The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[METALMAN]

no

[Jimmy]

Na, we went down but qualified for the Uefa Cup again through the fair play rule.

[Hobo]

Charlie Adam is fucking awful. Seriously what a pile of shite he is. That match was awful in all aspects not just from a Liverpool point of view, pretty dire to watch. Cannot wait for Everton and Stoke coming up next in our battle for 7th/8th place and the FA Cup.

If he could do that closing down role in midfield that he seemed to have in a couple of the United games this season, he'd be alright. However when he plays as a direct replacement for Gerrard he's often horrid. Although he tends to play for an hour and switch off.

A pretty telling stat: Liverpool have picked up just 16 out of 42 points since Lucas' injury. But picked up 23 points from 13 games before he was injured in Carling Cup.

[Colly]

Why is it that our pundits fail to grasp that there is no longer a 'goal line technology debate'? FIFA want it, Blatters said so, and the methods are being built, tested and assessed now, i.e. not ready. Might as well moan that there's no magic infallible refereeing robot every week.

[DavidMarrio]

Ricardo Fuller you naughty naughty boy.

[MJB]

Redknapp's interview on MOTD was a bit strange to say the least.

[DavidMarrio]

He's flapping it thats why.

[Colly]

Few more poor results and Fat Sam will be favourite again.

And that is awful from Fuller.

[Adam]

Seb Coates wants slapping for letting Bendtnr stroll in and score, terrible defending.

Great win for Everton, nice goal by Jelavic and Redknapp made me laugh with his interview, wasn't too chuffed was he

[Lineker]

brb, ending it all before Arsenal overtake us and force me to live in a cave until next season starts.

[Thrilla]

Could be a good goal scorer for us. I hope we get to see more of him during Bent's lay off. Gabby through the middle doesn't always work, so hopefully Weimann gets some good game time.

Sure all the fans that booed him onto the pitch agree as well. Now. >_>

[Summers]

Could be a good goal scorer for us. I hope we get to see more of him during Bent's lay off. Gabby through the middle doesn't always work, so hopefully Weimann gets some good game time.

Sure all the fans that booed him onto the pitch agree as well. Now. >_>

They didn't boo him onto the pitch. They booed N'Zo getting subbed off again when he looked the better of our wingers again. Had it been Albrighton coming off it wouldn't have happened. We play our best football with N'Zo and Ireland on the pitch.

[Baddar]

SAF was at the Lyon-Lille match last night, presumably looking at Eden Hazard.

...personally, my guess is that he was scouting Joe Cole.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Not long after the Gary Speed stuff, Redknapp thought it was a good idea to come out and say he was suicidal after the loss yesterday. Smart Harry, very smart.

[Lineker]

Wolves midfielder Jamie O'Hara was involved in a verbal confrontation with supporters after their 2-0 defeat by Blackburn in the Premier League.

A source told BBC Sport that O'Hara was surrounded by protesting fans at around 1800 GMT and "told them to go away", leading to a further exchange of words.

O'Hara was with his partner, model Danielle Lloyd, and children at the time of the incident.

The club are yet to decide whether to begin an investigation.

The incident occurred when O'Hara came out of the ground with his family and passed by a group of supporters. The midfielder was carrying one of his young sons at the time.

After the initial exchange, the Wolves player and his family moved away and went towards their car.

As they were getting into their car, further words were exchanged before he eventually drove away. O'Hara texted the club shortly afterwards to inform them of what happened.

O'Hara's partner was "upset" and "disgusted" by the incident. Her husband played the full 90 minutes during a game in which there were protests against chairman Steve Morgan and chief executive Jez Moxey.

Wolves manager Terry Connor says the demonstrations are hurting everyone at the club. Some fans expressed their unhappiness before kick-off and unfurled banners against the board who decided to dismiss Mick McCarthy.

There were further protests after the game with Morgan eventually going to speak to those involved.

"If there is a protest going on, it is against all of us," Connor said. "It is not easy to ignore, but we are all employees of the football club.

"Players, staff, everyone concerned. We are all in it together."

