Football : Season 2011/12

[denphone]

Originally Posted by danielf

Well, it's true, isn't it?

True by name but not by talent or wagepacket.

[colin25]

I fancy torres making a statement tonight...and scoring a goal

[denphone]

Originally Posted by colin25

I fancy torres making a statement tonight...and scoring a goal

Well lets hope so Colin.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well lets hope so Colin.

He won't score if he keeps staying on the wing. He is a good crosser, but that ain't getting me a goal.

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Torres is like the gf in bed...I know what I want her to do..she knows what i want her to do..but I'm not going to tell her in case she stops everything in a huff

[thenry]

[colin25]

I avoided saying, you can be a good crosser of the ball..but sometimes just go for goal..and remember..as far as I'm concerned, there is no offside rule

[denphone]

Originally Posted by colin25

I fancy torres making a statement tonight...and scoring a goal

Well he did not score a goal but he made the goal as Chelsea take a precious win back to Stamford Bridge.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by thenry

Great all those people that rob and attack people wandering the streets and we jail someone who calls a spade a spade (his words not mine ). Still guess your every day Joe getting beaten up doesn't create many headlines and we've seen from the riots just how tough the law can be when headlines have been made.

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Originally Posted by thenry

not sure but theres voices inside Arsenal saying a big name from France is likely to come in. That said Arsenal officials were said to have been sent to Germany for Gotze last week.

Holtby would be a good signing imo

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Great all those people that rob and attack people wandering the streets and we jail someone who calls a spade a spade (his words not mine ). Still guess your every day Joe getting beaten up doesn't create many headlines and we've seen from the riots just how tough the law can be when headlines have been made

Totally agree. Sent to prison for basically being a ****** on twitter while people commiting far worse crimes get a slap on the wrist.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Great all those people that rob and attack people wandering the streets and we jail someone who calls a spade a spade (his words not mine ). Still guess your every day Joe getting beaten up doesn't create many headlines and we've seen from the riots just how tough the law can be when headlines have been made.

I think there are a number of issues here, the first of which is to be clear on what he actually did.

He did not just post a single racist message about Muamba. He then posted a series of racist and sexist messages directed specifically at other members of the site who found his initial post offensive. I won't repeat what he said but they were very offensive and meant to be read by the people he was abusing, he sent them those messages. There seems to be a desire to lessen the extent of his abuse to that single message about Muamba as make the sentence seem more egregious than it actually is.

That doesn't mean a jail sentence is warranted of course. However I think it's good to see action taken against these sick messages that are becoming increasingly common on the Internet and Twitter. It's worth taking a look at the messages Stan Collymore receives, it's often a unrelenting stream of explicit, sometimes violent, racial abuse whenever he comments on any topic. This is not a minor problem. It is not 'people being stupid on Twitter'. It's very nasty people hiding behind their perceived anonymity to constantly abuse people because of the colour of their skin or their gender. They have also taken to trolling the Facebook pages of the recently deceased to cause further grief to their families, again this will be tinged with racial and/or sexist abuse if they were not a white male.

[thenry]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Holtby would be a good signing imo

Have you seen him play, could you write up a little review of what to expect?

I've not read much on the guy tbh, a few short comments and this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...das-touch.html all pretty much saying hes a quality player

[adzii_nufc]

Newcastle's European chances.

The picture became a little clearer after the results of last night's FA Cup quarter finals.

With Spurs and Chelsea now certain to provide one of the FA Cup finalists and both likely to qualify for Europe by finishing in at least the top five, the FA Cup Europa place is now only realistically available to Everton.

If the Toffees fail to make the final then we are almost certain to qualify for Europe, unless one of the teams below Liverpool (at least ten points behind us) can finish above us.

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by Damien

I think there are a number of issues here, the first of which is to be clear on what he actually did.

He did not just post a single racist message about Muamba. He then posted a series of racist and sexist messages directed specifically at other members of the site who found his initial post offensive. I won't repeat what he said but they were very offensive and meant to be read by the people he was abusing, he sent them those messages. There seems to be a desire to lessen the extent of his abuse to that single message about Muamba as make the sentence seem more egregious than it actually is.

That doesn't mean a jail sentence is warranted of course. However I think it's good to see action taken against these sick messages that are becoming increasingly common on the Internet and Twitter. It's worth taking a look at the messages Stan Collymore receives, it's often a unrelenting stream of explicit, sometimes violent, racial abuse whenever he comments on any topic. This is not a minor problem. It is not 'people being stupid on Twitter'. It's very nasty people hiding behind their perceived anonymity to constantly abuse people because of the colour of their skin or their gender. They have also taken to trolling the Facebook pages of the recently deceased to cause further grief to their families, again this will be tinged with racial and/or sexist abuse if they were not a white male.

I don't think anyone is upset he has got punished. He deserved what he got. But was he anything other than a stupid little boy acting the big man on Twitter and FB? I believe the only reason he got a jail sentence is because it went viral and that is no way to have a justice system.
He wasn't the only person to make disgusting comments, but he was the only person who went viral.

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

Newcastle's European chances.

The picture became a little clearer after the results of last night's FA Cup quarter finals.

With Spurs and Chelsea now certain to provide one of the FA Cup finalists and both likely to qualify for Europe by finishing in at least the top five, the FA Cup Europa place is now only realistically available to Everton.

If the Toffees fail to make the final then we are almost certain to qualify for Europe, unless one of the teams below Liverpool (at least ten points behind us) can finish above us.

Newcastle might be able to nick 5th of Chelsea! Don't you still have to play them?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Damien

Newcastle might be able to nick 5th of Chelsea! Don't you still have to play them?

And Chelsea fixture list in April looks very tough indeed so Newcastle have a fair chance of overhauling them as Chelsea could have potentially 3 very tough semi finals to play in April.