Grinner
Not fat gutted. Hirsuteness of shoulders TBD.
feck off!
Oh and there's no way in hell I'm reading that post Chester!
feck off!
I'd read a Ruud10 post before that load of shizzle.
Promote Chester!
Anyway, I find this whole situation fascinating. It's the same as Rooney. A club wants him, he wants to leave, the owning club isn't prepared to sell.
Considering the severity of what Cantona did, & the fact that it was played out to millions of people watching on tv, don't you think United had little choice other than to punish him ? There was no doubt or ambiguity in his actions, he acted like a right thug. Something we were all getting used to as far as big Eric was concerned. Your manager knew full well the FA were going to come down hard on him, & rightly so. It was a face-saving exercise & a little bit of damage limitation as far as United were concerned. Let's not forget how serious this was. The Frenchman was initially jailed for 2 weeks, which was overturned & changed to community service upon appeal. His 9 month ban dwarfs anything that Suarez has received, yet some people on here amazingly view our man as the more evil out of the two.
Those who feel Cantona was justified in his actions might care to answer me this: It might come as a bit of a shock to some people on here, but gobshites like Mattehew Simmons - the bloke Cantona attacked - are not a rarity in football grounds around the country. An even bigger shock is that you probably have your fair share at Old Trafford on matchdays wearing the famous shirt of Manchester United. So if Steven Gerrard, for example, was verbally abused in the way that EC was by that Crystal Palace prick, would you still feel the same if Stevie dished out the same treatment to said offender in a Manchester United shirt. I might be wrong, but I reckon you'd all be a tad upset......It's that double-standards thingy you see.
Anyway, back to big Eric. During his ban, your man asked for his contract to be terminated, as he didn't want to play in England anymore. Ferguson, as we know, eventually talked him out of it. I mean, why would he do that ? He tarnished United's reputation pretty badly, just in the way that Suarez has done at Liverpool. Could it be the fact that he was a highly talented individual whom United depended on for his maverick skills & many flashes of creativity. That sort of player is hard to find, & should be backed to the hilt, isn't that so ?
It's actually quite funny how one or two on here develop the 3 wise monkeys syndrome - see, hear, speak no evil - when it comes to Manchester United. Suarez is a cnut in their eyes, but Eric was simply a misunderstood genius, & Luis shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as the great man. These 2 complex characters share more than just a penchant for violent & disruptive behaviour. The both have a fuse as short as a eunuch's penis, & a similar psychosis insofar that neither one shows any remorse or regret at what they've done. & if anything, they have a tendency to actually believe that they are the ones who've been wronged. The long & the tall of it, is that both players are cut from the same cloth. It's just that some of you, can't, or won't, accept it.
Cantona proved on more than one occasion he was a thug mate. Why not accept it, & we can all move on.
& btw, this is quite interesting. It seems United's punishment of Cantona was actually instigated by the sneaky feckers at the FA. So it seems your club are not the moral leaders most of you think they are.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/apr/26/alex-ferguson-luis-suarez-eric-cantona
In contrast, unless you're some BNP nut or just hate black people, you probably won't be able to sympathise with Suarez abusing black players on the basis of their skin colour. Yet that's exactly what your club did.
Can all these Liverpool and Arsenal bellends harping on about 'what Cantons done' actually enlighten me to the long list of things he did at United other that the Simmons kick?
Let's see what you actually know..
Just to make it clear - they did not. Rather than openly defending a clear cut racist as you make it sound, the club (rightly or wrongly) felt that Evra had misinterpreted Suarez. Clear difference between the two things.
Anyway, looks like Alastair owes this place a tenner.
It isn't just about what he did at United, I can't recall anything other than the Palace incident and the horrible stamp on John Moncur, it's about a history of problems. He was in trouble at every French club he played for.
He was banned for 2 months at Auxerre for an horrendous late tackle, he was banned for a month at Marseille and also banned for 2 months at Nimes. Thought he also thumped one of his team mates at one of his French clubs also.
Just to make it clear - they did not. Rather than openly defending a clear cut racist as you make it sound, the club (rightly or wrongly) felt that Evra had misinterpreted Suarez. Clear difference between the two things.
Anyway, looks like Alastair owes this place a tenner.
Wenger preparing £45m bid.
Wenger preparing £45m bid.
Just to make it clear - they did not. Rather than openly defending a clear cut racist as you make it sound, the club (rightly or wrongly) felt that Evra had misinterpreted Suarez. Clear difference between the two things.
Anyway, looks like Alastair owes this place a tenner.
But they didn't really. That was the position post lawyer intervention. It's pretty unequivocal that telling Evra he kicked him because he's black, which is what Suarez had admitted saying to Comolli and Kuyt in the immediate aftermath, would be considered racial abuse. The story only shifted later.
But rather than reprimand him and apologise, you indulged him and his racist outburst and demanded Evra be banned instead. A braindead move that dragged football back to the dark ages and will tarnish your club's name for years to come.
Been told he must now apologise to his teammates before allowed to train with 1st team.
Impressive stance from Rodgers
Been told he must now apologise to his teammates before allowed to train with 1st team.
Impressive stance from Rodgers
And he can put that where the last one went.
Been told he must now apologise to his teammates before allowed to train with 1st team.
Impressive stance from Rodgers
Can someone explain what happened with these envelopes? I missed this completely.
"Don't be in the envelopes" or some such.Before last season started he showed the team three envelopes and said that inside them were the names of three players who would let the team down.
Before last season started he showed the team three envelopes and said that inside them were the names of three players who would let the team down.
It isn't just about what he did at United, I can't recall anything other than the Palace incident and the horrible stamp on John Moncur, it's about a history of problems. He was in trouble at every French club he played for.
He was banned for 2 months at Auxerre for an horrendous late tackle, he was banned for a month at Marseille and also banned for 2 months at Nimes. Thought he also thumped one of his team mates at one of his French clubs also.