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What has been the response from the 'decent' rags?
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blue_soundwave
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A piece from a decent red about how awful they were/brilliant we were, enjoy!
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Tricky_Trev
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Every one i speak to just goes on about the past. "Come back when you've won 19 titles", "One victory doesn't equal this... (then he lists all their major honours)".
I just say "you can have your history, we'll have the future."
Not a peep since.
I just say "you can have your history, we'll have the future."
Not a peep since.
Comrade Buka
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Hydemcfc said:My rag brother was pretty philosophical about it. According to him, and he may or may not have a point, if they had scored when on top in the first 20 minutes it could have been a different story. I was also philosophical in my response, you did'nt and got stuffed live with it.
The old: "Yeah, but if."
Well, don't get a red card then.
And score when you have the chance to do so.
Anything else is mere speculative balm for the bruised.
Got no come back from that have we ?
Simply outplayed / outthought / outfought.
Silva was absolutely outstanding so was Balotelli.
Referee got the Evans sending-off spot on - even if he'd have stayed on the pitch you would have beaten us.
Roll on Aldershot, tonight !
Simply outplayed / outthought / outfought.
Silva was absolutely outstanding so was Balotelli.
Referee got the Evans sending-off spot on - even if he'd have stayed on the pitch you would have beaten us.
Roll on Aldershot, tonight !
ChesterRdBlue
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I got texted this straight after the game.
This is an automatic message from o2. The owner of this mobile phone number has killed himself, please try next of kin. Also. Fuck you.
This is an automatic message from o2. The owner of this mobile phone number has killed himself, please try next of kin. Also. Fuck you.
MCFC-alan88
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blue_soundwave said:A piece from a decent red about how awful they were/brilliant we were, enjoy!
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I particularly liked this bit.
Mancini had his midfielders set up to counter-charge upfield in one almighty wave as soon as they had control of the ball. Besides David Silva, the brains, James Milner was key. With his rapid servicing and enterprising runs forwards City seemed able to morph their outfield into one sweeping, blitzkrieg front that trampled over their red menace with élan. There was little real width though, with the likes of Milner, Balotelli and Richards cutting inside before exploding out from the midfield, diagonally toward the near-flanks on the edges of the box; from the centre out to the corners. Rather than getting behind the United defense, City simply ran at them as one, shredding through their lines carte blanche. Evra and Smalling couldn’t cope. Out wide they were an irrelevance to the column charing through the middle; drifting into the centre there didn’t seem to be any real target selection or reasoned response to the oncoming, laser blue horde.
roaminblue
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im lucky enough not to work directly with any reds. A friend of mine did email me and said we were unplayable and thoroughly deserved the win.
The two rags that do work (from another office) historically gave me shit everytime we did badly, one of them proactively sought out my number after the poznan game. Consequently I completely battered them with emails all day yesterday and have not had a peep back.
But they are plastics through and through.
The two rags that do work (from another office) historically gave me shit everytime we did badly, one of them proactively sought out my number after the poznan game. Consequently I completely battered them with emails all day yesterday and have not had a peep back.
But they are plastics through and through.
SinSentido
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I was emailed from a work 'colleague', don't know him & have never spoke to him ... (sounds abit of a dick, he often posts on the work intranet, 19 blah blah blah and signs his name followed by musc lord nelson branch, or something like that). Obviously got a bit of time on his hands and presumably emailed me afted seeing my intranet post (pic of Mancini smile with Joy of Six caption)
I watched and analysed the replay of the Johnny Evans "red card" incident several times last night (via the Yahoo web page). I have to make the following observation:
I noted that there was contact between Evans and Balotelli. This consisted of a "grab" of Balotelli's right arm by Evans, contact of which lasted approximately 1 second. Evans then released Balotelli's arm. This contact occurred specifically when both players were outside of the penalty area. Both players then advanced into the penalty area and Balotelli fell to the ground, approximately 1.5 seconds after Evans had released Balotelli's right arm.
I recall from university Physics units that I have studied in past years, that the laws relating to angular momentum apply in such cases (in systems where one body acts upon another), ergo;
As the contact between Evans and Balotelli was a "grab" and not a "push", then if the contact had any meaningful effect upon Balotelli's momentum, then he should have fallen backwards and to the right. Even if the contact was a "push" by Evans, then Balotelli should have fallen forward and to the left with immediate effect and not 1.5 to 2 seconds after the start of any contact. It is worth noting that Balotelli remains fully upright after Evans has released his arm and he (Balotelli) has taken one step into the penalty area. It is also worth noting that the ball by this time was not in a position from which Balotelli could have taken a shot on goal and that he must have been aware of that.
According to the letter of the law, Evans did commit a foul in grabbing Balotelli's right arm, but it has to be stated that Balotelli did exaggerate any effect that the contact had upon him to a signifcant degree. As such, I believe that the incident warranted nothing more than a yellow card for Evans (under the terms of "attempting to gain an unfair advantage"). On a different day, Balotelli could easily have received a yellow card himself under the terms of the same law.
I watched and analysed the replay of the Johnny Evans "red card" incident several times last night (via the Yahoo web page). I have to make the following observation:
I noted that there was contact between Evans and Balotelli. This consisted of a "grab" of Balotelli's right arm by Evans, contact of which lasted approximately 1 second. Evans then released Balotelli's arm. This contact occurred specifically when both players were outside of the penalty area. Both players then advanced into the penalty area and Balotelli fell to the ground, approximately 1.5 seconds after Evans had released Balotelli's right arm.
I recall from university Physics units that I have studied in past years, that the laws relating to angular momentum apply in such cases (in systems where one body acts upon another), ergo;
As the contact between Evans and Balotelli was a "grab" and not a "push", then if the contact had any meaningful effect upon Balotelli's momentum, then he should have fallen backwards and to the right. Even if the contact was a "push" by Evans, then Balotelli should have fallen forward and to the left with immediate effect and not 1.5 to 2 seconds after the start of any contact. It is worth noting that Balotelli remains fully upright after Evans has released his arm and he (Balotelli) has taken one step into the penalty area. It is also worth noting that the ball by this time was not in a position from which Balotelli could have taken a shot on goal and that he must have been aware of that.
According to the letter of the law, Evans did commit a foul in grabbing Balotelli's right arm, but it has to be stated that Balotelli did exaggerate any effect that the contact had upon him to a signifcant degree. As such, I believe that the incident warranted nothing more than a yellow card for Evans (under the terms of "attempting to gain an unfair advantage"). On a different day, Balotelli could easily have received a yellow card himself under the terms of the same law.