“I think it was a case of a referee crumbling under the pressure at Old Trafford really,” said Jermaine Jenas. “The atmosphere, the occasion, the importance of the match, a lot of factors take their toll when making decisions.”
Sorry, Howard Webb crumbled under the pressure? Really? Tottenham Hotspur are 2-0 up at half time and cruising. Whatever demotivation talk Harry Redknapp gave played right in to United’s hands. It was as if they were fully anticipating a United comeback and they shat themselves.
The moment Cristiano Ronaldo scored that penalty, running back to the centre circle with purpose and determination, it was as if Spurs gave up entirely. Their defence was all over the place as our attacking players ripped them apart. Carlos Tevez hassled them for every ball, Rooney and Berbatov played through brilliant ball after brilliant ball. The message was clear, we’re coming to get you, and Spurs totally bottled it.
“Crumbling” is the perfect way to describe the behaviour of a team who conceded five goals in twenty two minutes. For Jenas to describe the referee in this way is absolute quality!
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i got the star this morning and i taught the same thing
i read the whole thing trying to see if someone would point it out but they didn’t
thank god scott was here to save the day
Sometimes footballers make the best jokes – often unintentionally.
when ashley heads to town with jermaine jenas, he likes to play with jermaines penis…
jenas is the epitomy of a spurs player, all the talent with no balls.. he could have been a serious player but was happy with his lot… harry was the same after the game, embarassing, most spurs fans have the same opinions as ourselves.. they were still 2-1 up and capitulated.. but this was webb’s fault..
i’m still looking for micheal, i’d love to hear his comments about berbatov. where are you, micheal? only post your drivel when united doesn’t play well?
Cant agree more
Someone sounds bitter… Jenas should be asking questions of his defense, not the ref.
sanj ya wont hear from him till about the end of july when the”this season is our season” crap starts again for the…………………20th…………………. time
ha ha ha ha
Apparently Webb told Dermot Gallagher that he made the wrong decision.Did Reily do the same?Did the ref at the Hull game do the same?Are all of them fuckers ABUs?
Wow gloating about a ref handing you the game, it would be alright if any of you were manchester.
Even fergie said it was fortunate, but you lot know better.
Maybe you should tuck in your glory hunting heads and save it for matchday, because you only started singing when you went in front, probably still chewing your prawn sandwiches.
Berbatov hasn’t played half as well for you as he did for us, he’s got problem with his attitued, just like you lot.
Bad losers, even worse winners
If this muppet didnt crumble under pressure maybe hed be an england starter instead of a reject
They were like Bayern Munich in ’99… gave up because they thought the job was done and with every goal we scored a huge part of Spurs’ soul was sucked out and they looked beyond caring.
The look on Huddlestone and Bale’s faces as they were waiting to come on as Subs said it all.
All credit to United for going for gold…. the finish line is only weeks away.
No doubt that Spurs lost their heads in the immediate aftermath of the penalty. I’m not sure that it was merely a case of crumbling under pressure, though. Clearly, Spurs players were still angry and, as a consequence, their judgement suffered. We’ve seen it often enough when Rooney loses the plot and the red mist descends – he starts making bad judgement calls that he wouldn’t otherwise have made.
We also have to take into account the massive boost that the penalty gave to the United players. Their play was totally transformed after that point. Would they have upped their game so dramatically but for the penalty? Highly debatable, given the utterly wretched display up until that point.
It also has to be said that United were given a second huge helping hand when Berbatov wasn’t given offside in the build up to the second goal.
All in all, a very lucky victory, despite the sublime play and total demolition of Spurs after the first goal.
WEll played Utd. We hope you go to win the league. I love being a SPURS fan!
Ffs where was the hysteria when united didn’t get pens against spurs in the cc final, everton in fa cup etc etc? Oh sorry forgot, we are living in a land of hypocritical jealous tosspots.
JimB – Berba was not offside, Corluka played him on and united were playing ok, you need your eyes checking. Spurs players should grow some balls.
