It’s 4pm. United and Chelsea fans should be enjoying a massive fixture which could hugely shape the way the rest of the season would go.
As it is, we have no game to enjoy, with Chelsea Football Club making the decision to postpone the game 29 hours ahead of kick off.
Daniel Taylor, The Guardian, reported at the time of postponement that conditions outside Stamford Bridge were “not bad at all”, “only slushy” and “pavements well gritted”.
A police spokesman said: ‘There were concerns over public safety. Clubs liaise with the police in the run-up to a game and are in regular contact. The final decision is made by the club.’
United were happy to travel and had planned to take the 2.34pm train from Manchester Piccadilly, as the trains from Manchester to London were running yesterday, they are still running today. The only Tube line which is closed is Waterloo and City (Stamford Bridge is on the District line).
The picture above is from a street four minutes drive from Stamford Bridge. Would it really be a danger for fans to be travelling around in these conditions?
Lots of games in London were called off yesterday, so if we were playing then and it was called off, then we’d just have to accept that was how it was. But the point is we weren’t playing until 4pm today, so why did the decision on the game need to be made at midday yesterday?
If this morning CFC felt the conditions were too dangerous after their consultation with the police, then fair enough. But as the pictures show and the public transport confirm, there is no reason why the game couldn’t have been played tonight.
The majority of the stadium would be filled with Londoners, who didn’t need any advance warning. The vast majority of those coming from Manchester wouldn’t have set off until this morning anyway, so where is the logic in making such an early decision?
It begs the question, if Chelsea were top of the league with a game in hand, if they were playing well, if their most effective players were fit and in good form and if United were playing badly, would they have cancelled the game at midday yesterday or would they have waited until this morning?
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This is worse than an international break. Wonder what the pools panel will decide the result would have been? Score draw I should think.
Coz they just didn’t want to play us right now!! I said it when it got postponed, the perfect excuse!!
chelsea rent boys were quaking in their boots before this game was called off
Why did United have zero say in the postponement? It isn’t a decision to be taken lightly and we should at least have some say in the matter, surely?
I still find the decision to postpone more than a day in advance just daft.
I bet some Chelsea rent boys will be on the game tonight, regardless of the weather.
Was expecting a big post about Sir Alex today Scott after becoming the club’s longest serving manager.
Sigh….managed to scrounge some decent tickets for today’s game n’all …. managed to convince the missus to come as well incorporating shopping as well (had to to get forgiven for Cheryls fanny joke that went SO wrong ….remember Redscot) and not only was the game cancelled but it went and fucking snowed every fucking where ….so i gotta go bastarding shopping tomozz now….. fuck it fuck it fuck it.
i blame it on them cockney rent-boys cunts…… and not on my sense of humour ….sigh…… at least getting casserole and dumplings for scran,,…… doubt I,ll get a shag though……as its a slow day will bang on a cracking joke later….
Ken bates tried to put an electric fence up in the 80`s to contain their own fans so nothing should surprise you with this classless shower of west london shit. But most chelsea fans won`t know who bates is, let alone remember the ground before it had seats. Most chelsea fans do not remember B.D – before dennis (wise), one of their heroes, along with Zola, who is their `all time legend`. Must be fun being them, sure as hell funny watching them trying to be a big club.
I thought it needed a match official to cancel a game? Obviously the local authority and local police are in cahoots with the Renties…if the renties wanted it cancelled, it will be cancelled. This needs to be looked into further.
HERS:
He was quiet tonight, subdued just not himself….
something was wrong,
He hasn’t kissed me all night
He didn’t even look in my direction.
I think it is another woman.
I went to bed and cried
He followed me up later.
I cuddled up to him and stroked his hair.
He lay so still.
Eventually we made love and fell asleep in each others arms.
HIS:
United could only draw away tonight…..fucking gutted…… got a shag though.
It’s things like this that make the BPL feel like a garage league…it’s obvious what Chelsea are up to: they don’t want to play us right now so they had the game cancelled for no good reason at all…and will they be punished? Will the BPL look into the matter? Of course not. Garage league!!!!
they prospone there evil day
probably too stupid to say, considering who I would want to address this to, but what about FA to decide if this should have been played or not? not Chelsea but “independent” function. you know why there are quotes, don`t you?
