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--------------------------------- [32] United refute Veron to leave stories --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: again Utd say no go. Paddy Harverson ‘‘He is perfectly entitled to go back to see his friends, his former team-mates in Rome. It is the sort of thing footballers always do. He is happy here in Manchester and he is not leaving us.’’ --------------------------------- [31] Veron on --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: Getting a standing ovation when guest in the crowd at the Lazio game at the weekend "I don't know how to thank the fans for their loyalty. I still have goose bumps when I think about the applause. I guess I must have left the fans with some good memories. I am extremely gratified and pleased...All that I can say is that I never close the door on anyone." --------------------------------- [30] Gary Neville is a Red --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "We could have scored more goals with a little bit of luck. There are 12 games to go and we can't make any mistakes. I don't know where that performance against Middlesbrough [the 2-0 FA Cup fourth-round defeat] came from, the whole day was wrong. We didn't perform or take the game by the scruff of the neck." --------------------------------- [29] Becks jokes --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "In the second half we kept the tempo up for a bit but it did eventually drop."It might have been a bit of tiredness, so maybe the manager will rest a few players." --------------------------------- [28] More from Reid --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "I thought it was our best spell just after we scored and we got a foothold in the game. Then they got a goal from a free-kick, a penalty and it was difficult. If the free-kick was for obstruction then I thought you couldn't strike it directly. I had a word with the referee to remind him there were two teams on the pitch." --------------------------------- [27] He got monkey on his head --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: Peter Reid "We couldn't live with them from a defensive point of view. With Ryan Giggs running at you and Van Nistelrooy turning it's very difficult." --------------------------------- [26] More Sabre thanks in Italy --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "Of all the clubs I have played with, Lazio holds a special place in my heart. I have fond memories of Lazio and the fans, especially considering all the trophies won, four between league and cup." --------------------------------- [25] Veron on Lazio and United --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "I don't want to disappoint anyone. Not the Lazio fans, nor the club. All that I can say is that I never close the door on anyone. I am happy at Manchester United and for now I would like to stay there. But I am still young and I still have plenty of years left to play." --------------------------------- [24] Team from Saturday --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: Barthez, G.Neville, P.Neville, Blanc (O’Shea), Silvestre, Beckham, Keane (Butt), Scholes, Solskjaer, Van Nistelrooy, Giggs (Forlan). Subs not used: Irwin, Carroll. Booked: Blanc. --------------------------------- [23] United get Mackem praise --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: Claudio Reyna: “United are getting better with each game. They seem to understand each other and get goals from everywhere.” --------------------------------- [22] Euro round up --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: Nantes 3 Marseilles 1 Bayern 2 Leverkusen 0 --------------------------------- [21] The real reason Di Canio stayed --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: “I have been under pressure. The brickie, the plumber, everybody who came to my house told me not to leave West Ham. Even the people down the laundry. And the man who comes to take care of my piranhas told me that if I left West Ham he would kill all my fish. I begged him not to. My fish are like my children. Only one of them has a name, though. My daughter Ludovica calls the biggest, fattest one Paolo Di Canio as he tries to eat everything and wants everything." --------------------------------- [20] Fergie on Veron injury --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "Veron has been carrying the injury for a couple of months and it has been quite painful for him. He wanted to play on and he did so while we were doing well. But it comes to a point where he has to give it a rest. He will be out for two or three weeks." --------------------------------- [19] Wenger has pop at United --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "United are winning easily at home against teams down at the bottom. But they are the team who are struggling more than anyone to win against the big teams. I don't think you can win the League if you do that. This Southampton result will not be decisive for us. There is a long way to go. Manchester United will drop points. I said that many times. We have struggled at home. United are doing well at the moment but they are not the only important team. It is not only Man United. There is Leeds, Chelsea, Liverpool. We want to win the League and will be up for it in every game. We have the potential and the quality to do it." --------------------------------- [17] Dacourt issues title warning --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: doesn't think leeds can win it Dacourt said: "I think now it is finished. We are far from the leaders and it will be difficult to reach them. Now I think the target is to take one place in the Champions League and we have to fight to have that." --------------------------------- [16] Reds song --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: >From Coggie the Red to the tune of Viera Diego..... Diego.... He comes from Uruguay to keep the red flag flying high Diego... sorry can't quite work out how to spell that ....whoooooooooo! --------------------------------- [15] Flowers of Manchester --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: A very fitting tribute attended by a large group of Reds on Saturday saw the poignant singing of the Flowers of Manchester before the Sunderland game. Mike runs the Munich58.co.uk web site and has put some pictures up from the pre-match fans singing of Flowers of Manchester on Saturday. visit www.munich58.co.uk to see them. Never forgotten. --------------------------------- [14] Funny story --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: Spotted by Steve in the Telegraph. 