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[scholes]

Originally Posted by orpheum Quite frankly a contest wehere 2 out of 3 teams are not competing on the basis of their incomes is a total waste of time.Also it might be a bit more even if refs werent so chicken hearted and afraid to award penalties against United.Nothing will change next season but sooner or later United will meet their financial waterloo and that is a day when i am looking forward to.This is not a case of sour grapes but the realities of modern football.If we had had a decent centre half we would have won the league by six points but there you go we had Senderos.

Had United not had so many injuries in 1998, Arsenal would never have won the title.
If John Giles and Jack Charlton were female impersonators, Leeds would never have won the title either.
Not a case of sour grapes. Just a wee dram of rancid wine then.

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by batman A pity Reading went down but it's good to see the back of Brum. Well done Fulham!

thanks bats, our team yesterday was

Donald Pleasence

Gordon Jackson John Leyton David McCallum James Garner

James Donald James Coburn Charles Bronson Angus Lennie

Steve McQueen Richard Attenborough

[Marky B]

Well done to the Boro for their 8-1 victory over Man City. However,someone pointed out last night that the Man City players were "on strike" in protest over Sven's treatment by the management.
Likewise King Kev,who is in for a bollocking from his chairman. He has kept Newcastle in the Premiership,and has now laid the foundation to establish his own team. Why they need a Director of Football (Dennis the Unwise) is beyond me? Does anyone else agree that the big football clubs are becoming too top heavy?
Ta Ta
Marky B

[smiffy]

Originally Posted by orpheum Quite frankly a contest wehere 2 out of 3 teams are not competing on the basis of their incomes is a total waste of time.Also it might be a bit more even if refs werent so chicken hearted and afraid to award penalties against United.Nothing will change next season but sooner or later United will meet their financial waterloo and that is a day when i am looking forward to.This is not a case of sour grapes but the realities of modern football. If we had had a decent centre half we would have won the league by six pointsbut there you go we had Senderos.

At least you are consistent Orphs ,you are as ungracious in defeat as you are in victory
Man United were the financial model for todays modern game (prior to the influx of foreign ownership ) and if the fans were one day to regain ownership ,we would still outspend you on income ,and still be solvent .

If your penalty reference was to the Rio incident ,correct decision by the referee.
The handball rule starts below the shoulder ,the shoulder muscle wraps around the arm and attaches the top of the bicep ,this area has never been deemed handball (although as a referee you already know that I'm sure)
Anyway if you give that as a penalty you have to give Scholes his (Whether he should have been on the pitch is another discussion )and if you count them all as being converted we still win .
I don't think it is sour grapes Orpheum , I detect the green eyed monster

[smiffy]

Originally Posted by orpheum .If we had had a decent centre half we would have won the league by six points .

And if your Auntie had balls she'd be your uncle

[scholes]

Originally Posted by smiffy And if your Auntie had balls she'd be your uncle

Thnks Smiffy, you saved me the trouble.

[DB7]

Originally Posted by orpheum Quite frankly a contest wehere 2 out of 3 teams are not competing on the basis of their incomes is a total waste of time.Also it might be a bit more even if refs werent so chicken hearted and afraid to award penalties against United.

I agree, I think Chelsea were done yesterday by 45minutes of either bent or bad refereeing at Wigan. To quote United old boy Steve Bruce:

"You should ask the referee about his integrity, not about my team. Thankfully there was nothing riding on it for us but I have to say three decisions in the first half were absolutely unbelievable. You would have thought Rio had gloves on and to say the penalty we conceded was harsh is an understatement."

I think it's probably the result of ref intimidation by Ferguson.

[smiffy]

Originally Posted by DB7 I agree, I think Chelsea were done yesterday by 45minutes of either bent or bad refereeing at Wigan. To quote United old boy Steve Bruce: "You should ask the referee about his integrity, not about my team. Thankfully there was nothing riding on it for us but I have to say three decisions in the first half were absolutely unbelievable. You would have thought Rio had gloves on and to say the penalty we conceded was harsh is an understatement." I think it's probably the result of ref intimidation by Ferguson.

have you switched allegiance db7 ?

[scholes]

Originally Posted by DB7 I agree, I think Chelsea were done yesterday by 45minutes of either bent or bad refereeing at Wigan. To quote United old boy Steve Bruce: "You should ask the referee about his integrity, not about my team. Thankfully there was nothing riding on it for us but I have to say three decisions in the first half were absolutely unbelievable. You would have thought Rio had gloves on and to say the penalty we conceded was harsh is an understatement." I think it's probably the result of ref intimidation by Ferguson.

Somebody turn that Merseybeat record off please!

[DB7]

Originally Posted by smiffy have you switched allegiance db7 ?

Originally Posted by scholes Somebody turn that Merseybeat record off please!

Bless, have you got matching Megaastore duvet sets?

[stevie boy]

I am so glad to be a Fulham fan, no favours from the media or the authorities. We stayed up legally unlike lucky West Ham with illegal Tevez(although he is a sublime footballer).

[smiffy]

Originally Posted by scholes Somebody turn that Merseybeat record off please!

It's getting a little scratched now isn't it scholesy ,must be due to playing it for the last 18 years
Better try and save it for next year

[billy bentley]

Stevie Boy,
West Ham got relegated with 42 points, so consider yourself lucky. As for the Tevez Saga, I've noticed that the only people who harp on about it support teams with little or no current success. As for Tevez the player I agree, he also appears to carry himself very well off the pitch too, more power to his elbow.

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by billy bentley Stevie Boy, West Ham got relegated with 42 points, so consider yourself lucky. As for the Tevez Saga, I've noticed that the only people who harp on about it support teams with little or no current success. As for Tevez the player I agree, he also appears to carry himself very well off the pitch too, more power to his elbow.

I felt sorry for west ham when they went down with 42 points, no doubt, but last year's shennagigans were unsavoury, rules are rules after all, unless you are the big 4 and West Ham

[batman]

Chelsea haven't broken any rules ..... OK, so they tapped up Cashley ... and they were were horrid to Anders Frisk ..... and Jose hid in the linen basket ...... and Droggy has taken the odd tumble ...... and .....................................