They are scared shitless that’s what it is. It’s ok though Hargreaves should be back in…
look …….THE FUCKING REASON THAT THEM cOCKNEY CUNT GOT THE GAME POSTPONES IS BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING SHIT AND WEA ARE IN A GOOD RUN OF FORM….SIMPLE AS ATHAT
look …….THE FUCKING REASON THAT THEM cOCKNEY CUNT GOT THE GAME POSTPONES IS BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING SHIT AND WEA ARE IN A GOOD RUN OF FORM….SIMPLE AS ATHAT
Tony mate. Ha did your misses see the cheryl joke? Bet you are in the doghouse. Gutted for you and the fact yuou had tickets for the bridge. What ya done just gone shopping in the smoke? God I am fucking bored. Have three work days and xmas fucking day to get through before I watch united again. Anyway regardless of the rentboys form and fat franks fitness we will still beat them whenever we play them. Let’s not forget united could be in even better form and the chavs could be even thinner on the ground considering their wafer thin squad.
Inexcusable. Fucking cunts. At least Park will be available for the re-arranged game.
But Scott there is the tiniest bit of the white stuff on the floor and it’s wet, surely that is way too dangerous for the delicate residents of Surrey to walk on, they may have to get the tyres of their 4×4′s wet.
He always scores in the big games……
karma will come back and haunt Chelsea
they’ll lose to Arse, we’ll beat Sunderland and be 6pts clear of them, 9 once we beat Blackpool
Bah humbug.
Simple: Chel-shit were too frikking scared to face the might of the Red Devils. Glory Glory Man Utd and the rest can go to hell!!
Plain ridiculous. Nothing else to be said.
You look at their laundry over the past week and it will fully justify the postponement. They’ve been running scared.
I went to far yesterday in my discuss with a leading European power coming to a halt???? And for my birthday missing a game with my favorite team but come on an play the game.
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@Zibbie
Been doing the rounds for ages pal!
Costa- Haha good one.
chelsea rent boys, their blatently scared of playin us at this point in the season.
Off topic, can anybody fill me in on the Eikrem situation, has he actually gone, if he has ill be so gutted
There’s talk the game will be pushed into later in the season.
Willie. If it is that is bang out of order. So we are gonna have to be a game behind and with a potential title decider and have to wait three or four months. Disgraceful. Not good enough. Not good enough at all. However I do think unless the rentboys spend reasonably big in jan which I don’t think they will then they could be dead in the water come march due to their blatant lack of squad depth. The like of mceichran and kakuta et al are NOT gonna do the business if required.
If old farts at the EPL knew what justice was, they would award United 3:0 by default!!!!!
Only that would be an appropriate punishment for the Russian team at Stamford bridge!
if the game isn’t played untill later on maybe it won’t even mean anything it could all be over.our next 4 league games should all be 3 pointers,the postponement could work in utds favour.
costas.
once the captain of the ship was approached by a crew personnel………..
crew: sir……… i see an enemy ship nearby ready to attack……….
captian: ok…….lets fight them but first bring my red shirt from my cupboard……….
(the crew member brings him the shirt……….they go to war with the enemy and win………)
crew: well done sir……. but if i may ask why did you ask for the red shirt……….. is it lucky or something????
captian: nah……. its just that if i get hurt in the battle you lot dont get disheartened by seeing my blood on the ship……….
crew: brilliant sir…………. absolutely brilliant……..
some time later another crew member approaches the captain…….
crew: sir, we are surrounded by 20 enemy ships………. what to do now????????
captain: bring me my yellow trousers………..
King Eric – When can they fit it in? I hope it’s not later in the season, but they’ll be struggling to find a date in January. Deary me, Stanley Victor Collymore has tipped United for the league. That’s us jinxed now.
Load of bollocks. I’ve just been down by rentboy fc, safe enuff IRS just bollocks of southern ficking fairies
@Xyth
Fuck winning by default! Beat ‘em fair and square with a fit Lampard etc.
