Tonight's Champions League Games

[JM Mcr]

Really enjoyed the celtic game last bight and fair play to them.

JUst seen the gif of the Rooney penalty and am not surprised anymore.

I never used To be in the agenda camp but I am certainly swaying to this side now.

Really? And that gif is one of the factors swaying you is it?

I actually think Rooney's penalty was, at best, very soft (as was the Braga penalty imo) but I don't think you can base any judgement on a 2 second gif of an incident, from one particular angle.

Seems to be a growing trend on here to back up debate on controversial decisions with the "evidence" of a gif. Such clips are always very brief and from the angle that best supports the posters argument, great for entertainment and encouraging debate but usually proof of nothing.

it wasn't a penalty m8 are you fucking blind if rooney got a penalty like that then certainly ballotelli deserved a penalty

My point was the use of a gif clip as proof of a wrong decision. I've already posted on here that Balotelli was fouled at the end (albeit following the ref missing the initial foul on De Jong in the build up to City's freekick beforethe penalty incident) but I'm sure if I could be arsed, and had the know-how, I could produce a 2 second clip from an angle that showed Balotelli shoving his hand in the defenders throat as a counter argument.

Photos/vid clips from a particular angle can be used to support most arguments but in isolation rarely prove anything.

 

[hertsblue]

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7 penalties in 16 games in all competitions this season.

And how many sendings off? Got to be an average of a penalty/red card in each game!

They have qaulified with ease from probably the easiest ever CL group but have had abit of help on the way. Galatasary were denied 2 clear spot kicks at Utd and Rooney "i dont dive" last night was pretty bad.

They must be using up all the luck for the 2 of us, they seem to get opposition players sent off every game, a penalty every other game and individual errors by oppostions alot where we normally have the keeper having a blinder and blatant stuff not given to us and soft penalties/handball goals given against us

 

[I H8 Utd]

Really? And that gif is one of the factors swaying you is it?

I actually think Rooney's penalty was, at best, very soft (as was the Braga penalty imo) but I don't think you can base any judgement on a 2 second gif of an incident, from one particular angle.

Seems to be a growing trend on here to back up debate on controversial decisions with the "evidence" of a gif. Such clips are always very brief and from the angle that best supports the posters argument, great for entertainment and encouraging debate but usually proof of nothing.

it wasn't a penalty m8 are you fucking blind if rooney got a penalty like that then certainly ballotelli deserved a penalty

My point was the use of a gif clip as proof of a wrong decision. I've already posted on here that Balotelli was fouled at the end (albeit following the ref missing the initial foul on De Jong in the build up to City's freekick beforethe penalty incident) but I'm sure if I could be arsed, and had the know-how, I could produce a 2 second clip from an angle that showed Balotelli shoving his hand in the defenders throat as a counter argument.

Photos/vid clips from a particular angle can be used to support most arguments but in isolation rarely prove anything.

fuck the angles it wasn't a penalty ROONEY DIVED

 

[JM Mcr]

it wasn't a penalty m8 are you fucking blind if rooney got a penalty like that then certainly ballotelli deserved a penalty

My point was the use of a gif clip as proof of a wrong decision. I've already posted on here that Balotelli was fouled at the end (albeit following the ref missing the initial foul on De Jong in the build up to City's freekick beforethe penalty incident) but I'm sure if I could be arsed, and had the know-how, I could produce a 2 second clip from an angle that showed Balotelli shoving his hand in the defenders throat as a counter argument.

Photos/vid clips from a particular angle can be used to support most arguments but in isolation rarely prove anything.

fuck the angles it wasn't a penalty ROONEY DIVED

In your opinion, and maybe you're right, but what does that have to do with my overall point.

Perhaps you should be replying to the guy on the previous page who said it was a penalty?

 

[Latics Fan SJK]

One minute you're saying that you're a Celtic fan...

If by support you mean attending games whenever possible, than the local club in the state competition and Brisbane Roar in national competition (Australia), I am also a fan of the City.


What's your point?

Why you ask?

I ask because it seems you don't understand the difference between clubs that dine at the top table, have obscene amounts of money, world class youth set ups and compete in one of the biggest leagues in the world, with another club who has very little money due to playing in one of the shittest leagues in the world and that can only attract some of the finest players in the English Championship.

The simple fact that it surprises you to see a team like Celtic not try and beat Barcelona (arguably the greatest club side in modern times) at their own game, on their own patch, is laughable.

I support Celtic as much as you support Celtic and I couldn't give a fuck how they played against Barcelona. However, what I would expect, is for them to not play Barcelona at their own game because that is simply playing into their hands. Celtic's best players have been plucked from the English Championship. Barcelona have 3 of the 4 best players in the world.

So, for you to criticise Celtic's tactics (and not just Celtic's but any comparitively small team to Barcelona) for not trying to take the game to Barcelona in the same way Barcelona take the game to anyone else, is either down to your arrogance and belief that it's not about Celtic, but about the neutral fans watching around the world (i.e you), or that you simply don't understand football.

Celtic will do what is best for Celtic, not what looks better on television. For 93 minutes, they almost got a draw, to which their fans would have been delerious for. Instead, they got nothing, but I can bet you bottom dollar their fans were proud of their team's efforts and could all understand the tactics they employed, as can (probably) 90% of the worlds population.

You, on the other hand....

i'm a celtic fan mate well said

And then the next minute, you're a City fan and hate any talk of Celtic in this forum.

i know a celtic fan & if i say anything bad about celtic he
loses his cool . but on the other hand he thinks it's okay to talk shit about city . if he does it 1 more time i'm gonna hit the **** .

Yep, I always thought you were a dodgy one.

24 posts, all of which suggest you are one strange, angry little man.

Sussed.

 

[Pigeonho]

Excellent work, SJK.

 

[Blue Mooner]

Really enjoyed the celtic game last bight and fair play to them.

JUst seen the gif of the Rooney penalty and am not surprised anymore.

I never used To be in the agenda camp but I am certainly swaying to this side now.

Really? And that gif is one of the factors swaying you is it?

I actually think Rooney's penalty was, at best, very soft (as was the Braga penalty imo) but I don't think you can base any judgement on a 2 second gif of an incident, from one particular angle.

Seems to be a growing trend on here to back up debate on controversial decisions with the "evidence" of a gif. Such clips are always very brief and from the angle that best supports the posters argument, great for entertainment and encouraging debate but usually proof of nothing.

So a GIF showing that it was a soft penalty is not proof of anything, in isolation possibly not, but when you stack it up against decision after decision in the rags favour then I would say the case for an agenda, bias, call it what you will, is very strong.

With this most recent example, amongst the plethora already building up this season, it is also the timing of the decision that makes it all the more suspect what with only minutes being left and all but securing a rags win.

It reeks if you ask me, but it seems that the authorities don't even seem to care as nothing seems to be changing and the rags continue to get favourable decisions with impunity.

 

[Latics Fan SJK]

Excellent work, SJK.

Probably a Rag trying to blast his way to 100 posts.

 

[MSP]

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