The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Gazz]

Where do we suggest a person who supports Leeds would go to comment on a Premier League match between Man Utd and Aston Villa?

Rotherham

[Matt]

There's Leeds fans in a Premiership thread?

I'm also a "whoever Man Utd are playing" fan.

Do Leeds fans ignore that the Champions League is a thing?

They got to the semi final once y'know

Bankrolled by invisilbe money, so it shouldn't really count, but still...

No other team has ever spent money they don't actually have... ever. Not one.

Besides most of the core of that team didn't cost us much (the only big transfers I can think of was Ferdinand [18m] who joined half way through that campaign and Viduka [6m]), it was the likes of Fowler and Johnson that we pissed away money on.

[Whisper]

There's Leeds fans in a Premiership thread?

I'm also a "whoever Man Utd are playing" fan.

Why inflict two defeats a weekend on yourself?

[Matt]

There's Leeds fans in a Premiership thread?

I'm also a "whoever Man Utd are playing" fan.

Why inflict two defeats a weekend on yourself?

I wonder as much every weekend.

[Colly]

Where do Sky get these pundits? The issue isn't that Young 'makes a meal of it', its that he's kicked the ball one way then ran into a player the other way, and fallen over.

[Dan]

There's Leeds fans in a Premiership thread?

I'm also a "whoever Man Utd are playing" fan.

Do Leeds fans ignore that the Champions League is a thing?

They got to the semi final once y'know

Bankrolled by invisilbe money, so it shouldn't really count, but still...

No other team has ever spent money they don't actually have... ever. Not one.

Besides most of the core of that team didn't cost us much (the only big transfers I can think of was Ferdinand [18m] who joined half way through that campaign and Viduka [6m]), it was the likes of Fowler and Johnson that we pissed away money on.

It was a joke, calm down.

[Matt]

Wrong thread...

While I'm here, meh, when you hear Man Utd fans telling you that on a regular basis, it does start to piss you off.

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EDIT- Wrong thread

Edited April 15, 2012 by cymru96

[The Lusophone]

Only seen the Welbeck goal, so was the penalty as bad as everyone's making it out to be?

Disgraceful, and that's coming from a United fan.

[Baddar]

To be fair, that's a bad angle. The defender's foot did catch Young's as he tried to pull away. It was theatrical, but I do think he fouled him.

A good game to win, that one. It means we can win the league with a win at the Etihad providing we beat Everton next Sunday, which won't be easy, but I'm sure we'll do the job.

[METALMAN]

There's bias...and then there's Baddar.

[Summers]

He didn't foul him. Young kicked the ball one way, then ran into Clark as Clark is moving out the way.

Suarez got booked for doing much less, as did Carruthers in the pool/Villa game.

[TCO]

To be fair, that's a bad angle. The defender's foot did catch Young's as he tried to pull away. It was theatrical, but I do think he fouled him.

[EddieG]

I think referees just favor Man U to see how much they're gonna get away with before the FA does something.

[Colly]

That's the good angle if you ask me, its the one where Young actually seems interested in the football, the other one makes it look horrendous. Awful awful call, and he's quickly cementing a reputation.

[Baddar]

I'm not being biased - it just looked as though Clark went to put a challenge in, then pulled away just after he'd made contact. The difference with the other angle is that you can see Clark making contact with Young much clearer ...though for those who are adamant he's conned the ref, it's Young making contact with Clark, I guess.

[Liam]

Whilst I thought it was a dive, I do agree with Baddar. Clark did put his leg out there, and drew it back (a) before Young caught him or (b) as Young caught him. To me, a bit hard to gauge. However, he looked for Clark with his leg, and dived. So yeah.

[Summers]

You are being bias. The contact was Young kicking Clark, as Clark moved away. Young had no interest in following the ball.

[Baddar]

You are being bias. The contact was Young kicking Clark, as Clark moved away. Young had no interest in following the ball.

The way I've saw it, is that Young has tried to plant his foot and then dart towards the ball (the direction he's looking) - that's when the contact occurs and he goes down. For Young to turn towards the ball, the position his boot comes down looks natural to me, and Clark's foot was there. Yes, he tried pulling away, but the two players made contact.

[The Lusophone]

I think referees just favor Man U to see how much they're gonna get away with before the FA does something.

I think the idea that referees 'favor' United is pretty much bullshit.