@devil without a cause
Haha! Awesome.
@King Eric
Hi mate. Better later in the season than on the 12th of January. The 19th will also be a good date, but it won’t be free for this game until it’s 100% certain that United and Chelsea won’t need FA cup replays. So it won’t be free until January 9th. 10 days is probably a short notice to make it happen.
This has really fucked up our schedule. And I really hate being a game behind the rest.
we all know that there was no rhyme or reason as to why Chelsea postponed the match – none. they should be fined by the Premier League, and the FA and UEFA should investigate this …. any excuse that they use is unfounded.
Lets hope the toffee men beat the berties tomorrow, or they’ll probably flood this blog, telling us all, there gonna win the league.
My opinion is that any team that cancels a fixture regardless of reason gets an automatic 3 point reduction. The game could go ahead at a latter date, and if they win, can reclaim their points (=0). It just goes to show the russians are in charge of football at the moment, they bought the world cup and now they bought the premier league. Can’t we get some strippers in to liven up chess and a side show of donkey fucking and them maybe they’ll lose interest in our national game and fuck back to what their good at. Anyone know how to make a EA Sports fantasy chess game. The man who invents that saves football.
like I said united could be even further ahead has united have a home game against sland and chelsea are away to the girls scout club. But looking at those conditions it does raise the question that scott raised? were chelsea terrified that united could pull further away from chelsea, even though I think this could be a blessing for united
does anyone know for sure if its chelsea’s decision or someone else’s
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Oh and Tevez wants back to OT. FUCK OFF you argie bolox. I liked the player before coming to OT and loved the way he worked his heart out for us but like all Argies he has pissed us off and been a waste of our time. I never sang Argentina Argentina as many of you did because I remember being at war and losing loved ones.
The way I see it, Tevez can suck donkey dick and if Rooneys off come January I won’t shed a bloody tear. Its about time these whining little back stabbers with their 200000 pound plus wages per week can get fucking fired and work in bloody Tescos and find out what a real job is like and have a legitamate right to be unfulilled and miserable.
Ive invented a new kettle and would like to know if anyone out their has an electrical appliance store that will sell my new invention. Its beige and quite tall, its got a melted middle section all away round it and when you flip up the lid to fill it with water, Tevezs head is printed on the underside. Im expecting the first batch from argentina this week, those argentinian kids are good work force except little Tevez whos a lazy cunt like his old man. Makes two kettles a day for a few days then needs compassionate leave and needs to go home and spank a tire with a stick. In all hes a waste of space ike his old man.
Off topic – I heard a rumour that Qatar Holdings have made an offer to the Glazers of 1.5 Billion quid for Manchester United.
Anyone heard the same?
If they are afraid of the BOYS now wait till later. Imagine wet blue shorts or is it darker blue. or maybe brownish blue.
There were rumours circling last week about this DohaRed. I can’t see why the Glazers would sell even at that price. Would you sell a company valued at about that and making a good profit each year. I wouldn’t. If Uniteds valued at around 1.4billion then only a fool would sell for less than 1.9 billion. You dont just buy the assets but also buy the profit making machine.
This is all by the way brilliant news
Why?
Sir Alex has literally kept quiet throughout the campaign – he has seen city self destruct chelsea shit themselves and applauded Arsenal whilst at the same time letting the United players talk the talk and walk the walk.
This is all psychological and the gaffer knows that once you have teams in the head then that’s where United begin to rise.
Coupled with the fact that he hasn’t had a go at the refs and subsequently they haven’t been cold towards him and therefore United – this means that Sir Alex has everyone where he needs them to be.
Let chelsea postpone a match – of course no one denies here that it would have been good to have played them now – no doubt – but just step back and then see that they are fucked beyond recognition that as champions they need an excuse not to play the team they fear most.
Sir Alex may not like not having played today but in his head he knows that the time for United has come and his team must respond accordingly.
For others now know that United are coming.
Thank-you gaffer long may you continue.
DohaRed – these are old rumors that have done the round this weekend.
GoatinaUnitedShirt – that is modern day footballers for you, clubs have to adapt to the modern footballer or clubs like united will never win trophys. You got to realise scholes and giggs are a thing of the past. christ look at our last world footballer of the year that sums up today’s players
simple.
