Angry Fans
You may agree with him or then again you may not. This week Sol Campbell on racists; IFA should be kicked out of football; Local soccer players to be fined for yellow and red offences; Englandâs booing fans adopting Italian approach; Rooneyâs barber; Reward for Ashley; Will teams be able to afford to travel to South Africa; UEFA on banning clubs with huge debt; Camorra affect on football; Biggest miss of all time; Lord Triesman is a fat cat.
The letter of the week goes to Mike from Cork. Get in touch with your postal address and our glittering prize will be in the post to you before you can say Little Fellows
I REALLY must vent my frustration at the ongoing bull-crap about poor old Sol Campbell, As Spurs fans, we have nothing but our voices to vent our disgust at this despicable piece of garbage, and therefore in any game he's playing, I hope we let him have it each and every time. However, this does not make Spurs fans racist, it makes us remind him of what a traitorous pr*** he is. Apparently he got upset by it. Well Sol, tough, you should have thought about that before you signed for the scum for nothing after telling us lies about how you were going to sign a new contract. If Steve Gerrard joined Man Utd for nothing heâd be most certainly found hanging out of a tree. At least we have the decency to keep it to the verbalâs. Get over it.
I was struggling to think of something that would sum up this letter and then I realised that Patrick had done it for me. "A despicable piece of garbage." Yes, that'll do nicely.
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WHAT if those great Spanish midfield players and stars of Euro 2008 Fabregas, Xavi and Iniesta were born in Ireland or Britain? Would they have made it to the top? Maybe not, because in this part of the world midfield is seen as a battle ground and no place for little fellows who like to get on the ball. That's why Robbie Savage has played more premiership football than Andy Reid or Wes Hoolahan. If Hoolahan was Spanish he'd be playing in La Liga and Robbie Savage would be a bullfighter. As for Euro 2008 Liam, it was a terrific tournament with no hype, just great drama and skill. Can the Premiership, with all its billionaire backers, measure up? Not, in a month of Ford super Sundays.
We'll overlook the fact that, actually, Fabregas thrives in the Premiership or at least in Arsenalâs take on same and award Mike our Letter of the Week prize for standing up for the talented little man in the middle.
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HI LIAM, may I burn your ear and the readersâ ears on an issue thatâs been in my head . . . I'd like to know what other football people think about the IFA in Belfast with regard to their refusal (or deafening silence) to condemn the "NI Supporters" (not a "tiny minority" either) that issued death treats to Neil Lennon when he played the North (where he comes from).He won almost 20 caps for them yet he was intimidated into leaving when he became a Celtic player. IFA's response . . . they publicly announce no player will be considered in future that has an Irish passport, only British passport holders will be considered for their international squad. Is this not illegal Liam? Is this not contrary to the Good Friday agreement making it illegal? Why no response from UEFA? Kick racism out of football and kick the bigots of the IFA out of football. That wonât happen tho, because UEFA are muppets.
Come on Seamus, there was hardly a direct link between the Neil Lennon affair and the row over eligibility which FIFA did their best to sort out, as it happens. As the Darron Gibson tug of war indicated, that was really about the quality of the player not the colour of the passport. I don't doubt that there are more than a few bigots north of the border but then I'm also aware of booing in Dublin every time a Rangers man turns out for a visiting national team.
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LIAM, a strange one today in reference to local soccer: bosses are demanding a 5 fine for yellow cards in the local game and 10 fine if you get four, suspension if you get five yellows. Iâm in favour of the suspension but this fine is ridiculous. Another way to make some cash I think. Weâre not professionals. Eircom league or Premiership stars donât get fined for yellow cards and they're on a wage from their clubs, where amateur players pay script to enjoy a kick about.
Well said, Keith. Mind you, it sounds like a very good idea to introduce to Angry Fans. Let the experiment begin...
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BUDGET day today . . . how about some help for the hard-pressed fans and supporters of the eircom League? A two-year moratorium on debts will do.
Two years? The way things are going, two hundred years might be needed. Yellow card (and âŹ5 fine for aiming too low.
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DESPITE Englandâs booing fans (donât you kinda think that theyâve got the supporters they deserve) are we seeing the development of a really Italian approach in their national team under Capello where they only win the games that matter. Can we dare to hope that the Trap is just as single-minded?
Can we get back to you on this one tomorrow night, Peter?
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IS THERE any more boring debate in football than the âGerrard/ Lampardâ conundrum and whether these two players can perform alongside each other? No one cares, not even the English?
True. Let's talk about something important instead...
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WAYNE Rooneyâs barber . . . is he having a laugh, or did he do that cut with a lawnmower? Talk about brutal.
That's more like it.
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WHAT sort of reward should the Kazakhs give to Ashley Cole for that penalty area pass directly to their player? How about Boratâs suggestion of cheese made from the milk of their mothers?
By my reckoning, this is only the four hundred and thirty second time Borat has been name-checked in relation to this game. Four yellow cards for persistent (and not very original) offending. That'll be 20 quid thanks.
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LIAM, do you think that any of these teams will even be able to afford to go to South Africa, even if they qualify?
I don't know if this missive lost something in the editing process so I'll have to assume Stephen is talking about those weaker footballing nations who have been devastated by the global economic meltdown. So, no, I expect we won't be able to afford to go there.
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DOES UEFA general secretary really think he can ban teams like Manchester United and Chelsea from the Champions League because of his definition of âdebtâ (although how that applies to Abramovich is something I am still trying to work out â surely all he would do is put his money from one trouser pocket to the other). A few years ago Real Madrid were nearly 250m in debt. No talk of banning then, was there? Itâs no coincidence that UEFA have started squeaking just when it looks like the Champions League is going to be dominated by the Premier League for the next five years. When did that last happen? Oh, yes . . . the 1980s, just before Heysel.
Banning no, but it wouldn't it warm the hearts of League of Ireland fans if a few asterisks started turning up in the group tables of the Champions League.
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HAVE you ever seen a worse miss than Chris Iwelumoâs effort for Scotland at the weekend? Itâs right up there with the Ronnie Rosenthalâs one for Liverpool.
I hate it when people answer their own question. Red card and 500 fine for trying to put this ref out of business.
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