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		<title>By: zoogs</title>
		<link>http://soccerlens.com/chelsea-need-to-find-balance/693/#comment-4071</link>
		<dc:creator>zoogs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Last time I checked football was a contact sport. Last time I checked players and goalkeepers clashing in an attempt to get the ball didn&#039;t start during the Chelsea-Reading game.

The actions of the Reading players on Chelsea&#039;s two keepers aren&#039;t sometime we should be all cheery about but we shouldn&#039;t confuse Mourinho&#039;s lunacy as a debateable topic. When Alan Smith severly broke his leg last season you didn&#039;t hear SAF shouting from the roof tops calling for the head of the opposing player or throwing consipracy theories out there.

I do hope that Cech and Cudicini recover from their injuries for both a talented players but injuries are an inherent risk when you play the game of football. Mourinho attention crys should be ignored and not entertained.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last time I checked football was a contact sport. Last time I checked players and goalkeepers clashing in an attempt to get the ball didn&#8217;t start during the Chelsea-Reading game.</p>
<p>The actions of the Reading players on Chelsea&#8217;s two keepers aren&#8217;t sometime we should be all cheery about but we shouldn&#8217;t confuse Mourinho&#8217;s lunacy as a debateable topic. When Alan Smith severly broke his leg last season you didn&#8217;t hear SAF shouting from the roof tops calling for the head of the opposing player or throwing consipracy theories out there.</p>
<p>I do hope that Cech and Cudicini recover from their injuries for both a talented players but injuries are an inherent risk when you play the game of football. Mourinho attention crys should be ignored and not entertained.</p>
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		<title>By: Hugo Steckelmacher</title>
		<link>http://soccerlens.com/chelsea-need-to-find-balance/693/#comment-4046</link>
		<dc:creator>Hugo Steckelmacher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am currently unsure as to whether I think hunt was in the wrong or not. My initial impression was that it was an accident, but now I am somewhat suspicious. Anyway, mr True Blue (a partisan name indeed), given your sound knowledge of physics, presumably you are aware that people are able to stumble? I.e. that not every path is trodden at a steady rate with each pace being of the same length and with the foot raised exactly the same amount off the ground.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am currently unsure as to whether I think hunt was in the wrong or not. My initial impression was that it was an accident, but now I am somewhat suspicious. Anyway, mr True Blue (a partisan name indeed), given your sound knowledge of physics, presumably you are aware that people are able to stumble? I.e. that not every path is trodden at a steady rate with each pace being of the same length and with the foot raised exactly the same amount off the ground.</p>
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		<title>By: Ahmed Bilal</title>
		<link>http://soccerlens.com/chelsea-need-to-find-balance/693/#comment-4041</link>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Bilal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hugo,

The reason i&#039;m making such a big fuss about this is that if this is swept under the rug as a &#039;freak incident&#039;, we&#039;re going to keep seeing more of this behavior as teams become more physical in a bid to intimidate the opposition and win the game. This sort of incident would have been acceptable in the Championship, and that&#039;s the scary bit.

Yes, keepers have too much protection when they are jumping for the ball, but they have no protection for when they are on the ground, or the fact that if someone flies into them like Sonko does it&#039;s not protection, it&#039;s a legitimate foul and a card.

My concern is that too little will be made of it, and as a result fouls against keepers will become more common.

your point, about keepers being protected, is fair but i&#039;m not opposing it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hugo,</p>
<p>The reason i&#8217;m making such a big fuss about this is that if this is swept under the rug as a &#8216;freak incident&#8217;, we&#8217;re going to keep seeing more of this behavior as teams become more physical in a bid to intimidate the opposition and win the game. This sort of incident would have been acceptable in the Championship, and that&#8217;s the scary bit.</p>
<p>Yes, keepers have too much protection when they are jumping for the ball, but they have no protection for when they are on the ground, or the fact that if someone flies into them like Sonko does it&#8217;s not protection, it&#8217;s a legitimate foul and a card.</p>
<p>My concern is that too little will be made of it, and as a result fouls against keepers will become more common.</p>
<p>your point, about keepers being protected, is fair but i&#8217;m not opposing it.</p>
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		<title>By: TrueBlue</title>
		<link>http://soccerlens.com/chelsea-need-to-find-balance/693/#comment-4039</link>
		<dc:creator>TrueBlue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a bunch of twaddle. 