Abramovich paid the Premier League. He also paid the Police and the Local Authority to conspire.
And they say the Romans empire is finished, dirty buggers.
GoatinaUnitedShirt – thanks.
Who knows how these guys think? How can the glazers expect to make over a billion profit in such a short space of time. With Qatar winning the WC 2022, they may be looking for purchases like this to raise their profile. I’ve been working in Qatar, and you can’t figure the locals out and the way they think.
Gutted that the match is off today. A lot of United fans out here in the Gulf, and matchdays in the pub are brilliant.
GoatinaUnitedShirt – united are actually losing money every year. I do not buy the fact that the glazers payed that money off themselves. I really think there is a big possibility that they needed someone involved to help pay off that chunk of debt, this is the highest united will ever be. With scholes giggs neville retiring, fergie has got at most 4 years, in the next 2 years it would be a good time to sell. Anyone would be mad to think united’s value would get bigger, and there is only a phew willing to pay 2.5 billion for a club that will never make that kind of cash back ever.
Ironic last seasons Two top scorers can’t score not even from a penalty.Chelsea may have delayed the inevitable today but with a goalscoring ratio of less than one a game over the last 12 they are assured of defeat against Arsenal next game No question.
Can we get any information from the freedom of information act regarding how the G’s payed off the PIKS? – just a thought
MG – Reveal your source? lol.
willierednut
Just asking mate – could we find something out like that or were the PIKS paid off exclusively from America?
Where is a Wikileak when you need one
@fergie is the boss
You say United are losing money each year but that is only when interest payments are taking into account, that is paying back the loan, allbeit too slowly for my liking. The actual business is making massive profits. What also has to be taken into consideration is the fact that United are valued at 1.4 billion pounds in the middle of a recession when buyers are thin on the ground and very little disposable income. When the disposable income increases and we come out of this latest recession then Uniteds profits will soar as will their valuation. Those willing to take a punt in United will also be many more and all that will bump up the price to the 2 billion mark.
MG – There was articles on this a few weeks ago, but I don’t the glazers said where they got the money from.
Fergie is the boss. Hello mate. Of course united make that kind of money. It makes silly money. United is a cash cow. Mg. Spot on mate and funnily enough was thinking exactly the same. It is a huge psychological advantage to united. We know it and the footballing world knows it. The rentboys from the bridge have bottled the title and we aren’t even out of december. They will now know the red machine will kick on. Willie. Well isn’t stan the hypocritical cunt. Only two months ago he had written us off and said chelsea would piss it. The man is now eating his words. Gotta laugh.
willierednut
Right mate I must have sort of like missed those articles a few weeks ago then.
Something plucked out from thin air then
What are your thought? I bought up the question on another story and I got hammered by some.
About the Qatar buy out story. Because the hate and venom towards the Arabs.
If not the Qatar group then what?
1) Keep the Glazzars
2) The Qatar group
3) write in choice
Why isn’t the match re-scheduled for Wednesday ?
King Eric
Gday mate – we here on the ROM – those of us that believe in our team have never wavered in the face of despair – and we all know that we have been there with 7 draws this season.
But a team is being rebuilt again and passion has to be equally married off with belief and expectation.
It wil take time like it always does but United will come strong. We know this – we know what we have – most of us are always looking within the team – at the reserves – at the youth to see how we are – and although some have a long way to go – they will get there – like Ole said – it’s up to them to take this opportunity and make their mark.
If I was a young player who had Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as my guiding light – I’d put my ego to one side and make sure that I could be a United player the gaffer could not live without.
We get this – other’s like Stan the I beat up women never won fuck all with the scousers could have signed for United Man don’t get it. Of course many other’s share his warped view – namely the chelsea ass lickers – but that suits us just fine – each and every year we get this – each and every year we respond. Sometimes we don’t make it – but then mostly will do.
Manchester United are for those that get Manchester United. To those that don’t get Manchester United – they can hang their heads wherever they want to hang them – because ultimately we do not need people to tell us how good we are.
We already know.
