I was delighted to see my team Man United beat Liverpool yesterday after the cup defeat to them a couple of weeks ago. However the result was overshadowed by the Suarez antics again. Would the man ever give into his stubbornness? One simple handshake and the Suarez/Evra affair was finally over. But no: an £80,000 a week salary can buy many things, but dignity and self-respect clearly aren’t among them.. Both the club and player have since apologised to Man United for the players behaviour. I think this is a cover up as the club didn’t want to risk a further disciplinary issue. It seems to me that Suarez is bigger than the club and the club are running the risk of losing their good reputation because of one player.
I wish to admit I was wrong in my previous blogs when stating that I felt Thierry Henry wouldn’t have much to offer Arsenal. He scored the only and winning goal in teams FA cup 3rd round match against Leeds on his debut. Yesterday he scored the teams winner against Sunderland in a much needed away win. Unfortunately he is due to leave the club on February 16th and I have feeling the majority of Arsenal fans will be very disappointed to see him go.
During the week we saw the resignation of England mangaer Fabio Capello. He has confirmed his decision to quit came because he could no longer "permit interference from the FA in my work". He has left the FA in a tricky situation before the European Championships in June. The vast majority of people want an English man, therefore the bookies have installed Harry Redknapp as favourite. It’s really hard to see Redknapp leave Spurs before the end of the season as he done so well there so far this season and wants to finish the job of qualifying for the Champions league. What do people think will happen? Will England appoint a temporary manger till the end of the season and then give Harry the job or will someone else come into the fray?
I think it was a joke that the players didn't shake hands the last day. Evra was supposedly to be one that was being abused, yet he was the bigger man and willing to forget this and move on. I wonder sometimes if these players do it for the attention or just simply have no morales!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I read this !!! Got me up to date on what my fb news feed was filled with for the last few weeks !!!
ReplyDeleteYa I totally agree, players respect and attitudes nowadays are not a patch of what they used to be. I saw a rugby match a couple months when Chris Ashton was punched in the face during the match and afterwards shook hands with the opposing player. I know being punched was out of order but it takes a bigger to stand up and admit his wrong doing. No problem I hope it helps you make sense of those news feeds which covered Facebook last weekend!!
ReplyDeleteThat's awful! You'd think they'd just get on with things...
ReplyDeleteAdded so much tension to the game as well...every time Suarez got near the ball there was reactions like.
ReplyDeleteHenry wasn't bad either! Think he could be missed against spurs?
Harry will be in for some stick when he takes that England job. In the words of Sean Farragher "its probably the second most scrutinised job in England, behind being prime minister!" which is porbably a very fair point...
ReplyDeleteHe has done such a good job at spurs I wonder will they find someone as good to pick up the pieces!?
The whole Suarez/Evra debacle was a bit of a joke! It should have been handled much more professionally by Suarez. Liverpool are getting a very bad name for the club over the whole situation...
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