Has someone introduced new rules into football regarding tackles and the validity of playing the ball? I ask as I thought it was just us being the victims of bad refereeing recently, but after watching the sending-off of Wigan‘s Emmerson Boyce against Newcastle at the weekend I’m questioning that.
The drop to 10 men kind of helped us – we’d been somewhat flat beforehand – but no way should Wigan have had a man sent off. It’s probably no consolation, but look at what happened to Habib Beye the other week, and Coloccini’s yellow against Fulham was a work of fiction as well.
Two great goals in the game, though – Wigan’s first and Martins’ for us. Both pearlers. Still, at home against Wigan, one point still isn’t enough. JFK is doing OK for us, but we still need more. I’m for giving the guy a bit of leeway and, unless we’re going to get Keegan back as the result of a takeover, I’d say we should stick with him. If nothing else, he deserves it for having the balls to give the job a go when nobody else would take it.
Next up – Chelsea away. Oh, bugger.
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Please please please get at least a point off Chelsea… 🙂 I don’t care that I’ve got a squad of Scolari’s players in my fantasy football team that are reaping in the points…
You know, I honestly wish I could promise you that. I really, really do. But I just can’t see it. No point in thinking “yeah, we can do it” and looking even more of a **** when we get beaten 8-0.
I hear Shearer could be coming on board though – hero yes, but lack of managerial experience?
There are constant rumours about Shearer coming on board, but he’s always denied them. Of course, he flat out denied he’d be leaving Blackburn righ up until the moment he walked out the door…
He doesn’t have any managerial experience and he knows it. If he did join, it’d be as assistant manager with a view to taking over long-term from whoever mentors him. He’s not daft – that’s one thing I’ll definitely say about him – and he knows he’d be out of his depth.