My opinion is if the day has passed where the fan base can not own the team and put all the profits back into the club ( which the Glazzers global segmented branding of the club has increased revenue).
Then the biggest benefactor that will let good football people run the club is my choice. Or dream. If that is the Qatar group I’m all for it.
Mg. Superb post mate. 1oo% spot on.
I think you might be barking up the wrong tree Scott,it’s more to do with the nanny state culture than anything else.The premier league fixtures were falling like flies and CFC panicked…Now I hate those cock sucking rent boys as much as you pal but I don’t think their current form was a factor,maybe if they had 5/6 big players injured I could have bought into the theory but we’ll just have to be patient….
lmao. I am sorry boys forever the “realist” and of course the forked tongue pisstaker! lol
Where did this story orginate from.The Sunday Mirror, the only news outlet carrying this story of these imaginary Arab investors.Hardly the reliable news source for financial information and up to date FACT is it?
Think of it in context of no serious football to write about in their paper, what do you to still flog newspapers!Anser make up a story about the plight and financial pillaging at the biggest football club in the world.
On topic, Jaysus you know the worst fucking thing about this whole weekend, never mind the fucking boredom of no live British football excluding that panto last night at Portman road, is that City can go top of the fucking league tommorow night.Thats fucking criminal in my opinion.
Cmon you Toffee’s
Fuck you Tony B, you can bury yer heid in Cheryl Coles fanny for all i care, I hope yer wife busts yer credit card while ooot shopping.lol
@denton davey
Good question. When have they ever done anyting quickly though? It took them 6 months to dish out Evra’s punishment for the Stamford Bridge fight.
i would love it if City tops the league tomorrow. Some bollocks will tattoo the league table on their belly tomorrow and show it off to the press, and only for them to lose the position next weekend LOL
King Eric
You’re welcome
Further
As a fan I can accept Arsenal beating us in a penalty shoot out in the FA cup final in 05 – no matter how hard that is to take and say – but I cannot accept Barcelona beating us in a CL final in 09 the way they did.
Why?
Because as long as United go down if they have to go down fighting for it then one cannot walk away from that feeling of desire and respect for the club. We – those that believe in United know we are not entitled to win everything – but the lesson is we have to do it the United way no matter the outcome. When United themselves do not adhere to the very principles they have set themselves then it’s hard sometimes to come to terms with what we are left with.
That doesn’t mean however that we will stop supporting our team – far from it – but we expect our team to respond and therefore to respond the only way possible.
This club in all it’s glory symbolises a defining characteristic that no other club can match.
Manchester United will never give up – Manchester United will never die.
King Eric – alright hows u. Yes united are a cash cow but the interest payments is still stopping united from developing the club has it should, the club is still not making record profit because of the interest payments. Like extent OT invest in the team on some quality players like another wide player, and another CM. The squad is still in good shape, but for me united do need a change in ownership especially has the boss will be leaving in under half a decade.
GoatinaUnitedShirt – it has become a joke how the club’s debts are still well past the 500 million pound threshold, the debt should be atleast 300 million not 500 plus million. I would not be suprised if the clubs ownership changed hands in the near future, and the glazers would not care what type of owners they are.
@bchilds
Fair enough. Then rather than giving us the match by default, they should deduct 3 points from the rent boys!!!
Some entertaining posts here, but almost everyone has missed a very serious point by Scott. What Chelsea have done is an absolute outrage. Theere was NO justification for the postponement, certainly as early as it was decided. I live in SW London and everything is going as normal, and it’s only 20 or so minutes away from Stamford Bridge. This has been an ‘abuse of process’ by Chelsea (and the local police if they’ve been involved, hardly likely to be Reds).United and United fans should be kicking up one hell of a fuss and not just meekly joking around the subject as everyone here has been doing. It’s not only helpful for Chelsea to postpone now because they’re out of form, it adds to United’s fixture pile-up coming after the Blackpool postponement. This decision will have a serious material knock-on effect on United’s season, and was almost certainly designed to do so. In stead of screaming abuse at them in language the authorities will ignore , there should be a huge and serious protest about this, if only to put moral pressure on Chelsea and the authorities so a trick like this can’t be played again.
best part about this whole rent boy fiasco is that Alec can enjoy his milestone in peace.
the media usually goes out of its way to make special occasions like this dramatic.
