should generally be rewarded with a start. For similar reasons, Dzeko should start Sunday.

Some very obtuse humour in that last paragraph.

Play well enough
Dzeko?
SUNDAY?

i meant tommorow obviously...wouldn't be the first honest mistake a human has made.

& yes Dzeko...he just got an assist and goal. He's made a case to start the next game.