Europa Cup: Man United 1-0 Rostov (agg 2-1)

True, but it might become an issue further down the line if we don't step up our game soon.  It is looking like it will be another dismal year, I don't expect Leicester to go much further, and United, who knows?

No one actually believes that UEFA (or FIFA for that matter) actually favours  English clubs?

We've been screwed over and  over again since the 1980s, and that's just in my lifetime.

Look at what they did to avoid a 2nd all English final in 2 years.

Exhibit A


The list of injustices against the English are endless.

Would have been a bit difficult for our teams to meet!

Finally. Not that it matters.

How can you believe that?

1985 UEFA bans EVERY English club from European football for 5 years!

1986 The referee allows Maradona's handball goal to count, the whole world sees he punches it in with his hand, the whole world except the referee... sending England out the WC

1990 The referee books Gazza in the semi finals of the WC leaving him in tears as he's suspended for the final leaving team morale in tatters

1993 In one of the penultimate qualifying games for WC94, the referee fails to send off Ronald Koeman for the most obvious professional foul you will ever see in your life when David Platt is clean through on goal. To add injury to insult, Koeman goes up the other end to score a freekick (which the ref gave him two chances to score after he fluffed his first attempt). England go out as a result.

1998 The referee sends off Beckham after he tapped Diego Simeone. To make matters worse in extra time the referee disallows a perfectly good goal from Sol Campbell for reasons that to this day remain a complete mystery. England exit the WC

2006 Referee sends off Rooney when he accidentally stood on a Portugese player who was behind him. England surprise, surprise go home

2010 Referee disallows Frank Lampard's goal which crossed the line by about a kilometre against Germany. England go out as a result.

That's just off the top of my head. If you can find me another nation that has been screwed over more, I'd love to hear it.

No, football doesn't work like that, if that goal counts, which the whole stadium saw it cross the line, the game goes 2-2 and Deutschland are now on the backfoot.

It is a massive, massive handicap when teams are allowed to foul your players in the box at will, goals are being ruled out for no reason,  and referees are giving the opposition goals when they punch the ball in with their bloody hand!

I don't know, I don't think it is a conspiracy as such, I just think in the heat of the moment, for one reason or another most foreign referees just don't like the English and are more willing to give the opposition the benefit of the doubt.

I mean just tell me one country that has been on the wrong end of just the Maradona handball decision and the Frank Lampard goal.  Decisions that bad going against them?  I can barely remember us ever getting a break!  The closest was a dodgy penalty awarded to Liverpool in the 2005 CL final, and even then, that was a club game and I think they were 2 or 3 goals down at the time so the ref probably felt sorry for them and didn't think it would matter.

No, I've seen part of it on youtube now.  Funny.  I agree with Glen 'you must have done something bad in a previous life' Hoddle to an extent.  As a manager, I think you really want to be using positive language, and not be giving your players or staff a reason to fail.




The guys on BT were suggesting Jose was saying it to create that 'siege mentality' although I think Michael Owen also said he's talking rubbish.  Let's take one more look at that sensational interview:





And Mangora, the TV replays were inconclusive regarding the 66 goal.  We can argue about that one till the cows come home, so on that one, we just have to accept the officials got it right that day.