roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
Name them then.
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*Official* English Football Season 2007-08
- Thread starter GIMH
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Shaggy Alfresco
State Captain
The Ferdinand penalty, the Scholes sending off.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
On the day, yes. Over the season as a whole we were no more or less lucky than Chelsea or Arsenal.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
The ball hit his shoulder and anyway that's cancelled out by Scholes not getting a penalty. For Scholes, are you talking about when he pushed down the Wigan player?The Ferdinand penalty, the Scholes sending off.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
I wouldn't argue that, I personally didn't think it was a penalty because it hit him so high up on his arm that he couldn't get his arm out of the way. Yes he leaned into it, this was with the original intention of blocking it legally, and then didn't have time to get out of the way once he realized he couldn't.
Agent TBY
International Captain
Haha, oh my god.
United got some decisions going their way. Big ****ing deal, tell me something new.
In other news, decent season for us. Would've liked to challenge the 'Pool a little more, but I guess there's not much we could do with our best player out for the majority of the new year.
United got some decisions going their way. Big ****ing deal, tell me something new.
In other news, decent season for us. Would've liked to challenge the 'Pool a little more, but I guess there's not much we could do with our best player out for the majority of the new year.
headhunter
International Vice-Captain
Pulsating final day. Heskey's header had me on the floor. Almost unwatchable. Brilliant day in the end though naturally. Perhaps the sweetest title yet. 
Bit sorry to see Reading down, had a nice few Irish contingent, no doubt Roy Keane will buy them up over the summer
Bit sorry to see Reading down, had a nice few Irish contingent, no doubt Roy Keane will buy them up over the summer
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Wahey Dirties 1-0 down.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
On the Man U front, for me, it's why i don't respect Fergie quite as I should for his achievements and style of football. The ridiculous tirade after the Chelsea match was what caused this lily-livered officiating in this match, IMHO. It was a deliberate tactic too. Utterly frustrating really, because they'd of won that match anyway, even if they'd gone one down, they did it that way in '99 if I remember rightly. It's unnecessary, they're the best side, yet it just leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
All just my opinion, and going by the countless arselickers in the medja genuflecting over him today, I guess I'm in the minority... and yes theres the argument that they're all as bad as each other, which just makes it all the more unsatisfactory whoever gets success really, and maybe if the guy at the top acted better, things would improve.
Anywhoo on a lighter note Leeds losing 0-2, and only the truly stone-hearted can not help but chuckle over that.
All just my opinion, and going by the countless arselickers in the medja genuflecting over him today, I guess I'm in the minority... and yes theres the argument that they're all as bad as each other, which just makes it all the more unsatisfactory whoever gets success really, and maybe if the guy at the top acted better, things would improve.
Anywhoo on a lighter note Leeds losing 0-2, and only the truly stone-hearted can not help but chuckle over that.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
The bastards keep up their season long trend of late goals to make it 1-2, tie very much alive going up to Carlisle. If I've learned one thing about Leeds this season, it's not to write them off. If I've learned two, it's that their stewards and police aren't as obnoxious as those at Forest. If I've learned three, it's that I still hate Leeds much, much more. Keep them down so we can do them again next season, ****ing ****
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
tbh I don't think Man Utd got lucky with decisions at all really, and I am by no means a Man Utd fan. The Scholes challenge....well....it would certainly warrant a yellow card, but to hand out a second one and send him off for it would have been pretty weak imo. Similarly the Ferdinand incident where the ball hit his arm, not a penalty imo, would have been harsh. Can't begrudge Man Utd the win here or overall this season. Though I would give a lot of credit to both Chelsea and Arsenal, who both racked up a very impressive amount of points, that on other years would have been enough to win the league. Best premiership season for a while imo.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
I just want to make it clear that I'm not for one second suggesting United were somehow lucky or undeserving of the title. I just think it was a penalty, that's all. If a player moves his arm to the ball & the ball strikes his arm, it should be a penalty. Bennett swallowed that decision, as he swallowed the Scholes second (non) booking.
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cpr
International Coach
Agree with both points tbh
Craig
World Traveller
And on Eurosport it was 16.3, but I got it from soccernet, not that it makes much difference.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
He leaned into it definitely, but he didn't move his arm towards it I didn't think. It hit him so high up on his arm, so near to the pivot of the arm that you can't really move that bit of the arm in any direction.
Won't disagree with the Scholes incident, I think he should have gone there.