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…Fellaini – why did you get caught !!
Not clever (and don’t condone) what he did, but our friend Mr Shawcross has had that coming his way some considerable time. I’m surprised no-one decked him sooner for his week in-week out ‘touchy-feely’ approach.
Someone ought to tell Pulis that such tactics are better employed down at Twickenham ! A B disgrace what his lot get away with, week in, week out.
If two good things are to come out the Fellaini incident (3 actually) then they are
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raised awareness of the illegal tactics used (’bout time the PL /Refs. came down hard and committed to punish perpetrators – start on Saturday
:angry: :angry:
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refreshing honesty by Manager Moyes – saw the incident unlike many A N Other Manager of selective eyesight – and refused to back his player (ditto Neville diving incident at Goodison recently)
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Messrs Ferguson and Wenger – take note – a lot to learn, notwithstanding your advanced years !!!
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Fellaini – out the Everton /Wigan game
…Fellaini – why did you get caught !!Not clever (and don’t condone) what he did, but our friend Mr Shawcross has had that coming his way some considerable time. I’m surprised no-one decked him sooner for his week in-week out ‘touchy-feely’ approach.
Someone ought to tell Pulis that such tactics are better employed down at Twickenham ! A B disgrace what his lot get away with, week in, week out.
If two good things are to come out the Fellaini incident (3 actually) then they are
(1)
raised awareness of the illegal tactics used (’bout time the PL /Refs. came down hard and committed to punish perpetrators – start on Saturday
:angry: :angry:
(2)
refreshing honesty by Manager Moyes – saw the incident unlike many A N Other Manager of selective eyesight – and refused to back his player (ditto Neville diving incident at Goodison recently)
goodpost goodpost
Messrs Ferguson and Wenger – take note – a lot to learn, notwithstanding your advanced years !!!
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Fellaini – out the Everton /Wigan game
The boot room: It’s not defending, it’s tag wrestling! Fellaini headbutt was wrong but sly Shawcross has no defence
By MARTIN KEOWN (DAILY MAIL)
PUBLISHED: 22:57, 21 December 2012 | UPDATED: 22:57, 21 December 2012Comments (16)
ShareWhat Marouane Fellaini did to Ryan Shawcross last weekend was wrong – there is no place for headbutts on a football pitch. Everton manager David Moyes was quick to make that point, too.
Fellaini’s reaction was that of frustration, a retaliation to almost an hour of being manhandled by the Stoke centre back at every set-piece. He felt Shawcross was cheating time after time and so the anger built up. It wasn’t right but something needs to be done about the style in which Shawcross marks people.
It’s not defending, it’s tag wrestling. He’s not bothered about the ball, just the man
I have been watching Shawcross for long enough to know he’s been regularly grabbing attackers, putting both arms around them like a bear hug.
He’s not alone in doing this in the Premier League but he’s the best at it, disguising his clear fouling from the referee. He collars his opponents, targeting people like Fellaini who are so good in the air. He does it exceptionally well but he oversteps the mark.
As a defender you always need to have some contact with the man you are marking at set-pieces but there are boundaries.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2251907/Martin-Keowns-boot-room-Marouane-Fellaini-headbutt-wrong-sly-Ryan-Shawcross-defence.html#ixzz2FmARo100
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on FacebookGood article Martin, well said – from a defender and all.. But you’re a week late. Keep up with Cockney Latics ….. at the cutting edge on all (OK then …most) matters Latics /football !
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…Fellaini – why did you get caught !!Not clever (and don’t condone) what he did, but our friend Mr Shawcross has had that coming his way some considerable time. I’m surprised no-one decked him sooner for his week in-week out ‘touchy-feely’ approach.
Someone ought to tell Pulis that such tactics are better employed down at Twickenham ! A B disgrace what his lot get away with, week in, week out.
If two good things are to come out the Fellaini incident (3 actually) then they are
(1)
raised awareness of the illegal tactics used (’bout time the PL /Refs. came down hard and committed to punish perpetrators – start on Saturday
:angry: :angry:
(2)
refreshing honesty by Manager Moyes – saw the incident unlike many A N Other Manager of selective eyesight – and refused to back his player (ditto Neville diving incident at Goodison recently)
goodpost goodpost
Messrs Ferguson and Wenger – take note – a lot to learn, notwithstanding your advanced years !!!
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Fellaini – out the Everton /Wigan game
Ali Al Habsi, playing his 100th game for Wigan, produced early saves to deny Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski but Wigan had the best chance to open the scoring in the first half when Arouna Kone was played clean through but shot wide.
Al Habsi then denied Walcott at the start of the second half while Wojciech Szczesny produced late saves to deny Maynor Figueroa and Kone before the handball controversy.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger did not see that incident but was pleased his players showed they could grind out a victory on the back of Monday’s thumping 5-2 win at Reading.
He said: “They organised to stop us playing and they did that very well, especially in the middle of the park. We didn’t find the same fluency going forward and it was much more a win because we wanted the result than because we dominated the game.”
Surprise, surprise !!
And whilst we didn’t today get the Pulis / Shawcross antics, we had to tolerate the gamesmanship of the Gooners, who seem to have forgotton that footie was a game intended to be played by participants in a standing, upright manner, not one spent essentially on one’s ARSENAL or feigning injury :angry:
If we collect points over the Xmas break at the rate the Gooners have been totting up pens recently (Fulham, WBA, Wigan) then we’ll be in for a cracking Christmas.
Credit to the ONE team trying to play the game in the proper manner today. Commitment, honesty, integrity, … just a shame that final ingredient – quality – was missing at key moments. Not that we were inferior to Arsenal.
Disappointed but proud.
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