Tonight's football thread

[Witton Park]

Watch the video footage.

Macarthy looked to see Rooney coming and changed his direction to block him, he also then at the last minute put his shoulder in. If you watch Rooney he tried to take some evasive action, a sort of side step and swerve move, and yes the elbow came up, but it wasn't a swinging elbow and half caused perhaps by him running at full tilt on a line that was open to him and then having to imbalance himself.

You may think a red, I would suggest a yellow at worst but I would also say that the cause was an illegal block by Macarthy - but of course some people are always ready to get stuck in to him.

[Danbert Nocurry]

Rooney has been let off again...

Should have been redcarded, 3 match ban. it's a pity some one who can play like him can also act like a terrace thug.

I genuinely believe that the person who will lose out in the end his rooney himself though Ian. He will commit something a lot more serious, the trouble with rags is they think they are above the law, give this guy enough rope he will hang himself, he knows now he can get away with anything, or thinks he can?

[Witton Park]

I genuinely believe that the person who will lose out in the end his rooney himself though Ian. He will commit something a lot more serious, the trouble with rags is they think they are above the law, give this guy enough rope he will hang himself, he knows now he can get away with anything, or thinks he can?

Really - I would say if you look at his experiences with the tabloids, he has got less chance of getting away with anything than probably any other footballer in England.
His elbow was much lower on the richter scale than Gerrards on Welbeck that he got away with - there was much less furore over Gerrard.

[IainR]

Really - I would say if you look at his experiences with the tabloids, he has got less chance of getting away with anything than probably any other footballer in England.
His elbow was much lower on the richter scale than Gerrards on Welbeck that he got away with - there was much less furore over Gerrard.

Unfortunately not all players are saints like the blue half of manchester..http://www.tuxboard.com/video-tacle-de-jong-ben-arfa/

And this is an elbow by Gerrard on Brown...no ban either....was it that much different...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJyOqJ5VLvA

[Witton Park]

was it that much different...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJyOqJ5VLvA

Well it was certainly more blatent!

[biara]

Birmingham 2 - Arsenal 1 - Does god exist??? I doubt it....
Chelsea 2 - Man U 1 - I'm beginning to have faith again, he/she just has a weird sense of humour.....

[ukhursty]

Very happy, now we just need to beat Utd on sunday as well.

[dominion]

Not that I was bored or anything last night...

[IainR]

Very happy, now we just need to beat Utd on sunday as well.

That'll be a great season then...

How the mighty have fallen...when I was a lad our season was beating Liverpool, because we had no chance of further success....

Anyway remind me, I'm losing count are we now at 20 or 21 years?

[Corniceman]

Chelsea 2-UTD 1. Happy days again and drogba was immense especially the last few minutes of Fergie time when he basically took on the whole UTD team alone!