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Roy Hodgson defends Steven Reid
Wednesday 19th October 2011, 2:30PM BST.
West Brom boss Roy Hodgson has launched a staunch defence of Steven Reid after he was accused of acting “like a girl” by Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole.
Hodgson insisted the Baggies defender was “brave, strong and determined” after Cattermole accused him of exaggerating his reaction to a challenge to get the fiery Black Cats man booked.
The pair clashed twice in the 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light earlier this month with Cattermole, who was booked for the first challenge and substituted after the second to avoid a red card, later accusing Reid of gamesmanship.
But Hodgson said: “I don’t care one little bit what Lee Cattermole says. I think players do themselves an enormous disservice, making journalists’ jobs easier by giving them little headlines but they are, in actual fact, bringing the game into less repute than it should have.
“It’s obvious that Steven Reid is not a big girl. He is a very brave, strong and determined character, as Cattermole has a reputation for being himself.”
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Lee Cattermole is not a footballer. Look at his record and the number of players who end up injured after tangling with him.
The game would be better off without him.
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cattermole is the girl, he tells tales
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Roy,
Cattermole should keep quiet with the reputation he has got. His boss taking him off says it all. He knows him too.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Lee Caterwaul has always been just that, a moaner who dishes it out but can’t take it.
Pity he didn’t get sent off. He deserved it.
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I actually thought at the time that Reid’s actions saved Cattermole from yet another red card. He didn’t roll around, he more or less got straight up. He should be praising him not slagging him off and as JTH rightly points out – Potato head took him off straight off. Enough said.
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I only saw the Sunderland game once,live on the net,but it looked very much like Cattermole followed through studs first on Reid,hitting him with some force.
The commentators,and Ian Dowie who was watching the game on Sky,all said Cattermole was very lucky not to be sent off,even the Sunderland assistant gave him a dressing down when he was subbed.
Why is it that the guilty party always shout loudest that ‘it wasn’t me,it was somebody else’s fault’?
Pathetic.
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We back you 100% Steven, perhaps if Cattermole did his talking on the pitch rather than through the press Sunderland might have a few more points.
On another issue, has anyone seen the ridiculous post on the Scharner thread? Baggiechainmaker saying the fans urinating on the pitch is no big issue and that he found it funny. All I can say is that if you find that kind of behaviour funny, you don’t belong anywhere near a football ground either.
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Say what you like about Cattermole he may be abit dirty,but i tell you one thing if he played for us stoke wouldent have scored chelsea wouldent have scored man u wouldent have scored because he wouldent have backed out the tackles.
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8 surely clacka-
the good news is that you must be running out of names and idiotic things to say.
Have you given any thought to my suggestion of getting yourself a life?
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I agree with Peter,its a mans game we all said how unlucky Jara was when he got sent off at blackpool for a leg braking tackle,the boot on the other foot springs to mind.
Paul.
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PETER/PAUL
Now you’ve really gone and shown yourself up sonny! Not one Albion fan throught Jara was unlucky – we all thought he was an idiot, it was Pablo’s sending off at Blackpool we had a problem with.
And yes it is a man’s game, which is why Reid got straight back up after the horrendous tackle he suferred against Sunderland.
as for Cattermole, well his comments just go to show that he has an awful lot of growing up to do…much like PETER/PAUL
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10 clacka-
agreeing with yourself now?
So you’ve finally found a friend………..
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8 & 10
Is MARY going to be your next aka ?
Also agreeing with yourself, then committing that to print would suggest you need a shrink to help with your split personality dissorder, but only agree to pay half the bill mate.
For the benefit of…..erm both of you. Jara was slated comprehensively on these boards for his stupid actions.
Cattermole is a talentless thug.
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Hear George Thorne is wanted by Birmingham (On Loan). Good idea as long as we can recall him if needed. Regular football would be to his advantage, also make room to promote one of our bright young players.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Cattermole has a reputation of being a hard man. I’d love to have seen him playing when there were real hard men in the game. Cattermole isn’t hard he’s just nasty, if he’d been around in the 60′s and 70′s players like Tommy Smith, Ron Harris, Charlton and Hunter would have had him crying for his mommy with a sideways glance. There were players like him around, Chris Kamara springs to mind but they had to be able to take it as well as dish it out and I’ve seen no evidence that this applies to this whinging little weasel.