I don’t agree that United were transformed after the penalty, it had begun before. Even in the first half there were signs that United were able to make chances, and just needed to up the tempo and concentrate. Then with Tevez leading the charge you could see the whole team were energised and up for it from the start of the second half. If they hadn’t got a pen I’m sure they would have got a goal eventually, opening the floodgates in the same way. You could just see the look in the Spurs players’ eyes compared to United. I just hope United remember how to do it in the same way in the tougher games ahead.
when ashley’s out with jermaine jenas he likes to fondle jermaines penis.. this guy is a nonce you can see it in the way he plays… he was even interviewed for G.A.Y magazine recently…
not being homophobic by the way, just stating facts.. hardly surprising eh?? jermaine is fairly camp
It’s obvious to one and all that Jermain puffs on meaty cigars. He’s a shite player to boot.
haha
he is a pillow biter no doubt…
Is sodomy still crime? We could have that dirty bugger locked up.
costas
what’s ABU ? please help me with understanding.
lucky victory ? you are kidding.
2-0 is not the end of the world. remember, the game is played for 90 minutes +. if you could score 2 goals at OT why can’t we score 5 ?
Just try to realize one thing. you don’t have guts, you don’t have the leader, you don’t have the coach who is the winner. a lucky FA Cup and that’s all. He looked hopeless as much as he looks in other games.
well apparently he is at it with young aaron lennon.. that has to be a crime.. midget porn and all that
corea
people who support abu
anyone but united
also known as liverpool fans who where chelsae fans the end of last season after changing out of there arsenal jersey they wore during the first half of last season
haha ) thanks ) so obvious but i didn’t figure it out.
HAHAHAHA HAVENT LAUGHED ON HERE THIS MUCH IN A WHILE, keanesmagichat is the man!!!
Im sure the immense pressure from the crowd was the reason Spurs didnt play with 10 men for 80+ minuttes aswell
@JimB:
Berbatov was like a yard onside at the second goal. Look at the lines on the field and look at Spurs right back.
he wasnt off side but the start of the 1-2 move was unreal ,berba was slick and classy
Never seen this blog before, but it popped up on Newsnow Tottenham.
Can’t believe Jenas, of all people, has come out with this bollocks.
Is it some kind of wind up or has someone actually heard him say it?
I don’t think anyone can say in all truthfulness exactly what would have happened if the penalty hadn’t been given, but the sheer audacity of Jenas with his comments is beguiling.
I think someone – anyone – needs to take this midfield imposter to one side and tell him that we were still winning after that penalty.
To hide behind the penalty decision smacks of cowardice to me, exactly what I’ve come to expect from him.
I’m no fan of you lot, but thanks for giving our girls a wake up a call. I can only hope that Redknapp ships Jenas and his ilk out.
Keanesmagichat is spot on when he says this is typical of Spurs players no fight at all, primadonna cunts.
Off topic – Talking of soft southern shites I see Tiny Tears and Fat Lumpard are moaning about the treatment from ‘ammers fans at weekend. Fair play if it is about Franks Mam as no one should take this but Terry for fucks sake. I thought he was Englands Lion Heart and he can’t take a bit of banter for 90mins. What about Becks who was getting proper abuse at EVERY single ground he went to in the 98/99 season. He got through it by letting his football do the talking and went on to do the TREBLE. Similar with Ronnie. Summat the cockneys could do well to remember. Fags.
I saw that too KE. And while I do agree with Tiny Tears to a certain degree, that the players should be able to have a small amount of banter with the fans without getting punished, but its just something about JT saying it that sounds so arrogant and disgusting.
5 seasons ago i got tickets to see united newcastle away crowd and i could not believe the stick and the chants screamed a keane but it didnt seem to faze him
i think it was 5 years ago
Gotta Hate Tiny Tears – It wouldn’t faze Roy though as he is a real leader and man, unlike that soft southern shite JT.
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as the name says
RichSpursFan – Did you miss the other four goals or something?