Can someone explain how if Cech is on the floor - how did Hunt&#039;s knee hit him in the face? It does not make sense - Hunt dropped his knee to catch Cech and for that should be banned just like Thatcher. Physics dictate that when Homo sapiens run, our knee&#039;s stay at least 1/2 metre over the ground - cech&#039;s skull was on the floor so only 20/30cm&#039;s from the ground. 

If hunt&#039;s boot had clipped his skull, fair enough - but his knee!! It is not possible that if you are running normally your knee could strike an object 20cm&#039;s from the floor. 

The reason Hunt was not given a card and not berrarted in the media is because it was the chelsea keeper. Just imagine if Essien had done that to the Reading keeper - there would be calls to have him disbarred from the league!! 

It makes me laugh this anti-chelsea sentiment at the momment - hahaha - it&#039;s all loser talk. We bought the title? Of course we did - so what - so did manu and LFC. Â£30 million of ferdinand - Â£25 million on Rooney!! come on. 

Whatever you chelsea haters - we don&#039;t care what you think we just enjoy winning. You carry on whining while instead should be focusing on why your team is shite instead. 

God bless Roman&#039;s blue army!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a bunch of twaddle. </p>
<p>Can someone explain how if Cech is on the floor &#8211; how did Hunt&#8217;s knee hit him in the face? It does not make sense &#8211; Hunt dropped his knee to catch Cech and for that should be banned just like Thatcher. Physics dictate that when Homo sapiens run, our knee&#8217;s stay at least 1/2 metre over the ground &#8211; cech&#8217;s skull was on the floor so only 20/30cm&#8217;s from the ground. </p>
<p>If hunt&#8217;s boot had clipped his skull, fair enough &#8211; but his knee!! It is not possible that if you are running normally your knee could strike an object 20cm&#8217;s from the floor. </p>
<p>The reason Hunt was not given a card and not berrarted in the media is because it was the chelsea keeper. Just imagine if Essien had done that to the Reading keeper &#8211; there would be calls to have him disbarred from the league!! </p>
<p>It makes me laugh this anti-chelsea sentiment at the momment &#8211; hahaha &#8211; it&#8217;s all loser talk. We bought the title? Of course we did &#8211; so what &#8211; so did manu and LFC. Â£30 million of ferdinand &#8211; Â£25 million on Rooney!! come on. </p>
<p>Whatever you chelsea haters &#8211; we don&#8217;t care what you think we just enjoy winning. You carry on whining while instead should be focusing on why your team is shite instead. </p>
<p>God bless Roman&#8217;s blue army!!</p>
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		<title>By: Hugo Steckelmacher</title>
		<link>http://soccerlens.com/chelsea-need-to-find-balance/693/#comment-4038</link>
		<dc:creator>Hugo Steckelmacher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ahmed, you talk about better protection for goalkeepers. Can you tell me when the last time a goalkeeper sustained a &quot;near-fatal&quot; injury was? I&#039;m afraid that I feel you are guilty of sensationalism on this matter. And goalkeepers already have an unbelievable (excessive) amount of protection given to them. There seems to be some unspoken rule which states that any player jumping in the vicinity of the goalkeeper will immediately concede a free-kick (the amount of times this happens directly from a corner is quite astonishing). Take this for what it was - a freak incident (whether or not you believe that Hunt is guilty).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahmed, you talk about better protection for goalkeepers. Can you tell me when the last time a goalkeeper sustained a &#8220;near-fatal&#8221; injury was? I&#8217;m afraid that I feel you are guilty of sensationalism on this matter. And goalkeepers already have an unbelievable (excessive) amount of protection given to them. There seems to be some unspoken rule which states that any player jumping in the vicinity of the goalkeeper will immediately concede a free-kick (the amount of times this happens directly from a corner is quite astonishing). Take this for what it was &#8211; a freak incident (whether or not you believe that Hunt is guilty).</p>
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