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[20] No Irwin for Celtic either
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
Stertford on Irwin on Celtic
"I have not had any discussions with Celtic Football Club about Denis Irwin, none
whatsoever. He has an offer there from United of a one-year deal and he will tell them
of his decision when he gets back from his holiday. He's just gone away like all these
boys, who have gone on holiday after a long, hard season. I certainly don't want to
interrupt their holidays."
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[19] No Great Dane for Celtic
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
Peter Schmeichel's agent Paul Stretford:
"I am not aware of anything from Celtic for Peter. Peter has just played his last game
with Sporting Lisbon and has an option on his contract to stay there for another
season. He's got a home in Portugal and one that is being built in Denmark, which
isn't finished yet, and he has always said that he'll go back home soon. There have
been no talks with Martin O'Neill and Peter Schmeichel, and Peter has not had talks
with Celtic Football Club.
But I would not be surprised if they have aspirations for him to join them given the
quality of goalkeeper he is, but there have been no discussions. I can understand the
position that Celtic are in with next year's Champions League to look forward to, but
there have certainly been no discussions regarding Peter joining Celtic."
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[18] More from Giggs
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"Sometimes we realise too late that there is nothing to fear in matches. I have
experienced that with United - no matter who you are playing you can beat them. We
obviously haven't got the same calibre of players here and we don't play the sort of
teams we do at United like say, Juventus and Barcelona. But the teams we are facing
for Wales are nowhere near the quality of those great club sides. People think that
foreign sides are good technically and they are better players than us, but that's not
true."
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[17] More from Giggs on Wales
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"The Manchester United players sometimes look at the teams we face and the players we
face and ask me how we didn't win matches or haven't done better than we have. They
look at Wales and think we have a strong squad with some very talented Premiership
players, as strong as we have been for a long time, and they feel that we should be
doing better. I don't think people are in awe of me. We have a situation in the Wales
squad where we have no stars, a good spirit and everybody gets on. Nobody is in awe of
anyone. We are just a team who work hard and try our very best to win games. It's
encouraging because we have young players coming through. Not just one or two like in
the past, but half a dozen who are all in their early 20s, and they will all be around
for the next few years.
It's up to me and the established players in the team to show on the park we can do
it, to encourage young players coming through and lead by example. All the older lads
have that pressure because it can be daunting for young players coming into
international football. We have to help them through and make them feel comfortable
and to get them to play like they do for their clubs and produce the form that was the
reason why they were picked in the first place."
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[16] Phil Nev - give Fergie the job!
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"If Sir Alex wants to stay, I'm sure the club will come to some sort of agreement. We
will get through this last year with the manager in charge and then, hopefully, he
will stay on at the club as he's been a legend there and he deserves that. Then you
deal with whatever happens after that. You don't normally see the kind of things
coming out of Old Trafford that you've been seeing in the past few weeks. But I think
it will all blow over. I'm sure Alex Ferguson will be here next year and longer than
that as well. And if he's here next season, he'll be just as powerful as ever."
Don't like that if bi
"The way I look at it is that the structures are in place already and I don't think
they'd be offering more than half of the team six-year contracts if they were going to
sell them in a year's time. So the foundations are there and when a new manager comes
in, he'd be silly to make wholesale changes."
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[15] Butt doubt for England
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
PA
'Nicky Butt took part in only a few minutes of Thursday's session before sitting on
the sidelines and then being driven back to the team hotel early in a golf buggy.;
Peter Taylor: "He has blisters which are slightly infected so they're going to give
him some antibiotics. That might take a day or two to clear up."
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[14] Giggsy on Wales
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
>From Ananova
'Giggs is annoyed that Wales are ranked 108th in the Fifa list.'
"It's a false position, they seem to change dramatically if you can win a couple of
matches. I don't take any notice of the world rankings, a couple of good results and
you can shoot up them. We are in a false position. We are a team who are high on
confidence at the moment, we have belief and we have that mixture of youth and
experience. We are in a false position but we have to go out and prove that. We have
not had the results we've deserved. We have not won in the group yet and a win is long
overdue. But things have definitely got better as the group matches have gone on, you
couldn't ask more of the lads. We have drawn four games and we could have won three of
them, that's encouraging as we are the only team to have taken points off Poland. It's
frustrating that we can take the lead and not be able to hang on to it, that's
happened three times now. But at least it's different from when we used to go 1-0 down
and end up chasing teams.
