11/12 Premier League thread

[Flipmo]

Wow, Chris Foy is a piece of shit ref. lol

 

[Pittsey]

Yep... Hard game to ref. But Spurs were cheated. That wasn't a second yellow in my opinion either.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Aston Villa's defence is a joke.

 

[Kobe]

Did anyone hear about this?

Sadly no cofirmation to the Twitter rumours last night that Mario Balotelli was driving round Manchester last night dressed as Santa handing out money.

Was it true? Would be really cool/funny if it is true.

 

[Flipmo]

I read this on another forum...

Some interesting facts about Balotelli.
submitted 4 hours ago by Stratocaster89

- Survived a usually fatal disease at birth​

- £10,000 in parking fines​

- Car impounded 27 times​

- £300,000 fine for throwing darts at the youth team​

- Won £25,000 in a casino, gave £1,000 to a tramp outside​

- Rescued a child from bullying​

- Threw tomatoes at some Serie A manager​

- Threw water balloons at Serie A meeting​

- Started a fight with 4 bouncers, after breaking the no touching rule at a strip club​

- Thinks milk with tea is strange​

- 'Bibotelli' saga​

- Had a £120,000 Audi R8 imported and wrote it off within a week​

- Had his friends approach girls in clubs and say "Balotelli will see you now."​

- Sent to John Lewis by his mother to buy essentials for the house, like an ironing board Came back with a giant trampoline and a Vespa and Scalectrix​

- Started fights with Kompany, Boateng and Tevez at training​

- Was frequently seen at the AC Milan superstore while playing for inter​

- Went on TV in an AC shirt with his name on while at inter​

- U21s game for Italy, kicks a swedish player while he's down and proceeds to just sit on the pitch ignoring the opposition and the referee for about a minute.​

- Is then offended when he gets sent off and protests about it​

- He winked at Ferdinand at the semi final of the FA cup and celebrate in front of the Man U fans.​

- After the FA cup final, on live TV, says "This season I have been s***. Can I say that?"​

- Was stopped by police driving round Hulme (a real craphole) in his maserati with £25,000 cash on the passenger seat. When asked why he said "because I'm rich"​

- Had to go off at half time in a game in Ukraine due to an allergy to the pitch​

- Had to be physically hauled away by Zanetti for refusing to let Samuel Eto'o take a penalty that he had won​

- Once broke up with a girlfriend via text while she was presenting a live television show​

- Slept with a model while his girlfriend was asleep downstairs​

- *** mental chicken hat​

- When he won the European Golden Boy trophy, said he had never heard of Jack Wilshere​

- Said he would find out who he was so he could remind Wilshere he came second​

- Drove his car into a women's prison so he could have a look around​

- Swore on live TV after the FA cup final​

- Attempted a roulette back heel shot against LA Galaxy and missed​

- Connections with the Naples Mafia, he even testified in court at a Mafia trial​

- Brought iPad to bench during International friendly.​

- Set house on fire using fireworks​

- Said only Messi is "a little stronger" than him, and he is better than all other players​

- "Why always me?" shirt, made for him by City kitman Chappy​

- Drove around Manchester high fiving city fans from his car the day after >1-6​

- Became the face of a firework safety campaign days after setting his house on fire​

- Hands £20 notes out to strangers when in Manchester​

- Chanted Rooney! Rooney! at the prostitute who claimed to have slept with Wayne​

- Italy were showing off their brand new home kit. After half time, Balotelli came out for the second half, having for no apparent reason changed into the old kit. Nobody else on the pitch had changed.​

- Turned the landscaped back garden of his rented mansion in to a quad bike race track​

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So... with all that said, I'd be more shocked if it wasn't true. lol

 

[Kobe]

^Damn, that's a looooooooooooooooooooooong list.

Interesting that giving money away is not a first time thing then. I can respect a guy who dishes out cash on the streets for nothing in return.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

I love Balotelli.

 

[Pittsey]

This young lad could be on his way to Liverpool.... Although Everton are interested, and Swansea have had a 100k bid accepted.