I’d love to know what Johnny Kaye would have made of him, probably the genuinely hardest man I’ve ever seen playing football.
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PS.
On the Paul Scharner ‘debate.’ I think most Baggies respected Mick as an honest if misguided bloke and unfortunately he’s lost a lot of that respect over this along with a lot of his own clubs fans. Shame really but people do strange things when under pressure.
PPS Shropshire.
I suppose as always in this PC age we have to give Baggie Chainmaker the benefit of the doubt but if he is genuine Baggie I can only think he is of a younger generation some of whom seem to respect nothing as we’ve seen in cases of urinating over memorials to the war dead or mugging the elderly. I’m not one to go on about the good old days because they weren’t always that good but some standards that have been lost definately make the World a sadder place to live in.
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11 LMS.
Brilliant. This could lead to a new supergroup in footsteps of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Anyone for Peter, Paul, Mary and Lonely?
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Sorry LMS I’ve credited you with Forever’s bit of genius at 13.
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Cattermole is no worse than the new bristol city manager.
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The dark side has gone into meltdown again as Mick appeals for understanding from the people he branded muppets. Apart from the unintentionally funny posters on the site there is a very amusing one that goes under the name of Merlin Mick Responds, I can recommend his work.
On a more serious note, still nothing from Shadrag. How will Mick pick his team for Saturday? How will the EU sort out the debt crisis? How will Lonely manage to maintain the output of ‘cod Albion’ posts on his own? Find out in the next action packed episode.
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Sounds like Lee Cattermole is having a girly tantrum because he didn’t get his own way. What a little Princess.
Boing Boing
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17 Mary Christmas-
so you’re telling us that Cattermole plays like a club manager?
Does HE also run on the pitch and kick players up in the air?
I guess this rubbish takes your mind off the fact that the Baggies have just thumped your beloved wolves.
Very sad man.
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Bully
Apologies in advance for epic proportions of this post.
1) Scharner
A whole new benchmark for making mountains out of molehills.
To a man, the Wolves fans have seen Mick Macs mock misery… and err percieved indignation for what it is, a diversionary smokescreen
2) The urinators
Mick`s holier than thou stance regarding PS, and indeed some Wulfs, on other issues, are made to look hollow by the adolescent actions of two oafs with the social grace of a dog on a croquet lawn.
What i did find funny in this episode, one numbskull actually rolled around in his own waste, summing up perfectly his intelligence, or lack thereof.
3) Mick`s plea
Mick`s popularity amongst Wolves fans has often fluctuated between love and loathing, and back again…..and again.
Whilst he clearly has his faults, as do all managers, i cannot help but think the owner is getting away lightly with what they see as their problems.
One of their gripes is the fact that HE only secured the signings of Johnson and O`Hara, when it was obvious that more was needed.
Who can say that Mick did not indeed ask for more players, but his hands were tied.
Playing devils advocate, i see an chairman that is spending club money to build a stand, paying a company to do it that he happens to own, therefore reducing potential player fees.
4) and finaly ( hoorah i hear you resonate)
Shadrag is a blowhard, that cannot take what he gives.
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one of my kids showed me the youtube video of the urinating incident. only thing even mildly amusing was that, having emptied the contents of his bladder onto the turf, he then appears throw himself to the ground and roll around in it. one can only assume that this is the average Wolves fan’s idea of having a bath. perhaps peter paul or mary can elighten us?
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“The Urinators” a very fluid rock band.
I just feel pity for them. Can you imagine what their upbringing was like. Childish, irresponsible but not dangerous when all considered. It did make MicMac look a little silly though re the Scharner incident.
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To coin a phrase that you must be sick of hearing.
RE: Your first sentance…nice one Cyril.
However, the phonetic sound of “the urinators”
I would say more ska than rock.
