Nov 05
Hargreaves Stirs Up Some Debate | Saha Could Start (Wow!) | Some New Signing
Now that the “Greatest Game in the World. Ever.” (â„¢ ® © Skysports) is over and well talked about, it is time to bask in the deathly silence that has followed. Yes, dear friends, it’s that time when there isn’t really anything newsworthy to talk about. But as it is necessary we will go about discussing some of the more prominent ones that caught our eye.
Of course, I haven’t forgotten that we have the small matter of playing Kiev in midweek, Wednesday to be precise. But we will get to that in due course. Hopefully we can get over the gut-wrenching draw at Arsenal and cane the Ukranian team in retaliation. A 7-0 would probably do. But then I would be asking a little too much.
To start with, we have Owen Hargreaves who seems to mock Arsenal’s beautiful football; calling it ’so-called’. Okay it’s not mocking really. What he said was that we managed to disrupt their rhythm rather successfully. I had actually planned to write an article questioning the Arsenal’s claim as being the sole proprietors of beautiful football. While the football that we play is merely attacking. While it is acceptable to see Gooners saying that about their club, it is particularly annoying to see the media cheerfully creaming over their brand of football, while conveniently ignoring that of ours. Unless, of course, that is because we, along with Chelsea, are among the most hated clubs in England.
It is likely that in midweek, we might actually get to see Mr Glass start. Hopefully this is the beginning of a sustained run of appearences/fitness till the end of the season. I know I am dreaming a little too much. Blame it on the lack of sleep over the past few hours.
And finally it looks like we’ve captured the signing of a Norwegian starlely, Joshua. Of course, nothing is official. And when we get to hear something more solid we will report on that.
That’s all for now to be honest. Until tomorrow.
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Tags: Daily Roundup
November 5th, 2007 at 11:39
Hey that trademark skysports bit was my idea
November 5th, 2007 at 12:21
Fregi is planning a rotaion policy??
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_2851104,00.html
November 5th, 2007 at 12:28
Is Fergi planning a “Rotation Ploicy”?
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_2851104,00.html
November 5th, 2007 at 13:36
Yeah he’ll rotate but sure he always did, it won’t be like Rafa though, it won’t be anything major, I’d say he’s talking about rotating the strikers, wingers and Anderson with Carrick. He only said that because its coming close to Christmas and he’ll need to be rotating then.
November 5th, 2007 at 15:31
Yes. As Conor pointed out, I think he will give players a break here and there so that they stay fit and fine…rather than featuring an exhausted bunch of players week in week out..When he have such huge talents at his disposal now,he can surely do switching Anderson/Carrick, Saha/Tevez/Rooney..
If i was the manager (oohhh!!!)I would do something like this
Whenever we are going for a quick and pacy side against a physical side like Italian teams or Bolton who have huge,slow-moving defenders..Anderson will come in for Carrick alongside Hargreaves and Tevez for Saha and Nani for Giggs….
Whenever we are going to play some traditional style of football like away to less physical teams like Lyon or who have pacy defenders..We play Giggs,Saha and Carrick/Scholes..This will be the good old game of Giggs crossing and Saha heading the ball kind of play..If everyone stay fit, we can feature two different kind of attacking teams from now on…GO United!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 17:08
The Greatest Game In The World Ever (fuck the trademark) was a real joke for over hyping. But it has nothing on the over-hype machine that is the American sports media over the “THE BATTLE OF THE AGES”, “THE GREATEST REGULAR SEASON MATCHUP OF ALL TIME” (tm NBC Sports, ESPN). This was refering to the massive battle of the unbeatens. The NFL showdown between the New England (Boston) Patriots 8-0 vs the Indianapolis Colts 7-0. The Patriots were coming in to this game with the growing believe by many, especially the media as the greatest American football team ever. Indianapolis were also undefeated and they are the defending champions who defeated New England last year to get to the Super Bowl Championship game.
Although I prefer traditional European (world football) and watching Manchester United, I must say that the English media hype for this match pales in comparison. Nothing can match the media machine of the United States when it has a point to make. Jeez! It was sickening. Fortunately the game turned out to be a fantastic match that actually deserved the hype. New England won 24-20. The Arsenal-United was probably loudest in London where all that matters in the world resides. I feel so sorry for Londoners having to create such crap to deal with their inferiority complex. Sorry Gooners but by the End of the season the media will be crying in it’s collective soup with all you bandwagon jumping Gooner fanatics along. Why? Because United will rule once again. That’s of course if Rio wakes up from his slumber. Sorry about that JB.
