I've always liked Beckham, great player who always gave everything for his country. I expect Mincey's dislike stems from the fact he used to play for a certain team in Manchester who wear red 
I've just turned the City v Utd game on, seems the red was beyond harsh. Another game ruined, Chris Foy really is a complete tool!
Chris Foy really is a complete tool!
He should stick to cycling!
(The old ones are the best)
Great result though but.
Chris Foy's positioning is the worst of any ref I've seen lately.
He kept getting in the eyeline of the player looking to make a pass and, towards the end of the game. actually got completely in the way and caused a corner to be given.
If that had caused a goal for City Fergie would have had him on toast
Think we made up for it second half... baffling some stuff by Foy Shame there was no Hart, Barry, Dzeko, Clichy, Balotelli or either or the Toure brothers. Kolarov had a shocker first half, made up for it with the free kick though.
Now... I'm off to tell that cyclist on twitter how crap he is at refereeing.
Not sure what to make of Vinnies tackle, looks like two feet and by the rulebook was probably a sending off.... what pisses me off more is that he wasn't actually even going to call a foul until Rooney ran up to him shouting for a red.
I've always liked Beckham, great player who always gave everything for his country.
This is not me having a go at you Prometheus but in the above statement, also I am feeling slightly pedantic.
We see a lot of this kind of generalised, unqualified statements in sport. What I would suggest is that the only person who can validate this statement is Beckham himself. I would also suspect that he has not always given everything for his country. There will be occasions when he has come off the field and know he has played below par and could have done more or better.
I would also ask this question. If you are sent off while playing for your country, does that constitute giving everything?
So as I say, just a few thoughts and not a dig at you Prometheus.
P.S.
"I am going out there and giving 110% today"
The moment the game kicks off, that player owes 10%, so is in defecit !!
Well I agree with Prom. Beckham is in fact the major model professional of recent years. As a crowd we always showed him respect, unlike Kean and that cheating twot Ronaldo. As I recall his sending off was a total disgrace. Though to be fair they send players off for even less now, as today has shown.
Liverpool vs United...
Someting tells me that police in merseyside have just gone f*cking ape sh*t
Yep just heard that on 5live Avalon. They think Mark Hughes or Steve Bruce will get the job.
EC - re Beckham. I agree with Prom and Joe. Beckham has always seemed to give his all and he has put his global fame to great use for Britain and England by travelling the world and meeting officials and flunkeys from all over to try and get us the Olympics, World Cup etc. He has been a fantastic ambassador for football, sport in general and this country.
Yep just heard that on 5live Avalon. They think Mark Hughes or Steve Bruce will get the job.
EC - re Beckham. I agree with Prom and Joe. Beckham has always seemed to give his all and he has put his global fame to great use for Britain and England by travelling the world and meeting officials and flunkeys from all over to try and get us the Olympics, World Cup etc. He has been a fantastic ambassador for football, sport in general and this country.
Hi, Veggie. I hope that all is well with you.
Have heard that QPR have sacked Colin W
Ha ha, which club will be Colin's victims next? He's never really been a Premiership manager. I can't believe that QPR can do much worse than Colin. Hopefully they won't go for Lambert - but luckily QPR do seem to go for mediocrity in their management. The Ipswich Town job must be up for grabs soon as Paul Jewell can't hang on there for much longer! 
I've always liked Beckham, great player who always gave everything for his country.
This is not me having a go at you Prometheus but in the above statement, also I am feeling slightly pedantic.
We see a lot of this kind of generalised, unqualified statements in sport. What I would suggest is that the only person who can validate this statement is Beckham himself. I would also suspect that he has not always given everything for his country. There will be occasions when he has come off the field and know he has played below par and could have done more or better.
I would also ask this question. If you are sent off while playing for your country, does that constitute giving everything?
So as I say, just a few thoughts and not a dig at you Prometheus.
P.S.
