Morning, it’s still v quiet, so let’s do a bit of an On This Day Interlull post.
October 17th 2004
Alex Ferguson has decided to open his big fat mouth about next week’s Arsenal v United game and has spoken about last season’s contretemps at Old Trafford. According to him, “What Arsenal players did that day was the worst thing I’ve seen in this sport. No wonder they were so delighted at the verdicts. They conveniently forget things, that mob.”
It’s funny to look back on it now and imagine that for one second he thought that was the worst thing he’d ever seen in football. It wasn’t true then – it was clearly about ramping up the rivalry and firing up his team for the upcoming game. What none of us knew back then was that it wasn’t so much about his team, but his 12th man, Mike Riley.
That was the game when our unbeaten run came to an end, the game when Rio Ferdinand and Ruud van Nistelrooy should have been sent off, the game when Wayne Rooney dived to win a penalty, and the game when Riley’s refereeing performance was the one that still sticks with me as potentially corrupt. Don’t believe me, watch it again. Trigger warning: you will get triggered. For all the complaints about VAR, it was days like this that made it seem like a good idea back then.
I wonder what Ferguson might think now is the worst thing he’s ever seen in football. Roman Abramovich? Man City? The European Super-League debacle? Man United spending £90m on Antony?
October 17th 2005
There’s some guff in the papers this morning about Sp*rs being better than us all of a sudden. Jermaine Jenas has been mouthing as has manager Martin Jol. Go find it for yourselves, I’m not linking to it.
The more things change, the more things stay the same, eh?
October 17th 2009
There’s some chat about who will play in goal between Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski:
Personally I think Almunia will play but he knows there’s absolutely no margin for error now. Not only does he…
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