tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post6457080747070688253..comments2024-02-22T10:38:01.587+00:00Comments on The Lonesome Death of Roy Carroll: City 2 - 1 NewcastleTLDORChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00821789505647637219noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-57730758094111561482010-10-07T12:32:16.222+01:002010-10-07T12:32:16.222+01:00I am wrong, or has there been nothing in the way o...I am wrong, or has there been nothing in the way of a statement regarding the injury to Ben Arfa from either the club or De Jong? Certainly De Jong has not exressed his regret or concern, and I don't think the club has issued a statement of any kind. The 'high fives' while he lay prone were bad enough, but this silence or ignorance is disgraceful.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119930666914447553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-21534429140537468742010-10-04T17:53:13.207+01:002010-10-04T17:53:13.207+01:00De Jong is an animal! Xabi Alonso, Holden, Ben Arf...De Jong is an animal! Xabi Alonso, Holden, Ben Arfa... i mean.. come on!!! somebody talk to this punk...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043240812883842643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-79827498494672847922010-10-04T17:37:11.807+01:002010-10-04T17:37:11.807+01:00Pour yourself something stiff and try and enjoy th...Pour yourself something stiff and try and enjoy the bottom line! Look down the table. Who's that below?<br /><br />Exactly.<br /><br />AJ's moment of brilliance aside it was a bit dreadful, but you know what...they won. As you said, that's what championship contending teams playing their third game in eight days do. <br /><br />Results like Sunday don't fill the heart with joy, but they should appeal to the logically side of our brains. <br /><br />Three points. If we could have done that a few more times last November Spurs would be in the Europa League.Duane Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512076277116230020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-61839053022541386722010-10-03T22:35:13.538+01:002010-10-03T22:35:13.538+01:00I felt De Jong's tackle was excellent and feel...I felt De Jong's tackle was excellent and feel sorry for the unlucky ben Arfa. De Jong has performed a lot of 'leg breaker' challenges causing no damage (and the occasional Stuart Holden aftermath as well), but this wasn't one of them (if we ignore the outcome- hindsight is really overrated).<br />The tackle on Teves was never a pen as it was outside the box, I do agree on that, but I thought it a free-kick in a good position as Williamson had to take the leg before the ball, and we may have scored that effort, who's to say? I never thought Lescott on Ameobi was a penalty though, Ameobi fell forward over a leg whilst standing still, and that's counts as a dive to me.<br />I reckon a just deserved ground-out win, and I don't care how ugly it came.city_slackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153515607912025941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-14355001296127897242010-10-03T21:34:56.578+01:002010-10-03T21:34:56.578+01:00This is risible. We ground out a result against sp...This is risible. We ground out a result against spirited opponents when we weren't playing well. The only "tradition" we offended against today was that in which City come a cropper in the game that follows a famous win. I'm afraid you're going to have to get used to perfunctory victories against moderate opposition - it's what top sides do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com