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[Cool Joe]

*www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8751_5516792,00.html

The best read I've had this week

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Draw starts in 15 mins.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Live Text for catching it up LIVE

*www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/aug/27/champions-league-draw-live

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

I am watching stream
Milan and Madrid in the same group!Get in!
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Inter-Barca,get in.
Arsenal with AZ Alkamaar.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Liverpool with Olympique Lyonnais.
Gerard Houllier connection.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

United go to Russia and Turkey
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Group H

Arsenal
AZ
Olympiacos
Liege

Good draw.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Infact we got the easiest group

 

[skeletor]

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

As they say,there are no easy games in Europe











Except in CL group H
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Chelsea
Porto
Atletico
Apoel

Tough group for CFC.
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RAWK going nuts over the bird hosting the draw

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Ashley Young dived to win a penalty in the UEFA cup.Let's see if it gets any coverage at all.An Englishman diving against a European team is apparently OK.

 

[phuchungbhutia]

Yes certainly . . Atleast Ed didnt jump up and down begging for penalty like Manure players do . . If its retro rules then judge all a them . . It ll certainly go for lifetime 4 those players esp Ash, Ron , .

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

UEFA chief Michel Platini is bringing in FIVE refs per game to stop Eduardo & Co

Sun's headline today.
Why not Gerrard or co. or Rooney or co. or Young or co.?

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Why the hell you guys are after Gerrard all the time....
And now when your own player is in similar situation, you guys have a problem...

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

If they ban Eduardo for 2 matches,it will only be fair that every player,English or not is banned for simulation,without exceptions.No more letting go of United and Liverpool players.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

And oh if UEFA thinks a player is diving they have EVERY right to take action whether it is Torres, Gerrard, Messi, Henry, or Ronaldo.
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And oh this was a faaaaaaaar worse dive than Gerrard v Athletico which you guys so much hold on.
There's no shred of doubt that it was a blatant dive.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Why the hell you guys are after Gerrard all the time....
And now when your own player is in similar situation, you guys have a problem...

Because it amazes me how he gets away blameless all the time for simulation.While Eduardo gets branded a cheat for 1st offense.Rooney and a lot of English players are in the same boat as Gerrard.
Of course we have a problem because of the totally different treatment of Arsenal players in particular.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

There is one thing about exaggerating a tackle with a theatrical falling over and just falling with total deliberation. If you want my honest opinion, the second case is what with Eduardo and I think that's lot worse.
But yes both cases is cheating and should be punished whether it's Arsenal or Liverpool.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

And oh if UEFA thinks a player is diving they have EVERY right to take action whether it is Torres, Gerrard, Messi, Henry, or Ronaldo.
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And oh this was a faaaaaaaar worse dive than Gerrard v Athletico which you guys so much hold on.
There's no shred of doubt that it was a blatant dive.

Yes they have every right to take action,but they don't do it often enough.Diving happens every week in every competition.Only because media blew the incident over the top,they are compelled to take an action.
This is the same media which ignores or edits out Gerrard\Rooney dives in the highlights ITV wanked about the dive all the time as if nothing else happened over the 2 legs.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

And if they are beginning punishing with Eduardo now, at least better late than never. What if he dived in CL Champions Semi Final and gets banned for the Final?

Hopefully more action against divers in the future
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This is the same media which ignores or edits out Gerrard\Rooney dives in the highlights ITV wanked about the dive all the time as if nothing else happened over the 2 legs.

English players bias, period. Nothing to with Arsenal or Liverpool.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Yeah,if you are punishing Ed,don't make it a one off case.