Stuart Munday
Well-known member
Its all about consistency, what's the betting one of our players goes shoulder to shoulder with someone tonight and gets sent off.
I thought the Burnley game was probably the best game I have seen at the Amex. Loads of fans think the ref was useless, Barton was an assassin, Naylor is a plonker for defending Barton etc etc. I remember games full of of thuggery and controversy from the the sixties and seventies which would have made Saturday's game seem like a friendly kick about.
Fans these days think that a blood and thunder tackle should be a red card and slag off all and sundry and go nuts if the player gives some wind up back at the crowd.
Excitement and passion is what it's all about for me and the Burnley game had it in spades. Can't wait for the last 7 games.
No but I Like some aggression in the game. Every tackle gets calls for yellow and red cards these days. Grow some I say.
Whatever way you dice it up Barton was a disgrace and the officials were a disgrace. You shouldn't need that stuff in order to derive entertainment from the match.
Thanks for all the comments....I probably didn't word the original post as well as I might (I blame Old Speckled Hen) but it's good to see a lot of support for my main argument.
3 pts tonight please chaps and let's show a bit of old fashion grit.
Up the Albion
Its all about consistency, what's the betting one of our players goes shoulder to shoulder with someone tonight and gets sent off.
I take back the palarce troll comment
I also grew up watching players like Jimmy Case clattering someone on the halfway line and then pulling the fella to his feet via his permed hair
Barton should be sectioned under the mental health act tho
And then the Burnley player had his hands around Barnes neck. The ref is a cheat that is all there is to it.Indeed, I've just read through the thread and was going to post the same.
I am still confused about Saturday and Barton not getting even a yellow, only because of the other game against Burnley when we had two sent off.
I would really like to see a video of the Barnes sending off that day to compare it with the Barton stamp, from what I remember Barnes was fouled and as he came down he landed on the Burnley player.
Thanks Simmo. I would post more but don't want to hog the limelight. 35 posts a year is plenty. It's all the access I get in the Strangeways IT room.!!
BG posts 35 a day
Another palarce troll then
325 posts in more than ten years have you been in prison
And then the Burnley player had his hands around Barnes neck. The ref is a cheat that is all there is to it.
If you only include school holidays then the posts per year increases significantly