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Mifune said:
THIS! I hate how whenever we defend really well the stupid media always say we were lucky or something. How?! Luck is when something happens outside of your control, doing last ditch tackles and clearances is not luck, just amazing defending.
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Exactly <ok>. Also I can't actually believe I made the 'there/their' error, I'll say I'm tired - that excuse will do.
 
Fergy is always really bitter after a game doesn't go his way. I'm honestly really suprised he didn't complain about only 4 minutes added on and not 12 that he probably wanted.
 
Bacon Face is being a further twat.

Sir Alex Ferguson is simply not with the programme
By Lee Ryder on Nov 26, 11 06:28 PM


It has been said many times before by ex-Newcastle players and managers that if the Magpies could produce a team as good as the Toon Army, they'd win everything in sight.

Alan Shearer said after the 1999 FA Cup final: "If we'd have been as good as the fans at Wembley - we'd have won 10-0."

However, Sir Alex Ferguson - who once reverted to under hand mind games in the 95/96 season as his side went head to head with Newcastle - sees things in his own unique way.

Astonishingly, rather than focus on the game ahead the Man United boss opted to hit out at the Tyneside media - and claimed Newcastle fans are "hard to please" in his pre-match programme notes.

"Fans are hard to please, especially on Tyneside.

"The local media have created an expectancy hard to match in reality."

"I have long believed some journalists in the North-East have assumed a bigger role than is normal to rest of country."

"They have exerted too much influence without being responsible of the consequences - except to heap more criticism on club and the manager."

From where I am standing, the fact that Newcastle have attracted huge crowds since 1969 without winning a single major trophy says that the fans have a right to expect a good team.

Over the years, Newcastle fans have known the team on the pitch has been below standard and some of the players purchased have not been up to the task and have failed to justify their wages.

I'm not talking about players who sweat blood for the club.

I'm talking about the Boumsongs, Luques, Owens, Geremis and Vidukas of the world who failed to grasp what Tyneside was all about, and did not play anywhere near their potential for long periods of their Toon careers.

Ferguson is entitled to his views as one of the most respected managers in the game.

But to blame the Press, the fans or mere expectation at such a fantastic club like Newcastle seems rather pointless.

After the 1-1 draw with Man U, Fergie sounded off another series of verbal volleys claiming the Mags were "slaughtered" at Old Trafford and it had been a "travesty" to not win the game because of Demba Ba's controversial penalty.

In a final swipe at Newcastle fans Ferguson said: "Alan had a lot to prove when he was given the job last December.

"Everyone is now hailing him up there as the new Messiah - even if they didn't say so at the time of his appointment."

Again, this comes down to judgement and after Pardew got the job after leaving third flight Southampton, Toon fans were entitled to their view then.

I haven't heard Pardew be called the "Messiah" at Newcastle once, but if fans giving credit where it is due is looked upon in this way by Fergie, it's almost laughable.

However, as Newcastle held on for a point at Old Trafford and Pardew and his players celebrated in style - the last laugh was to be had by the Toon Army in the away section.
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Mifune said:
THIS! I hate how whenever we defend really well the stupid media always say we were lucky or something. How?! Luck is when something happens outside of your control, doing last ditch tackles and clearances is not luck, just amazing defending.
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Which sportsman said, "The more I practise, the luckier I get"?

Which sums up Newcastle's preperation this season.
 
ClearlyDeludedGloryHunter said:
Which sportsman said, "The more I practise, the luckier I get"?

Which sums up Newcastle's preperation this season.
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Precisely <ok>. I have not seen a team this season with the same commitment, spirit and determination than we have shown this season.
It was a golfer who said that but not sure who. Gary Player perhaps.
 
Just to complete my rage against the Red Devil; what the **** is he talking about saying we were fouling them all the time and should of had another player sent off!?? They were lucky they did not go down to 9 men with Rooney kicking Colo and Fabio somehow staying on the field. He also said we only had one chance all match despite us having 6 shots on target and another 2 off target. At least it provides great joy to see how badly he has taken this. <laugh>
 
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