Not ONE yellow card, but you suggest he's a cheat. For comparison, Grant Holt, in 3 less games has had 3 yellows and a red! According to soccerbase it is 4 yellows, and the red has been overturned. That was quick. I looked at soccerbase five minutes ago to get those stats. And surely the red become...

Not ONE yellow card, but you suggest he's a cheat. For comparison, Grant Holt, in 3 less games has had 3 yellows and a red! According to soccerbase it is 4 yellows, and the red has been overturned. That was quick. I looked at soccerbase five minutes ago to get those stats. And surely the red become...

And therein lies the underlying belief behind your endless analyses. It isn't, and never will be, 'laughable' that peoples' opinions differ so much. Of COURSE it is. It is if they give any credence to those opinions and marks. Nothing wrong with small differences of opinion, say Howard being averag...

Why should they be comparable in absolute terms if the primary intention of each contributor was to give their view of the relative ranking across the players? Fairy nuff. So why not say MotM was X, Y was good, A B C were crap? If we all appear to mark out of ten, does it not SUGGEST that marks are...

It’s hard for the ref and Harty has got a mark on his ankle that could have been serious. Mirror, unattributed How would the ref know that without getting Harte to take his pigging stocking off? Have aliens landed? Do you need a translation, really? It’s hard for the ref who only has a split-second...

I'm pretty sure you'll find Kitson was lambasted for not scoring many for Stoke on this board too, let alone his 'dry spells' for us both as a full time player and a loanee. Snowball, if you're going to defend Long by making claims that just aren't factual then you really should give up. Those play...

Only saw the replay of the penalty award twice but from what I saw Shane grabbed Hangeland's arm and dragged him to the ground-from where the ref was it looked a penalty and he gave it. It looks as though he has developed this technique which could well win us more penalties as the season progresse...

Maybe Mac will play it tight but I expect 3-2, 3-3, 4-2 those sorta figures Do Watford play 442, then if so Hunt & Long methinks, and they both score at least 1 Then it comes down to have our defence got off the coach or not I fancy a high-scoring win, tho, so no doubt it'll be 0-0 To be clear 4...

See when I posted that Long had scored on this thread I wanted it to be a proper discussion of why it's going well for country and not so good for club. Not a huge statistical analysis of every goal/sending off he's got for the club, or the snide remark about Doyle's international form - I know who...

" My first thought at full speed was that the referee had to send him off, but from what I saw and heard ­after-wards it seemed a bit harsh"

– Noel Hunt


It’s hard for the ref and Harty has got a mark on his ankle that could have been serious.

Mirror, unattributed

Been scouring the web to see where fans or whoever might have suggested Harte "dived" or tried to get Holt sent off. So far found nothing to even hint at the idea. This is the only thing I've found (outside HNA!) that suggests anything untoward Holt caught Harte a little late just inside t...

Karacan on that tackle

“If Harte’s foot had been planted he could have broken it, but thankfully he got out of the way. The marks on his leg show how bad it could have been.”

Of course you can, and I apologise for the slight, however I would ask though whether you do as you are now on sites for Arsenal fans, Newport Fans, Carlisle Fans, fans of A.N.Other club, as discussions of the type you see on here happen on every single fan site - always have and always will. The s...

So=meone needs to ring Trappatoni URGENTLY. The poor deluded old man thinks Shane can play. Ireland goal came from Shane Long, who operated as partner to Kevin Doyle in the absence of Robbie Keane. Long gave notice of his determination with the vigorous manner he responded to John O'Shea's forceful ...

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/player/VideoArchive/0,,10306~1616280~36,00.html Reading vs Ipswich 58 seconds in, Ian Harte waving his arms at the referee calling for and waving an imaginary card at the ref. For what is a fairly inoccuous challenge, though I suspect persistent fouling played a sign...

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/player/VideoArchive/0,,10306~1616280~36,00.html Reading vs Ipswich. 58 seconds in, Ian Harte waving his arms at the referee calling for and waving an imaginary card at the ref. For what is a fairly inoccuous challenge, though I suspect persistent fouling played a sig...

It's still 2 goals and an assist in 3 internationals. How is Doyle doing? Playing in the Premier League if I am not mistaken. The only way Shane Long will get back there is with Reading as he really is not good enough to be bought by a PL club. Put today's date in your diary and bookmark that state...

Well Long has only scored 4 in 6 for Reading once in five years at the club - would be great if he can do it once this season, nevermind hold that form until May. Well, that's because he's IMPROVING year on year, and is approaching his prime years, just like someone said would happen. 2005-06 05 (1...

Royal With Cheese

Snowball I'm afraid I don't eat cheese or eat/drink sulphuric acid, and do
not know how to make either, so couldn't possibly comment.

And yet you can read the brainwaves of a footballer?

Isn't it funny how the motivated can change "I believe Harte was hurt" into me reading his brainwaves

[ No because there could be a C, D, E, etc option as well. It isn't something that is black or white..... Oh and what would they be? 1 By coincidence Harte had a shooting pain in his leg at the same moment he was kicked? 2. Harte wasn't hurt but he really thought he had been hurt? 3. Harte was in t...