"I am going out there and giving 110% today"
The moment the game kicks off, that player owes 10%, so is in defecit !!
I'm not really sure what to say to you if you are genuinely of that opinion. You can't have seen a lot of football matches. I can spot lethargy and half-arsed effort on the pitch within a couple of minutes. I have been watching exactly that most of this season with Chelsea, players simply not putting in any kind of shift and instead just tapping the ball to each other on the halfway line.
Beckham has never played a game like that in his life. He put in maximum effort every time he played, probably because he loves the game which is why he is still playing even now (let's face it he doesn't need the money) and he's saved the day for England more than once. I've got a lot of time for him and always said I would have loved to see him at Chelsea when he was at his peak. A truly great player and I agree with Veggie he's also a great ambassador for English football off the field.
Agree about Beckham and agree about Chris Foy being a clown.
Have heard that QPR have sacked Colin W
Ha ha,? He's never really been a Premiership manager. I can't believe that QPR can do much worse than Colin. Hopefully they won't go for Lambert - but luckily QPR do seem to go for mediocrity in their management. The Ipswich Town job must be up for grabs soon as Paul Jewell can't hang on there for much longer!
He probably thinks he's too big for the Ipswich job and is expecting to get the call from the FA to step into Fabio's hand-made Italian shoes 
As an impartial observer I would point out that Ipswich are a bigger, more successful, and better supported team than QPR ever will be, in spite of the latter's temporary premiership home.
Well I'll take that tonight. We weren't great but the game and the performance were a sideshow for the Return of the King - who duly obliged.
Papering over the cracks maybe - but what paper
I thought that Dirty Leeds were far poorer than the team we played last season. They didn't have Griedle (sp) and Snodgrass and missed them badly. No creativity at all - not that we were much better at times
Mark Hughes considering the QPR job (having had discussions with the club yesterday).
A good appointment for them – but I’m not sure if it will be such a good move for Hughes.
I thought that Dirty Leeds were far poorer than the team we played last season. They didn't have Griedle (sp) and Snodgrass and missed them badly. No creativity at all - not that we were much better at times
I listened to most of the game on 5Live and i'm certain Leeds would have been delighted to take the tie back to Elland Road for a replay.
Hughes signs two-and-a-half year deal with QPR:
I love the crazy rumours you get at this time of year. Apparently Coyle is after some young 5ft6 kid called Juan Iturbe at Porto who has been dubbed the next Messi. The rumour stretches to AVB (who is good friends with Coyle) leaning on Porto to let him out on loan to see how he does in the Premier League.
I have no idea what a sending off is anymore... I think we can be certain that either Mason or Foy got it wrong.
Slightly concerned that Mancini is turning into Wenger... I have been saying on my twitter timeline for months that Kolarov one of the worst players in the league, I would even play Bridge ahead of him, yet Mancini insists on playing him
Paul Jewell's sexist rant over female official
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16521776.stm
I thought he normally quite enjoyed being bossed around and humiliated by women.
Good old Bobby Manc
In an arguement with Gerrard, what does he shout out as Gerrard walks away? "Frosties!".
Yep, we showed him... can't get a better insult than a cereal brand.
There will be wild celebrations in Wales tonight, lots of happy Welshmen who will get the sheep involved in the action at some point.
I am finally losing faith.
Too many players who don't care enough and aren't good enough.
And the medical team who regularly make our injuries ten times worse than they were originally can pee off too
I watch quite a lot of Football League stuff and I remember saying last season that if Swansea come up they'll rip quite a few top PL sides a new arsehole, especially at home. Great to watch. It just shows that you don't need to spend millions on world class players to have a good footballing side that can pass and move.
Pleased for Danny Graham, he was great when he played for us.
Figueroa Unbelievable... how can he possibly give him just a yellow? Never seen something so blatent. He may aswell of just picked up the ball and ran down the tunnel.
Well considering they were playing against us there would of been a good chance he could get away with it.