Thank fuck this occasion wasn’t one of them. chelsea on the other hand still have L’rse.
Facing their fiercest London rivals after we’ve beaten them will be too much for chelski.
And L’arse – who are in form – have never had a better opportunity to beat the rent boys.
Its at the Emirates and they’re above chelsea in the table, scoring more conceding less.
Only one winner for me next weekend, but it ain’t “the champions”
@Giles. Good evening Sir, thought out post as ever.Yes I take the piss and deflect from the issue, well there was one or two other themes going!
Does the failure of the fixture not effect Chelsea, also and they have a lesser backlog.
I realise the Blackpool game adds extra pressure Giles.
I think its unfair to call conspiracy on Chelsea when you recognise the whole English and premiership cancellations.
I mean the whole football programme was cancelled, almost!
Its just this day of litigation and safety.I mean some adverts you see on the television.
Its just namby pamby.
Where I come from and my experience, well old Firm matches, pissing in your pocket is the least of your worries.Its getting out alive!
@ Giles
Agreed mate, it does appear to be a blatant attempt by chelsea to gain an unfair advantage at our expense, and absolutely people should be protesting, if only to set a moral precedent and deter clubs from following chelseas example in the future. Problem is mate nobody has any real faith in the people that run our game any more, not to speak for others but I certainly don’t. However the point your making is absolutely valid, and I’ll be interested to here what Alec has to say about the affair in the week, esp considering Roy Keane lead his horde over the Alps against the odds to victory lol. So who knows? But im sure the decision making between the club and the local authorities will be reviewed at some point. Alot of local businesses were reliant on the game going ahead, and will therefore have an equal stake in finding out who decided what, im sure.
Paul Parker – I have seen out of form teams beat teams in form and we are not playing the best of football especially rooney who has been woeful at times. Remember united in november 2005 most united fans were terrifyed including myself we would lose that day to chelsea.
The council and the police made the decision, according to various sources.
Cheating f**king chavs even when not bloody playing!
Lets hope karma comes back round and tears them a nice big new one in their little rent boy backsides!
Carlo Fattolotti giving it all “We’re back on form”….”We’ve turned the corner” blah blah blah, i bet the fat waffling mug was begging them to postpone the match.
FITB – alright mate.
I see your point, out of form clubs beat in form clubs quite frequent, look at this season, wolves beating a full strength city, or west ham beating spurs. happens all the time. With chelsea going to the emirates they def stand a chance of turning their season around off the back of a victory, and they normally win against arsenal, but something tells me L’arse will finally beat them in the league.
Over the last 3 games the score is 7-0 to chelsea! the game before that Chelsea won 4-1, you gotta go back to winter 08 for a arsenal win, and yep the game before that was a chelsea victory too. Maybe if we hadn’t just beaten L’arse I wouldn’t feel so confident, but off the back of that defeat, and sitting ABOVE an out of form chelsea in the table, they’ll fancy it.
Putting our tight victory aside L’are are in good form and its a home game for them. Chelsea meanwhile are struggling and Lampards gonna be eatting more mince pies this week than jogging mate! No minutes under the belt for anybody today. Who do you reckon is gonna be more up for the fight at the emirates on Boxing Day? Half those L’arse boys don’t even look like they DRINK meanwhile the rent boys can be relied upon to turn up uninspired and under par.
I can see L’arse winning this one, just a hunch mate
A love fest between Paul Parker and RTHK, makes you wonder. lmao
Score on the day 1 zero.This is now that is zen.
lmao @ RedScot alright mate?
As a Chelsea fan I agree with the anger at the decision, it was way too early to call of and definitely benefits us. However I think talk of a Russian “conspiracy” is a little far-fetched when all-but 2 games have been called off so far, probably more to do with health and safety. Living in the south-east around 40 mins from London there’s still a fair amount of snow, and some which was forecasted to fall in London fell here earlier. Still looking at the pictures of the streets near the Bridge it’s pathetic.
