Football Focus

[????]

:)-D

[Jah Lush]

You know it makes sense Quids. :))

[kpc]

I've often wondered why referees make so many bad decisions. Now I know.

Drunk Referee

[Emerson Crane]

Ferguson recalls players from Preston where they have been on loan after his son gets the elbow. No petulance there then.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I read that this morning and thought "Damn, just as he's getting old enough for me to lighten up and give him his due" he does that

Fact his, him takingthose 2-3 players back may well condemn Preston to relegation. And whilst he is within his rights to do it, to do it because a member of his own family got the sack is just nuts. It's conflating family matters with how another club tries to run it's business and is out of line

[????]

Would they have been there without the relationship in the first place?

Football in, er, 'patronage' is rife shocker

[Emerson Crane]

Or Ferguson spits dummy out shocker.

[Narnia]

DF is probably embarressed by his Dad doing what a lot of Dads would do.

[david_carnell]

'Fraid I'm with ???? on this one. The only reason Preston got some Man U reserves/YTS players was due to Fergie Snr. I'd have done the same.

And I'm with ???? again on Spurs being my team of 2010. They make me laugh every time I watch them. Often comic defending aligned with some of the most scintillating attacking play in the league. Van De Fart seems like the bargain of the season and in Bale they have the best left sided player in the league. Bagpuss has done well.

As a Leeds fan, 2010 has been pretty good. We started the year beating Man Utd and got a draw against Spurs in the FA cup before losing the replay. I'm hoping for a repeat against the Gunners next week. Sean and I are off to the Emirates to watch it so back your team carefully! Our league campaign faultered badly in the second half of the season but was enough to see us promoted to the Championship.

This season in 2010 all is well. Despite some shocking results and poor performances we are level on points with automatic promotion spots and the dream of a return to the Premiership in 2011 is starting to look possible.

Marching On Together!

[SeanMacGabhann]

But why would you have done the same?

[david_carnell]

Because I'm as grumpy and irritable and mean-spirited as Fergie is!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Petulance is never a good look, no matter who is wearing it

So the deal is ?you have to keep my son as manager no matter what or I?m taking my players back?

How does that benefit anyone?

[Emerson Crane]

You said it

[david_carnell]

Well it would have benefited Fergie Jnr had it kept him his job I suppose.

Look, I know it's petulant and wrong.

But, rather shamefully, I'd probably do the same. We can't all be as saintly as you McG!

[Emerson Crane]

Sean are you actually suprised by Fergusons actions? I'm not. Looking forward to turning Leeds over in the FA cup just like we did on many ocassions which I witnessed home and away when TH14 was still with us, and god (Dennis Bergkamp) walked the earth.

[????]

...and whan Mick jones got that diving header.......

[Emerson Crane]

???? Wrote:

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> ...and whan Mick jones got that diving

> header.......

You mean Trevor Brooking don't or have you swapped allegiances, and anyway I talking recent not ancient history.

[????]

I was just remembering a Leeds victory...Brooking one was sweeter. Were you a fan back then? ;-)

[Emerson Crane]

???? Wrote:

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> I was just remembering a Leeds victory...Brooking

> one was sweeter. Were you a fan back then? ;-)

Yep and you were probably just a twinkle in your old mans eye.

[????]

A twinkle that saw Charlie George's double winning blaster live at Wembley?

[Jah Lush]

???? Wrote:

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> ...and whan Mick jones got that diving

> header.......

Oh how we hated that Leeds team then but it was against The Arse so still a corker in my book. This current Leeds team though are looking a good side and I watched them at WHL earlier in the season when we beat them in the Cup (I've forgotten the score but I'm sure DC will know). It's time they were back in the Premiership so hope they keep up the good work and get there (Jeez! have I been drinking?

It's one thing to get plaudits about your club playing scintillating, entertaining, attacking football and Spurs have been great to watch but the point is to win something and we've won feck all yet. If I could have one trophy in our cabinet at the end of the season it would be the *European Cup. COYS!

*I can dream can't I?

[Emerson Crane]

If you say so, but don't be so presumptious by assuming that I've only followed them recently, I first stood on the North Bank Highbury on Boxing day 1968 and we won 3 - 0, against the mancs. Some of us are not fairweather merchants or glory hunters.

Edited cos I forgot to add the year of my first visit to Highbury.

[????]

Don't be so sensitive EC - I winked

[SeanMacGabhann]

On the Spurs front I should add my appreciation too

As well as playing some pretty football, there is a genuine spirit (as opposed to the one Arsene is always banging on about in interviews) in the team ? coming back from 2-0 down to beat us is one example. Winning not one but two games over the Christmas period depite being down to 10 men in both is impressive as well

If Arsenal don?t win the CL (oooh yeah Barcelona? shudder) then I?d be happy to see Spurs win it if they carry on at this rate

You get the impression that they are winning over (in admiration terms, not actual changing of allegiance!) many supporters from other teams just as Liverpool appear to be alienating quite a lot of other supporters

[Narnia]

You don't know that DC as United have loaned players to Preston before eg David Beckham

However United were allowing PNE use their training facilities during the recent bad weather which probably wouldn't have happened without the father/son link.