Football : Season 08/09 - Page 120

Mal · 17-05-2009, 00:59

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Originally Posted by pedantic

I think even the most ardent Man U fan would admit they pushed us hard towards the end. (Although maybe not publicly

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not in public, no...

not in private even...

pedantic · 17-05-2009, 01:03

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Originally Posted by Mal

not in public, no...

not in private even...

Does this mean I'm a better sportsman than you then?

TheDaddy · 17-05-2009, 01:12

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Originally Posted by CHiLL

How can you not support it given the circumstances?

Because he hasn't been the victim of any racist abuse to my knowledge perhaps

Turkey Machine · 17-05-2009, 01:25

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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

The majority of times these songs/chants are just banter anyway. I've been to matches where similar songs have been sung by nearly the whole crowd, me included, what are they going to do? Ban everyone from going to matches? It's been the same for years, he must expect it if he's going to totally disrespect his fans, there's been a lot worse sung at football matches then calling someone a bender.

Very true. At a pre-season friendly between Norwich and West Ham at Carrow Road, the West Ham fans were chanting at irregular intervals and with much aplomb "if you shagged your mum sit down!", along with "if you love West Ham stand up!" The best chant I heard was "chim chiminey chim chiminey chim chin cha roo, we are those b*****ds in claret and blue; chim chiminey chim chiminey chim chin cha ree, you are those b*****ds in yellow and green!" Fantastic stuff to listen to, and all just banter between the fans.

You will get the odd twit here and there who takes it far too far, and they should be rightly punished, but the majority of chanting of fans is just banter, and the fans enjoy it as much as the players do.

Mal · 17-05-2009, 01:37

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Originally Posted by pedantic

Does this mean I'm a better sportsman than you then?

I just prefer to gloat that it is now 19 years since they last won the league

iadom · 17-05-2009, 13:14

On the date of the Champions League Final I will be in the middle of an Eastern Med. cruise. I will possibly be in or near Kusadasi in Turkey. Is the match kick off time 8.00PM UK time?

I have worked out that if so then I think it should be 10.00PM in Turkey which would give me time for dinner ( at 8.30PM ) otherwise its room
service and watching in my stateroom ( cabin) on the TV there.

Jim.

pedantic · 17-05-2009, 14:37

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Originally Posted by iadom

On the date of the Champions League Final I will be in the middle of an Eastern Med. cruise. I will possibly be in or near Kusadasi in Turkey. Is the match kick off time 8.00PM UK time?

I have worked out that if so then I think it should be 10.00PM in Turkey which would give me time for dinner ( at 8.30PM ) otherwise its room
service and watching in my stateroom ( cabin) on the TV there.

Jim.

7.45pm kick off or 9.45pm Istanbul time.

Derek · 17-05-2009, 15:01

Bottles crashing all over Glasgow as both Celtic and Rangers try their best to throw the title away.

As it is everything comes down to the final game. A win for Rangers seals the title (and the fate of Gordon Strachan).

iadom · 17-05-2009, 15:26

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Originally Posted by pedantic

7.45pm kick off or 9.45pm Istanbul time.

Thanks, might just have time to get my evening meal in first then.

SB_07 · 17-05-2009, 15:51

Come on Cambridge \o/

Shadow Demon UK · 21-05-2009, 14:47

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The Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore, believes Sir Alex Ferguson has every right to field a weakened team against Hull City on Sunday.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...er-united-hull

Finally someone talks some sense on the matter.

CHiLL · 21-05-2009, 15:50

If he plays a weakened side from his main squad, then that's alright surely? Doesn't an average starting squad consist of about 25 ish players? If he starts fielding a youth team, then there is cause for concern.

sherer · 21-05-2009, 16:26

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Originally Posted by CHiLL

If he plays a weakened side from his main squad, then that's alright surely? Doesn't an average starting squad consist of about 25 ish players? If he starts fielding a youth team, then there is cause for concern.

the thing is you can have as many or as little players in your squad as you like so if we wants he can field 11 players from the youth team.

It's only the champions league that has a squad of 26 but even there teams manage to field weakened sides with kids etc anyway.

It is a tough one and not sure which side is right to be honest as can see both sides of the arguement

iadom · 21-05-2009, 17:05

If you were Hull FC, who would you sooner face, a first team that hopes to play in the Champions League finals three days later or the second string who will be out to impress and will not pull out of every 50/50 ball, or even every 60/40 ball come ot that.

TheDaddy · 22-05-2009, 06:34

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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

Finally someone talks some sense on the matter.

That ain't sense, sense would have been to say nothing, the rule states you should field a strong team, that's all, Uniteds second string should be good enough to beat Hull, just like they should have been good enough to beat the Hammers a couple of years back. Dick Scudamore speaking out will come back to bite some one big time in the future, for instance if Fulham get to the Europa final this time next year who'll be able to complain when they field their second string? The team that gets relegated because of it, the team that misses out on winning the league because of it?