November 5th, 2007 at 17:18
There are rotation policies and then there is Rafa the rotator who is completely out of his mind. Fergie has always rotated players, especially young ones. No fear here because we have the depth. I would start Saha over Tevez this weekend though. Blackburn can be physical and we need more of a Saha’s presence in the box as they will be very hard to crack. Just ask the Scousers. Then again, we’re not pathetically useless like them.
If Saha plays great. But who I really want to see back is Gary Neville. Never have we needed his presence like this past weekend against Arsenal. Poor Wes Brown just had a hell of a time coping with Arsenal’s overlapping and speed. We also need the option of Gary’s own overlaps and crosses to truly give us a potent option on both sides. We also need his leadership back on defense. Also, if Evra could improve his crossing, we would truly be multi-dimensional and awesome when you take in to account all our other attacking options.
November 5th, 2007 at 17:46
the game was great, me being a new england fan (im not a glory hunter, they were the first team i ever saw play football and i loved them) and them winning was great, were now 9-0 and our by week is this week, i hope we can go 19-0 this season )(though i have a feeling its going to be 18-1, loss i have no idea)
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any whoo rotation won be as bad as the worst managwer ever benitez, it will just be rest players wen needed and give people a game to keep themhappy type rotation, i cannot wait for the kiev game, hope anderson starts
November 5th, 2007 at 17:55
Does anybody feel that we should be starting to groom a young pacy central defender who can cop with some of the agile central forwards ..I strongly feel that with the success of Rooney,Ashton,Tevez,Suazo,Rossi…the whole concept of central forwards have slightly changed from the traditional ones like Nistelrooy,Shevchenko(although they are effective) to the modern fast moving,more creative players like Rooney,Rossi,Tevez,Messi..
One good day for a Ferdinand or Terry or Nesta can prevent Nistelrooy or like forwards from scoring while players like Rooney,Tevez,hleb,Messi can do more damage than just score…So I think it is time for United to look beyond Ferdinand and Vidic to defenders in the mould of Micah Richards who are more agile.. The Arsenal game seem to justify that as no defender was fast enough to dive into Fabregas shot when he waited to pick his spot for their first equalizer..
I think we need a young agile defender alongside Vidic or Ferdinand who is agile enough to get up and try to mend his mistakes as fast as he could..Pique again is in the same mould as Vidic…strong in the air,good reading of the game..
Any thoughts?
November 5th, 2007 at 18:02
thats it i finnaly remeber who anderson reminds me of, EDGAR DAVIDS, anyone else agree?
November 5th, 2007 at 18:22
Anderson’s got way more offensive skill at 19 than Edgar David’s ever had. Although he is a hard worker and and is willing to track back and get in a physical tussle, he is no “Pit Bull”. Davids was a tremendous defensive player whose main goal was was dispossess opponents from the ball. He also ran at 100% for an entire 90 minutes. Anderson is an entirely different player from what I have seen and he does run out of gas after 50 minutes or so. He’s comparable to Davids in the manner of his relentless pursuit of the ball. In that I am in agreement. He will get better with time and his potential far exceeds anything Davids ever accomplished, and he accomplished plenty.
November 5th, 2007 at 18:32
SHYAM; I think Rio and Vidic can cope with any kind of player. Central Defenders need to be tall and physical. Speed and agility is an asset but it is more needed by the RB and LB. We were exposed a bit by Arsenal because Brown never had enough pace as a RB. Rio and Vidic are fine provided Rio’s head is in the game and he’s not lazy. There have been games in the past where he just tunes out. And I’m not even talking about what I thought were mistakes made on Saturday. I’m referring to other outings where he just seems preoccupied over which night club he is going to hit in the evening. Micah Richards is more suited to be a RB than a Central Defender. He looked terrible against Chelsea and looks to me like a player playing out of position. Pique will be great as he is tall, agile and can play CB or RB comfortably. If I were Fergie I would mold him into our future RB.
November 5th, 2007 at 18:56
good point grognard, they are different players, but anderson will to never give up a 50-50 just reminds me of davids, plus anderson may have a lot more skill than davids too, we unfortunately have not seen it yet, the andershow is only up and running
November 5th, 2007 at 18:59
[Grognard] Your comments are absolutely to the point. But i feel like when Rio or Vidic commits a mistake they doesnt have a agile partner who sees that and come quickly to cover up for him (mind you me a big fan of Vidic’s game). When i said Richards i meant someone like him. If i have to name a CB like that, may be Cordoba. I really would like to have that guy in our team. physically strong,quick and a great tackler..
