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On October 24 2014 22:59 Crushinator wrote:Show nested quote +On October 24 2014 22:52 zev318 wrote:On October 24 2014 22:22 Crushinator wrote:
Don't really understand why Albania was punished at all. Surely they can't be held responsible for the actions of every single Albanian in Serbia. Also they can't be blamed for not wanting to continue to play in a dangerous environment after some of their players already got assaulted by fans. What is the punishment for, exactly? then the same argument must hold for serbia. they cant be held responsible for every serbian in the stadium. so basically it gets nowhere. Well that isn't true. The Serbian FA is responsible for hosting a safe and organized match in Serbia. Crowd control is part of that. The albanian FA has no means or authority to stop an Albanian fan from flying a drone around in a foreign country. Show nested quote +On October 24 2014 22:51 warding wrote:
Football clubs and national associations are often made responsible for the behavior of its fans. Teams are punished for racist rants, use of pyrotechnics, etc. I was under the impression that this was only done for the home side, for the reason stated above. Only measure I've heard of was to simply not have away support in certain matches, but that decision is made by the home side and approved by uefa. Am I mistaken in that? I've been trying to google this, but I can't find anything.
In Sweden clubs can get fined for things their fans do when playing away. In this game Albanian fans were banned though (I think).
Pretty fucked up that after this mess the Serbian team goes out and thanks their so called fans IMO
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On October 24 2014 22:40 Crushinator wrote:How is the Albanian FA responsible for the drone? Note: An Albanian done did it is not a good argument.
It's an obvious political provocation from the Albanians. In the context of the relations between Serbia and Albania this kind of "demonstrations" are just unacceptable. Even if the FA is separate structure(and it's not) from the government, the team should be punished for this insult. They even tried to "defend the flag"... come on. The Albanians should be happy that they left Serbia alive.
IMO UEFA should fine themselves too... They put Spain-Gibraltar, Azerbaijan-Armenia and Russia-Georgia in separate groups(hell even Israel is allowed to play in UEFA competitions, because they can't possibly play against middle-east countries), but they couldn't do the same for Serbia-Albania. Extremely dumb.
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Vatican City State1176 Posts
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On October 24 2014 22:59 Crushinator wrote:
That is why I suspect that Albania was punished for refusing to play on. Which I find highly objectionable.
Who knows? I didn't see any official reasons for the judgment, so it`s pure speculation. The Albanian players were clearly seen starting a fight when Serbian players calmly took down the flag, and the Albanian FA is certainly responsible for the behavior of their players.
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What the hell was Felix Magath doing wrong at Fulham?
What was it 1 point from 7 games with him.
Fire him and its13 points from 7 games without him.
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United Kingdom10014 Posts
THIS
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It goes back to last season when Brede Hangeland, then the Fulham captain, was diagnosed with a slight thigh injury and the club’s doctor, Stephen Lewis, with more than a decade of working in elite sport, put together a recovery programme to try to get him fit for the weekend. Except Magath thought he knew better. There was another way to treat the problem, he said. So he sent the kit-man to the Tesco in New Malden, a short drive along the A3 from Fulham’s training ground, to buy a large block of cheese.
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Magath is just a terrible coach. I don't know how he finds work.
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It seems like Magath has gone crazy over the years, he just cannot work with players anymore. It's like his overgrown ego combined with his earlier success has driven him insane. Also it is possible that he is just in it for the money and is laughing his ass off while earning millions (thanks to his former glory and his serious demeanor). I remember he got fired and looked like he didn't give a damn, all smiling in the interviews.
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On October 25 2014 09:30 Jockmcplop wrote:THISsmall snippet Show nested quote +It goes back to last season when Brede Hangeland, then the Fulham captain, was diagnosed with a slight thigh injury and the club’s doctor, Stephen Lewis, with more than a decade of working in elite sport, put together a recovery programme to try to get him fit for the weekend. Except Magath thought he knew better. There was another way to treat the problem, he said. So he sent the kit-man to the Tesco in New Malden, a short drive along the A3 from Fulham’s training ground, to buy a large block of cheese.
Thanks for that interesting read and answered my question to a tee.
"Fulham probably have a better idea now why Lewis Holtby, on loan from Tottenham, immediately asked to return to White Hart Lane when he found out that Magath, formerly his coach at Schalke, was taking over."
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On October 24 2014 16:50 Maenander wrote:Show nested quote +On October 24 2014 15:17 sharkie wrote:
Austria in top29 in the fifa ranking...
What a joke of a ranking The Austrian team has gotten better, hasn't it?
Yes but we aren't even close to a top50 team.
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On October 25 2014 18:22 Greg_J wrote:Show nested quote +On October 25 2014 09:30 Jockmcplop wrote:THISsmall snippet It goes back to last season when Brede Hangeland, then the Fulham captain, was diagnosed with a slight thigh injury and the club’s doctor, Stephen Lewis, with more than a decade of working in elite sport, put together a recovery programme to try to get him fit for the weekend. Except Magath thought he knew better. There was another way to treat the problem, he said. So he sent the kit-man to the Tesco in New Malden, a short drive along the A3 from Fulham’s training ground, to buy a large block of cheese. Thanks for that interesting read and answered my question to a tee. "Fulham probably have a better idea now why Lewis Holtby, on loan from Tottenham, immediately asked to return to White Hart Lane when he found out that Magath, formerly his coach at Schalke, was taking over."
There is a reason no one in germany gives him a job anymore.
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
EL CLASSICO!!![[image loading]](http://img.skysports.com/football/badges/128/598.png) vs ![[image loading]](http://img.skysports.com/football/badges/128/549.png) Kick Off 16:00 GMT (+00:00)Team NewsReal MadridGareth Bale is missing for Carlo Ancelotti's side but the Real Madrid manager is likely to stick with the bulk of the side that was so impressive in dismantling Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday. Dani Carvajal could replace Alvaro Arbeloa at right back, but at the top end of the pitch it will be left to Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and James Rodriguez to dismantle the Barcelona defence. BarcelonaLuis Suarez, whose four-month ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini ends on Saturday, may well go straight back into Luis Enrique's starting XI at the expense of Pedro, who has looked less that convincing in recent games. Javier Mascherano is likely to keep his position in midfield where he has been so impressive this season though, with Sergio Busquets available again, Enrique may be tempted to push the Argentine back into his defence in order to accommodate the Spaniard in midfield.
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Oh wow it's at 18:00, then I CAN watch it, yay! :D
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hart got a good whack, probably got the wind knocked out of him
EDit: WEST HAM IN FRONT!
what a freaking pass, zabaleta got fooled by it
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1-0 TO THE HAMMERS!
Brilliant through-ball from Song, and well done by Valencia to find Amalfitano.
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Can't wait for this.
Good thing there's a dota tournament going on right now.
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EPT
