the reason we're mad is because, you would see man u going hard and not even tackling properly and not getting anything while anything arsenal did was called right away with a caution.. in the first 30 minutes of the game I think arsenal got cautioned 4 times... without ANY warning (verbal) while man u got "verbal" warnings. It seemed like the ref was apologizing to the man u players when he gave arsenal a fool... anyways it's sad to see reffing like that i hope chelsea destroys them this week

ilj.psa

Peru3081 Posts

September 01 2009 03:48 GMT

#222

On September 01 2009 02:26 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
How is that tackle from the manu guy vs arshavin no penalty ? that referee is a fucking idiot !?

the old trafford effect i believe

FBS1

United Kingdom875 Posts

September 01 2009 19:23 GMT

#223

Eduardo got made an example, totally deserved, hopefully plenty more to follow and further suspensions if they blatantly dive again.

kidd

United States2848 Posts

September 01 2009 19:24 GMT

#224

Hahaha oh man so many Manchester United haters in this forum

PhilGood2DaY

Germany7424 Posts

September 01 2009 21:41 GMT

#225

u are a ret.. rather dumb person arent u ..

we are not hating on Manu but on the bad referee and not giving that penalty for arsenal is a joke this was a clear penalty..

Fzero

United States1503 Posts

September 01 2009 22:05 GMT

#226

On September 02 2009 04:23 FBS1 wrote:
Eduardo got made an example, totally deserved, hopefully plenty more to follow and further suspensions if they blatantly dive again.

I only hope for consistency. Every single person who gets carded for a dive in the box should get a 2 game ban.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

September 02 2009 01:33 GMT

#227

anyways, transfer deadline sucked

kroko

Finland2136 Posts

September 02 2009 10:39 GMT

#228

Two-match Ban for Eduardo
Funny info, Taylor only got 3 match for tackle that almost ended Edus career... (this was uefa ban, and that was FA, but still...)

SoMuchBetter

Australia10606 Posts

September 02 2009 11:55 GMT

#229

whats that picture supposed to be

shaozu

China178 Posts

September 02 2009 12:24 GMT

#230

On September 02 2009 20:55 SoMuchBetter wrote:
whats that picture supposed to be

that barca has the best youth system?

rapture

Germany645 Posts

September 02 2009 13:20 GMT

#231

yeah but for bayern it's müller, schweinsteiger, badstuber, lahm (ok he played 2 years for stuttgart but originally bayern youth) ...also rensing (but he probably wont play this season UCL)

when you only count first team then müller shouldn't be in there (only substitute)

yeah anybody cares to say what the picture says in detail?

kroko

Finland2136 Posts

September 02 2009 13:25 GMT

#232

Last round, how many 'own' players were on opening 11. Meaning players who came from their youth system.

SoMuchBetter

Australia10606 Posts

September 02 2009 14:32 GMT

#233

On September 02 2009 07:05 Fzero wrote:

Show nested quote +

I only hope for consistency. Every single person who gets carded for a dive in the box should get a 2 game ban.

really. i hope its a sign of things to come, not just eduardo being made an example off for the sake of the media

Ra.Xor.2

United States1784 Posts

September 02 2009 14:35 GMT

#234

That picture fails hard. Pedro and Bojan would never start in front of Messi And Henry. Plus it screwed up quite a few starting arrangements, like walcott ahead of eboue. Also, it's only taking into account homegrown players of the clubs nationality, when Fifa defines a "homegrown" player to be any youth who played at the club for 3 seasons between 16-21. Arsenal and Liverpool both have quite a few players of that description. I don't disagree that Barca has the best youth system, I'm just saying that pictures does a bad job of convincing.

white_box921

United Kingdom967 Posts

September 02 2009 15:35 GMT

#235

FAIL PIC

Unless someone can explain to me what it is trying to say and why it make sense.

The only way I understand is that they showed who played for their teams in the last match, which I am fine and cannot disagree. But highlighting for example, Fletcher is bullshit, because 1. He is scottish and 2. He was not trained by the MU youth academy, not in FIFA homegrown terms anyway. So unless it has other meaning, I won't even bother to check the other teams apart from the english club.

edit: actually I think homegrown in FIFA is country dependent, this is because the laws of each country, where a player in the UK can sign professional contract at the age of 17, the youngest in europe ( as far as I am aware)

edit2: please correct me if I am wrong, I have been playing too much FM

Telemako

Spain1636 Posts

September 02 2009 16:53 GMT

#236

Uefa define a homegrown player as somebody aged from 15 to 21, and developed either by that club or a team from the same country.

The pic shows starters for first league match

kroko

Finland2136 Posts

September 02 2009 17:35 GMT

#237

Last round those were starting eleven. Messi wasnt even on bench, eventho he would have been on field hes Barca junior....

ilj.psa

Peru3081 Posts

September 03 2009 00:05 GMT

#238

yeah thats just first match.
Messi , Iniesta, probably should had been in there if it was the regular squad.

ilj.psa

Peru3081 Posts

September 03 2009 02:11 GMT

#239

im looking forward to this week's Brasil vs Argentina, arugibly the biggest classic(?) dunno how to say it in the world 8/

Ra.Xor.2

United States1784 Posts

September 03 2009 02:36 GMT

#240

Meh, if only Maradona wasn't coach, Argentina might do well. I've seen about 15 different formations out of him, and he shows no signs of stopping lol. Obviously he was one of the greatest players that ever lived, probably THE greatest, but his coaching abilities are negligible if not nonexistent. I wish Argentina would have appointed based on merit instead of hype.