As you said Rio and Vidic are gud enough for the current crop of players. But if you look around you see Suazo(23),Messi(19),Rossi(20),Pato(17),Palladino(19)(approx. ages) are becoming hot favourites along with our own Rooney and Tevez to lead frontlines of some of the big clubs…So my point is that i feel that we should think ahead and keep a good young defender to keep up to these players..or may be i am trying to prepare for something that never happen or searching for an most ideal defender!!!
I captained/managed a couple of teams in a local league and was successful with the formula of pairing a tall physical defender with a fast moving tackler but strong enough to keep a forward at bay ..
November 5th, 2007 at 19:52
Personally i feel pique is far too slow to ever get a place
November 5th, 2007 at 20:26
Grognard: don’t underestimate Sky’s ability to hype something, Richard Keys has truly mastered the art, Setanta are mere small fry in that regard. Moment of the weekend, without doubt, was the look on Ruud Gullit’s face when he was asked by Keys if Arsenal were the closest team to playing Total Football since Ajax in 1974.
On the transfer front we have apparently been linked with a 10m euro move for Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa.
http://208.101.38.218/showthread.php?t=97674
November 5th, 2007 at 20:50
[Taehr]Personally i dont think Pique is that bad a defender to have..He is a good reader of the game and physically strong…What happens is like when he plays against teams like Arsenal,Barca or United who are so fluid in attack and dont play with a target front man he kind of need a quick defender along with him who can cop with the huge amount of short passes and interplay. But we still need the big defender..and Pique is definitely one of the brightest..
November 5th, 2007 at 20:52
JB; It’s obvious that Keys doesn’t even know the true definition of “Total Football”. What Ajax and Holland 72-78 played has only been emulated to a lesser extent by the 72-74 West Germany side as well as the 70-76 Bayern Munich sides. I won’t get in to the description of what it is as I’m positive you already know.
Arsenal play a nice attacking brand of football that is probably more closely linked to Brazil and their short passing, give and go, moving off the ball attack. It is attractive but it can be stopped with strong physical tackling and pace. The funny thing is that Argentina plays that style now and Brazil has moved away from it. Brazil destroyed the beautiful passing game of the Argentines at this year’s COPA. They were physical, tackled with purpose, were fast and counter attacked with great effect. Argentina were shocked in to submission to my chagrin. For Arsenal to be a truly dominant side both in the EPL and in Europe they will have to add more grit and replace the aging Gilberto with another physical ball winner. Right now they are doing well because of their emotional commitment and because they have surprised many by their quick rebirth as a contender. But they are all petite and very delicate wallflowers which will crumble over a long season, poorer weather and more physical opponents. God almighty! Total Football they are not. Gullit must have had a real laugh at that. Even Gullit’s 1988 Holland side coached by Michaels didn’t play that style. What an idiot. And this guy is paid to be a broadcaster eh?
November 5th, 2007 at 21:02
We have let in an aweful amount of soft goals lately. Kiev, Borough, Arse coupled with desperate defending against Roma and Spurs. All is not rock solid at the back and 4 goal wins against inferior opposition does nothing to lighten the reality that if we dont sort it out we are fucked against serious contenders in the champions league latter stages.
November 5th, 2007 at 21:02
SHYAM; I think the best example of the kind of defender you are talking about would be Cannavaro. At least before his Real Madrid move. He isn’t all or physical in stature or style but he is fast, plays his position well, doesn’t give an inch and is a great tackler.
Generally player who are that style are used as fullbacks or holding midfielders. There is a lot to be said for having CB’s who are tall and physical. It tends to intimidate strikers more plus they have an advantage in the aerial game. Strikers have never given Vidic or Rio any problems. Where they have problems defending is when attacking midfielders or wingers lose their men and thus put the responsibility on those two to stop them. In the past they have had problems with Fabregas, Kaka, Seedorf, Lampard, and DeRossi to name a few. The old style strikers only score if their is chaos in the box caused by an attacking midfielder or an overlap on the wings. And that usually happens to all teams. One on One vs a striker and they are dominant.
