Commentator as the red card is shown "There's the morning headlines" 
Maybe not.
Maybe not.
Eric Cantona - Kung Fu Legend
- Thread starter RedPed
- Start date
The kick costed him his place in France 98 squad, could have got a World Cup trophy in his cabinet, even though he was 31.
Seems completely madness that a player of his quality never attended a World Cup.
He should have qualified to 94 WC, have not been for Ginola fecking up the last ball against Bulgaria, France had a great team.
Seems completely madness that a player of his quality never attended a World Cup.
He should have qualified to 94 WC, have not been for Ginola fecking up the last ball against Bulgaria, France had a great team.
Absolute class.Take no sh*t
What a man! Though that probably lost us the title that year
Eh, there's some doubt about that. It's rumored that Aime Jacquet didn't think the team could have both Cantona and Zidane, and that he had to make a choice between the two, which also could have been a reason to have spurred Cantona to retire from the French NT (France had been winning without him for a while since the kick). It ended up working out for France, but it is a shame that a player like him never got to play in the world cup. This is the man that basically got me interested in Manchester United when I was still living in France, and he was one of my favorite players growing up.
Last edited:
I was there…. Same stand but at other end, very close to where he “tackled Shaw” and got sent off…..knew something had gone on but had to wait to get to a pub to see it properly….
Over a year ago but only just seen this post.
It wasn’t Rangers or Lazio you’re right. I vividly remember one guy in a flasher mac... looked quite a timid group to be honest but if it hadn’t been, he’d have done exactly the same.
And to this day, his only regret is not kicking the knob harder. I went to ”an evening with” him a few years ago at The Lowry and he was very clear on that.
Exactly what I want in a United player… ability, passion and take no shit attitude.
Legend.
Guy in the similar jacket just behind him with no emotion.27 years
”shit, he REALLY doesn’t like naff fake black leather jackets… I better keep still and not draw attention to myself”
What I wouldn't give for some more characters like him in football.
Look at the character of that team. Straight to the ref to protest the sending off, straight over to the Palace fans to back Eric.
That Man Utd was something special. And we didn't even win F-k all that season. I can still remember how I felt when Paul Rideout scored at Wembley. FFS.
That pic never gets old, Legend.27 years
One of SAF’s greatest managerial accomplishments was going to Paris and persuading Eric to stay with Utd.
Ref that night was a total prick.
I like bit before that. Just after he gets sent off, he turns down his collar and he walks away. Then he's just standing in front on the dugout for few seconds and Fergie doesn't even look at him. He's fuming.
I like bit before that. Just after he gets sent off, he turns down his collar and he walks away. Then he's just standing in front on the dugout for few seconds and Fergie doesn't even look at him. He's fuming.
I would say it probably did. We had a few poor home results, I recall a scoreless draw V Leeds for example , towards the end of the season.What a man! Though that probably lost us the title that year
It’s hard to imagine Eric wouldn’t have won at least one of those games for us.
If we had managed to win it it would have been one of the sweetest ever.
I don’t blame Eric though. Not one bit.
Who could, he's the king after all.
Anyway looking at the table a single point would have done it and we definitely looked very unimaginative after that, you could argue that it wouldn't even been that close in the first place if we had him.
What a phenomenal league record the man had, won it in every single season aside from that one , and well he couldn't play in it anyway.
I think it probably did. He lost his place to Zidane during the suspension and never got it back. And this was after his reputation was already sketchy for various things including calling a previous France manager a bag of shit right?
And they surely could've used an extra quality forward in the squad if not the first eleven. Guivarc'h never did much for France did he? Cantona could play the lead striker with his back to goal quite effectively.