@ Paul Parker yes good buddie just learning and having a laugh with my mates on ROM. lol
As always we cutting digs!
Yes RedScot, a friend of mine went to Ibrox for an Auld Firm game and there was a vicious killing among fans leaving the ground, knives and stuff. As a Spurs fan he said he’d never again say the North London derby was ‘intense’.
There would´ve been loads of international fans in both Chelsea and utd end who wouldnt have been there if the match was on due to closure of all major airports. And if they would´ve got to London somehow and found out only 3h before the match that it´s off, then it would´ve been a tragedy as well. So I think Chelsea did the right thing calling it off as early as possible and saved many people travelling.
@fergie is the boss
I wish people would learn to understand figures before quoting. The club makes a healthy cash profit. The holding company makes a ‘paper’ loss due mainly to the non-cash accounting write offs. Without these non-cash accounting write offs the holding company makes a small profit
its getting ridiculous nowadays!…..I can only think thats its something to do with fans taking out lawsuits if they fall over or hurt themsleves,
Its embarrassing!
Paul Parker – it is a double edge sword, if united lose to chelsea at stamford bridge we will say it is a real bitch the game was called off add the fact it was a fergie aniversary, was it written in the stars was it actual fate that united were gonna beat chelsea we will never know. But I do not trust this years prem with some real weird stuff going on, anything could have happened. But I agree about arsenal I would not trust arsenal, they cant defend, they do not track back and they are simple powderpuff thinking they play great football when it is has feble has a plastic sword. Arsenal were never in great form, their home record this year is pants, and they are has bad has 2006
Under Premier League rule E13, a match can be postponed or abandoned only if it clashes with a Champions League, Europa League or FA Cup fixture; by ‘order of the police or any other authority exercising its statutory powers’, with the approval or on the instruction of the referee or with the ‘prior written consent’ of the Premier League board.
I smell a conspiracy here. Chelshit should not have been involved in the decision to cancel. It stinks.
why hooliganism is not footballs problem, piece on the scourge of the game – sorry its off topic but think it is always relevant
http://wp.me/p1cykJ-4H
i live in london and i dont think that the game should have been called off. having said that, if you believe in looking after the fans etc they made the right choice, no trains, planes, poor motorways etc… on top of that – i am not scared of playing them at any time – if we want to win the league we shouldn’t be. we are a fantastic team in our own right, and whether they are on form when we play them or not doesn’t really matter. i am ready to back our team, and I would rather we beat Chelsea when they were at their best so there are no excuses. winning is one thing, but dominating is another. Wait til the match is rescheduled and we will play them. we are good enough to win, and lets see what happens…
Chelsea will be a different animal with Fat Frank back, i have watched them a lot this season, and they play like they have a midfielder who will score goals, cutting balls back etc when Lamps isnt there, this play is wasted, when he is, this equals goals. I am not scared of playing them at their best because i genuinely believe that we are better. If we are to win 19 titles this is the type of obstacle we must overcome…
on another note- i have been nothing short of thrilled by Anderson’s recent performances of late. excellent play linking defence and attack.he breaks up the oppositions play with ease and has such strength on the ball. if he keeps playing like that, we will have a real player on our hands, energetic, disruptive, and creative. he has the vision, he just needs to be more creative with his passing
I live down in London now, and I was able to travel right the way from zone 3 north to zone 3 south, all the way across town on Saturday night, and get back at 3am, all clear.
They obviously did it because they are scared and they wanted the extra time to rest Fat Frank, but, it also means that we will get to rest some of our players who needed it, and they will rue the decision as the gamble won’t pay off. Imagine how lame they are going to look when they still loose this fixture despite the chicken tactics.
british people are sissys you have never experianced true winter yet all of you cry over little snow
siggsigg says:
british people are sissys you have never experianced true winter yet all of you cry over little snow
Yes, I rather think the point of the article is the opposite of what you suggest and so your attempt at a wind up falls a little flat.
In my own opinion I can see why Chelsea might have wanted to have the game postponed but in reality it does them no favours or us for that matter. I’m pretty confident our team is starting to wake up from its early season slumber and with the re-emergence of Ando along with the rest of the team we are probably better equipped to sustain a challenge this year than last season.
