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Apr 23, 2013 - 11:17 AM
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CH-CD
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Out of here like Wolves and Blackburn, who are sinking like stones in the Championship? Or Leeds, who are wallowing in 13th place? You boys are going to have to deal with certain realities and Manchester United winning titles is one of those cold, hard realities. LOL!!!
Jim - to paraphrase one of my colleagues last week (not a Leeds fan, by the way) - "I should like Manchester United. They play good football, generally have a good core of English players, and by and large don't get involved in bad events off the field. But I fckn hate them."
I think that sums it up for just about all English football fans who aren't actually Man U supporters. I'm afraid that's why you're unlikely to get any in depth analysis of their 20th title success. Better dead (or 13th in the Championship) than Red.
TG
I think the main problem is HIM, TG.
I mean, fair enough, they won the title fair and square.....but I cannot stand the man...and his aura pervades the whole club !
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Apr 24, 2013 - 5:59 AM
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Tall Guy
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Jim - to paraphrase one of my colleagues last week (not a Leeds fan, by the way) - "I should like Manchester United. They play good football, generally have a good core of English players, and by and large don't get involved in bad events off the field. But I fckn hate them."
Oh dear. Has he forgotten Rooney playing about with escorts and erm, naughty grannies, Giggs enjoying himself with models and erm, his sister in law, Ferdinand purposely 'forgetting' to attend a drugs test and getting a very long ban and Keane and Evra being generally terrible examples of human beings?
Remind him, TG...
All excellent points. Not to mention Ferdinand agreeing to front anti-crime campaigns whilst glorifying gangsta rap. And the Neville brothers (yes, both Quasi and Modo) and their dodgy dad (so bad they named him twice) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21944683
I shall make it my business to re-educate my colleague.
TG
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I post to myself for the best part of the year - turn my back for 30 seconds and all sorts of ex-posters pop back up!!!
Jim, as for United, the title was a total anti-climax this year. United are not necessarily playing that well - it's just that ALL their 4 to 5 rivals are playing total and utter shite. Either they are in "transition" or had a blip and never recovered. Tott looked potential but did their usual blow up; Man City seemed to be having an after the lord mayors show season where they cant be arsed to raise their game having won it last year - too many of their mercenaries are always going lack a little bit of fight-back because theyre talented without their heart being in it - 250k gets you them playing for you but resolve is extra!!; Chelsea players have spent most of the season not really wanting to play for their interim manager and they clearly have dressing room power struggles (Terry, Lampard, Cole run the place and dont take kindly to not being able to appoint the manager themselves!!). Arsenal are so bad its not even worth mentioning but their spawniness means they beat lesser teams but always, always fall short against anyone in the top 5.
So did United win it? Or merely plod along with virtually no challenge since before xmas?
They added Van Persie's goals and that alone seems to have done enough to see them streets ahead.
As for how people feel about United, it is normally the draw-dropping and obnoxious arrogance of nearly all their fans that you meet which tends to cloud most people's view. Like a lot of Tott fans too, they wont concede anything fair in a football chat and just talk shite and constantly cant stop themselves having digs at your team and/or being about as jaundiced and ludicrously partizan as their manager when it comes to incidents if they were unlucky/ whether the ref didnt add on enough time/ if it was a foul/a sending off/offside etc etc etc.
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10 GAME BAN FOR SUAREZ !!!
Something for him to chew on!! 
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No Bail Out for SPAIN from Germany this time!!
Looking like an all German final!
Is this the beginning of the end of Spanish dominance?
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Real and Barca cannot be as bad as they were in the first leg - so dont expect either team to lose their second legs. Probably. Its just a question of how many they can claw back?
It does look promising for the Germans but it could make for exciting second legs if both spanish teams start well and score early. One of the German teams might well get shaken up a bit.
Its a bit like letting the bloke in the fastest formula 1 car start at the back of the grid!
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I think there was a little bit of ref help too, Jim, certainly in the bayern v barca game. Two of the goals of Bayern were seriously dodgy- especially the defender being taken out in the penalty area !! (I suddenly thought I was watching Stoke play american football!).
Be interesting anyway, how much of the deficit the spanish sides can reclaim.
I dont mind Barca going out - that ticki tacki has got very dull and slow and monotonous. You do scream for a forward pass when they are hypnotising some unfortunate defence and making their heads spin in triangles.
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>>>>>>>>Two of the goals of Bayern were seriously dodgy- especially the defender being taken out in the penalty area !!>>>>>>>>>
While that is true, Barca were quite lucky not to concede two penalties from two blatant hand balls in their area, so maybe things do balance out.
What I would like to know is what the hell those new UEFA dummies in blue are doing by the posts!!
They watch the game but NEVER seem to call anything!!!
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