We are now putting ourselves in a position to go and win games. We have the base and
we are a hard team to beat. If we go ahead now we must go on and score two or three,
and we are capable of doing that."
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[13] More from Scholes
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"The new boss is good to work with. The players respect him and they have worked hard
to put his plans into practice on the field. People have said it goes against the
grain to appoint a foreign coach, but I prefer to look at the benefits to me as a
player and England as a team. The results under Sven speak for themselves and the
nation have responded to those results. I'm not getting carried away or anything but
the players believe that we are finally finding our feet at international level. The
improvement, in every game, is there for everyone to see.
If we maintain the level of performance we have shown in recent games then we
shouldn't go into any matches with fear in mind. Naturally, the more games you win
the more likely you are to believe you'll win the next match. The momentum brought by
wins carries you forward. I know that from playing with Manchester United."
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[12] Scholes on Becks for England
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"David's done a tremendous job. The spirit among the players is brilliant anyway. And
because the vast majority are quite young, he has not had to work overly hard to earn
their respect. The players respect him as a player, and so they should, but he's
really grown into the captain's job. He's not a shouter, but he gets his point across
effectively and effortlessly."
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[11] More from Phil Nev
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"It's never harmed my England chances so far, not playing all the time for United. I
was a regular under Kevin Keegan so it's never hit that I might have to move to play
for England. Obviously it's a tremendous honour to sign another contract for United
and I'm still young enough and still learning enough to become a regular. I'm not
just settling for being a 35-game-a-season man."
On being dropped from the World Cup squad:
"It was certainly a major disappointment for me when I got sent home.
It affected me all summer. But now it doesn't bother me to think about it. As you get
older, you get wiser and I'm sure that if it happened to me again, I'd handle it a
little better. Gary came out of the room and I could tell by the look on his face
that Glenn had probably just told him that I wasn't going. It was probably just as
bad for Gary as well. Obviously he wanted me out there and it was difficult for him
to tell me he was having a great time because he knew I wanted to be out there. I was
probably more of a brother to him then as I wanted to support him out there. I went
to all the matches and enjoyed the experience.
The only way you can do it is to name a squad before you go to a training camp.
Before Euro 96, players like Ugo Ehiogu and Rob Lee were flying back from Hong Kong
knowing they weren't going. The same happened before Euro 2000 with Kieron Dyer and
Rio Ferdinand. Having experienced it myself, it's not nice training for three weeks
prior, thinking that you're going and then not going. Even the players who are
probably certainties have little self- doubts. I'm sure you could just name the squad
and then call people in if someone got injured."
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[10] More from Phil Nev
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"I hope we sign both Thuram and Lizarazu. It would make the team better and it'd make
me a better player. I'd just have to make sure that I was better than him. That's the
way I've always looked at it. When I was breaking into the team, Paul Parker was
there and I thought he was unbeatable at the time. But Gary dislodged him, while
Denis Irwin was at left-back and I came in and he had to move to right-back
sometimes. That's the way it is at United. Thuram is a world-class player. I don't
know if we're signing him or Lizarazu but I'm sure that if we do, it can only
enhance us as a team.
The manager has said he will bring in three players. That always keeps everyone on
their toes," agreed Neville. Last year we brought in Fabien Barthez as well as Mikael
Silvestre during the season. This time, if we sign three players, I'm sure it will
spur everyone on even more."
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[9] Phil Nev on England
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"I probably wouldn't have played at the start if Gary had been fit. So it's opened up
a door for me, Danny Mills and Jamie Carragher. "I'm sure Gary wants to be out here
but I've spoken to him every day on the phone and he supports me like I supported him
at the last World Cup after I wasn't picked. I think the left side of defence is
sewn up now barring injuries so it looks like the right-back spot is the open one.
That's probably my more natural position and I've probably had my best games at
United at right-back. You'll play anywhere for England but I've always said
right-back is my preferred position."
>From 365:
'Neville believes he already faces a similar head-to-head battle at
United, given that Mikael Silvestre has "had such a good season" at
left-back and "it's the right-back spot up for grabs".'
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[8] Scholes on Becks
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"He has had as much respect from the players as any of them. People seem to think you
need a skipper who is always shouting. David is not like that and he has not tried to
change. He leads more by example than anything."