Lightweightandlame – Fair play mate, just make sure you beat the dippers at Anfield. Keane to get winner.
i read another comment on soccernet, there was this one lad saying Rooney’s goal didnt cross the line.. and now another one here saying Berba’s offside? WTF is wrong with them all? I dont think I ever get that bitter when losing to a performance that majestic. I could accept the 4 1 lose to liverpool was our mistake. Just WTH is wrong with these guys?
richspursfan, is your real name daniel levy? you sure sound like him with all your whinging. we are apparently “bad losers, even worse winners.” i wish i could make some kind of analogy for your club, but you don’t win. i guess i could say “bad at winning trophies, worse at keeping them” ? no, that doesn’t work either because you don’t win trophies, either.
I agree we did collapse and thats not good enough, but you cant deny that the pen changed the game! Whether we would have held on if this wasnt given is another question, and to be honest I doubt we would! but you really should be more humble, for 60 minutes Spurs were deserving of our lead and with a bit of luck we may have got a result! Mentioning cup finals and alike you’ve missed out on due to penalty’s not being given in your favour is crap! United at Old trafford get away with a lot you shouldn’t (not mentioning the Mendes goal that never was incident a few years back) but again fair play to you, thats what intimidating atmosphere the club and fans have created. With our future plans I hope we can go some way to emulating the success your mob have!
one question to spurs fans how did manchester united fans make it an intimidating atmosphere for the peno but yet “because you only started singing when you went in front, probably still chewing your prawn sandwiches.”
where the united fans sitting there quite or not
there you go ‘gotta hate tiny tears’, you’ve just summed up your petty attitude.
your mixing up comments mate, I was just typing my thoughts, didnt mention anything about how quiet you were!
Still thanks for taking the time to read my post
Have Spurs ever had a refereeing decision go their way, the way they go you would have though never.
We got a decision on Sat but we scored a further four goals, we deserved to win because we played with heart an desire maybe Jenas, Huddlestone ect should take a leaf out of our book.
Honest yid – I don’t think GHTT was referring to your comment but to others stating that there was no atmosphere at Old Trafford till we were winning.
fair enough, King Eric
I cant really comment on the Old Trafford atmosphere as I’ve never been there!
If your lot stuff the gooners on wednesday we’ll be happy!
@Honest yid:
Good start on your post, but it went downhill from there. With risk of being called “arrogant” and what not, do you really think you deserved the lead? You had a couple of chances in the first half and you made the most of them – well done. Youre even saying you deserved the lead for 60 minuttes – what? From the word “go” in second half you were on your ass. United had a couple of great chances (Ronaldo freekick rebound, Tevez shot from close range just to mention two big ones) BEFORE the penalty – you were already under huge pressure. What did Spurs have apart from the 2 goals? Nothing really, apart from a shot outside the area and the Keane chance AFTER you were already losing.
Like your manager (and everyone else) you talk about the pressure inside Old Trafford. Answer this question then: Why wasnt Palacios sent off after 7 minuttes for that two-footed flying assault he tried to pull on Ronaldo? Face it, you were lucky not to play with 10 men for most of the match.
Thank you for your appraisal of my post, I thought I was on for a good mark from you cap, but I then noticed you’d missed an R from your name
Im guessing I overestimated your ability to think when actually posting a question for you – sorry for that, wont happen agian.
you’ve completly missed the point ‘cap’
I didnt see any question as I gave up reading your reply. so no you didnt overestimate my ability, you under estimated my interest in your post
Shit
Pathetic
Useless
Rubbish
Same old shit
I’m not proud of that but.
It’s always United who are dragged through the press when a decision doesn’t go a certain way.
Not a mention of the penalty that we didn’t receive @ Wembley!
Not a mention of Palacios’ two footed super lunge which could’ve put Ronaldo out of the game had he connected. There was no connection? There was certainly intent and that itself deserves a straight red, but why don’t the press mention it and why doesn’t Mad ‘Arry Redknapp mention that decision as a potential turning point in the game?
Even worse why are Spurs supporters on here without taking that in to consideration? It was never a penalty, but Carrick touched the ball first and for that reason, taking the ball away from that crazy goal keeper of yours. The ref’s decision was wrong but it was not awful, I can see why he gave it and it’s time for you and the press to move on and focus on your battle for 8th place.
The game turned when Tevez got in the squad. Period.
maybe he was thinking on cole and he forgot about the game?