Mascherano

[Reece]

I loved his reaction for the last goal. We are 3-0 up and score a goal in the last minute and he goes all bananas Fantastic stuff.

Aye that was great

Love him to bits but regardless of whether the booking was right, he still hasn't learned to shut his mouth.

Yeah it does my head in. So often sit there telling him to STFU.

[cumbriankop]

when he went mental on the right for the last goal it was class. utterly destroyed 'lass', gago and sneijder and all other comers. amazing

[Shaggy]

Love him to bits but regardless of whether the booking was right, he still hasn't learned to shut his mouth.

Aye that was great



Yeah it does my head in. So often sit there telling him to STFU.

I know what you mean and I was urging him to STFU too, but you could see he was only saying “you are joking, you are joking”. Mind you he got sent off at the ****hole last year for asking “why?” repeatedly.

His celebration was awesome…made me all tingly.

Also his dominance over ‘Lass’ was one in the eye for numerous gob****e pundits in this country. Stand up Tim Sherwood, Charlie Nicholas and several others who, when Diarra was at Portsmouth, all claimed he was world class and ‘better than Mascherano’.

**** you. Fuh-huck you!

[Rich]

A performance right out of the top drawer. Peerless and just showed up "Lass" Diarra for the £20m player he isn't.

[Rich]

I know what you mean and I was urging him to STFU too, but you could see he was only saying “you are joking, you are joking”. Mind you he got sent off at the ****hole last year for asking “why?” repeatedly.

His celebration was awesome…made me all tingly.

Also his dominance over ‘Lass’ was one in the eye for numerous gob****e pundits in this country. Stand up Tim Sherwood, Charlie Nicholas and several others who, when Diarra was at Portsmouth, all claimed he was world class and ‘better than Mascherano’.

**** you. Fuh-huck you!

Bugger you beat me to it.

[Harv]

I know what you mean and I was urging him to STFU too, but you could see he was only saying “you are joking, you are joking”. Mind you he got sent off at the ****hole last year for asking “why?” repeatedly.

His celebration was awesome…made me all tingly.

Also his dominance over ‘Lass’ was one in the eye for numerous gob****e pundits in this country. Stand up Tim Sherwood, Charlie Nicholas and several others who, when Diarra was at Portsmouth, all claimed he was world class and ‘better than Mascherano’.

**** you. Fuh-huck you!

Fuuuuuuuck Huuuuuuuuuuugh

[Harv]

Lol **** off would you .. he kicked the ball away in a huff right in front of the ref for a the ref blowing for a perfectly good Alonso tackle .. silly silly card ... I can understand why he did it

But it was all in the one moment. Its not like he had the ball, whistle went.....and he boots it the length of the pitch. He was already steaming in to clear the ball, and it would have only been a second if that between the whistle blowing and him kicking it. That my friend is a crazy decision.

[dww]

Its hardly a bookable offense being a split second late though. He was already primed to boot the ball as the whistle was going. Crazy decision.

Possibly true - I missed the incident live and it wasn't one of the highlights that stuck in my head. The poster I was responding to seemed to me to be implying that if you kick a ball away for tactical reasons rather than being petulant then it was okay. It could well be right for the team depending on circumstances but it is still a booking and it annoys me more often than not when players do it. If in this instance it was fair for him to think play might continue that is different but if there was reason to suspect he kicked it away to prevent a quick freekick then I think a yellow is justifiable from the referee.

[wiw]

There wasn't long between the whistle going and him kicking it at all though? Was very harsh

[dww]

There wasn't long between the whistle going and him kicking it at all though? Was very harsh

I'm not sure that the length of time is the key factor to be honest. If you kick the ball away to prevent a quick freekick being taken then I think that is a rightful booking. If you keep playing on instinct or haven't heard the whistle then that is fair play. It is a shame that the rule is inconsistently applied but that could be said of many rules in football (the automatic yellow for a tackle from behind being a frequent example).

[murder_inc]

Aye that was great



Yeah it does my head in. So often sit there telling him to STFU.

Even Stevie cant shut that ****er up. He's Nuckin' Futs.

[Dhav]

I think even if Mascher was booked becasue of mistaken identity, rather than admit the error the ref would sooner justify the booking on the grounds that Mascher either kicked the ball away or was protesting too aggressively. Either way, zero chance of it being overturned IMO, which is a shame becasue he was absolutely immense. I think I love him. I really hope he stays with us long term.

[Craig_H]

Didnt realise it was for kicking the ball away.

Bollocks.

[Dhav]

But it was all in the one moment. Its not like he had the ball, whistle went.....and he boots it the length of the pitch. He was already steaming in to clear the ball, and it would have only been a second if that between the whistle blowing and him kicking it. That my friend is a crazy decision.

Agree with this, he went steaming in and had a great deal of momentum, there was barely a moment from when the whistle blew to when Mascher kicked it away - crazy to book him for kicking it away IMO.

It seemed to me that when the ref went to book him he was pointing at one, two, three different places on the pitch, as if to say "you've commited one, two, three fouls and this is one too many and I'm booking you for it". Did anyone else see something like that or did I imagine it?

[Darth Marty]

I remember that incident clearly because like others have already said I fail to see how he could have stopped himself, the whistle probably hadnt gone when he started swinging and when the foul was given he booted the ball almost simultaneously. In fact the commentators, like me, thought it was mistaken identity as that was surely all it could have been given for.

It wont be rescinded but it was ridiculously harsh if indeed it was for hoofing the ball clear.

Edit: Dhav - Thats exactly what the ref done. I saw that too.
p.s - I ****ing hope he stays too, id be gutted to lose Masch.