They foolishly got rid of the frivolous appeal rule. A shame, as he'd have an extra game ban now.
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They foolishly got rid of the frivolous appeal rule. A shame, as he'd have an extra game ban now.
Vivalaraza
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What? Seriously? When?
Oh man, I thought I had a done a Horse and nailed my witness
No further questions your honour..
Shanks D Zoro
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but consistency to me is the mark of a better team. Even when Juve are bad they still get results. That is what separates good teams with great teams.
jts
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you make that? its fantastic
I made the edit, but not the original one.
Should make a template to use for any club lol.
Impossible, we have zero continuity and the worst defenders ever.
Roma is simply one step ahead us.
Shanks D Zoro
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People who talk about consistency and reference the Aguero stamp undermine their argument. These retroactive punishments are not meant to "re-referee" a situation. They are meant to referee situations that weren't refereed. In Aguero's case, a free kick was given. Did they make the right decision to not red card him? No, but they did give a foul and therefore it was not open to retroactive punishment -- the situations are not comparable.
And the reason Costa had special attention paid to him by the media is because he is a repeat offender. Within both the game and in his career -- he consistently commits red card worthy offenses. It is the reason Deflategate is such a thing in the US right now. The Patriots history of cheating.
And the reason Costa had special attention paid to him by the media is because he is a repeat offender. Within both the game and in his career -- he consistently commits red card worthy offenses. It is the reason Deflategate is such a thing in the US right now. The Patriots history of cheating.
so you are a Napoli/Milan/Inter fan?
Napoli :/
Also seriously? Inter/Milan? They are a bajillion points from Roma.
I'm getting far too much lip.
"It was supposed to be here today".
Motherfucker sounds like a child.
jts
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Shanks D Zoro
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well you said the worst defenders, you might have just been optomistic
Was it suppose to be there today?
Stereogatari
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Well Costa or no Costa the difference between winning or losing isn't going to ride on him anyway. I'd be more worried if Hazard or Fabregas were out.
Shanks D Zoro
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In fact i wanted to add "of any decent team" to my sentence
I am confused, so you are a Roma fan, too.
The_Hitcher89
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Do you really think the tussle with Gerrard was worth a red btw? That was just needle.
He was supposed to fucking pay for it a week and a half ago. And that was at half-price. He told me to send it before he could pay for it. I actually did that. And then it was another few days before he paid. And now he's moaning.
flabberghastly
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It's an issue of semantics, I guess. Our highs are definitely higher, but our lows are so much lower (except that degenerate display against Bayern - that was sensational).
Strinic has looked impressive so far, and Zuniga should be returning soon.
I believe we can catch them, but whether we will or not is a completely different matter.
Baki
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Regardless of the media narrative. Costa has a history of cunt-ish behaviour. He stomped on those guys on purpose. Plain and simple. He deserves to be punished for it.
Stereogatari
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No way. Not at all.
But I think Skertel and Markovich were toeing that line, and obviously the non-given 2nd yellow cards.
Well put
Baki
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Not to mention, other players "getting away" with it doesn't justify inaction on Costa. It's a schoolboy argument "...but he didn't get punished".
Mate, you fuck up, you deserve to get punished. Simples.
Shanks D Zoro
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Roma are signing Doumbia, please tell me he is the guy who had that terrible miss in their first meeting this season. What a shocker
The_Hitcher89
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Don't recall Markovic doing anything tbh. Heard Skrtel did something to Costa after the second tread, but I haven't seen it.
Ottl is a free agent.
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I'm not buying into any of this history of cuntish behaviour either. I believe that's something the media have reinforced as well. I've watched all 90mins of every Chelsea game this season bar three cup games. I can tell you straight up without a doubt that Costa has had cuntish behaviour directed towards him by many defenders he's faced, purposefully to try and wind him up.
Off the top of my head the City defenders, Liverpool and Sunderland defenders were just as cuntish towards him as he's apparently deemed of being. Even Paul Scholes mentioned that.
I'm not defending the stamps but the Costa = Cunt narrative is so overplayed and boring. People are trying to find a new Suarez in him, but he's not.
Don't recall Markovic doing anything tbh. Heard Skrtel did something to Costa after the second tread, but I haven't seen it.
Markovich elbowed/slapped Luis in the face.
I was at the game and tbh didn't see any of the dodgy incidents till I got home. Made it particularly surreal to see the media shitstorm afterwards. It can be quite stark and weird when something you didn't see at the game is the talking point when you get home.
The_Hitcher89
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Come on bruv.
There's no fucking way anyone could possibly believe that he's not a confirmed cunt, whether they like him or not.
I'm pretty sure we're gonna collapse and you'll end up winning EVERYTHING ;_;
I'm not buying into this global warming lark.
"You can't take the spitting out of his game, like. It's an edge he has".
"You can't take the spitting out of his game, like. It's an edge he has".
Vivalaraza
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It's happened.
He's the victim.
He really is the new Suarez.
He's the victim.
He really is the new Suarez.
I am everything and nothing.I am confused, so you are a Roma fan, too.
If for "impressive" you mean "has not fucked up anything" then yes Strinic is impressive.
Zuniga is broken and has not played in ages, i doubt he'll play more than 180 minutes for the rest of the season.
No way! This year is a lost cause for winning anything (maybe Coppa Italia but it'll be super duper hard) and after this season we'll have to reconstruct the team from scratch.
Your dominance is not at risk for the near-medium future don't worry.
To be sincere i thought like you the moment Conte left but obviously it wasn't the case.
jts
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Shanks D Zoro
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Boo fucking hoo, that is the history of football. Defenders try and wind up guys who have issues. It is up to Costa to not react.
I remember a match between Napoli and Juve when Chiellini and Cavani were both cunts to each other, but stayed within the realms of acceptability, then both walked off with a warm embrace after the match. That is football. Costa gives in to the temptation
Dat bias, even us Liverpool fans recognised suarez was a cunt
I miss Cavani, truly.
Stereogatari
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Before the stamp I don't think he'd done anything to deserve the reputation he was getting, and like I said it's fine for defenders to act cuntish towards him, but as soon as he reacts it's framed as him being the ultimate cunt.
Point in case. The Sunderland game. O'Shea was being a right cunt himself, but the fallout was geared towards Costa's cuntishness. These things aren't portrayed fairly in the media. They have their new Suarez. Simple as that.
I mean you have to be deluded to think other players aren't as cuntish or even worse than Costa is, and yet they will not get the same backpage space or SSN airtime, and therefore will not get the same cunty reputation.
Up until these stamps Costa did nothing to deserve the media flak he was receiving. The only one was the Sunderland game where he lashed out, but O'Shea was giving some lashing himself.
Shanks D Zoro
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Were Juve ever truly in for him? I remember reports from time to time, but that is always the way when you have several daily sports papers.
hahaha what a mess
he's probably going to fuck you on the feedback too
ebay is a proper den of cunts nowadays
Stereogatari
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I admittedly don't know much of his La Liga career.
But until the stamps, the reputation he had in England was not congruent with his behaviour. All I saw was an aggressive striker winding up defenders that were also giving it large themselves.
Now of course I have less recourse to defend him, since the stamps are not defendable. But before them there were people calling him cunt this, and cunt that, when all he was doing was having tussles with defenders, something you can see week in week out of any average PL team. But average PL teams don't get the screentime, they aren't important to the storyline. Costa is and will get framed nicely for it.
The media can skew things in any direction they want. The fact that Vertonghen's choke a night later than the stamps hardly got a peep proves that so clearly.
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