Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Always fun to guess...


Since today is that last day to speculate before the January transfer window opens, I am going give you a few of my predicted transfers. I figure it will be fun to look at retrospectively when I go 0 for 5.

RSC and Wayne Bridge to Man City
Pennant to Real Madrid
Nobody famous to Arsenal (all transfers will be under 8 mil if they buy)
Paddy Kenny to Middlesbrough 

Post some of your predictions so I don't look like the only fool. 

Never slap a Griffin

When Ricardo Fuller was shown a red card this week after slapping his own teammate Andy Griffin, I was left baffled. Before then I had never heard of an player being sent off for getting into a fight with a player on his own team. In fact, I remember an incident between Adebayor and Bendtner during a drubbing at the hands of Tottenham in the Carling Cup, but not being reprimanded. Despite this, there is indeed precedent for sending off players on the same team for fighting (for example Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer on Newcastle 4/2/05). I guess this is just one of those hazy areas in the rules of football, and consequently is left to the referee's discretion. At least in my mind, I have always thought of the red card as a tool to punish those that exhibit brash physical treatment of their opponent. What are your thoughts? Should players like Fuller be sent off for bickering with their own teammates?