Ferguson vs Benitez thread

Headshot · 19-04-2009 02:27PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

Headshot

I came into the Utd thread & pointed out why it was a stupid thing for him to say is all.

Not worked up, i've been having a great laugh about it over the last couple of days.

your hardly ever in the utd thread tbf and it seem to me you were really worked up about it

a couple of pages in the utd thread dedicated to your fixation of Sir Alex

Mr Alan · 19-04-2009 02:30PM

Headshot wrote: »

your hardly ever in the utd thread tbf and it seem to me you were really worked up about it

are you taking the mick? I used to be one of the top posters in there, tis a general football forum & i like to do my bit throughout the lot

x in the city · 19-04-2009 02:33PM

Evertonians love Benitez, the place would be far less boring without his goofery.

His snide remark about Everton was quite funny in retrospective, knocking them out of the cup and they will find themselves without a trophy and another barren season.

Karma is what its called.

But some managers in the prem are total n0bs. The type who defend their team after getting wellied off the pitch or make up lame excuses.

I am a fan of managers like Steve bruce, who has done a great job at wigan by all accounts, also Hodgson has done about his business with no fuss and is an honest chap. Stokes manager also doesn't cut corners and speaks the truth, if his team played **** [which is quite a lot] he says so after wards.

Moyes also doesn't give bs comments, if Everton had a bad game, you wont hear him making up lame excuses. Its not as if the people who watched the game are blind anyway is it.

Jazzy · 19-04-2009 02:33PM

whens the fight?
is fergie in shape? hes pretty old to be fighting like.

anyone not think this is a bit cruel?

Headshot · 19-04-2009 02:33PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

are you taking the mick? I used to be one of the top posters in there, tis a general football forum & i like to do my bit throughout the lot

havent seen you a while in there thats all

Mr Alan · 19-04-2009 02:47PM

x in the city wrote: »

His snide remark about Everton was quite funny in retrospective.

i agree.

"When you play against the smaller teams at Anfield you know the game will be narrow and compact and at times we were a little bit nervous"

It was quite funny watching Evertons reaction to such a nothing comment. Public statements by the club, Moyes fuming, Evertonians still going on about it 3 years later.....it was more than funny, it was downright hilarious.

Highsider · 19-04-2009 02:56PM

x in the city wrote: »

Evertonians love Benitez, the place would be far less boring without his goofery.

His snide remark about Everton was quite funny in retrospective, knocking them out of the cup and they will find themselves without a trophy and another barren season.

Karma is what its called.

But some managers in the prem are total n0bs. The type who defend their team after getting wellied off the pitch or make up lame excuses.

I am a fan of managers like Steve bruce, who has done a great job at wigan by all accounts, also Hodgson has done about his business with no fuss and is an honest chap. Stokes manager also doesn't cut corners and speaks the truth, if his team played **** [which is quite a lot] he says so after wards.

Moyes also doesn't give bs comments, if Everton had a bad game, you wont hear him making up lame excuses. Its not as if the people who watched the game are blind anyway is it.

This coming from a supporter of a club who's best moment of the season was when Gerrard went off injured in a game against them. To be perfectly honest Rafa said "when smaller teams"..not.. "a small team" but TBH i wish he's said the latter and not the former. You have to laugh sometimes.:rolleyes:

Karmafaerie · 19-04-2009 02:57PM

The best part of all this is how desperate the UTD fans are getting to make up angles of how this is great and genius from Ferguson.

Suddenly we're all "worked up".

How ridiculous a statement is that.

The last two days in the Liverpool thread, has been Liverpool fans laughing at Fergie non-stop.

The last two days on all the Liverpool only sites IrishKop, RAWK, etc, has been Liverpool fans laughing at Fergie.

We're not getting worked up in the slightest.

We're laughing our heads off at the sheer idiocy of Ferguson, and how spectacularly it's after blowing up in his face.

I can't go 2 pages on a Liverpool thread without somebody pointing out how much Ferguson looked like David Brent in the office.

Of course UTD fans, cause hey need to think that they've gained something from Fergies blunder, are just making stuff up.
But then, making stuff up seems to be in fashion in Old Trafford at the moment.

Karmafaerie · 19-04-2009 02:59PM

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce had a drink with Liverpool No 2 Sammy Lee after his side’s 4-0 defeat at Anfield last weekend without mentioning that he had been offended by a gesture from Rafa Benitez.

The conversation over a couple of beers casts doubt over Allardyce’s claim that he was humiliated by Benitez after Fernando Torres scored Liverpool’s second goal.

The Blackburn manager claimed on Friday he had tried to seek out Benitez for an explanation. He said: ‘I was hugely disappointed by those gestures. I think they were disrespectful and quite humiliating. The feeling was that he had written us off. It was open arms and then a crossover of the arms as if to suggest that was it.’

Benitez insists it was a humorous sign towards his players after they had scored a goal despite ignoring his instruction from the touchline.

A source said: ‘Sam said some pretty strong stuff on Friday and so did Sir Alex Ferguson. But after the game itself, Sam had a long chat with Sammy Lee over a couple of beers but didn’t say anything about any signals.

‘He and Sammy go back a long way and Sammy worked for him at Bolton so it’s surprising that if Sam had a grievance he wouldn’t even mention it.’