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[7] Phil Neville on Becks
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"I first met David when he was 14 and I was 12 and he's the same lad now as he was
then. He has had to put up with a lot over the years but with the lads he has never
changed.There are several reasons why he is perfect for the job. One is his age. I
think we need a captain now who is going to be skipper for the next five, six or
maybe 10 years. In the first game against Italy he certainly led by example but you
sense now he's getting more and more comfortable and confident with the other
players.
He does have an aura about him. When he walks into the room you sense the young
players - and some of the older ones, too - would do anything for him. When he talks,
they listen and that is a great
asset for a captain. I always remember when Bryan Robson was a player. When he spoke,
everyone listened. I think David has that respect because of his standing in world
football."
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[6] Peter Taylor on Becks
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
"There were two considerations when I took my decision. The first was that, providing
David was fit, he was always going to be the first name on the teamsheet. Then I
looked at the way he had handled all the pressure that followed his World Cup
sending-off against Argentina. I felt that if he could handle that, he could handle
anything. He likes the responsibility of being captain. He comes to see the manager
or sometimes the coaches to discuss certain ideas he or the team might have. He is
never going to be shouting at everybody for 90 minutes but he has his own strengths
to get the best out of other people and I do feel that the players and the rest of
the people connected with England respect him more and more."
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[5] massive roly poly sought
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
city are after David Ginola apparently - just make sure they put him on Weaver either
side of the team coach to stop it tipping to one side.
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[4] We decided on Barthez thankfully
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
>From PA
'Arsenal have reportedly made a £6.5million bid for Juventus keeper Edwin Van Der Sar.'
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[3] Red News goods
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
1) You can order - going fast - the seven available issues of Red Newsfrom this season
in the UK for the bargain price of £7 including postage. Details from
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2) The Best of Red News - 1987-2001 - will be published this summer and if you would
like to order a copy and to have your name listed in tbe book as a subscriber then
contact us also at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3)
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Price is £10 (+£1.50 p&p, £2.50 Ireland and Europe, £4 Rest of the world). Send
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we will throw in a FREE copy of the superb book marking the European Cup Final win in
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will save you a copy.
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[2] Top Premiership earners
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by bar-knee:
According to the SUn. Must be true then...
Boksic 66K a week
Keane 52
Cole 50
Giggs 50
Shearer 48
Ginola! 40
Desailly 40
Hasselwank 35
Henry 35
Sheringham 35
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[1] Fergie snubbed again
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Posted Friday, June 1, 2001 by redend:
The Fergie story that RED NEWS gave you first - it goes on:
The Guardian reports that Fergie's fragile relationship with the board deteriorated
further yesterday when talks to resolve his future were shelved by the directors.
He's now off on a 4 week holiday today having been dismayed, not for the first time,
that the club's hierarchy have failed to match his requirements about an
ambassadorial role when he retires as manager next year.
He was due to meet his employers this week to discuss a possible compromise after his
disclosure last month (that'll be the RED NEWS story then) that initial talks had
collapsed and that he planned to sever his ties with the club. But the latest meeting
was postponed until next week, by which time Fergie & his Mrs will be on holiday.
So he's now again unsure about some of the directors' commitment to retaining his
services. Sources close to the 59-year- old indicated that he sees the postponement as
another snub from a board that is clearly divided about his future.
Although the chief executive Peter Kenyon and the director Sir Bobby Charlton have
been campaigning on his behalf, it is understood that the chairman Martin Edwards,
among others, is reluctant to meet Ferguson's requirements.
[Now there's a shock]
Sign up now at FergieMustStay.com - there is a pledge-petition there where each
supporter says how much they will withhold in spending (on non-match tickets) if the
PLC doesn't start to sort out the issues affecting its loyal supporters. This starts
with Fergie's future role. It also totals up a "Peace Dividend" - how much supporters
would spend if they were happy with the way our club was being operated.
(link:http://www.fergiemuststay.com) http://www.fergiemuststay.com
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[25] Play football for your fanzine?!
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Posted Thursday, May 31, 2001 by bar-knee:
Some of the Red News lads are playing in an 11 a side tournament in Blackpool on
Friday evening and a 5 a side tournament on Saturday. We're just a couple of players
short (we've got two teams for the Saturday) so if anyone fancies a weekend of
playing, drinking, and er, that's it - let us know by e.mail by 9am Friday morning at
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