European Football on Virgin Media. - Page 13

denphone · 04-03-2013, 16:09

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

God dammit, Newcastle gets shafted with SD only coverage on Virgin.

Unless ITV HD 4 suddenly appears in the next day or two.

colin25 · 04-03-2013, 16:15

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Originally Posted by denphone

Unless ITV HD 4 suddenly appears in the next day or two.

Or go to a friend's house who has Sky

denphone · 04-03-2013, 16:31

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Originally Posted by colin25

Or go to a friend's house who has Sky

Indeed.

andrewbrown · 04-03-2013, 21:23

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

God dammit, Newcastle gets shafted with SD only coverage on Virgin.

That's not a problem. They still play in black and white.

Media Boy UK · 05-03-2013, 16:35

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

God dammit, Newcastle gets shafted with SD only coverage on Virgin.

News just in: Virgin Media set to launch ITV4 HD on Thursday.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post2063.html

denphone · 05-03-2013, 16:56

Now that should please those devoted Newcastle supporters.

05-03-2013, 21:48

Best possible timing

andy_m · 05-03-2013, 21:51

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Originally Posted by denphone

Unless ITV HD 4 suddenly appears in the next day or two.

Spooky!

denphone · 05-03-2013, 21:56

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Originally Posted by andy_m

Spooky!

Yes its that Palanthir that reveals the future to me.

Arthurgray50@blu · 05-03-2013, 22:02

The United/ Real Madrid game was awesome, BUT l might upset a few fans here, Nani deserved to walk, he got the Red Card for dangerous play, His foot was digging into the players chest - straight Red.

It made me laugh when both commentators both said it should be a yellow and then Fergie face when he was shown the straight red.

I have seen Rooney do that plenty of times and get away with it with PL refs, its about time that refs stuck to the rules of the game.

harry_hitch · 05-03-2013, 22:13

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

The United/ Real Madrid game was awesome, BUT l might upset a few fans here, Nani deserved to walk, he got the Red Card for dangerous play, His foot was digging into the players chest - straight Red.

It made me laugh when both commentators both said it should be a yellow and then Fergie face when he was shown the straight red.

I have seen Rooney do that plenty of times and get away with it with PL refs, its about time that refs stuck to the rules of the game.

Arthur, oddly enough, I agree. If Ronaldo did that to RVP, the crowd would have been baying for his blood. Man Utd have too many big decisions go their way and simply can not accept a fair decision when it goes against them.

colin25 · 06-03-2013, 05:45

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Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Arthur, oddly enough, I agree. If Ronaldo did that to RVP, the crowd would have been baying for his blood. Man Utd have too many big decisions go their way and simply can not accept a fair decision when it goes against them.

tend to agree, though could have seen a yellow.

But utd can't complain, given the decisions that they get

anap · 06-03-2013, 13:05

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

The United/ Real Madrid game was awesome, BUT l might upset a few fans here, Nani deserved to walk, he got the Red Card for dangerous play, His foot was digging into the players chest - straight Red.

It made me laugh when both commentators both said it should be a yellow and then Fergie face when he was shown the straight red.

I have seen Rooney do that plenty of times and get away with it with PL refs, its about time that refs stuck to the rules of the game.

Dangerous play is not a straight red card. Violent conduct is a red card. If you think that attempting to control the ball is violent conduct then he deserved to walk.

andy_m · 06-03-2013, 13:13

It wasn't dangerous play because he made contact. It was a foul in the group of 6 requiring a direct free kick. At best it was careless and no further sanction was required, at worst it was reckless and a yellow. Where the red came from is anybody's guess.

harry_hitch · 06-03-2013, 13:50

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Originally Posted by anap

Dangerous play is not a straight red card. Violent conduct is a red card. If you think that attempting to control the ball is violent conduct then he deserved to walk.

It's an extremely controversial matter and I can fully understand your point and I do not think anyone will really ever fully agree on the decision.

However, we all know that if it had been Arbeloa doing that to Nani, the crowd would have gone mad, as would of Fergie. IF the ref then only booked Arbeloa, would Fergie have said it should only have been a yellow card? I, personally, think not.

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Originally Posted by andy_m

It wasn't dangerous play because he made contact. It was a foul in the group of 6 requiring a direct free kick. At best it was careless and no further sanction was required, at worst it was reckless and a yellow. Where the red came from is anybody's guess.

I feel a line must be drawn though, Nani must have seen Arbeloa coming (even only with his peripheral vision) and still did not pull out of the challenge or put his hands up in apology of the impending collision. Instead he stayed down, hoping for a bit of sympathy.
A yellow card would not suffice for me simply because all players could go in like Nani and claim ignorance. I would still class it as dangerous play though.