Minder78

Skrtel f***ing sleeping

f***ing useless

They are outplaying us. It is getting very familiar

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Patrick Barclay said Webb got both decisions "spot on" and it was a "clear penalty". Webb gets it spot on with both decisions What’s the difference between a big decision and a small one? Easy: if a referee gets it wrong, it becomes a big decision. So Howard Webb’s troubles yesterday were small ones. Twice he was called upon to adjudicate on match-changing matters and twice the Yorkshire official got it right. Webb, appointed MBE at new year after handling the World Cup final, has not enjoyed his greatest season, but it was not his fault that Kenny Dalglish had to end his holiday cruise two days early. If the moaning and groaning of Liverpool’s players and their new manager at half-time and the end were empty and ill directed, Ryan Babel’s twitter messages were an embarrassment to the club. The furore also detracted from a creditable performance by the ten men. To take Steven Gerrard’s dismissal first, Sir Alex Ferguson was justified in arguing that Webb had been “left with no option” by an “off-the-ground” challenge on Michael Carrick. Dalglish rhetorically asked: “Is it a penalty every time you leave the ground?” The answer lay in Ferguson’s use of the key word: “Reckless.” At least the unjustified criticism of Webb had the effect of diverting attention from Gerrard’s lapse of professionalism. The Liverpool captain, so often his team’s saviour, let them down on this occasion. It is hard to judge the significance of their numerical disadvantage, but Manchester United gave a poor display by the standards Old Trafford has come to expect. They were beatable until Gerrard self-indulgently decided to avenge a tackle on Raul Meireles and was banished. What a drama the splendidly vocal Liverpool support might have otherwise witnessed on Dalglish’s first day in renewed change. The slow pitch, reminiscent of the new Wembley’s as it used to be, did United’s passing game no favours and Carrick and Darren Fletcher, isolated by the extra man that Dalglish and Sammy Lee had deployed in the centre, gave away more ball than usual. Yet in the opening minute, when Fletcher did manage to pick out Dimitar Berbatov, another impetuous act had undermined the Liverpool cause, Daniel Agger diving in with arm and leg to extend an invitation to fall that the Bulgarian gratefully accepted. Although it was a clear penalty, Dalglish, after watching a replay of the incident on a television monitor, formed the view that Webb had erred — and stuck to it. Perhaps he will have a quiet word with Agger once yesterday, a day of inevitable appeal to the heart, gives way to those training-ground mornings when the Scot’s wise old head comes into play. The Dane is just the sort of gifted player who can grow with a sprinkling of confidence and Dalglish has vowed to work on that. It remains to be seen how much improvement he can bring about and the important factor, as ever, will be coaxing the best out of Gerrard and Fernando Torres. Unfortunately, Gerrard will be absent from the next three matches, but at least this offers an opportunity to employ Meireles in his Portugal role, striking from deep in the time-honoured Gerrard style. Replacing Paul Konchesky with the technically superior Fábio Aurélio at left back was an obvious victory for common sense and more of those may be required if the bounce effect of having the legend back in the dugout is to be sustained.

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Xavi Alonso on Twitter - "Good luck King Kenny".

According to Sky Sports, "the fans are split". Holy f***ing Christ

How many points did we have after 20 games last season?

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Hansen - "He has been unlucky, he inherited a poor squad from Rafa"

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I see he has recalled the players Utd had loaned to Preston in a hissy fit after Ferguson Jr got the boot. Guardian Sir Alex Ferguson has reacted to the sacking of his son Darren by Preston North End by recalling two of the Manchester United players who had been on loan at the club and starting a potential legal battle to make sure a third cannot play for them again. Preston began their search for a new manager yesterday, with the club's chairman, Maurice Lindsay, praising Ferguson Jr for the "very dignified" manner in which he had accepted the news, but the United manager has reacted swiftly. Ferguson has recalled the defender Ritchie de Laet and the striker Joshua King and has also made it clear he wants the England Under-20 midfielder Matty James to return to Old Trafford. The deals for De Laet and King were not due to expire until after the Bank Holiday double-header with Derby County and Crystal Palace. "This has come as a shock to us and a bit of a blow," Lindsay, said today. "Ritchie de Laet and Joshua King won't be available for Saturday's game [against Derby] because we got a message from Manchester United this morning to inform us that they had been summoned back immediately and, under the terms of the agreement, they can do that. "It's a big blow for us. These are two players, young and enthusiastic, who seemed to be enjoying it at Preston, so to be told by their parent club that they can't play for us again really is sad indeed." Darren Ferguson had won only 13 out of 49 games but his father is friends with Preston's majority shareholder, Trevor Hemmings, through their love of horse racing, and is said by insiders at Old Trafford to be furious about the sacking. De Laet and King were due to play in the next two games, whereas the 19-year-old James is on a season-long loan at Deepdale, where he has become an integral part of the team. All three have told Preston they would rather stay but Ferguson has ordered them back despite being aware that Preston's very future is at risk if they are relegated. "It's unfortunate [with De Laet and King] but we recognise Manchester United's legal right and have to respect that," Lindsay said. "They have also suggested they would like Matty James back as well but it's a bit different legally and I will have to speak with David Unsworth [the caretaker manager] first. David being the tough, effervescent, confident character he is, he will deal with it. "We are delighted David has agreed to take care of the club at a difficult time; it couldn't be in better hands." Darren Ferguson was sacked with Preston bottom of the Championship, five points adrift of safety. Lindsay added: "I was hoping this would never occur but when we're approaching the new year bottom of the league and with the future of the club itself in serious jeopardy if we are relegated, there clearly had to be some soul-searching and we had to tell Darren that for the sake of the club we needed a new manager. I went to his house for the sad task of talking to him and he was very dignified."

Getting played off the park by the worst team in the division.

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He would have been a cert for it if the WC bid had been successful. It seems to be very important to him to get Knighted. He is a prick in any case.

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She has asked for her privacy to be respected. Until it suits, and she feels like pouring it out to some Ok, Hello s****. She may be too small time though. I guarantee she gives it a go on some level though.

Best team I have seen. Could have been 10 tonight. Can they keep it up? So to speak.

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