Archive for the ‘Suspensions’ Category

1. 
   February

   19

   Suspension Tightrope – Pulis’ Ire Stoked at Crawley

   Filed under: Suspensions - Posted by: Anorak

   As if Tony Pulis did not have enough evidence to fill his ‘how to referee the tackle’ DVD with, his Stoke team today were victims of another questionable sanction, with a red card shown to Rory Delap in the 2-0 FA Cup win at Crawley. Delap’s studs up tackle on midfielder David Hunt was deemed [...]

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2. 
   February

   12

   Suspension Tightrope – A New Lowe

   Filed under: Suspensions - Posted by: Anorak

   If it wasn’t for his penchant for yellow, Blackburn’s utility man Jason Lowe would be a mere speck on the Fantasy landscape. Given that he’s been sitting on top of our Suspension Tightrope for the last few weeks, though, it’s only fair Lowe gets his day in the sun:

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3. 
   February

   05

   Suspension Tightrope – Cisse, Huth, Givet Away

   Filed under: Suspensions - Posted by: Anorak

   In patriotic fashion, the Saturday palette of games duly started with a red, passed through a flurry of white, and ended with the blue side of Manchester celebrating a 17th successive home league win – but this being a disciplinary round-up, we’re only interested in the first bit of that mélange. The first red in [...]

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4. 
   February

   02

   Suspension Tightrope – Gameweek Twenty Three

   Filed under: Suspensions - Posted by: Anorak

   With Newcastle’s decision to appeal the recent FA charge against Yohan Cabaye, the availability of the midfield maestro was not entirely clear. However, the regulatory commission met on Wednesday and confirmed the original decision, handed out for a “kick out” at the Brighton defender Adam El-Abd, resulting in a three match ban that began last [...]

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5. 
   January

   21

   Suspension Tightrope – Not That Kind of Player?

   Filed under: Suspensions - Posted by: Anorak

   The race to be the first player to climb onto the second suspension tightrope of the season is slowly starting to near conclusion, with the traditional bad boys queuing up to make the transition into balancing mode. Readers of these pages will have seen regular mention of Blackburn’s Jason Lowe and the Chelsea captain John [...]

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6. 
   January

   15

   Suspension Tightrope – Yakety Yuck

   Filed under: Suspensions - Posted by: Anorak

   A busy Saturday on the tightrope saw plenty of jostling for position in the rogues gallery with yellow cards for a number of familiar faces, and a significant red for long term Fantasy favourite, Yakubu. Now into his tenth season in English football, the portly Nigerian has been as much a constant in the goalscoring [...]

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7. 
   January

   09

   The Suspension Tightrope – Misery Loves Kompany

   Filed under: Suspensions - Posted by: Anorak

   The third round of the FA cup was gearing up to be an exceptionally quiet one for disciplinary matters – until Sunday’s events at the Etihad stadium. Fortunately for this writer, a combination of Vincent Kompany’s two-footed challenge on Nani and Chris Foy’s interpretation of the “tackle”, resulted in a controversial red card and gave [...]

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