November 5th, 2007 at 21:55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8U2V8YW_jg
lmao anderson and fabregas have history. i guess that takle on saturday was revenge
November 5th, 2007 at 22:01
Id still have to say united play as nice a football as the Arsenal. Sure the Arsenal keep everything nice and neat and possession sometimes for what seems like hours…But our United boys seem to opt for the daring, the cheeky, or the downright audacious sometimes and with Anderson pregressing like he has, (Nani too I might say) Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney, Giggs, we play a brand of football simply know as United. Whether it compares I dont rightly know, but I absolutely adore it.
But dont get me wrong, Arsenal can play; boy can they play.
November 5th, 2007 at 23:00
[Grognard] Cannavaro is the best example and i am worried at the same point u said. They are kind of shaky against Kaka,Lampard,Fabregas…and take a look at my list in the above post. Those players so called “modern day” forwards are also players capable of doing the same damage as these attacking midfielders and more teams are looking upto that kind of a formation which was successful for United last season and same for Arsenal this season…
Anyway moving away from the defender topic, the main difference between Arsenal and United game are Arsenal are a brilliant team moving the ball and creating space for themselves..same as Argentina in the Copa..Best way to counter that is to shut them out on the ball by closing them down quickly in our half and counter attack them with all you got..When Arsene iterates he lost to Fergie tactically thats what the wily Scot did..Whenever Arsenal was on the ball United frontline and midfield was on their back..That is not physical game that is actually tactical game.
United attacks was more of individual skills and Rooney-Ronaldo-Giggs understanding last season….of late this season the Rooney-Tevez-Ronaldo partnerships. I would say ours is more like the Brazil’s game right now. Only difference is that Brazil is yet to find the right chord for the Samba music to be played by Robinho-Ronaldinho-Kaka..United found that last season and added Tevez and a strong Anderson into that to pep it up….
Sometimes Individuals do matter…yup..even in such a team game like Football!!
Fergie knows that and thats why he comments it is not dominating a side in a game which matters, it is the trophy cabinet at the end of season that matters. Everyone plays for glory, you attack teams lesser than you and you give respect and play tactically to teams on par with you or above you in terms of ability and skill..
November 5th, 2007 at 23:11
Forget Brazil. United play SAF football. No other team can play like this, since they don’t have SAF on their bench.
November 5th, 2007 at 23:22
Those are fair and well thought out comment Shyam. I do agree that United do play a style closer to the present Brazilian team. With all their flair player, they still play a gritty individualistic game where passing opportunities come from creative individual endeavors. Argentina play more like Arsenal except the allow total freedom to both Riquelme and Messi. That alone makes them special as they are a bit of a hybrid of the two styles with Mascherano playing the more defensive and physical role in midfield.
Right now Arsenal ar more flash than substance. It’s so early to tell if they are real or they just got off to a flying start with the help of an easy schedule in the EPL and CL. Fergies strategy worked outside of the two major errors that caused to garbage goals. The problem is that United have the skill, pace and total ability to not have to play that way to beat Arsenal. In my opinion they are superior to them in every way and I’m not just stating that as a fan. I really believe it. We can still operate well if one of our two main players of Ronaldo, Rooney aren’t playing. I am really not sure Arsenal can fire properly without Fabregas.
November 5th, 2007 at 23:27
Shyam: I would say that SAF has had a tactical edge on Wenger since the 2002/03 season. United sides since then have shown that they are well aware how to shut Arsenal’s passing game down. The bulk of Arsenal’s goals since then have been from set pieces, crosses and long balls, not their traditional game.
P.S. Why do we think that Rio and Vidic have had bother with De Rossi, Seedorf and Kaka?
November 6th, 2007 at 0:12
[JB] It is not exactly one on one . On a game situation i feel players like them can outwit Rio(not sure of Vidic) and at times i see Rio never being able to recover from that. He always use to “respect” those beautiful interplay..
and get caught ball watching.
why i am saying is that in both the Arsenal goals(little harsh for the second though!!) if you analyse the positions of our defense Rio was out of position…Rio should have been picking his man, Fabregas instead of rushing to the goal line when the only opportunity for Sagna was to pull back to the center of the box..that was his mistake..After that instead of correcting his mistake by plunging into Fabregas’s feet he waited on the goal line and expected Fabregas,such a wonderful passer, not to find space to squeeze the ball through..
He kind of loses his head or he is less agile ..i am not sure about that..He confuses me when he does what he did against Spurs(goalmouth save from Berbatov’s squeezed in shot)..
