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Andy @ Allerton

Andy @ Allerton

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It came as no surprise to me that Citeh got a thumping with their manager looking less than bothered. I always thought that 'Sparky' would do little in the way of upsetting his former boss and indeed his club when the result didn't really matter that much. And I was right.

 

Manchester United play Wigan Athletic tonight who's manager also shares a special place in his heart for Manchester United Manager Alex Ferguson.

 

It appears clear that the manager of Manchester Untieds next game has given up, surrendered and thrown in the towel while munching upon some fine French cheese and no doubt quaffing some losers champagne. Expect Wenger to rest many and for a cricket score of a result at Old Trafford - I'm guessing something along the order of 5-0 or 6-0 to Manchester United. Wenger has injury concerns, but a lot of young players that need experience and I guess he'll blood them there. As far as he's concerned - why not?

 

Hull will get a thumping and again I'm guessing at 6-0 or 7-0 to Manchester Untied as Hull simply haven't got the players or the manager to be able to go for it and not leave acres of space at the back.

 

So.. That's the league wrapped up with Arsenal and Hull going to fold and get thumped.

 

 

That brings us back to tonights match. I think personally that Bruce will fold and Wigan aren't going to put much of a fight up, however, I don't expect it to be a cricket score. Ferguson will realise he can rest players for the coming games - so I'd expect Rooney to start, but Ronaldo on the bench perhaps with again a few of their younger players to start - with some more experienced heads on the bench if needed.

 

I'd expect tonight to be a straighforward 2-0 meekly submitting Wigan to go down to a uneventful loss.

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Andy, get a life mate or get therapy or something.

 

Do you honestly thinkMark Hughes deliberately tried not to win the game??? Does he not want his job? Does he not want European football? Did we not beat Blackburn when Kenny was going for the title??

 

GIVE IT UP ANDY!!!!! :popcorn:

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Its painful how close we are without any real prospect of winning it. A draw tonight would mean the Mancs probably couldn't afford to drop any more points this year.

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No - they can draw tonight & lose to Arsenal if they like.

 

The reality is they'll win tonight.

And lose to Arsenal. And Hull

 

Sorry, you're right. Wasn't really thinking then.

Andy @ Allerton

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Right ....... we just need for Arsenal to beat them at OT,...... and for Hull to be 3 pts below the relegation zone before their game against the mancs...

 

This is the stuff dreams are made of.... :unsure:

 

 

The league is hopelessly corrupt.

 

As soon as the Mancs were gifted those x points earlier in the season - any hope any other team had of competing against them vanished.

 

The fact is that whatever league has the most money is the most corrupt. You can see this trend with other leagues that were investigated and found corrupt.

 

Power Corrupts. Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely.

 

Was having a conversation with a few Ex-Season ticket holders of different clubs that used to go - and as people said - why shell out £40 and then associated costs with home and away games when the league is essentially pre-determined?

 

There really is no point. I've got free Sky and Setanta and most Liverpool games are on the telly - so I'm getting to the stage now where I probably would be less bothered about the crystal clear corruption if I wasn't spending money on the thing. If I was sitting on my armchair saving £4-£5,000 a year then I, like most of the country, probably wouldn't give a damn either.

 

Plus that would pay for a top holiday somewhere.

 

Starting to sound really, really good that - not to mention I'd get a bit thinner and a bit fitter..

 

 

I've already got a buyer for my Season ticket and all home games - so that's what I've got to mull over for the next few weeks. I must admit that football this season more than any other is annoying me far more than it should.

 

I think what makes it worse is that you can get clear and obvious ridiculous 'happenings' week in week out - blatent and unarguable decisions - and yet there are still those clinging hopelessly to the claim that the league is straight. I can see where these people are coming from. That's what all people want from football - just a clear and level playing field.

 

But come on! Blind Faith is what is going on if you really believe this is actually the case.

 

It isn't. It's anything but.

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Am I the only one who sees alot of truth in Andy's rants?

 

I think he instantly destroys the idea that corruption in English football can be talked about sensibly. And with friends like these...

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Andy @ Allerton

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I think he instantly destroys the idea that corruption in English football can be talked about sensibly. And with friends like these...

 

 

 

I'd go further. I'd say that corruption in the English league CANNOT be talked about. On any level.

 

Sky or the BBC or ITV or Setanta or indeed any of the written media CANNOT afford to even entertain the briefest suggestion of anything like this because the huge relentless cash-cow that football has become would fold like a pack of cards if anything untoward was going on. None of these entities (even supposedly neutral entities like the BBC) can afford it.

 

IF anything was ever proven or even discussed - then that would discredit the sport - and I'm guessing it would do so forever - once the modern game has been tarnished then I think that would be that. It would lose all credibility and all integrity.

 

So it's never going to happen. Why rock the boat when there is just SO much money coming in?

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There's a misunderstanding about what corruption can mean

 

Yes. And shouting the word all the time is hugely detrimental to ever getting a proper discussion about the different levels of influence that exist in the top league.

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well andys made it clear in the past he believes its corruption in the brown paper bag/bungs way which is patent nonsense, if he had tried to argue that it was corrupt in that refs generally seem to favour the big teamS and included liverpool in that then I might have agreed with him or that because of his length of time in control of the biggest club in england that fergie had gained a certain amount of power that in some ways allows him to get away with saying things then there may have been some truth in that.

 

But he hasnt, hes taken a pantomime stance and even if there was some grains of truth in the above, acting and posting like a big fat jolly faced clown has negated his points.

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