Blackburn forward Junior Hoilett's double left Wolves 19th in the table, with one win in their last 14 Premier League games, and some supporters are angry at the handling of Connor's appointment.

Steve Bruce, Alan Curbishley and Reading boss Brian McDermott were all considered for the post before former assistant Connor was given the job until the end of the season.

And he remains confident that his side can stay up.

He said: "I understand the supporters' frustrations, they want us to win our games but it's not always possible.

"They must keep coming and supporting, and we'll keep trying 100% until the last game of the season."

In contrast to the situation at Wolves, Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean believes he has finally won over the club's fans after climbing out of the relegation zone.

Kean, 44, has been the subject of sustained protests all season but praised the 1,400 Rovers fans who made the trip to Molineux. "For everybody involved it's been tough but the results are coming," commented the Scot.

[Starvinho]

United team vs WBA: De Gea, Jones, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Welbeck, Carrick, Scholes, Young, Rooney, Hernandez

Subs: Amos, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Rafael, Cleverley, Pogba

Pogba on the bench amid rumours he's signed a new four year deal at United.

Edited March 11, 2012 by Starvinho

[Lineker]

Manchester City are without defensive duo Joleon Lescott and Vincent Kompany, Stefan Savic comes in. David Silva and Samir Nasri both start in midfield. Mario Balotelli starts up front, Sergio Aguero makes way.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

United team vs WBA: De Gea, Jones, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Welbeck, Carrick, Scholes, Young, Rooney, Hernandez

Subs: Amos, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Rafael, Cleverley, Pogba

Pogba on the bench amid rumours he's signed a new four year deal at United.

Seen the odd rumour or two about that, nobody seems to have a source though and it could just be one of the usual tits making it up? Interested to see what the hell is actually happening with him and whether the Juve stuff is a done deal or not.

Nice lineup with Welbeck, Rooney and Hernandez all starting. I'd still rather see Rafael at RB though.

[Starvinho]

United team vs WBA: De Gea, Jones, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Welbeck, Carrick, Scholes, Young, Rooney, Hernandez

Subs: Amos, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Rafael, Cleverley, Pogba

Pogba on the bench amid rumours he's signed a new four year deal at United.

Seen the odd rumour or two about that, nobody seems to have a source though and it could just be one of the usual tits making it up? Interested to see what the hell is actually happening with him and whether the Juve stuff is a done deal or not.

Nice lineup with Welbeck, Rooney and Hernandez all starting. I'd still rather see Rafael at RB though.

Something has definitely changed for him to be put straight back into the first-team squad all of a sudden. If he has signed a new deal I'd expect United to confirm it soon.

[Lineker]

Man Utd: de Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Young, Carrick, Scholes, Welbeck, Rooney, Hernandez.

Subs: Amos, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Rafael, Cleverley, Pogba.

West Brom: Foster, Tamas, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Odemwingie, Andrews, Morrison, Mulumbu, Brunt, Fortune.

Subs: Daniels, Tchoyi, Long, Dorrans, Shorey, Cox, Scharner.

Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Caulker, Taylor, Allen, Britton, Sinclair, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Graham.

Subs: Tremmel, Tate, Monk, McEachran, Lita, Moore, Gower.

Man City: Hart, Richards, Savic, Toure, Clichy, Barry, de Jong, Nasri, Toure Yaya, Silva, Balotelli.

Subs: Pantilimon, Milner, Pizarro, Dzeko, Johnson, Kolarov, Aguero.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Manchester United make one change to the side that beat Tottenham with Javier Hernandez replacing Nani. Hernandez, Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck all start in an attacking looking line-up for United, with Paul Scholes also in midfield. Paul Pogba is on the bench for United. West Brom make two changes, Gabriel Tamas for Steven Reid, and Chris Brunt replaces Jerome Thomas. Swansea make one change for the visit of premier league leaders Manchester City as Wayne Routledge comes in for the suspended Nathan Dyer. Man City make five changes from their midweek Europa League defeat at Porto as Micah Richards, Stefan Savic, Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri and Mario Balotelli start. Centre backs Vincent Company are Joleon Lescott are out with a calf strains while James Milner, Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov are on a strong Man City bench