November 6th, 2007 at 0:24
shyam
rio was nt out of position. vidic was drawn out of postion, and rio did the right tfing in foin back on the line.#
wes brown should hav pickd up faberegas, as he saw him but though evra was goin to clear the ball, which he didnt (and should have)
i dnt knw y people r havin a go at rio. hes been our best and most consistant defender this year.
neways the team is playin great and the defence does need 2 tighten up, but thts 4 all the defense nt just 1 man.
November 6th, 2007 at 0:28
I’m not starting that debate about Rio again, sufficed to say there was a difference of opinion, refer to the last thread if you want my take on it (although it should be noted that Rio was on the goal line before the ball even began to head to Sagna).
Anyway the point I was making was it is harsh to criticise the two of them on some of the aforementioned players given that Rio missed the Milan games and was tightly marking De Rossi in the Roma game at OT for his goal while Vidic only appeared in the last Milan game and was obviously not match fit.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:33
Footballguy; Can you write in English and not shorthand. I honestly find it difficult to make out what you are saying. Is it so difficult to place an o between nt and to write the word “why” instead of y. This computer age internet jibberish is just crap and is not fit for any blog. Learn to write or don’t bother.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:41
JB; DeRossi was the only guy to score and to also cause havoc in the box. Fair enough about Rio missing the Milan games but nevertheless as a team we had a hard time containing Kaka and Seedorf as they owned us.
And I’ve had it with the Rio crap. I personally love the player so when I actually throw some criticism at him it is out of true and sincere concern. Lets face it, there are differing opinions on what he should have done. Lets just leave it at that. I’m honestly sorry for bringing it up as I never expected such a backlash over something that seemed so obvious to me. So I concede. STOP WITH RIO ALREADY!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 1:53
forget these brazilian twins. i reckon weel have an inpenetrble defence with big micah at right
back, G. Nev unfortunately is runnin outa time. Richards greatest assest- his speed is wasted at CB
November 6th, 2007 at 5:10
Redsnake; I agree, but I don’t think we will get Richards. We will have to look elsewhere. If the twins are so bloody talented, why are they being wasted as defenders? Besides, Brazil have not been famous for their development of great defenders.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:13
Red Ranter; I just read an article in the Guardian where Fergie feels that there should be a cap placed on foreign players, as it is damaging the development of the British game and it’s young players. I’d appreciate it if you created a heading on that topic and voiced your views. Then I and others could voice our opinions. I think it’s a hot topic, don’t you think?
November 6th, 2007 at 6:10
JB; Check out the previous post for my long awaited response to the article on Riquelme. WARNING!!!! It’s damn long. Sorry about that but I had to copy and paste quotes to make it easier to respond to.
November 6th, 2007 at 6:38
[Grognard]
Yes I did read it and I am writing on that. It will be up in the morning.
November 6th, 2007 at 7:16
Grognard: I read that article as well and you have got to love SAF. He is really starting to stir up the shit with le arse. Utd always has a strong British element and that wont change once the old guard retires as we still have Rio,Rooney,Hargo,Carrick and when you look at those players no other top 4 side come close.
At the end of the day I dont believe he really cares about foreigners as much as he cares about riling arse.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:50
Angry mad Fergie is far more fun than the mellow version
Grognard: I’m not disagreeing with the point that Rio and Vidic may have problems with runners from deep just that some of the players choosen as example are not fair given the injury situation at the time.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:55
brasil are not famous for their CB grognard, but we have made some of the greatest ever full backs, and the twins are the new crop of them
November 6th, 2007 at 16:21
Adil Alhinai; Brazil is famous for attacking fullbacks light Roberto Carlos, Carlos Alberto, Francisco Marinho, Cicinho, Cafu etc. They are all known to have been weak defenders but exceptional attackers. In the EPL, attacking fullbacks like Cole, Bale, Neville, Finnan, Baines etc are also expected to defend. Some do well in this, others not so well, but they are encouraged to. Brazil has been such an attack oriented football machine for so many generations I think they have almost conceded that the fullback position is just another term for wide midfielders or secondary wingers. Thus the term wingback became a term used widely. Evra is a perfect example of this. Notice he doesn’t defend as well as Neville or even Heinze before his injury. That’s because he is so attack oriented.
It’s my opinion that United should always have one attacking fullback and one defending one. With all our attacking options, we don’t need to risk so much from our back four except on corner kicks and set pieces.
