Phil "Pinocchio" Thompson

[offside_ruel_fox]

Trying to get BAE suspended for the Liverpool game. Was the challenge that bad?

 

[ILS]

Yes it was and no spurs fan in a right mind can defend him.

 

[tototoner]

Yes it was

 

[Gardham90]

Definitely a straight red IMO. Over the ball, late, very bad challenge.

 

[haxman]

The stream site I watched kept replaying it as a highlight after the game, it was bad. BAE sloppy of late, the weak link in our defence imo.

 

[mpickard2087]

Yep bit of a naughty one, studs up over the top of the ball.

 

[lloydi200182]

Whatever it was if he went over the ball like he said then I'm 100% the ref would have seen it so no retrospective action could be taken I believe

 

[Audere]

It was still one footed though. Cant see a ban.

 

[ILS]

It was still one footed though. Cant see a ban.

Whether it was one foot or two foot it is irrelevant! It was over the top and could have easily broken the lads leg...take off the rose tinted glasses.

 

[akie]

Went over the ball, did look poor, thommo did keep talking about it

 

[TheChosenOne]

I prefer Thompson's other nickname : The Mersey Muppet.

 

[offside_ruel_fox]

Did the ref award a free kick or did he miss it?

 

[raf18]

Let's hope there is no action. The retrospective bans are usually for nasty personal incidents like elbows and spitting, as opposed to tackles. I haven't seen it yet tho because my stream froze just before it showed the replays.

 

[nidge]

Did the ref award a free kick or did he miss it?

No action was taken at the time so th fa could look at charging benny.

 

[kishman]

Rose played LB at Anfield last season and played brilliantly.

 

[Sanj]

was a bad challenge - not sure it was deliberate. just thought di santo beat him to the ball and benni block challenge ended low shin.
was not high shin or knee high challenge so i think some on here are a little more over the top in their condemnation than benni was.
Only seen it briefly, so stand to be corrected - but didn't look malicious - tho it was a bad challenge in the end.

 

[Sanj]

Trying to get BAE suspended for the Liverpool game. Was the challenge that bad?

Thommo's reaction was poor - nowhere near as bad or deliberate as G johnson. not pre-meditated like lescott.
Thommo's jealousy of spurs getting the better of him....

 

[nedley]

It was a poor challenge but there was no intent.

A pretty stupid way to go into a challenge though.

 

[gp13tot]

Rose played LB at Anfield last season and played brilliantly.

He did, but would you put good money on a repeat? He's looked very ropey this season.

Typical Big Nose though - anything to assist or defend the Scousers. I do remember him being quite critical of Johnson's tackle but no mention of it on soccer special tonight. Shame Stelling wasn't the anchor, he'd have pulled him up on that

 

[Reado]

To be fair, I didn't think much of it at first viewing. After they showed a replay from a certain angle, despite there being no intent, it was awful. Di Santo was lucky he was able to hobble off, could have been a lot worse - studs into the shin of his standing leg. I said to my mate after seeing it that it could easily have been red.