To be fair, it was very sporting of Drogba to attempt to take Fulham's penalty for them.
The boy Sidwell wears the number 7 shirt for Fulham, unless I'm mistaken.
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The boy Sidwell wears the number 7 shirt for Fulham, unless I'm mistaken.
It looked like Gudjohnsen, but it was just the highlights so I couldn't get a decent view.
The goal.com match report lists him as #7, while Sidwell is #4. I'll be buggered if I can see a #22 anywhere on their list, but there was definitely a #22 on the pitch who looked like Eidur to me.
The goal.com match report lists him as #7, while Sidwell is #4. I'll be buggered if I can see a #22 anywhere on their list, but there was definitely a #22 on the pitch who looked like Eidur to me.
Hmm. The squad list on Fulham's OWS has Gudjohnsen down as 22, Sidwell as 7 while the mystery number 4 adorns the polyester rags of John Pantsil. I reckon they'd know, to be fair. 
It's interesting, since they have both Pantsil and Sidwell as #4 in the same lineup sheet. Oh, and they spell Pantsil as Paintsil. http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/48983/fulham-vs-chelsea/lineup-stats
Goal.com has a screwy website anyway, but it's still better than ESPN Soccernet.
Isn't Paintsil his real name, but it was registered as Panstil on some paper work? Like the John Obi Mikel/Jon Mikel Obi/whatever situation?
I didn't notice that. Obviously they didn't either!
Haha, they make up for their inaccuracy though by listing Torres as both Fulham's and Chelsea's Flop of the Match!
EDIT - nope, I got that wrong, one is the goal.com rating the other is the fans' rating.
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No joy for Man City against Aris in Greece. I imagine they'll win the return leg, but not a good result for a team that needs confidence above all else.
tottenham vs milan should be a goal guarantee
No Bale, but VdV is in the side for Spurs. Crouch seems to have a good record outside England, and Harry seems to agree as the tall man starts. Should be an exciting match.
Good ol' Crouchy. Always rated the big man (though to be fair Lennon did 80% of the legwork on that one).
I can here the phrase "great touch for a big man" all the way from here.
I can here the phrase "great touch for a big man" all the way from here.
Gattuso is a hothead, so it could have been anything...to me he's the quintessential Italian player in all his qualities.
Big win for Spurs though - they kept a clean sheet, got the away goal and play the second leg at home, probably with less injury problems.
Big win for Spurs though - they kept a clean sheet, got the away goal and play the second leg at home, probably with less injury problems.
Reading the reports, Jordan squared up to him during a set-to not long after the Flamini tackle on Corluka.
I'd have to side with hothead pillock Gattuso on this one. A non-player coming onto the pitch to square up to a player and get in his face, the player can do what he likes to him. At any rate, Jordan should be banned from the sidelines for the rest of the season.
I'd have to side with hothead pillock Gattuso on this one. A non-player coming onto the pitch to square up to a player and get in his face, the player can do what he likes to him. At any rate, Jordan should be banned from the sidelines for the rest of the season.
If Jordan did indeed enter the pitch, and one of the officials saw it, he will surely get a ban/fine or both.
Still, Gattuso doesn't need much of a reason to start a fight.
Still, Gattuso doesn't need much of a reason to start a fight.
Jordan might be 60-odd, but he'd have Gattuso for breakfast.
I thought that the incident during the match took place on the sideline not on the pitch but there is no justification whatsoever for shoving Jordan, grabbing him by the throat and then shoving your head into his face in one of those 'there's contact but it's not quite a headbutt' actions that footballers seem to love so much. Had someone done any one of those things to Gattuso, you can be sure he'd still be rolling around on the grass.
I thought that the incident during the match took place on the sideline not on the pitch but there is no justification whatsoever for shoving Jordan, grabbing him by the throat and then shoving your head into his face in one of those 'there's contact but it's not quite a headbutt' actions that footballers seem to love so much. Had someone done any one of those things to Gattuso, you can be sure he'd still be rolling around on the grass.
It's not like Gattuso could knock Joe's front teeth out anyway.
Interestingly, he was a Milan player himself once upon a time.
PS. Don't they have areas marked for these games which the staff have to stay within? If he stepped out of the area to get in an opposing player's face, he'd be in trouble I reckon.
He was indeed, which might offer some explanation as to why he was one of Gattuso's targets this evening...
Gotta hand it to Harry though. The difference a manager makes. Spurs were stone motherless last when they sacked Ramos and brought him in. He gets them straight into the Champions League and now they've beaten the Serie A leaders at the San Siro. I don't think Spurs fans have had it so good for as long as I can recall.
Indeed, England's next manager has raised Spurs' stock considerably with his European adventure. On a day when Man City can only manage a 0-0 draw against a Greek SuperLeague side, Spurs only go and beat a top Italian team.
Joe Jordan looks like a rough fellow - not the best strike rate in his playing years - though I certainly wouldn't say that to his face. He's no stranger to the head-butt I'll reckon.
Gattuso has something of a hard man reputation but compared with players like Dean Windass he's a little ankle-biter.
Joe Jordan looks like a rough fellow - not the best strike rate in his playing years - though I certainly wouldn't say that to his face. He's no stranger to the head-butt I'll reckon.
Gattuso has something of a hard man reputation but compared with players like Dean Windass he's a little ankle-biter.
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