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Oh man http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-transfers-mario-balotelli-subject-3187900#ixzz2uX2iUSjU

Even if this is true, why would he want to come and why the FUCK would we want him? He's nothing but trouble and perhaps 2-3 exquisite goals per season.

Dnipro are all counter attack all the time.
Dembele's done nothing much, Sandro has been all over the place, Eriksen looks like the man most likely to do something for us. But him drifting inside means we've got no width on the left and fryers isn't willing to charge into the space.

So sick of dawsons diagonal ball! Not looking good for us, haven't really had a shot on goal worthy of the name.. Closest chance was an Eriksen free kick.
Also bentaleb instead of capoue on the bench?!?

Haha not much love for the mighty Spurs between the two of us, eh. Capoue took a knock against Norwich, still recovering.

another colossal europa night for spurs.
wondering what team little 'Arry puts out tonight, and whether Soldado gets to start or not?

Got Cardiff on the weekend, and they don't seem to be doing the best right now, so maybe Sherwood plays first team tonight and tries to scrape a result against Cardiff on sunday, or not...

Looking pretty toothless so far. Soldado is non-existent again and Ade has gone quiet. Naughton not quick enough getting back, Eriksen's working hard but not really delivering. Meh, will probably end 0-0.

Those forks look like suspension forks. Or 700c on a 26" wheel. Not sure I like.

Yep, what Louis said. Just get it started and and change it underway, if needs be. Otherwise this'll go down the route that we normally take it down in the UK: Let's talk loads about it and point out what's wrong, but never do anything.

thanks to everyone that came down, definitely the biggest crowd for a league game this year. Special thanks to refs.

Gay. I've got one hour left, we need 4 more..

yeah

Come ref our game tomorrow, Ed.

How much are whistles? I kinda want one..

Watch Liverpool come in for Ba in the summer and then we high jack it. I'd love that.

This.

In your opinion what is the point of having refs then?

I don't even..

Didn't we do this conversation last week?

Probably, but the issue still stands.

Or if need be, implement the 30s penalty straight away.

This is probably a good starting point when reffing a game. Come down hard, early. Set the tone early in the game.

I believe people should be dicks MORE.

The main problem with reffing is the idea that everything is an accident and that everyone is playing with the best intentions.

Whilst this is often true for throw-ins, it's rarely true in a competitive game. We should put more pressure on refs to make calls (of any kind) and not give them the safety net of "well, they probably didn't mean it" – which whilst perhaps being true, isn't conducive to the correct team always having the advantage (and perhaps winning the game).

Hacking, mallets-under-wheels, raised arms, steering arm checks (below the elbow), bike-on-bike contact, shoves, holding, etc... all rarely called and certainly not penalty box calls (as many of them should be).

While admittedly I've played a lot less competitive games than you, I don't think it's as much a case of the ref thinking contact was not intended as a case of simply not catching exactly what happened. There's so many illegal moves thrown in a competitive game, I can appreciate how it can be hard for a ref to not just see them but also call them correctly. The last thing we should be doing as a community is put MORE pressure on these already tense situations. If we have LESS tense situations the ref is more inclined to call them.

In my opinion, refereeing is probably the least explored aspect of our game. If we want the standard of refereeing to improve, the regulations to be upheld and the general good of the game, the worst thing we can do is make it harder to referee. That's basically what you guys are suggesting: Make it harder to ref. I think that's wrong. Refereeing simply won't develop and grow at the same speed that players will learn to abuse the rules and worsen the game.

Everyone needs to read the rules, but then we need to play by them as well.

Any suggestion that players should be more flagrant and intentional in their foul play strikes me as a very dangerous route to go down.

^ that

Could just be a fever or like you say, a cold. Even though she hates the vets (all pets do), it might be worth going if she's still not feeling too hot after a week or so of this.

ill see if i can come and watch/ref. Will only be able to know 100% on the day though

Thanks man!

Anyone else feel like chipping in with ref duties this Wednesday?

it's up to refs to start calling it.

Wrong. This is what's fucking with the game at the moment. Players use the ref not calling something as an excuse to throw dick moves. Just stop being dicks! It's lazy, non-constructive and ultimately damaging to this hobby of ours.

^ loljks

I agree though, let's put it to bed..

Although quite close to bullying, all things considered.

In my opinion.

ftfy

Spurs look shit today

Today, also. Sherwood is morphing into AVB, leaving talent on the bench while stubbornly playing formations/lineups that don't produce anything.

I'm off to find some gravel to thrust into my eyes.

I'm so sick of seeing Bentaleb's name on the team sheet over Eriksen's.

Haha Liverpool subbing Agger for Kolo. Great move.

Sebastian and Ed ;) ;)

;)

Not seen a ref as biased as this for quite some time

Never mind the ref, your defending is piss poor.

There'll be more goals yet, I feel..

Haha. We got one season more out of him than anyone thought we would, he served us very well indeed and was off to bigger and better. Nothing to cry about.

my god, what a goal. (Bale)