'SOME 22 minutes of the match between Arsenal and Southampton had elapsed when Highbury witnessed yet another disciplinary milestone on Saturday afternoon. Matthew Le Tissier, warming up with all his customary lethargy, made a sarcastic comment to a referee’s assistant about a decision, the official called over the referee, Clive Wilkes, and Wilkes promptly booked the Southampton talisman. Le Tissier looked stunned. He did not kick a ball all afternoon. Afterwards, Gordon Strachan, the Southampton manager, smiled when he was asked about the incident. All the other controversies that have taken place at Highbury this season flashed through his mind and he remembered the myopia that always afflicts Arsène Wenger when he is asked to comment on his team’s serial misdeeds. “I never saw it,” Strachan said with a grin. “It’s a strange place, this. You can’t see a bloody thing.” --------------------------------- [13] Ambiguous Veron story --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: >From the SUN 'JUAN VERON was back at Lazio on Saturday — but denied he was there to talk about rejoining the club, writes ERIC BEAUCHAMP. The Manchester United midfielder has made no secret of his desire to return to the Italian side one day. Boss Alex Ferguson gave Veron the weekend off to help him recover from a knee injury and the Argentine took the chance to jet to Rome. The £28.1million man ended up popping in to Lazio's training ground. After arriving with international team-mate Hernan Crespo, he chatted with sports director Massimo Cragnotti. Veron said: "I would be happy to return here — Lazio has an important place in my heart." --------------------------------- [12] Fergie to stay on? --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: As the SUN goes with the growing rumour 'ALEX FERGUSON could answer a Manchester United SOS and stay on as boss for another year. The club have been trying to find a new manager for six months but fear they will not be able to get the right man by the end of this season. So they have come up with a stop-gap plan which involves Fergie extending his role as United boss for another 12 months SunSport understands preliminary talks have already taken place between United chiefs and Ferguson, who had planned to retire in May. We revealed last Friday Roma boss Fabio Capello was the club's top target to take over. Capello had until the end of this month to tell United what he intends to do. But the Reds fear he will want to see out the remaining 18 months of his deal with the Italian champions. A 12-month extension to Ferguson's reign will leave the door open for Capello to arrive in the summer of 2003. It could also bring Sven Goran Eriksson back into the equation.' --------------------------------- [11] Becks story of the weekend --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: >From Ananova 'Victoria and David Beckham have commissioned a 20ft bronze statue of themselves with son Brooklyn, according to reports. It's said the £100,000 sculpture will stand in the grounds of their home in Hertfordshire. It is being designed by artist Frances Segelman.' --------------------------------- [10] Becks songs sent in --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: by RN reader, Boggs '“DAVID BECKHAM” (Tune of Davey Crockett) Born on a football singing M.U.F.C., Greatest crosser in the land of the free, Raised in the north, so he’s as red as you or me, When he scored from sixty yards, we knew what he would be. David! David Beckham, the pride of Manchester! David! David Beckham, the King of all England! “THE BECKHAM SPECIAL” (tune of The Midnight Special) Let the Beckham Special, shine it’s light on me, Let the Beckham Special, shine it’s ever loving light on me. --------------------------------- [9] Fergie on Saturday --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: >From MUTV via the official site 'Two wins "We’ve had a good week in the league. The players have shown great purpose, they’ve attacked the opposition with great vigour and I’ve been very pleased with the last two games." Phil Neville's opener "He usually gives us one goal per year so he’s doubled his tally. And I don’t see why he can’t go and score a few more for us." Sunderland’s equaliser "It was a fantastic, marvellous strike, nobody expected that. We had a job to do after that, and fortunately we managed to do it." Ruud’s first goal "It was wonderful, a great finish. It actually went in off the goalkeeper’s head! The power in it gave the goalkeeper no chance." Second half "We kept a good momentum up, there was a good pace right through the match and I thought it was quite an entertaining game. "Sunderland did very well in terms of keeping possession and making us chase them, but then my team did really well to win the ball back." Change of tactics "Sunderland tightened up in the second half. They played with a back four and three central midfield players, and that stopped the flow of the game a bit. "But I still think we played some good stuff. We could have scored maybe one or two more, their goalkeeper made two good saves, one in particular from Paul Scholes. I was pleased we kept the momentum going." Playing surface "It was difficult, and we’re having a few problems with the pitch. Some rain on it today helped us because it stopped it from bobbling up." David Beckham "He was fantastic, he ran a million miles for us today, and with good quality to his play. "Some people can run all day but not give you any quality, but David had great quality today." Diego Forlan "I’m very pleased with the way he’s settled in. He’s a very bright lad. He’s quick, he’s got good feet, he moves all the time." Arsenal result "We heard the score with a few minutes to go, so we knew that Southampton had equalised. So it’s been a good day for us in that way." Title race "I can’t see teams dropping off very easily. Usually it’s a two-horse race but there are so many involved now I think it’s going to go right to the wire." Break time "It will be a good break for us. We can do some work in that some parts of our training have to be addressed, we have a full week to do that. "The players can enjoy the seven-day break from matches and get themselves prepared for the