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Had another look through the photos of the West Mids derby. The reporter stated Brunt ran on to a loose ball to score his goal!. Billy the kid, hope you have a few more loose balls like that in your locker.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Congratulations Saido Berahino on your first taste of senior football with Northampton. Nearly had a heart attack, thought it said Wolverhampton, LoL. To get on join the BAGGIES. Knock a few in for them lad.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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7.Shropo. Hope your well and managed to pass your O U exam. I tried to wish you luck last week but to no avail. I was always rubbish at exams…. I lost count of the times i failed me maths O level.
As for the urinaters, i agree with you. Bad form. But i will be interested to watch the next Baggie home game on MOTD just to see if there is a dead patch in the centre circle like there is on my lawns when Mrs Lones little mut ( Mr Moo moo if your interested) goes when im out.
20.Bully, youll get me a bad name.None of them is me. When i do go incognito, i always leave a clue to me real identity. And i only ever do it for comedy value or if Mr.C has got one on him with me.
Ive not been on cus i is still well smarting after sundays game. But starting to feel more like meself day by day.
Be in touch.
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26wbaforever. My kids all left home nearly 30 years ago. The last music I heard of that genre was ‘ROCK’. I haven’t a clue what ‘ska’ is mate. Sounds like a healed wound. I spent many hours waiting outside Rock venues for the gigs to finish, then HORDES of kids would climb in my van, (dare not take a car, they had NO idea of one bum per seat). Got to know lots of it, but…yow cor beat Beethoven, Sibelius and Brahms even when yow’m Liszt.
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29, lone i believe you but millions wouldent.
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30 Cyril,
ahh,Beethoven,Sibelius and Brahms-
what a classic line-up they were.
They could out-play anyone,it was music to my ears.
And what a striker old Beethoven was,I can remember when he ‘scored’ his fifth…………….
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29 lonely,
do you mean last weekend’s game,2-0 (no pen.) wasn’t it?
If you go away whenever the Baggies come out on top,it could be very quiet on here for the next few years………..
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30. Cyril, THE LIQUIDATOR (Wolves anthem) is the genre that is ska.
I fully understand and excuse you, and all other Albion fans for not knowing this.
I mean, why would you know what is part of Wolves rich terrace history.
ps. I belive Chelsea have tried to use it too, but without the style and passion shown by Wolves fans, for which me and the All stars always intended it to be adopted by.
Harry J.
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34 lonely Harry-
the way things are going,wolves are definitely gonna be associated with ‘the liquidator’ in the near future.
How much will the recycled mol. be worth as a new Aldi site?
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Lone, the exam went very well thanks mate. I won’t get the result till December though, so I’ll be having kittens till then. Got some classical history to occupy me in the meantime though.
On another subject its good to hear from Roy that Billy Jones earned his place in the side, because Shorey was off form. No favourites at the Albion!
Boing Boing!!
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35 CR78.
I was about to reply to ‘Deluded Lonely’ sorry it wasn’t Lonely he’s told us so. When I read your post and anything I could have said would have been superfluous.
Just to say, how typical of Wulfies to naturally assume that something is theirs by right. So glad to be a realist Baggie.
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Lone
I would have to dissagree with you on two points mate.
Liquidator was adopted by Wolves AFTER the Baggies.
Also i think it`s a reggae tune.
Your post would be convincing to the uninitiated.
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38 Forever.
I don’t very often plead Lonely’s case but I think like the borders of the Black Country the distinction between reggae, ska, bluebeat, rocksteady etc is very blurred. No doubt the afficionado’s (nerds?) would be able to explain it but in my memory at the time we used all of these terms for all of these types of record without worrying too much.
As for your first point, totally correct.
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The Liquidator at the Moulinex, sounds about right. What used to tickle me a little was the recording would lose rhythm at one point completely, but nobody cared. CR78, keep fishing mate, it sharpens your pencil nicely.
Harry J. I can remember having lumps of that terrace history hurled at me before Sir Jack rescued you. And no musical accompaniment to soften the blow.
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The liquidhater wuz better known as the Jeff Astle anthum wor et. When them wolfs uz still singin the appy wunderer, wor thay. Ar know doh I.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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