The twins for me are an extravagance that I am not sure will succeed. We welcome skilled and stylish players from abroad all the time but they seem to be more midfielders and forwards. United have always been a little more traditional when it comes to it’s defenders. We’ve always preferred the English style defenders like the Pallisters, Bruce’s, McQueen’s, Rio’s, Neville’s, Irwin’s as well as foreigners who play that similar style like Stam and Heinze. And so I say, why mess with something that works all in the name of becoming a little bit more EXOTIC. I PREFER A ROCK HARD DEFENSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
November 6th, 2007 at 16:24
Just1n; I’ll get in on the discussion about Fergie and the player cap after Red Ranter finishes his article on it and submits his next post heading. He has promised one.
November 6th, 2007 at 16:34
some pretty big names you dropped their grog, whilst i agree our fullback are now more wide recievers, maicon and gilberto have become good defenders as the years have gone by, the twins are coming in young, we can teach them how to defend, it will be easier righty now, than if they joined earlier, i wonder how they will fit in, i hope they are good i can c our starting 11 in 2010 as this
1.Foster
2.Fabio
3.evans
4.pique
5.Rafael
6.Hargreaves (though he maybe too old then again gattuso)
7.ronaldo
8.anderson
9.tevez
10.rooney
11.nani
but thats a dream,
November 6th, 2007 at 17:04
I’ve got to make a few comments on what I see as being complete and total disregard for the facts when it comes to the lies and shit disturbing that’s going on with the British media of late. Primarily the tabloid journalism that calls itself sports pages and by many bloggers who are just looking to start a good fight between Arsenal and Manchester United and all the supporters of both teams.
It’s clear that until last Saturday the once heated rivalry had cooled to simmer, and that everybody was directing their hatred towards Chelski, for good reason I might add. But now it seems they are bent on making mountains out of mole hills in their quest to reignite the feud. I guess I’m not the only one that finds it a bit disturbing to see Arsenal and United players hugging each other, shaking hands and trading jerseys. Would Keano, Ince, Cantona, Bruce or Pallister tolerate this kind of crap or for that matter, Parlour, Vieira, Adams etc? Back then the players would have preferred to spit at each other than embrace their sworn enemies in friendship and good sportsmanship. This was a heated rivalry with plenty of competitive bitterness and little respect. Fergie vs Wenger, Keane vs Vieira, Cantona vs Adams, the list of feuds is a mile long. And the supporters for both sides loved it. Well it had gone missing for a while now, but now I think Owen Hargreaves misinterpreted statements, and Fergie’s tirade against security at the Emirates and his accusation at the referee for the match has given fuel for all the negative writers in England to reignite the fire of hate.
What Hargreave said was the absolute truth and even Wenger in his statement basically agreed. Arsenal were forced out of playing their beautiful brand of football. Yet Gooner supporters are burning posters of Hargo in effigy as I write this.
Add to this the claims by Fergie that security at the Emirates was poor. Well Gooner fans won’t have any of that, according to bloggers and a few respected London journalists out there who are accusing Fergie of being nothing more than a trouble making old fart. The man has been a legend for 21 years and has got the respect of the entire footballing community. Need I mention that he also has the title of SIR in front of his name. If the man says it’s unsafe, then perhaps conditions at the Emirates should be closely looked at. He deserves respect and should be listened to. And although I generally feel that the referee did a good job on Saturday, he did make some major mistakes and the phantom call on Saha did give possession of the ball to Arsenal for them to score the tying goal.
And now it comes out that Fergie is suggesting that English clubs put a cap on the number of foreigners allowed. Well I’ll contribute my tirade on that later. Still, it’s the press who are making a big deal of this as well as Wenger. The London press, Arsenal supporters and Wenger seem determined to escalate tensions into an all out war with Manchester again.
It’s stupid and irresponsible, yet needed I guess. But lets not forget how good it feels to hate Chelski blue.
November 6th, 2007 at 17:05
simmo will push 1 of the twis out the starting line up
November 6th, 2007 at 17:11
more like rafael, because fabio is meant to be the more talented one out of the two
November 6th, 2007 at 17:28
Wha evans and pique!?too slow!
November 6th, 2007 at 18:09
im sure pique isnt too slow, he was able to hang with the best of them in la liga last year
November 6th, 2007 at 19:19
Pique is not slow. He just has long legs like Rio and that makes him lope. He is actually very quick. That’s why Fergie has even had him play RB.
November 8th, 2007 at 19:11
Grognard is right on this one. Pique is another one of those players who is deceptively quick, okay he is not up there with Rio or Evra but he is not slow.
He looks like being a real prospect, as long as Fergie can fend off interest from the likes of Zaragoza and Atletico Madrid.