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John Terry says that England's proud reputation means you won't catch them diving.

And then Rooney dives and wins a penalty.

You can't script this stuff.

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He won't get the treatment Eduardo got though, No massive press outrage. :dozey:

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Yep, thought of this thread the instant they won the penalty :D

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I was just thinking that :D

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6822592.ece

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Argh i missed it! Rooney dived? lol he was in the news the other day saying he never dives....which is a joke anyway.

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To be fair to Rooney, it wasn't a dive so much as a slip, but the way he tried to claim for a penalty whilst he was down was deceitful IMO.

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Great goal by Spurs... Erm, I mean England :D

Surely the two must start on wednesday?

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I didn't think he dived at all. Just because someone goes down doesn't mean they have dived.

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That's what people will say, they'll wouldn't about Foreign players though. He sure appealed for the penalty as well.

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Give me a break. UTD had been after Berbatov when he was at Leverkusen. What the Hell have City got to do with it? Negotiations where almost done by the time that prat at City landed and put a bid in on every player in Europe to try and stamp his authority on the "Rich Kids That Own A Football Club" Club. Levy was trying to play in the big boys sandpit at that point, tried to screw UTD over and make a few extra Millions. Berbatov knew where he wanted to go. Levy had so much evidence he didn't bother to do anything with it. I have evidence City tapped Tevez up, I could show you, but I don't want to.

From what I can tell, Ferguson comments, he is scared of the opposition. Ferguson doesn't comment, he is scared of the opposition.

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He tends in engage in mind games with the manager(s?) who he sees as his rivals for the title. Wenger, Mourinho, and last year Benetiz. Wenger dealt with it well in the past, Mourinho always dealt with it well and continues to play mind games with Fergie if he can. Benetiz went crazy last year, that was fun to watch.

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I have seen enough Ferguson Press Conferences on MUTV to know that what he says, compared to what ends up in the Press, is to be taken with a pinch of salt. Int weekend, so no Press Conf this Friday, but I will guess that what he said about Eduardo, when taken in context with what he was asked, and then taking his full comment not a sound bite, wont seem quite so "Anti Eduardo" "Anti Arsenal" "Anti Wenger"

The Press are a Joke, they ask a question to get a certain quote, context means nothing to them. But when I go on the www and I see comments on certain Football sites, the way that some people are oh so easily led, it's another 10,000,000 20p in the pockets of the papers, that's all that counts these days. That's not to say Ferguson is a Saint, but most of it is bull.

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I seem to remember that when United eventually got Berbatov, that part of the deal rested upon Levy dropping his so called legal action *(over their supposed illegal pursuit of Berbatov)*, how true this was I have no idea, I seem to remember reading it in a tabloid newspaper, this may have been the truth, iam not sure, so make up your own mind.

The thing that springs to mind here, for me anyway is, Murdoch broadcasts the football, then his tabloid media emporium spreads all the gossip, whether it be true or not,* to incite the masses, which in turn keeps everyone interested supposedly, it goes hand in hand, and I for one am bloody fed up with it.

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I remember that being mentioned. Is that not the same as someone knowing you commited a crime, but saying nothing if you give them money? This isn't the World of International Crime, but if a rule had been breached, then UTD should have been punished, and if he kept the evidence in reciept of a bit of extra cash........surely that can't be right. More paper talk for me, he had nothing.

Mostly when you put a bid in and it isn't accepted that is that, once the player decides to leave, what can you do, that is where Spurs ended up. Couldn't keep him and wanted more money, couldn't keep him meant we didn't have to up our offer, so he offered him to City out of spite, and we ended up paying 5Mill more that we needed to.

I think that is why Ferguson met him at the airport, a show of how serious we wanted him, just in case City decided to send a fleet of Limos to intercept him, City where desperate at that point (or the owner was) to flex his cash muscle.

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2009/09/30.jpg


:)

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Classic. They are the only club that could get a Sugar Daddy and end up with everyone laughing at them. People disliked Abramovich for it, but this lot are that rich kid we all knew at School, the one that nobody liked, x10. Martyn, from The Simpsons, with his Swimming Pool. His birthday party would have a live band and gifts n food n lasers, and everyone would go, but the day after in School, kids still laughed at him. Biggest joke in football and always will be, or maybe I am scared of them?

If Eto and Terry had joined, I would have taken notice, all they have signed is rejects and money grabbers, they can paint it however they want. Tevez turned into a traitor, he can mouth off all he wants. Adebayor was touted all over (inc UTD). Barry wanted to Liverpool for ECL football, why is he at City? Lescott is the runner up to Terry, he is better than Ferdinand LOL, I nearly passed out laughing, he isn't better than Evans.