Check out this sweet finish. Don't let the commentary fool you, he's from Northern Ireland, but I couldn't find any other vids on youtube.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

A Wycombe wanderers player joined Liverpool today. He's 15 and goes to school here. He's only played 3 games for Wycombe. In other news, saurez banned for 8 games! After appeal it will be like banned for 5 and 3 suspended depending on behaviour. Too harsh? Not harsh enough?

 

[Bobby Sands]

id say its just if he did actually racially abuse him.

but wheres the evidence. I have seen nothing yet. it seems to be Evra's word. Sky covered the match live and ive seen absolutely nothing.

 

[Bobby Sands]

Liverpool Football Club is very surprised and disappointed with the decision of the Football Association Commission to find Luis Suarez guilty of the charges against him.

We look forward to the publication of the Commission's Judgment. We will study the detailed reasons of the Commission once they become available, but reserve our right to appeal or take any other course of action we feel appropriate with regards to this situation.

We find it extraordinary that Luis can be found guilty on the word of Patrice Evra alone when no-one else on the field of play - including Evra's own Manchester United teammates and all the match officials - heard the alleged conversation between the two players in a crowded Kop goalmouth while a corner kick was about to be taken.

The Club takes extremely seriously the fight against all forms of discrimination and has a long and successful track record in work relating to anti-racist activity and social inclusion. We remain committed to this ideal and equality for all, irrespective of a person's background.

LFC considers racism in any form to be unacceptable - without compromise. It is our strong held belief, having gone over the facts of the case, that Luis Suarez did not commit any racist act. It is also our opinion that the accusation by this particular player was not credible - certainly no more credible than his prior unfounded accusations.

It is key to note that Patrice Evra himself in his written statement in this case said 'I don't think that Luis Suarez is racist'. The FA in their opening remarks accepted that Luis Suarez was not racist.

Luis himself is of a mixed race family background as his grandfather was black. He has been personally involved since the 2010 World Cup in a charitable project which uses sport to encourage solidarity amongst people of different backgrounds with the central theme that the colour of a person's skin does not matter; they can all play together as a team.

He has played with black players and mixed with their families whilst with the Uruguay national side and was Captain at Ajax Amsterdam of a team with a proud multi-cultural profile, many of whom became good friends.

It seems incredible to us that a player of mixed heritage should be accused and found guilty in the way he has based on the evidence presented. We do not recognise the way in which Luis Suarez has been characterised.

It appears to us that the FA were determined to bring charges against Luis Suarez, even before interviewing him at the beginning of November. Nothing we have heard in the course of the hearing has changed our view that Luis Suarez is innocent of the charges brought against him and we will provide Luis with whatever support he now needs to clear his name.

We would also like to know when the FA intend to charge Patrice Evra with making abusive remarks to an opponent after he admitted himself in his evidence to insulting Luis Suarez in Spanish in the most objectionable of terms. Luis, to his credit, actually told the FA he had not heard the insult.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

I don't understand why it took so long. I was under the impression that saurez called him a negrito or something similar which isn't seen as racial abuse in Uruguay? Unless that's just a silly rumour. I haven't kept up to date with the claim really. John Terry could get worse. I care about that more.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Btw I don't like the "he can't be racist he's mixed race himself" defence that people use. You can still use racial language in an offensive way. But whatever is the case here, im sure saurez will get cleared or the penalty will be lessened. Could he get more suspensions if found guilty of the fulham crowd incident?

 

[Pittsey]

John Terry called Ferdinand a "black bastard" right? And he thinks it's okay because he didn't call him a nigger? That was his reasoning wasn't it?

 

[Flipmo]

I'm going to wait and see what happens with John Terry before I say anything.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

I think it was black cunt. I'm sure his reasoning will be half the Chelsea team is black, why would I be racist?

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

On a random note when teams, top teams wanted strikers why was yakubu so rarely mentioned? The guy always seems to score. I'm not saying he is a top 4 player but he deserves to play for a top 6-8 side.

 

[Flipmo]

Someone's angry.

 

[Pittsey]

Someone's angry.

I thought they had software that checked for that..... Or is it a photoshop?

 

[Kobe]

^Whatever it is, I think its disgraceful.