If I worked at Man Utd I'd just ask Nike to design a yellow and green away kit again for next season.

I've not seen the tackle/challene; was it worse than Gallas' the other week against Bolton (I think)?

Quite similar in that it was the unfortunate consequence of one player just beating another in a 50/50 situation.

Of course Owen Coyle wasn't castigated by anyone for calling that tackle an "assault".

) have been saying they are selling the scarves at cost however I don't think that can be said for other vendors of G&G scarves around Old Trafford

Hopefully those that have bought them will further their protests by not giving any more money to the gnomes

there was a snide doing the rounds a couple of weeks ago that was supposedly the green and gold away kit for next year.

Then again, justice wasn't served for Coyle, Gallas only got a yellow and I'm pretty sure Arsenal scored from the resulting tackle. If Gallas got the deserved red and Arsenal didn't score as a result of the tackle, Coyle's words may well have been different.

good to see the 'one trick pony' pick up MOM in the cup final yesterday, terrible purchase as mentioned.

If you buy the scarfs directly from MUST you get them at cost price £3.50 iirc The street vendors are making a killing though at £7 a chuck

When Coyle has slagged off numerous opposition players while refusing to acknowledge similar behaviour from his own, I'm sure Coyle will receive similar castigation.

Still, at least Wenger isn't calling for a life ban this time, so I guess he's improving.

Wouldn't bother me, Everton regularly lose half their squad to season-ending injuries....

I know what your saying but why is it just Arsenal that suffer so many season ending injurys?

Stoke are a tough physical side but they don't just adopt that style of play when the play Arsenal i've seen them play that style everytime they play the other big clubs. The main difference i think is the coaching style of other clubs, teams like Nited, Liverfool and Chelski concentrate alot on player strength and power where as Wenger likes to go with fast lightweight players who are morelikely to come off worse in physical games. Would the outcome have been the same if it was Vermarlen, Cambell or Gallas?

Just seen the Shawcross tackle on the weekly Premier League highlights show here. Difficult to see from first look what exactly happened, and of course it wasn't repeated, so I can't give much of my own personal opinion. However, the commentators here described it as (roughly translated) not a vicious / sinister foul, but rather a very hard challenge. Having said that, the tackling technique in the Bundesliga leaves a lot to be desired at times so I won't be taking their word for gospel.

Hope (and am sure) he'll make a fully recovery. Seems to be a great little player, with a lot of potential. Feel for Shawcross too. I guess that such incidents are unfortunately a part and parcel of contact sport. Thankfully he'll be in good hands and such injuries don't automatically signal the end of a career like they once may have.