[bbfan1991]

Barcelona putting through an official complaint to UEFA over AC Milan's pitch last night, how pathetic.

I saw nothing wrong with it and Barcelona are probably furious that Milan did not bow down to them. Good stat that Milan are the first team to have stopped them scoring in the CL for 2 and a half years!

[Legend killer]

Woke up this morning with the brilliant news that Bebe is back they might aswell hand us the trophy now

As for Vieria its a shame he didnt have this much talk in the tunnel at Highbury when Roy was gonna slap a BITCH

[bbfan1991]

Lucky breaks even themselves out - Sir Alex Ferguson
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists contentious refereeing decisions even themselves out over the course of a season.

Fulham were denied a late penalty in the 1-0 loss at Old Trafford as United moved three points clear of Manchester City at the Premier League summit.

"It evens itself out over a season and that will never change," said Ferguson, whose club have won 19 league titles.

"You get breaks here and there. Every club gets good breaks, bad breaks."

Fulham wanted a spot-kick in the 87th minute on Monday when Michael Carrick appeared to trip Danny Murphy in the box.

“City could have had a penalty kick against them at Stoke as everyone saw. We had a terrible decision at Old Trafford when Newcastle got a penalty kick”

But referee Michael Oliver rejected their appeals, as he did when United felt Stephen Kelly handled Patrice Evra's cross before half-time.

City executive Patrick Vieira said on Wednesday that he believed United and other big clubs "get some advantage" from officials at home, though his club later released a statement to say his views had been taken out of context.

"From the referee's position, I can see why he didn't give a penalty kick when Danny Murphy was brought down because the ball has moved to the angle as Michael Carrick has challenged him," Ferguson argued.

"From that position it wasn't clear. It was a good claim.

"We could have had a penalty but you don't often get these ones when a wide player's crossing the ball.

"He almost caught the ball between his arm and his body. We could have got a penalty but I wouldn't have expected one for that, to be honest."

Ferguson suggested Manchester City were fortunate not to concede a penalty when Gareth Barry challenged Stoke's Glenn Whelan in Saturday's 1-1 draw at the Britannia Stadium

He also mentioned the controversial penalty Newcastle were awarded in their 1-1 draw at Old Trafford in November and an apparent stamp on Scott Parker by Mario Balotelli - who went on the score the winning goal - in Manchester City's 3-2 victory over Tottenham in January.

DID YOU KNOW?
•Manchester United have had four penalties given against them at Old Trafford this season

"City could have had a penalty kick against them at Stoke as everyone saw," Ferguson commented.

"We had a terrible decision this season at Old Trafford when Newcastle got a penalty kick. Tottenham could claim the same when Balotelli wasn't sent off and then ended up scoring the winning goal.

"You could go through millions of things like that but I think maybe we've a point that the smaller clubs feel that way.

"Someone said some years ago United always get penalty kicks at Old Trafford but when you go back through the 25 years I've been here it's only averaged about three a year, or something like that.

"It has some mileage in terms of press and things like that but most managers believe that the breaks even themselves out."

[King Gizzard]

Biggest cliche ever - decisions even themselves out lol

[Mystic Mock]

They don't even themselves out as last season us and Blackpool would have stayed up if it wasn't for Referee's ****ing up as usual.

[bbfan1991]

Phil Thompson thinks England will do well at the Euros LOL. I am not convinced we will at all, overrated and overhyped!

[King Gizzard]

there's no pressure this year. Harry will come in and lift them, we'll take it calmly and surprise ourselves. I think we'll do well.

If we keep Pearce though, well then we're ****ed. Can't believe how many people want him to have the job, must of not seen him at the U21 Euros last summer

[King Gizzard]

there's no pressure this year. Harry will come in and lift them, we'll take it calmly and surprise ourselves. I think we'll do well.

If we keep Pearce though, well then we're ****ed. Can't believe how many people want him to have the job, must of not seen him at the U21 Euros last summer

[Novo]

[bbfan1991]

If Arry takes over England with Glenn Hoddle as his Assistant, if it happens would be like a Footie version of Chas and Dave.

[King Gizzard]

Youtube video

[GiRTh]

Harry may galvanize the players for the Euros but I dont think he's ideal to be manager. Some interesting points in THIS article. Saying at international level Harry would be great for spanking weaker teams but his teams would be too open against the better teams.

[King Gizzard]

Will do a TiBB's Premier League XI at the end of the season, with polls n shiz

[King Gizzard]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Harry may galvanize the players for the Euros but I dont think he's ideal to be manager. Some interesting points in THIS article. Saying at international level Harry would be great for spanking weaker teams but his teams would be too open against the better teams.

true

but at this moment I don't see who's out there availible

[GiRTh]

True. He's the best of a bad bunch. At least he'll get the players playing like a team and he'll get them paying attacking football. Anything is better than that disaster in South Africa. That team played like they'd never met.

[Locke.]

Can't wait until Lucas is back from injury, Adam fell apart as soon as Lucas picked up that injury, he was fitting in well beforehand

THe England team are a joke. The main problem, is that because we see PL teams doing well, we think English players can compete with the best in the world. They can't - they're just not as good as people think. You could have Mourinho or Pep managing them, and they'll still misplace passes and look like a shambles.

I can't wait for Harry to get the job to see how the press react when there are no foreigners to blame.

I'm glad I don't follow England.

[Novo]

For us to actually stand a decent change we need no injuries or bans at all throughout the whole thing which never seems to happen, Rooney is out all ready for two games and he's been on fire this season, just our luck really

[King Gizzard]

Couldn't give a **** apart from Tournaments really

Think Germany have this summer nailed, I think Spain will go back into their old under pressure mode and it doesn't look as if they'll have Villa or Torres

[GiRTh]

England aren't a tournament team. Its as simple as that. I think the players are good enough but they play like muppets when the pressures on and they have to play 3 knockout games in a row.

Also, to win a tournament teams have got to change their shape when its not working. England at hopeles at it. Its 4-4-2 or nothing. Savvy football teams nave broken down 4-4-2 to the point where its the most old fashioned formation and too easy to beat.

[Mystic Mock]

4-4-2 is a classic formation though,but it doesn't work for us sadly.

[Locke.]

Europa is so closely matched now, all the teams pretty much matching each other

[Legend killer]

Ireland will go further than England book it

[Legend killer]

Ireland will go further than England book it

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Legend killer

Ireland will go further than England book it

Tbh I wouldn't be surprised.