Football (Soccer) Thread

[Sheilbh]

League Cup final's on Sky and it's cold outside. Both disappoint me

[Ed Anger]

I give my verdict on Gus Johnson on Fox:

He just ain't ready.

[FunkMonk]

I give my verdict on Gus Johnson on Fox:

He just ain't ready.

It's weird hearing his voice and he often doesn't seem to know when to sound excited and when to sound GUS JOHNSON-excited. He really needs a good co-commentator to pick up his slack.

[FunkMonk]

League Cup final's on Sky and it's cold outside. Both disappoint me

Swansea 

[Josquius]

League Cup final's on Sky and it's cold outside. Both disappoint me

I didn't watch it but I am quite happy that two no-name teams were competing.

Though I guess that does kind of show how worthless that cup has become

[Admiral Yi]

Think I heard that Tottenham got relegated?

[katmai]

[Josephus]

No comments on the call? No one? The controversial call in the women's Olympics game got more discussion than this...[although I contributed most of that as well].

[FunkMonk]

No comments on the call? No one? The controversial call in the women's Olympics game got more discussion than this...[although I contributed most of that as well].

I saw it and laughed at Nani.

I'd say red was a fair enough decision. Referee made a judgement call there on the intent of the player and it was a very dangerous foul.

What I really enjoyed about the call was all the whining and moaning about it from the folks on Fox Soccer. I'm glad that channel is going away soon because I've grown to loathe everyone on it.  Even Brian McBride. 

[Sheilbh]

Roy Keane said it was a red card. Which makes me think it probably was.

[Josephus]

Yeah, I'm half-half on it. But I'm leaning towards it was deserved. It was a dangerous play. Intent or not, it was a studs up tackle.

[FunkMonk]

He could've killed him.

[Warspite]

Looked like a yellow at most, and was definitely not a red for me. Even the Madrid players weren't demanding a card. A big clue about whether a sending off is deserved or not is when the opposing team are surprised.

[FunkMonk]

To me the foul exists in that space between yellow and red, where 75% of the time the ref will show yellow and the remainder a red. When I initially saw it I thought a yellow myself, but I can easily see a referee giving a red card.

[Liep]

Milan needs to learn not to loose the ball to Iniesta in the midfield.