Wonder what folks on here would have been saying were it Vermaelen and not Kompany?

I still maintain that it was an excellent challenge; no lunge, no mal-intent, no follow through with the trailing leg, he got all ball and caused no harm. Our dross would do well to emulate this top quality defender.

Futhermore, I'm glad the FA made a mug of Mike Dean, even though the Shiek's money was the influencing factor.