Daily Mail - United fans inciting violence

[topbanana]

This does not surpirse me in the least, how low these scum will go, i hope they all drown in a pit of diarrhoea!!!!!!!!

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

I blame Duncan Edwards.

 

[Skashion]

Arrogance and humility, the difference between the values of supporters from the red and blue side of Manchester.
Arrogance a product of Ferguson, look no further.

Actually, I don't blame Taggart for that. My respect for Bacon O'Face as person (sadly always had my respect as a manager) has been raised after reading Paul Lake's biography. He was top drawer over the matter of Lakey's testimonial and, well, maybe he is human afterall... The humility he demonstrated was way beyond that I've ever seen from 99% of rags.

 

[Challenger1978]

Arrogance and humility, the difference between the values of supporters from the red and blue side of Manchester.
Arrogance a product of Ferguson, look no further.

Actually, I don't blame Taggart for that. My respect for Bacon O'Face as person (sadly always had my respect as a manager) has been raised after reading Paul Lake's biography. He was top drawer over the matter of Lakey's testimonial and, well, maybe he is human afterall... The humility he demonstrated was way beyond that I've ever seen from 99% of rags.

So what did he actually do ?

 

[Skashion]

So what did he actually do ?

[Tudor]'I spoke to Alex Ferguson this morning. He's more than happy to help out. Says it's the least he could do.' It turned out that Keith Pinner, a member of the committee and a long-time friend of the United manager, had floated the idea past Ferguson, who'd countered by questioning why he hadn't been asked in the first place. Keith explained that we'd assumed that, since the Reds, were scheduled to play a league game the day before, and since half the team were due to leave for midweek internationals 24 hours later, it was bound to be a no-can-do. How wrong we were.

'I'd be delighted to help out, and so would my players,' Ferguson said when Tudor contacted him at Old Trafford. They chatted for a short while, the United boss revealing that he'd been in the stands watching me during that fateful game against Aston Villa in 1990.

'Paul was a special player, there's no doubting that,' he said to Tudor, 'and if there's anyone who deserves a decent send-off, it's him.'

I nearly shook Ferguson's hand off when I met him at Maine Road, prior to the press conference announcing the news of this impromptu derby. By stepping in at the 11th hour, he had done me an enormous favour. I couldn't have hoped for a more prestigious, crowd-pleasing spectacle to mark the end of my career.

Lake, I'm Not Really Here, pp. 325-6

 

[mancunial]

The trouble with united are they are totally arrogant who look down on the rest of football, they are brainwashed constantly by tv and media into thinking that their is no one else worth considering on football terms, my theory is that it didn't just spill over to their numpty element it has built up like a tsunami with the idiots really believing they can do what they want, when you have a leadership like they have at their club who constantly belittle their neighbours at every opportunity but when receiving some back like the welcome to Manchester and ballos shirt waving they spit and woman which came from their top man and also their captain, the attacks on city supporters of all ages and sex in both semi finals of league and fa cup was a disgrace, what has been bred is stomach turning and needs addressing as soon as possible.

 

[Challenger1978]

So what did he actually do ?

[Tudor]'I spoke to Alex Ferguson this morning. He's more than happy to help out. Says it's the least he could do.' It turned out that Keith Pinner, a member of the committee and a long-time friend of the United manager, had floated the idea past Ferguson, who'd countered by questioning why he hadn't been asked in the first place. Keith explained that we'd assumed that, since the Reds, were scheduled to play a league game the day before, and since half the team were due to leave for midweek internationals 24 hours later, it was bound to be a no-can-do. How wrong we were.

'I'd be delighted to help out, and so would my players,' Ferguson said when Tudor contacted him at Old Trafford. They chatted for a short while, the United boss revealing that he'd been in the stands watching me during that fateful game against Aston Villa in 1990.

'Paul was a special player, there's no doubting that,' he said to Tudor, 'and if there's anyone who deserves a decent send-off, it's him.'

I nearly shook Ferguson's hand off when I met him at Maine Road, prior to the press conference announcing the news of this impromptu derby. By stepping in at the 11th hour, he had done me an enormous favour. I couldn't have hoped for a more prestigious, crowd-pleasing spectacle to mark the end of my career.

Lake, I'm Not Really Here, pp. 325-6

Wow well that was really nice of him.

 

[cleavers]

Mods - I couldn't find the other thread. If it's been deleted can you say why?

It was deleted because it was likely to turn into a Adam Teese style thread as numbers of the people involved are out there, and we don't want them on here as it just causes tit for tat stuff.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

So what did he actually do ?

[Tudor]'I spoke to Alex Ferguson this morning. He's more than happy to help out. Says it's the least he could do.' It turned out that Keith Pinner, a member of the committee and a long-time friend of the United manager, had floated the idea past Ferguson, who'd countered by questioning why he hadn't been asked in the first place. Keith explained that we'd assumed that, since the Reds, were scheduled to play a league game the day before, and since half the team were due to leave for midweek internationals 24 hours later, it was bound to be a no-can-do. How wrong we were.

'I'd be delighted to help out, and so would my players,' Ferguson said when Tudor contacted him at Old Trafford. They chatted for a short while, the United boss revealing that he'd been in the stands watching me during that fateful game against Aston Villa in 1990.

'Paul was a special player, there's no doubting that,' he said to Tudor, 'and if there's anyone who deserves a decent send-off, it's him.'

I nearly shook Ferguson's hand off when I met him at Maine Road, prior to the press conference announcing the news of this impromptu derby. By stepping in at the 11th hour, he had done me an enormous favour. I couldn't have hoped for a more prestigious, crowd-pleasing spectacle to mark the end of my career.

Lake, I'm Not Really Here, pp. 325-6

To be fair there are many instances in the game of acts of great generosity from Taggart. Many managers will attest to acts of altruism from him.

Equally there are many examples of wanton acts of petty vindictiveness too.

Both these characteristics are the mark of a bully, dispensing their favours as they see fit.

Back to the OP - 'in a sense it is despicable', I think were the words used by Stringer. If those aren't the words of a spineless **** I don't know what are. At least you could never accuse Taggart of that particular failing.

So, Graham, in what sense isn't it despicable?

 

[stony]

Mods - I couldn't find the other thread. If it's been deleted can you say why?

It was deleted because it was likely to turn into a Adam Teese style thread as numbers of the people involved are out there, and we don't want them on here as it just causes tit for tat stuff.

They had a thread on redcafe about it too. Most of them were sticking up for the rag tissue mongs. Funnily enough, that's no longer there either.