The Football.....

[Kies]

Good result for Utd hanging on for dear life at the end but none the less a good 3 points.

Still don't see us winning this year

 

[accountantpete]

Andre Wisdom off to training but made the mistake of blindly following his satnav instructions (Mirror)

 

[MarkF]

Almost as amazing as Mourinho's comment in MoTD afterwards that having watched it four or five times, it was definitely a penalty. Er, nope. It was definitely not a penalty. There's partisanship and then there's just shameless, abject BS.

It was funny though.

 

[ianrauk]

Of course it wasn't a penalty.
And as I said previous. Any football supporter would happily take it.
And any team manager would say the same.
That's football for ya!

 

[mark st1]

Andre Wisdom View attachment 32478

The irony !

 

[swee'pea99]

Of course it wasn't a penalty.
And as I said previous. Any football supporter would happily take it.
And any team manager would say the same.
That's football for ya!

I think we're agreed on everything but the manager. I suspect most managers would have said something a bit more evasive...mumbled on about 'it's the referee's decision' in some suitably non-committal way...looked a bit sheepish, and changed the subject ASAP. But to come right out and state the clearly, palpably untrue takes a certain kind of gall. I suppose some might consider it admirable, but I'm certainly not one of them. I've always quite liked Mourinho, speaking as a neutral, but with that comment he went way down in my estimation. A fact that will doubtless cause him many a sleepless night...

 

[mark st1]

I was hoping Mourhino would be his usual brash self and say "it wasn't a penalty what do you want me to do" and shrug his shoulders and huff.

 

[ianrauk]

I think we're agreed on everything but the manager. I suspect most managers would have said something a bit more evasive...mumbled on about 'it's the referee's decision' in some suitably non-committal way...looked a bit sheepish, and changed the subject ASAP. But to come right out and state the clearly, palpably untrue takes a certain kind of gall. I suppose some might consider it admirable, but I'm certainly not one of them. I've always quite liked Mourinho, speaking as a neutral, but with that comment he went way down in my estimation. A fact that will doubtless cause him many a sleepless night...

Over the years we have seen the same hypocritical stance from many a manager, Ferguson and Wenger being probably the 2 most famous for their myopic and hypocritical stances. As I said, that's football and Maureen is not an isolated case or individual at defending the undefensible.

 

[mark st1]

Who cares anyway ? If it was video replays for every god damn contentious decision we would have to rename the thread "The Rugby"

 

[AndyRM]

Could we chuck in Italy v Germany? Out of all the matches, I reckon it will be the best.

 

[Archie_tect]

Tottenham v Newcastle 2 - 0
Sunderland v Man City 0 - 3

Good afternoon for the NE... I'm sure you won't miss a couple of points, since nobody predicted the wins, given the shock this caused in workplaces across the NE... I doubt any useful work got done at all today.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Could we chuck in Italy v Germany? Out of all the matches, I reckon it will be the best.

I can do that...I'll edit the original post as no one's already predicted. There's another international round coming up - which of the two teams do you want to keep?

 

[AndyRM]

I can do that...I'll edit the original post as no one's already predicted. There's another international round coming up - which of the two teams do you want to keep?

Italy please. For numerous reasons that may include the bearded majesty of Pirlo.

 

[MarkF]

The ITV4 Bundesliga show is very good, I don't want tactical waffle from silly old blokes in very tight shirts, just gimme the action!

Also, the presenter is hot.

 

[craigwend]

surprised there's no mention of tonight's 'top football'?

Wednesday 13 November 2013
Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Fleetwood v Carlisle Sky Sports 2 HD

19:45