Mancheaters united

**lopez** · 23/02/2007, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by robbiesdrogs

...its a ****ing dirt ball rag thats not fit to wipe your arse with...

As a toilet roll it's useless. More sh*t comes off the paper than goes on. I don't even believe the date on it.

My last purchase of the rag - I wasn't a regular buyer - was to see their reaction on the day after the Guildford Four were released in 1989. Unrepetent of course and the four were still guilty. The day after the Portugal game last year, and I spotted the Irish edition crowing about Blair's apology - about time etc.

The fact that there is an 'Irish' edition is what you should be really fuming at.

**jebus** · 24/02/2007, 3:02 PM

Incidentally I thought the ref in the Fulham-United game today was a disgrace. Typically all the decisions went United's way, as they tend to in England (well not just for United, you can throw Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in there too)

**feo123** · 24/02/2007, 6:45 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

Incidentally I thought the ref in the Fulham-United game today was a disgrace. Typically all the decisions went United's way, as they tend to in England (well not just for United, you can throw Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in there too)

Have to disagree with that from todays game, the ref wasn't biased at all!

**John83** · 26/02/2007, 3:55 PM

Originally Posted by Giuly

Do you actualy own this forum?

And will Angie ever get back together with Gavin?

Why are you evading my question? Why did you chose to come to an Irish football site to complain about a match between a English and French clubs? Your post count says you're not a regular here, so you were looking for something? Were you disappointed with the reaction of some neutrals? Is that why you accused everyone here of being a Manchester United fan?

For the answers to these and more exciting questions, tune in next week... same bat time... same batty thread.

**Clifford** · 26/02/2007, 4:09 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

Incidentally I thought the ref in the Fulham-United game today was a disgrace. Typically all the decisions went United's way, as they tend to in England (well not just for United, you can throw Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in there too)

Trust me I hate them as much as anyone and I agree entirely with your sentiments (how it wasn't a pen at the end I'll never know), but how the wardrobe didn't get sent off was indeed ridiculously bad refereeing against them for a change.

**geysir** · 27/02/2007, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by John83

Why did you chose to come to an Irish football site to complain about a match between a English and French clubs? Your post count says you're not a regular here, so you were looking for something? Were you disappointed with the reaction of some neutrals? Is that why you accused everyone here of being a Manchester United fan?

I suppose he expected more sympathy than he received.
Since when is there anything unusual in a member coming on here, subjectivly tired and emotional, after their team get beaten in contraversial circumstances.
Giuly started posting here during the last Qual campaign.
Afair,respectful without the usual gloating over beating Ireland.

**lopez** · 27/02/2007, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by geysir

...respectful without the usual gloating over beating Ireland.

You mean, not like Ealing Green?

**Jerry The Saint** · 27/02/2007, 12:39 PM

They're going to appeal again - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mai...7/sfnlil27.xml!

Lille claim Braamhaar made a technical mistake in allowing Giggs to take the free kick without having blown his whistle beforehand and asked for the game to be replayed.

Clearly Ollie Byrne made a huge impression on them when they played Shels. Will they threaten to take it to court next? Somehow I can't see UEFA being quite as spineless to this type of tactic as our own breed of football administrators.

But we weren't ready. WE WEREN'T READY!!! IT'S NOT FAIR!!! WAAAAAAH!

**Giuly** · 27/02/2007, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by John83

And will Angie ever get back together with Gavin?

Why are you evading my question? Why did you chose to come to an Irish football site to complain about a match between a English and French clubs? Your post count says you're not a regular here, so you were looking for something? Were you disappointed with the reaction of some neutrals? Is that why you accused everyone here of being a Manchester United fan?

For the answers to these and more exciting questions, tune in next week... same bat time... same batty thread.

John, i wasn't expecting a neutral reaction from members of this forum as i spent three years in Dublin (99-2002) and met a lot of ManUtd fans there.
If i had been posting the same thread on a board like redcafe.net, i 'd have
been insulted (that's their only way to express themselves=>c*nt, frog son,of a b....); so here at least, some of you have interesting views about football.

Anyway the whole story went way too far, it's hard for people here to learn about true facts as you, logically, only get the british point of you, through media and television (i'm talking about the manutd fans supposed to have been mistreated by police and staff blabla...).
Now about the free kick incident, I still think there was a strange behaviour from the referee (not the manutd players, who have just been malicious). Having watched again the match recorded on TV this week end, i don't think you can blame them and i'm sorry i have judged them meanwhile i was angry and very disappointed.
But know we should stop talking and think of the great challenge going ahead of us: Old Trafford , and give away everything on the pitch (even break some ankles

jocking..)

ps: merci geysir

**geysir** · 27/02/2007, 1:46 PM

Originally Posted by lopez

You mean, not like Ealing Green?

Certainly the wee man's pen is mightier than the team.
I think we are safe here in this corner of the forum from another 20 page essay on the team from the annexe.

**Neish** · 01/03/2007, 9:55 AM

Originally Posted by Giuly

By Jean-Yves Guerin
22/02/2007

A few hours before Tuesday's match between Lille and Manchester United, I was strolling through the centre of Lille. I therefore saw the start of the chain of events beforehand: a few hundred English fans had gathered in the central square; they were all singing, which is nice. But they had drunk too much, which is less nice.

I went to get a coffee in the cafe Paul, which is well known in Lille, and the waitress told me with some concern that the English had been in the bar from 10am until 2pm and had spent more than 240 euros (�161) on drinks.

How many of them were there? 4 hours in a place and they only spent €240 on drink? Big jessies

But back to the topic.1st off I am a fan of Man Utd but I wasn't at the game so I can't say I know how the trouble in the united end started and of who was to blame but the french police completely overreacted by firing tear gas into a packed and fenced in stand(That only going to cause more problems)

And giggs goal was perfectly legal if you read the rule book you'll see its allowed and its been done many time before by many teams. Lille acted like spoiled children in a huff because things didn't go their way when they walked off the pitch.

**endabob1** · 01/03/2007, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Giuly

Now about the free kick incident, I still think there was a strange behaviour from the referee (not the manutd players, who have just been malicious). Having watched again the match recorded on TV this week end, i don't think you can blame them and i'm sorry i have judged them meanwhile i was angry and very disappointed.

ps: merci geysir

I think the great Irony of this whole episode is that the sneaky quick free kick was introduced to English football by Terry Henry, the master of the underhand and now the English have learned from the master and taken revenge on the nation of his birth.