All hail Man United. 7/10 games called off. 90% of matches around the country are of but cause it Man Utd it should be on. You have two pictures of London and thats the evidence for the match to be on. If the match could have been played it would have.
So what’s a true winter like I wonder? -50 deg C where your breath frosts in front of you and your piss freezes as soon as it touches the ground, such that you have to keep backing off or holding it in at regular intervals?
But then again, you’d probably die from heatstroke when it’s 30 deg C since you’d probably never have seen true summer.
JP – Maybe if you’d bothered read to the article before submitting your comment you wouldn’t look so foolish.
If Chelsea had made the decision on Sunday morning, fair enough. But they made the decision almost 30 hours before kick off. Why? Would they have waited until Sunday morning if they weren’t currently suffering the form a relegation side? The Ipswich game went on, all the rugby games went on. Chelsea shat themselves.
Chelsea are just plain chicken & they’ll do anything to get an advantage. Just see who their captain is…the philandering john terry. We only see the players, but the whole club is cheating, lying, sick. That’s why they sack the only honest person in the club, Ray Wilkins. A club without morals, that’s Chelsea. It will come to haunt them, like the CL final penalty miss. In the final game of the season, they’ll need a penalty goal to win the league, & john terry will miss again.
@YorYor i live in calgary so i’ve experinced -40c you wouldn’t want to be pulling your dick out to piss in those temps mate.no we don’t die in the summer and our summers are nice.its -15c this morning but to be honest when i come home to england because its so damp 0 degrees with the wind blowing is much colder than calgary at -10 to -15 calgary its well above sea level and a drier climate makes a big difference
JP – Chickenssssssssssss
congratulations on making onto Football365, Scott!
Scot If some falls around the stadium or in the stadium and files a lawsuit who pays out the compensation. Not you so I don’t think your in a position to comment on why the match is off based on two pictures.
@Jp its not just scott’s opinion most newspapers are saying is should have been played.some think chelsea should lose 3 pts, to postpone it that early was a joke,chelsea didn’t want to face us simple as that.so why don’t you fuck off back to the hole you crawled out of
this JP is so stupid. He doesnt understand what you mean Scott. I bet all other Chelsea fans are also embarrassed by him.
well JP its not Chelsea that would pay out is it, you plank
those pics make me physically ill
Stupid Chelsea, trying to defend the desicion is just as stupid. Should have been punished, but they know they wont be.
their groundsman must be the best groundsman in the world. First he wins the bizarre case against Evra.
Now he comes out with the “tomorrow the snow will come down heavily the pitch will be frozen my telephone is out of battery so my pitch couldnt tell me he was freezing so now we can wait until Drogba n Frank is fully fit to battle the best team in the league” story
I seem to recall Middlesborough doing this when they had their players crippled by an illness and they were docked three points.
I have no doubt this will be rescheduled for a busy period in United’s fixture list.
C’mon, let’s be fair…. We all know what happens to John Terry in slippery conditions! : P
@ Giles, thank you for reading my post! its just my enthusiasm for “our” Club and general excitement.I am so chuffed we are still top of the league.
I wont go into the old firm matches, generally vile and filled with hatered and a caustic atmosphere.
Because I read your marvelous last post on here that had me totally gob smacked with your writing and knowledge, you will understand the reference to pissing in the pockets.
I hope you are smiling like a “Fulham” Cheshire cat tonight. I know i am Sir.
I think it puts us in pole postion now.Looking at Arsenals next 4 games and Chelsea’s.
We should be 5 clear bye the end of January.
I liked your the “Omens” reference in your post, sadly God as the final say and Officials and safety measures.I noticed Hawksbee and Jacobs on talk sport today, discussed litigation.
Refer to my post Giles. Its going soft.
THIS IS BIG CLUB MENTATILITY I CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN A LESSER TEAM CITES PROBLEMS ALA BLACKPOOL THE RENT BOYS ARE RUNNING SCARED COZ WERE ON THIER CASE
THAT’S JUST CAPITAL.