So many united fans are absolute masters of completely made up revisionism. Saying we were scared of them is genuinely as bizarre to me as saying Schmeichel wasn’t a good keeper. We see it all the time here, absolute shallow nonsense opinions that seem to take flight with no basis, Alex Ferguson was limited tactically, Ryan Giggs wasn’t actually that good he just had longevity, and the latest Roy bloody keane was scared of tall people. It’s mind boggling. I’m all for a different opinion but just making stuff up is bizarre.
Martin Keown (and friends) vs Ruud van Nistelrooy incident...
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So many united fans are absolute masters of completely made up revisionism. Saying we were scared of them is genuinely as bizarre to me as saying Schmeichel wasn’t a good keeper. We see it all the time here, absolute shallow nonsense opinions that seem to take flight with no basis, Alex Ferguson was limited tactically, Ryan Giggs wasn’t actually that good he just had longevity, and the latest Roy bloody keane was scared of tall people. It’s mind boggling. I’m all for a different opinion but just making stuff up is bizarre.
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That is hilarious.
Keown: "I made sure that Sir Alex didn't intimidate referees by ushering him away".
Sane People "So did you ever actually do it?"
Keown: "No".
In the Gary Neville Soccerbox interview with Henry he asked him about this incident and the Vieira vs Keane trouble.
Henry said that the Vieira vs Keane thing in the tunnel was something they did to protect Reyes after the Nevilles had kicked him off the park in the match before. But the attack on Nistelrooy was because according to Henry, Ruud had tried to get 3-4 Arsenal-players sent off earlier in the game, so that was just a lot of frustration and anger boiling over
Schmeichel was a brilliant keeper - but he was at fault for a hell of a lot of goals against. So I would pick DDG over Schmeichel
It was coz the team were on a low at that moment after that penalty was missed. I think they got the apt response for that over the next few years!
They deserve having gone into trophy winning obscurity from then on!
I've tried to find it, to no avail. I think it may have been a Charity Shield match. There is a slight chance it was another of their midfielders (
) but I recall it as Albert. He was shouting at Neville who looked a bit petrified and Cantona walked up behind him and threw him to the ground, unseen by the ref. Walked away as if nothing had happened. Surely someone knows this better and come up with a clip....Probably the 4-0 Charity Shield game in '96
I've tried to find it, to no avail. I think it may have been a Charity Shield match. There is a slight chance it was another of their midfielders (
I can imagine the throw, but can't imagine G Nev looking petrified. Especially not by Albert! The only one Albert intimidated was Juninho!
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He thought he was gonna say that, and they'd laugh and move on. He wasn't bargaining for them interrogating the details, and slowly has to backtrack and backtrack
The incident was disgraceful, as was the lack of punishment.
But anyway feck em, they've been a joke ever since. And no matter how much they over-hype the achievement of going unbeaten, they know pretty much every other big English club can boast a better achievement.
But anyway feck em, they've been a joke ever since. And no matter how much they over-hype the achievement of going unbeaten, they know pretty much every other big English club can boast a better achievement.
Memory is a flawed thing
Turns out, it was completely different to how I recalled. Neville wasn't intimidated, Cantona was promptly booked and it was totally obvious what he did, not some pink panther move at all. See it here from min 6.
Memory is a flawed thing
See it here from min 6.
Ah the 90's.... when they used to let dinner ladies referee the Premier League and they still did a better job than todays.
Memory is a flawed thing
See it here from min 6.
Oh the memories, I was on holiday in Norfolk as a kid, and had to be allowed to come down and watch the highlights!
How small does Durkin look. Looks like a child!
Roy Keane smashing one past Pavel Srnichek to make it 4-0?