february 14th
08.55 – Fergie’s at it again. No, not the Duchess of York having her toes her sucked by a swimming pool, but the other Fergie. The foul, reprehensible one. He’s seething that Martin Keown was only given a fine and warning for the van Nistelrooy clash. According to this Guardian article he “believes the FA is being overly lenient and is privately appalled about what he perceives to be preferential treatment for the London club.”
Right, I know he’s prone to talking shite, but this is ridiculous. He thinks that the same FA that requests a video every time an Arsenal player so much as looks funny in the direction of an opposition player is biased towards Arsenal? The same FA that quite blatantly employed double standards to punish Dennis Bergkamp, but wouldn’t punish David Beckham for his blatant elbow on Lee Bowyer?
The same FA that requested a video of Thierry Henry ‘elbowing’ a Charlton player even though the Charlton player said nothing happened? The same FA that completely ignored Ruud van Nistelrooy punching Freddie Ljungberg in the stomach during the game at Old Trafford last May? The same FA that suspended Ashley Cole for foul and abusive language, the only player from any Premiership side to be punished for this, despite the fact you can clearly see players calling the referee a ‘fucking wanker’ every five minutes?
The same FA that punished Patrick Vieira for using ‘Insulting words’ to ‘referee’ Andy D’urso? You might remember that D’Urso alleged Viera called him a ‘fucking wanker with no personality’. The FA’s disciplinary commitee decided that Vieira didn’t call him a ‘fucking wanker’ but that he did say he had no personality. So, instead of looking at it and thinking that the referee had falsified his report – which by dismissing the ‘fucking wanker’ part that’s what they’re saying – they made up a completely new punishment that nobody had ever heard of before. ‘Insulting words’? I mean, seriously.
This is the FA that gives Arsenal preferential treatment is it? Go have a fucking stroke you whiskey soaked old cunt. I hope we stuff you tomorrow. It certainly raises the stakes for a game that while neither side wants to lose, isn’t likely to be the most important meeting between the two in the next few months.
A sign that the people who run international football are becoming desperate. If England’s midweek loss against Australia illustrated one thing, it’s that friendlies at this time of the year are a waste of time. The senior players didn’t care. They care about their clubs. That’s not to say they don’t care about their countries, but club football is more important these days. International football should be scrapped if you ask me. Who gives a shit?
Finally, to put a little bit of perspective on things, some members of congress in the US want to ban French water and wine because the French won’t play ‘Battle of the oil barons’ with them. Fer fucks sake.
Oh, and we’re gonna sign Ronaldo. Told ya.
