>I have to say, from the TV perspective, I was a bit >disappointed not to see a sterner reaction from >United players. Ronaldo seemed to be the only one >incensed but I expect they'd all >had instructions from Fergie NOT to get involved in >this sort of provocation. Ronaldo of course doesn't >speak English!
>Tery United players 'reacting' is the last thing we want to see. The violent conduct displayed by Arsenal has to acted on by the FA and hopefully punished. We only have to go back to the 1990-91 brawl and recall it was a shameful incident by both teams. Stooping to that level is not the Manchester United way. One thing that hasn't been touched on yet is the penalty pantomime. Barthez has previously been in on this, and yesterday we saw persistent dissent from the Arsenal players delaying the kick. Whilst all that was going on around the referee, Ruud took the ball and wandered outside the area, Lehmann made it his business to confront and intimidate him and try to wrestle the ball off him. The delay does not help the kicker one bit. It is gamesmanship and cheating. The answer is simple. The edict from the referee should be, everyone out of the penalty area now bar goalie and kicker. If not, Yellow Card. Goalie on his line now. If not, Yellow Card. In no time at all we will have penalties taken promply after the award and less of the shenanigans. The crackdown on goalies moving is one thing, but this is far more important. Paul ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Remanufactured Ink Cartridges & Refill Kits at MyInks.com for: HP $8-20. Epson $3-9, Canon $5-15, Lexmark $4-17. Free s/h over $50 (US & Canada). http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=6351 http://us.click.yahoo.com/0zJuRD/6CvGAA/qnsNAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
