Ash got fined £80 on the spot - a major deterrent. That's like me being fined a fraction of a penny.

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Taylor should've walked, no doubt about it. He could've got a straight red just for the arm into Ronaldo's head, but at the minimum he should've got a yellow. But he then went and lunged at the Manchester United player which was another yellow card offence.

I think if it was against anyone else, then he'd deserve a 3 match ban because of the whole incident. But TBH Ronaldo has got away with so much this season that there's a little bit of "what goes around comes around" and Taylor should get off with it.

But what about Ferdinand and Ferguson trying to get Taylor sent off? I thought that was disgusting behaviour against a fellow pro? Well, IMO no. It's natural behaviour if a player acts like Taylor did for you to want to see him punished. He deserved the red card and if the ref and linos cannot come up with the correct decision then then they deserve stick for it.

Wenger to Citeh rumours.

No way will Wenger go to Citeh. He won't have any excuses for failure if he goes somewhere with an unlimited budget. He'd only go there if Arsenal got rid, and I just don't see that happening soon.

can see him going if the fans get on his back

Taylor was daft to put his arm across Ronaldo like he did but you're making it out to be a brutal assualt. He didn't even make contact with his head for a start.

Read an article the other day saying Utd will go unbeaten this season if Howard Webb refs all the games cos he failed to send off Ronaldo vs Blackburn and is scared to send off Utd's big name players.

This seemed to miss the fact that Ronaldo was sent off by Howard Webb in the Manchester derby.

Good to see the ABU's crawling out of the woodwork again this season. Was getting worried they had all started hating Chelsea instead of Utd. Normal service has been resumed.

Clearly attempting to? I don't think it was that clear and would have been hard to send him off based on that. If he had made contact with his head, it would have been a red, no doubt.

Just looking at the league table now, I never realized 'Boro were doing so poor, I actually think they'll go down which is quite a shame, because done really well with their academy over recent years, it'd be a shame if they were to go down after so much good work.

I think 'Boro, West Brom and Stoke could go down. Although Mowbray's attitude has been refreshing, they've been awful and they're far too spineless to stay up. 'Boro can be a really competitive team on their day, but they lack so much consistency and I think that will cost them. As for Stoke, I think they lack a lot in attack but their physical football could just keep them up against the tired teams towards the back end of the year, however, it will be a massive ask and I think them and Hull City will scrap it out to stay up.

I just wish we had a bitter whinger like Warnock in the mix, his rants are class.

So WTF was he attempting to do?

IMO it was a clear attempt to smack Ronaldo. IMO he was attempting to give Ronaldo a smack in the face. Just because he only smacked Ronaldo in the neck it doesn't mean it is less of a sending off offence.

And the fact that 1/2 a second after he tried to hit Ronaldo he chopped down another United player after the ball was clear it shows what his state of mind was. He'd lost it.

Taylor does daft things at times, better off asking him than me.

In my opinion, the tackle on Carrick was worse than what he did to Ronaldo.

I think it says more about football. I would expect any man to be able to behave with dignity in such matters.

I think the trouble is, there is so much pressure in the modern game due to money and managerial job security that some managers overreact to situations like that. The big club managers have a tendency to overprotect cheats and not see what is right there and the small club managers all seem quite paranoid about a big FA conspiracy. Its all pressure.