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Mick Mac

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Well RD - I was still at work, but the reports suggest he played well - he came on in the second half.




I notice thoough that Fortune has not scored yet, so I hope he is not a mistake. After all just because you can score in the English Premiership does not mean you can make the grade for the Bhoys...

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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> I have forgotten what team you support Matt - but

> I guarantee that whatever trophy is the biggest

> trophy your team has won to date, you will

> probably find, we won it first.



Once.


You comfy on that fence Keef?

matthew123

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In April, Fergie said this, "What he [Rafa] said about Everton being a small club just points to his arrogance. They are a big club."


But now 3 months later Fergie feels it's okay saying this about Man City, "They are a small club, with a small mentality."

matthew123

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He has done a an entertaining interview in the Observer - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/26/sir-alex-ferguson-manchester-united-interview


Here is an extract: -


Ferguson claims Ben?tez, whom many Premier League managers consider aloof, is obsessed with him rather than the other way round. "I have never said a word about him. The only time I responded was when he made that gesture with Sam Allardyce [the crossing of the hands to suggest that Liverpool's game with Blackburn was won the moment they went two goals up].


"There was no doubt he was doing that. Liverpool were too quick to come out and respond that he was signalling they should take a free-kick a different way. That was bollocks. Absolute bollocks."

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Scouse paranoia Anna? What you and Matt never seem to understand (or willfully ignore to suit your own agenda ;-)) about football, football managers and even (shock horror) football fans is they say what suits them at the time.


Fergie says what ever's on his mind at the time. The Allerdyce, Benitez thing was an attempt to wind up Rafa to put pressure on Liverpool, a compliment, backhanded maybe but a compliment none the less. Fergie was worried and maybe he's worried by City, I know I am. Look at what he used to say about Wenger when Arsenal were a threat and look how nice he is to him at the moment when they have struggled to perform in the last few seasons. As I said, don't take it personally take it as a compliment. AS for beyond the pale? Hitting a bloke in the face three times and calling it self defence is beyond the pale, calling your closest (geographical) rivals and the team that's nicked a decent player off you small and arrogant is not, it's brinksmanship.

matthew123

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Annasfield Wrote:

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> Beyond the pale.

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> Matthew - we all know that there's one rule for

> one and another for everyone else. You don't have

> to keep bringing it up.


It's not me that brought it back up it was Ferguson in today's newspaper - I just felt obliged to slap old red nose back down :))


LOL re: Geordies - it seems their new comedy gold kit matches their namby pamby players

Atila Reincarnate

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matthew123 Wrote:

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> In April, Fergie said this, "What he said about

> Everton being a small club just points to his

> arrogance. They are a big club."

>

> But now 3 months later Fergie feels it's okay

> saying this about Man City, "They are a small

> club, with a small mentality."


Good old Fergie, back with a bang on the mind games. I don't think Citeh under Hughes will be the force everybody expects them to be because Hughes isn't a particualry good manager/coach, and his track record isn't that great. Citeh seem to be throwing money all over the place in an attempt at usurping the big boys but I'm not conviced that's the answer nor am I convinced that the squad will gel. We'll see.

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Sandperson Wrote:

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> Maybe we'll never know the truth.

>

> I know not many of you will join me in this but

> sad news about G Neville being sent home from

> pre-season injured. I'm not sure he'll ever get

> back to where he was.

>

> :(


thank god.

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