April 7, 201114 yr It's no coincidence all these decisions are going against us since the ex-City Chairman took charge of the FA... But to be fair, they needed to implemented. Fergie can get away with murder, and what he said (however true it may have been) did not need to be spouted to the media. He's got away for years without speaking to the BBC when it's a contractual obligation. And Rooney got away a few weeks ago for elbowing... granted it's very inconsisent, and it's a huge problem I have with the FA.
April 8, 201114 yr Yes, but my major problem with the whole situation is it's completley making a point because it's Wayne Rooney. Let's look at this objectivley; players swear all the time, on Wednesday night you could clearly see John Terry tell a linesman to 'f*** off' on camera! When the players came out the tunnel the entire shot was focused on Rooney and Adrian Chiles made some god awful remark. The whole thing is to make an example of Rooney and United in general; any other player swearing into the camera would have gotten away with it and I genuinly believe that. Gerrard kisses the bloody thing enough time, enciting fans in that way.
April 8, 201114 yr Players swear all the time, but the difference with Rooney was he did it directly into the camera. The game was televised also (which he will have known). Players should be allowed to shown passion, but what Rooney did was completely wrong. He's one of the biggest and most marketable figures in the game, he should be making an example - not losing his head ans swearing into the tv cameras. If he did it not in the direct view of the cameras I don't believe he would have punished, as like you say, it happens all the time.
April 8, 201114 yr There's a difference between swearing on the pitch and swearing at the camera. John Terry telling a linesman to f*** off is not as bad, and if the linesman feels it should be punished he can do via the referee. Swearing directly to the camera and nothing else is a whole lot worse, and Rooney has previous with it, he said something after the Algeria game last summer, I don't think there was expletives that time but it was just as moronic.
April 8, 201114 yr Player of the Year nominations: Charlie Adam Gareth Bale Samir Nasri Scott Parker Carlos Tevez Rafael van der Vaart Nemanja Vidic Young Player of the Year nominations: Gareth Bale Seamus Coleman Joe Hart Javier Hernandez Nani Samir Nasri Jack Wilshere I don't see the point of the Young award when players as old as 24 can still be nominated, how is that still young? :wacko: Ideally, I'd like Scott Parker and Jack Wilshere to win them, however I think Bale is a cert to win at least one, and it wouldn't surprise me if he won both. I hope not though.
April 8, 201114 yr 21 would be a more sensible limit for Young Player. As it is, if Bale must be clear favourite for that award.
April 8, 201114 yr Jack Wilshere will win the Young Player of award. Don't even think there is another player in contention with him. If Bale wins then it's because of his Champions League exploits. Likely that Bale will win the main award, even though I would give it to Nasri personally...again because Bale hasn't done massively well for Spurs in the League. Apart from Wilshere though, no player has really performed consistently throughout the season. Definitely one of the worst Premier League seasons ever for quality.
April 8, 201114 yr I would say if you had a player on one list, no need to put the same name on the other. Parker has had a hard season and has had to inspire the Hammers in a relegation fight. Not sure about the other.
April 8, 201114 yr The thing that pisses me off is that they say they can't use TV footage as evidence and the ref didn't say anything in his match report until he was basically forced to! And how is saying one swear word within a sentence a 'foul mouthed rant' I'm not saying its ok to swear to a camera but there is no reason for him to ban him for it! Joey Barton did a nazi salute when he scored earlier this season and no one even talked about it even though many people saw it (he was #1 on the twitter trending topics for a couple of hours for it) The FA are hellbent on outlawing any kind of personality of emotion in the game it seems (come on you can't even take your shirt off now ffs) and of course mysteriously the new chairman of the FA is a City fan and it 'desperate for them to succeed' :rolleyes: If it was any other player then nothing would have been made about it at all, FACT. You can't have one rule for one player and another for everyone else just because he's Wayne Rooney.
April 8, 201114 yr To be fair since the new Chairman's come in, they do seem to be clamping down massively. They're making examples definitely, I mean Ryan Babel was fined for posting the picture of Howard Webb (sure it was a message that footballers shouldn't be tweeting their opinions publicly). I think the fact that he's Wayne Rooney has blown it out of proportion, but this happens with all the top footballers in England. He was wrong for what he did. He shouldn't have sworn directly into the cameras. Perhaps a two-match ban was a little bit too harsh, but it stes the tone now for others.
April 8, 201114 yr What gets me is people who say if it wasn't Wayne Rooney it wouldn't have been in the media so much or punished so heavily. But that's the whole point, no other player is moronic enough to do that anyway....
April 8, 201114 yr What gets me is people who say if it wasn't Wayne Rooney it wouldn't have been in the media so much or punished so heavily. But that's the whole point, no other player is moronic enough to do that anyway.... Maybe Mario Balotelli, but I'm sure his team-mates would throw grass at him to make sure he gets an alergic reaction before he could do anything stupid :D
April 8, 201114 yr Maybe Mario Balotelli, but I'm sure his team-mates would throw grass at him to make sure he gets an alergic reaction before he could do anything stupid :D I actually just laughed so hard at this comment. Amazing.
April 8, 201114 yr Jack Wilshere will win the Young Player of award. Don't even think there is another player in contention with him. If Bale wins then it's because of his Champions League exploits. Likely that Bale will win the main award, even though I would give it to Nasri personally...again because Bale hasn't done massively well for Spurs in the League. Apart from Wilshere though, no player has really performed consistently throughout the season. Definitely one of the worst Premier League seasons ever for quality. It wouldn't make a lot of sense to say that Bale is the Player of the Year but somehow not Young Player of the Year.
April 8, 201114 yr Carlton Cole fined by the FA as well. Just proves that the FA are clamping down on misconduct.
April 9, 201114 yr I think it's a straight fight between Bale and Nasri for POTY, with VDV probably 3rd. Obviously I'd like to see Nasri / Wilshere win, but it would be nice for Parker to get recognition for the amazing season he's had.
April 9, 201114 yr Congratulations to Crawley Town who will be only the second Sussex club to play in the Football League next season. And Brighton are only three points from promotion with six games to play :cheer:
April 9, 201114 yr Would put your money on Crawley Town to get the play-offs next season. They're a good side. Very dirty though. I hope that horrible c**t Steve Evans that manages them though gets done for tax evasion. He really is a twat.
April 9, 201114 yr Would put your money on Crawley Town to get the play-offs next season. They're a good side. Very dirty though. I hope that horrible c**t Steve Evans that manages them though gets done for tax evasion. He really is a twat. You say you'd put my money on them reaching the play-offs. Would you put your own money on it?
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