The Official Football (Soccer) Thread

[StreetsAllSalute]

did anyone see Ronaldo's moaning about 'diving' in la liga?? 

[es-jay]

did anyone see Ronaldo's moaning about 'diving' in la liga?? 

no, what did he say?


i hear he got sent off at the weekend, two bookings for diving?

[Lunatic]

i hear he got sent off at the weekend, two bookings for diving?

u wish lol. A straight red. He was trying to fend off a defender who was behind him and he was swinging his arms around, and caught the defender in the nose and broke it. Looked relatively accidental to me. Don't think he was trying to hurt the dude. A yellow card definitely, but a straight red should be something very malicious.

[13th Duke]

To be fair to CR he did score two goals before it happened mind. Not that I give a fuck like, the guy is a bellend.

[StreetsAllSalute]

i hear he got sent off at the weekend, two bookings for diving?

u wish lol. A straight red. He was trying to fend off a defender who was behind him and he was swinging his arms around, and caught the defender in the nose and broke it. Looked relatively accidental to me. Don't think he was trying to hurt the dude. A yellow card definitely, but a straight red should be something very malicious.

so the player hardly dived then im not disputing a red was harsh im laughing at the fact ronaldo can sit there and call anyone a diver lol


and whoever asked,he was basically saying how playing in england he was taught not to dive because its cheating,theres loads of divers in la liga,everyone kicks him whaaa whaa u know typical fuckin bitchin

[K-MACC]

thats what happens when you grab shirts his second goal was amazing

[Digital Pimpin']

I'm disappointed we only managed a draw against the Scousers last night, they were there for the taking.

[JMan]

I'm disappointed we only managed a draw against the Scousers last night, they were there for the taking.

im glad you's drew.. but annoys me how they can beat tottenham 2-0 then inbetween loose to reading and draw to you's (no disrespect to wolves) & stoke 

[13th Duke]

I'm disappointed we only managed a draw against the Scousers last night, they were there for the taking.

Yeah definitely. You could have got the three points easily and piled on the misery. Would have done you the world of good aswell in the dogfight. You're better than the teams around you but don't seem to have that cutting edge to finish teams off. Get superKevinDoyle on the case.

[Digital Pimpin']

I'm disappointed we only managed a draw against the Scousers last night, they were there for the taking.

im glad you's drew.. but annoys me how they can beat tottenham 2-0 then inbetween loose to reading and draw to you's (no disrespect to wolves) & stoke 

Well you lost to us and Stoke...

Seriously tho, it's a topsy-turvy league this season and no-one has found any real consistency. Spurs are equal to Man City in my eyes for 4th spot (both have been far better than Liverpool this season), but it's about who can hold their nerve until May.

I'm disappointed we only managed a draw against the Scousers last night, they were there for the taking.

Yeah definitely. You could have got the three points easily and piled on the misery. Would have done you the world of good aswell in the dogfight. You're better than the teams around you but don't seem to have that cutting edge to finish teams off. Get superKevinDoyle on the case.

Without Super Kevin Doyle, we would've been relegated in November. Our 2nd top scorer is 35-year old centre half Jody Craddock.

[13th Duke]

Yikes. I've been surprised that Ebanks-Blake has had such a small impact. I mean yeah sure, theres a massive step up from Championship to Premiership but you'd expect a guy who scores 20plus every season in the Championship could at least get 5-10 goals in the league above. That said, as far as I'm aware he hasnt been a regular starter has he?

[Digital Pimpin']

Yikes. I've been surprised that Ebanks-Blake has had such a small impact. I mean yeah sure, theres a massive step up from Championship to Premiership but you'd expect a guy who scores 20plus every season in the Championship could at least get 5-10 goals in the league above. That said, as far as I'm aware he hasnt been a regular starter has he?

Confidence issues. He's missing chances that he would've buried last season with his eyes closed.

He's played a fair few games this season but at some point we had to take him out of the firing line to give someone else a chance. I still reckon he'll come good, hopefully before the end of the season...

[JMan]

Yikes. I've been surprised that Ebanks-Blake has had such a small impact. I mean yeah sure, theres a massive step up from Championship to Premiership but you'd expect a guy who scores 20plus every season in the Championship could at least get 5-10 goals in the league above. That said, as far as I'm aware he hasnt been a regular starter has he?

Ebanks blake reminds me in some way like michael chopra.. can score for fun in the championship but struggles big time for goals in the Prem, said that i know ebanks is still only young so is time for him to step up.

[Digital Pimpin']

Yikes. I've been surprised that Ebanks-Blake has had such a small impact. I mean yeah sure, theres a massive step up from Championship to Premiership but you'd expect a guy who scores 20plus every season in the Championship could at least get 5-10 goals in the league above. That said, as far as I'm aware he hasnt been a regular starter has he?

Ebanks blake reminds me in some way like michael chopra.. can score for fun in the championship but struggles big time for goals in the Prem, said that i know ebanks is still only young so is time for him to step up.

My fear is that he joins a long long list of 1st Division strikers who could never make that step up, Healy, Chopra, Nugent, etc

[13th Duke]

Yikes. I've been surprised that Ebanks-Blake has had such a small impact. I mean yeah sure, theres a massive step up from Championship to Premiership but you'd expect a guy who scores 20plus every season in the Championship could at least get 5-10 goals in the league above. That said, as far as I'm aware he hasnt been a regular starter has he?

Ebanks blake reminds me in some way like michael chopra.. can score for fun in the championship but struggles big time for goals in the Prem, said that i know ebanks is still only young so is time for him to step up.

My fear is that he joins a long long list of 1st Division strikers who could never make that step up, Healy, Chopra, Nugent, etc

There was rumour Chopra was on his way back to us (Toon) this transfer window. I'm glad it never happened because he's not a great player. In his initial time at Newcastle before we fobbed him off to Cardiff he scored 1 goals in 34 games. He just can't cut it in the Premiership.

Ebanks-Blake might still come good, after all he's got age on his side, but I wouldnt be surprised if he didnt as so many other players have failed.