Football Focus

[Otta]

Well piss off back there then! ;-)

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[red devil]

What is GJ referring to when he says There is no way he said that...the term 'negrito'?

If so, I don't understand GJ saying that as Suarez admitted to using the term, the claim being it was a friendly cultural term, not a racial slur.

You're right it is one man's word against another, but can Suarez's word be trusted?...the independent FA report didn't think so, and he even went against the handshake agreement he'd made with Dalglish before the game...he's a loose cannon.

As for the 'low hand' nonsense, I think it speaks volumes that even LFC didn't bring this up as an excuse in the aftermath...if they thought there was the merest hint of credence in it's substantiality we wouldn't have heard the last of it.

Don't worry about UDT, he's watching the footy on his non-commercial TV...

[red devil]

maxxi Wrote:

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> It's not RD's fault - he is only regurgitating

> what The ManU message boards.....etc.

Wouldn't know a Utd message board if I fell over one...it's the EDF or nothing

[red devil]

It's all kicking off in the 'Life Outside the Premiership' thread...

http://www.glamorganwalks.com/Whippet1.jpg

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The Football Focus gang enjoy the beautiful game

That is a link BTW

[red devil]

:) I think you should qualify that's Straferjack and Parkdrive...Ladygooner is off cam getting the bruschettas in

[maxxi]

Now that Man C's ?400m sponsorship deal with Etihad has been declared "an improper transaction" what measures do the panel think the light blue billionaires will use to qualify under the FFP regs in the future?

I have heard that a "Platinum Elite" service is available - a private box and all the trimmings but also a personalised peg in the changing room, choice of picking two subs per game and a lift home from Balotelli (home games only). Cost is ?450m/season and the first taker was a Mr. Smith.

[Otta]

As for the 'low hand' nonsense, I think it

speaks volumes that even LFC didn't bring

this up as an excuse in the aftermath...if

they thought there was the merest hint of

credence in it's substantiality we wouldn't

have heard the last of it.

Have to disagree with that, as I think by that stage, the powers that be at LFC were on damage limitation, and just wanted to start putting it behind them.

Suarez is definitely a loose canon, but I'm not sure he is the evil spawn of Satan that some people have been making him out to be.

[Parkdrive]

United have a stinker in the first half, poor passing and defending.

[red devil]

Blimey, Bilbao are a bit tasty, what pills have they been popping?..would be happy with a scrappy win :-$

[Parkdrive]

Bilbao sticking it to the rags, both on the pitch and in the stands.

[Parkdrive]

Are the Bilbao fans singing "is there a fire drill"?

[Parkdrive]

Obligatory penalty at old stratford

[Parkdrive]

Ferguson checking his watch at full time was a peach of a picture. Clearly the ref doesn't know about Fergie time. Love the result, especially in the rags back yard.

[Parkdrive]

Where's the rags fans this morning? Crying in to their cornflakes no doubt.

[Alan Medic]

5 posts in a row.Must be some sort of record that! A scratched one methinks.

[Mick Mac]

Yes. Every parkdrive post says "show/hide".

[Mick Mac]

The Blue Knights are set to save Rangers. A huge relief for their fans if it comes off.

Don't know if they will want to cover the potential 49m though. Also most players taking the huge pay cuts will need to make a decision as to what to do in close season. Surely the consortium does not have sufficient funds to pay full footballing wages plus 49m?

The possibility of rangers going into liquidation was slightly amusing for Celtic fans but at the end of the day its a two team league and without Rangers then supporting Celtic would not be much fun.

[red devil]

Surely Rangers are too big a club to go under?

Isn't it just a case of interested investors waiting in the wings before they pounce at the 11th hour in order to get the best deal?

[Mick Mac]

Would you want to invest in a company with a 49m potential liability? I don't think any deal will be a good one for investors but instead it will be a case of people being willing to put their hand in their pocket to save a great club.

[maxxi]

As a kid most boys had either Celtic or Rangers as a second team - but then there was some kind of disconnect - don't know whether it was the SPL or what but since then - and up to now - I haven't really followed or cared about either.

I certainly don't 'get' what seems a bonkers format for a league - top six/bottom six, seedings and the subsequent possibilty of an inbalance of home and away games - and I only know this much thanks to wiki...

An outsider must look at the table at the end of the season and wonder how 12 teams could play so many games against each other. Isn't it killing interest?

[Parkdrive]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Yes. Every parkdrive post says "show/hide".

Love reeling you and your croonies in, its too easy. Speaking of which , mind the gap Spuds.

[Parkdrive]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> 5 posts in a row.Must be some sort of record that!

> A scratched one methinks.

You think? That's novel.

[SCSB79]

HMRC have said they are willing to do a deal. As long as Whyte is out of the picture, which hopefully he will be.

The big tax case findings are yet to be released so no one knows what the full liability could be.... and of that, HMRC will maybe deal at something like 10p in the pound.

Liquidation is a very unlikely option now, as the administrator said.

Rangers are looking at a fighting fund which will assist through til the end of the season if we don't get the money that is being battled over in court that Whyte has "stolen".

The players agreeing cuts in wages is hugeky commendable - saved all 177 staff at Ibrox and Murray Park.

Maybe it'll be Celtic's turn next when thier 30million "soft" loans from Desmond get called in??!!