Ok, you know fact is a good thing, take a look at the following table:

Team Yellows Reds Points
Liverpool 29 1 32
Newcastle United 29 1 32
Southampton 24 3 33
Manchester United 31 1 34
Sunderland 34 0 34
Arsenal 31 2 37
Charlton Athletic 34 1 37
Manchester City 30 3 39
West Bromwich Albion 35 2 41
Chelsea 39 1 42
West Ham United 37 2 43
Blackburn Rovers 35 3 44
Everton 31 5 46
Bolton Wanderers 38 3 47
Middlesbrough 35 4 47
Tottenham Hotspur 39 3 48
Aston Villa 43 2 49
Fulham 34 5 49
Leeds United 48 1 51
Birmingham City 52 3 61

Red = 3 points Yellow = 1 point

 

When was I disputing your overall play from the start of the season?

In this case, I was talking about one game, not all of them!!!!!

Anyhow, that is **** all to go on, if you haven't been reading my posts, I think the standard of refereeing is disgraceful and I am sure if games had been reffed a bit closer to the FA rules than they are at the moment, then a few teams would have more points!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ok. But Rennie was a good example of a referee today, he sorted the cheating **** Berkovic out, but should he have sorted out Distin for what looked like a bit of BGH.

I think the FA did well to put Rennie back to the 1st division for a year.

Btw I was watching the Madrid / Valencia game - just as well you did not see that. Aimar kicked Casillas in the head and he only got a yellor for it - ref was stood right in front of the action. Aimar later committed another offence which got him sent off though...

 

Sorry to interupt this private spat, but I had to comment on Redkop's....

I was at OT in '95 for Gallacher's first ever Premiership game, Utd vs Blackburn. We were crap, but we won 1-0, Eric scored. Gallacher gave us absolutely everything. We stared at each other with open mouths stunned at some of his more bizarre decisions (in our favour).

Obviously the observer had a word with him after the game,....and ever since, he's come to OT determined to put that result right. He's a ****ing nightmare! Now if a full-back shot Giggs in the leg with both barrels, Gallacher'd give a drop-ball!

As an arch Utd-hater he's got 3 main contenders for the crown,...Riley, Durkin and Ellery. The rest are just plain incompetent!

Right, got that off my chest,...excuse the intrusion, you can get on with it now.

 

Come on THE TOON!!!!!

I think we had more hunger than you did

You seemed like you were there to make up the numbers


So much for title contenders ey??

Edited to say I'm a Newcastle fan who's lived in Liverpool for the past 4 years...doah!!!

[Edited by Hanley - 1/2/2003 3:27:36 PM]

 

IMO I didn't see a whole lot wrong with the tackling, nothing wrong with showing a little aggression - after all thats called imposing authority. This is not basketball, its a contact sport. The conditions perhaps made the challenges to look worse than what they were. See for example Diao's first yeller - what was wrong with that ? Nothing too wrong with his second half challenge as he got the ball - in the days of old that would have been an ok challenge.

As for GH - well we are upset and things do need to be changed a little, but I am behind him at least until the end of the season anyway.


[Edited by ash1 - 1/4/2003 11:39:53 AM]

 

See Didi was not even playing, Riise did not commit a bad tackle all night. The only nasty tackle was perhaps Steve G's. I think perhaps you have a perception that is unfounded.

To back up Redkops' statement, I think we were on top of the table for team with least bookings - that was recently too.

[Edited by ash1 - 1/5/2003 10:12:31 AM]