Charlton game at The Valley next Sunday." --------------------------------- [8] Fergie on Saturday --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "It was marvellous. The first 45 minutes was a real top-class performance. The passing and movement, the desire was brilliant." --------------------------------- [7] Red comments in full on free-kick --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "I thought the free-kick was for obstruction, if there was any, and with my limited knowledge of the rules you can't stick it in from an indirect free-kick. I had a word with Mr Styles at half-time and I just wanted him to realise there were two teams on the pitch. There were things that changed the game and goals changed the game. The Beckham free-kick was a major turning point in the game because I thought at that point we had a foothold in the game." --------------------------------- [6] Ticket plea --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: Sorry to use the news like this but both the Ed and ast Ed of RN are still short for Charlton tickets so if anyone did have a spare and wanted to find a good home, let us know. Much appreciated. --------------------------------- [5] Gary Nev believes --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: "I looked the other day and I couldn't believe we were in February. It seems to have flown by this season. There are only 12 games to go now and we can't afford any more mistakes. We've got to win every game now. If we can keep the run of form going we should be in a pretty decent position come the end of the season. We believe we can win it, but we still have 12 very hard matches to go. Obviously any help any other teams can give us is welcome and Arsenal have dropped points against Southampton. But we will maybe drop points before the end of the season and it's always like that in the championship - you can't get too high and you can't get too low when you drop points. You have just got to keep on plodding away, take any chance and stop making mistakes." --------------------------------- [4] Sunday tittle tattle in full --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: Quick round up of the news from the Sunday red tops Jordan is in discussion with a media company to screen her birth on the internet. They reckon they'd get a billion hits. Are you sure! Veron is to drive Forlan around to get to know the city and also help both players get used to England. Ruud diplomatically hinted that he doesn't want Van Gaal to get the Utd job, as Martin O'Neill has dropped out of the race for getting the job as he wants to stay at Celtic. --------------------------------- [3] Could be worse --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by bar-knee: New England Patriots won the American Football Superbowl with a kick to win the game with 7 seconds remaining. So what some may ask. Well, the trophy is presented to the owner of the club. Picture that then. All those glory days and instead of Fergie Our Martin would have popped up to gain the credit! --------------------------------- [2] Weekend News .... --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by redend: Keep scrolling down for news from Saturday & Sunday if you've not already seen it. --------------------------------- [1] UNITED PLAYERS GET WIN BONUSSES - SHOCK REVELATION! --------------------------------- Posted Monday, February 4, 2002 by redend: Alex Plypin spills it in your lap: Whichever 'source close to United' made such shocking revelations obviously knew what they were doing. On the day that postmen were announced to have 'earned' 6p performance bonuses by the idiotically branded consignia - I wonder how much the pillocks who dreamt up this name got paid? - this was exactly the kind of story that has some weak-willed mother bleating on the forecourt about the cost of replica shirts. 'Piers Morgan actually gets a salary for writing complete shite' is equally incredible - and he probably gets bonuses as well! Somehow, the skill quotient between - say Phil Neville - and the balding sensationalist also does not get a mention. As someone who gets paid nowhere near his worth - and I have a choice as well! - I don't give a flying fart what the players get paid. Money does not motivate me that much, and I refuse to bet on United - or even predict results - because the joy of winning would not be enhanced, or the pain of losing made much worse. The last time that I did was as a callow student in Sheffield before the '76 Cup Final, and I still bear the scars of The Rat's offside goal. PS It's good to see that Neville junior is making good use of his palookah. Driving past his palace yesterday, the Bushwhacker has erected the mother of all marquees in his front 'garden'. I have not yet got my invite, so I don't know the cause of the celebration. --------------------------------- [18] He'd still luv it --------------------------------- Posted Sunday, February 3, 2002 by tb: As Keegan dreams of derby fixtures against Fergie next season: "I was at a dinner with Alex last night, to raise money for a hospital. I'm sure he doesn't worry about me and I've no reason to worry about him at the moment. But next year, please God, if we keep doing things right and keep making right decisions, players keep responding and fans get behind us, we'll have those derby matches back." "Who knows, Alex may still be there, because I don't think that's definite, is it? I'd like him to stay, yes. It wouldn't be the same without him there, would it?" --------------------------------- [17] Gary Nev: No more mistakes --------------------------------- Posted Sunday, February 3, 2002 by tb: "I looked the other day and I couldn't believe we were in February," he said. "It seems to have flown by this season. There are only 12 games to go now and we can't afford any more mistakes. We've got to win every game now. "If we can keep the run of form going we should be in a pretty decent position come the end of the season. "We believe we can win it, but we still have 12 very hard matches to go. "Obviously any help any other teams can give us is welcome and Arsenal have dropped points against Southampton. "But we will maybe drop points before the end of the season and it's always like that in the championship - you can't get too high and you can't get too low when you drop points. "You have just got to keep on plodding away, take any chance and stop making mistakes."