19-04-2009 03:12PM

fergie needs a shrink.

Big Sam could do with shrinking too.

thegen · 19-04-2009 03:40PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

fergie needs a shrink.

Big Sam could do with shrinking too.

Are you sure its a shrink he needs, just watched him on ITV beng interviewed, did not look well at all.

Karmafaerie · 19-04-2009 03:44PM

x in the city · 19-04-2009 04:06PM

Karmafaerie wrote: »

The best part of all this is how desperate the UTD fans are getting to make up angles of how this is great and genius from Ferguson.

Suddenly we're all "worked up".

How ridiculous a statement is that.

The last two days in the Liverpool thread, has been Liverpool fans laughing at Fergie non-stop.

The last two days on all the Liverpool only sites IrishKop, RAWK, etc, has been Liverpool fans laughing at Fergie.

We're not getting worked up in the slightest.

We're laughing our heads off at the sheer idiocy of Ferguson, and how spectacularly it's after blowing up in his face.

I can't go 2 pages on a Liverpool thread without somebody pointing out how much Ferguson looked like David Brent in the office.

Of course UTD fans, cause hey need to think that they've gained something from Fergies blunder, are just making stuff up.
But then, making stuff up seems to be in fashion in Old Trafford at the moment.

At the end of the season you will find that Man U will have added to their impressive trophy haul, and Liverpool. well......erm

19-04-2009 04:19PM

x in the city wrote: »

At the end of the season you will find that Man U will have added to their impressive trophy haul, and Liverpool. well......erm

and Everton?

x in the city · 19-04-2009 04:23PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

and Everton?

We never blab about winning anything

19-04-2009 04:25PM

x in the city wrote: »

We never blab about winning anything

thats because ye generally dont win anything !!

jesus_thats_gre · 19-04-2009 04:25PM

x in the city wrote: »

His snide remark about Everton was quite funny in retrospective,

I still don't accept that it was actually a snide remark. In countless interviews he has said that his biggest regret from his early years was not getting English lessons and ultimately not having a better grasp of English in general.

Even in a interview this week with Guillem Ballaque, Rafa refers to a number examples of him using the the wrong word or mispronouncing the correct word when talking to players and basically has a good laugh at himself about it.

When someone with a limited grasp of a language, as he did back then, uses a word that you can infer a number of meanings from, you generally give them the benefit of the doubt.

Ferguson bringing up the "smaller club" thing, making an issue out of nothing from the Blackburn match and discussing Rafa wanting more control over transfers is pretty petty and will ultimately prove pointless.

Speaking personally, the notion that AF is the master of mind games drives me insane as the only real example is the overaly emotional Kevin Keegan.

As much as I want Liverpool to win the league for football reasons, I would take great plessure in the fact that this mind game crap could be permanently put to bed, once and for all.

therecklessone · 19-04-2009 04:27PM

x in the city wrote: »

We never blab about winning anything

You seem to prefer moral victories.

~Rebel~ · 19-04-2009 04:37PM

d'oh wrong thread, too many tabs open!

OT, was a bit surprised not a word was mentioned about AF's rant before the match when they spoke to him

19-04-2009 04:39PM

~Rebel~ wrote: »

is it just me or does Anderson look like he's crying a lot of the time? I know he's not obviously, and i quite like him as a player, just something i keep noticing when the camera zooms in on him.

he's camera shy

Handsome Bob · 19-04-2009 04:56PM

Anyone read the The Star this morning? Once again Cathal Dervan is not afraid to show his true colours; he is the only journalist/pundit that I have seen refer to Fergie's delusional rant as something that wasn't ridiculous and petty. He also described it as perfectly "timed". Thanks for the laugh Cathal.:D

Karmafaerie · 19-04-2009 06:44PM

"Crack"

:cool:

Karmafaerie · 19-04-2009 06:45PM

x in the city wrote: »

We never blab about winning anything

No, ye just release a DVD.

Mr Alan · 19-04-2009 06:50PM

Karmafaerie wrote: »

Worth quoting this after the Everton game i feel. if indeed the reason for Fergies rant was to take attention of Riley & Moyes comments in order to benefit his team today, i believe its mission failed for Mr Ferguson.

And Ferguson showed with his team selection today what he is really worried about & without doubt its Liverpool in the league.

Karmafaerie · 19-04-2009 07:26PM

Also, seeing as Fergie was so offended by Rafa's sopposed insult to Everton 3 years ago that he felt the need to mention it, was he not insulting the Toffies by playing a team of kids against them in the FA Cup semi-final?!

Mr.Nice Guy · 19-04-2009 07:29PM

Should this thread not be renamed the 'Let's bash Sir Alex thread'? That's all that it appears to be from what I can see.

Karmafaerie · 19-04-2009 07:30PM

Just quoting this from the Liverpool thread.

Daysha wrote: »

So eh....yeah...spot the difference?

Headshot · 19-04-2009 07:31PM

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Should this thread not be renamed the 'Let's bash Sir Alex thread'? That's all that it appears to be from what I can see.

exactly

thegen · 19-04-2009 07:34PM

Ferguson showing himself up again by not giving an interview after the game.

5starpool · 19-04-2009 07:35PM

Sir Alex.

LOL.

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