Philippe Senderos

[supertom]

He needs to be a little subtler than the foot-flick he attempted yesterday IMO

I was going to say, maybe Keane will have a word with him and tell him not to be so blatant. But then I wonder whether Keano might just say "next time slice him in fecking half" instead. Probably the latter. ha ha.

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In the ground I bellowed for Balotelli to get up, the soft twat. Having seen it again on TV, I still think the same. Big Phil wouldn't trip anybody, just look at his sad face! How could a face like that belong to somebody who would trip and kick somebody. For shame on such a suggestion.

I also liked Hutton and his cruncher on Balotelli too. We are collectively a lot older, wiser and meaner.

[Marton]

Swiss Phil's treatment of Mario was straight out of the Roy Keane school of winding up your opponents, the next guy who will be treated to this will be Chelsea's Costa.
As has been stated fed up of Aston Villa nice guys, more like Aston Villa nice but dim, now we seem capable of giving a bit out, he may need to be a bit more sneaky with it, but John Terry does seem to get away with it and has done for how many years.
Go get them Swiss Phil.

It's a bit of nous. Everyone knows the best way to nulify Mario is to wind him up. He'll do one of two things, he'll either do something silly like get himself sent off, or he'll cut a frustrated, miserable figure. If you give him the freedom to express himself and build up a bit of confidence he can destroy you, but we needled him all game. He had to drift to the middle of the pitch or out to the left just to touch the ball, and created nothing.

That said, doing the same to Costa might not be quite as effective. He seems more level headed (which granted isn't difficult to be in comparison to Mario) and he's shit hot right now. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed he gets injured before then, or Jose decides to rest him.

Costa is more like a rabid dog than even Suarez ! He pulls off so much underhanded crap in a game and  I would love a defender like Senderos put the fear of God into him ! I just hope Vlaar  is back in time for Chelsea because a physco like Costa will celebrate early Christmas against Baker or Clarke.

[supertom]

Swiss Phil's treatment of Mario was straight out of the Roy Keane school of winding up your opponents, the next guy who will be treated to this will be Chelsea's Costa.
As has been stated fed up of Aston Villa nice guys, more like Aston Villa nice but dim, now we seem capable of giving a bit out, he may need to be a bit more sneaky with it, but John Terry does seem to get away with it and has done for how many years.
Go get them Swiss Phil.

It's a bit of nous. Everyone knows the best way to nulify Mario is to wind him up. He'll do one of two things, he'll either do something silly like get himself sent off, or he'll cut a frustrated, miserable figure. If you give him the freedom to express himself and build up a bit of confidence he can destroy you, but we needled him all game. He had to drift to the middle of the pitch or out to the left just to touch the ball, and created nothing.

That said, doing the same to Costa might not be quite as effective. He seems more level headed (which granted isn't difficult to be in comparison to Mario) and he's shit hot right now. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed he gets injured before then, or Jose decides to rest him.

Costa is more like a rabid dog than even Suarez ! He pulls off so much underhanded crap in a game and  I would love a defender like Senderos put the fear of God into him ! I just hope Vlaar  is back in time for Chelsea because a physco like Costa will celebrate early Christmas against Baker or Clarke.

Vlaar kept Costa in his pocket the last time they played. I would hope that will give him the psychological edge next time out and we can wind him up.

[hipkiss92]

He needs to be a little subtler than the foot-flick he attempted yesterday IMO

I was going to say, maybe Keane will have a word with him and tell him not to be so blatant. But then I wonder whether Keano might just say "next time slice him in fecking half" instead. Probably the latter. ha ha.

I'm sure Bent was getting instructions from Scott Marshall before he came on, and Roy Keane came over and said 'fuck it, just go run around'

[Steve67]

Could big Phil become a cult hero? I really like him.

[chrisw1]

I think the ref will have been warned to watch him closely on Saturday.  I'd be surprised if they don't pick up the slightest thing, he'll be walking a tightrope I'd imagine.

[exigo]

I think the ref will have been warned to watch him closely on Saturday.  I'd be surprised if they don't pick up the slightest thing, he'll be walking a tightrope I'd imagine.

Time for Vlaar/Baker to take up the challenge then. Classic diversion tactics.

[Toronto Villa]

I reckon refs are privately chuckling because of how much of a pain in the balls Balotelli was at times while at Man City. The whole matter is being blown way out of proportion and is being seen as a national scandal because little Aston Villa took to a media darling team. Senderos put it best after the game when he said it was nothing at all, and just part of the game, and even Rodgers admitted as much by telling his team they got beaten by men (paraphrasing off course).

[pauliewalnuts]

I reckon refs are privately chuckling because of how much of a pain in the balls Balotelli was at times while at Man City. The whole matter is being blown way out of proportion and is being seen as a national scandal because little Aston Villa took to a media darling team. Senderos put it best after the game when he said it was nothing at all, and just part of the game, and even Rodgers admitted as much by telling his team they got beaten by men (paraphrasing off course).

To be entirely honest, it really isn't.

It got a bit of coverage on MOTD and Sky's post match stuff, but it has been largely forgotten. It was mentioned in most press reports of the game, but then again, it would be.

I think it's a bit unfair to suggest there is some sort of media disgust at it. It was just the sort of "oh, that's a bit naughty" comments you'd expect any player to have got in those circumstances, and nothing more.

[Toronto Villa]

You didn't take what I said literally did you? I didn't mean the it made the 10 o'clock news or a feature story on CNN

[dave.woodhall]

I thought that on the whole it was laughed at in a sort of "Welcome back to the Premier League" way, which surprised me because normally in those circumstances it's get the pitchforks out. Maybe we've become media darlings.

[supertom]

I think it helped that the "victim" was Mario Balotelli. Had Senderos been doing that to Sterling for example, we'd not hear the end of it all season. There'd have been burning effigies of Swiss Phil and his magnificently shaped bonce. 

[dave.woodhall]

I think it helped that the "victim" was Mario Balotelli. Had Senderos been doing that to Sterling for example, we'd not hear the end of it all season. There'd have been burning effigies of Swiss Phil and his magnificently shaped bonce. 

You're probably right there.

[ozzjim]

I think it helped that the "victim" was Mario Balotelli. Had Senderos been doing that to Sterling for example, we'd not hear the end of it all season. There'd have been burning effigies of Swiss Phil and his magnificently shaped bonce. 

I said the same the other day. I felt a bit sorry for Mad Mario, because most other players and there would have been much more outrage.