Gary Neville has been issued with a warning for running down the touchline after Michael Owen scored an injury time winner. How bizarre. No, not Neville celebrating a winning goal scored by Owen, I know that still takes some getting used to, but for Neville to be warned for celebrating a goal. Again, not because Shay Given did exactly the same thing after Bellamy made it 3-3 but because Neville’s passion is something that should be celebrated, not punished.
In a day and age when players can move straight to their local rivals because they’re offered more cash, should the FA not be trying to encourage the feelings Neville has for his club?
Essentially, I’m not too arsed about what the FA deem to be acceptable or not because they’re a bunch of inconsitent, hypocritical wankers. Again, if other teams don’t have players in their squad that care as much as ours do, even better.
Would Toure have been racing down from the bench to celebrate if City had scored a late winner? Course not. Their big-money buys don’t hold anywhere near the same passion for the club as people like Richard Dunne, who was shamelessly forced out of the club and out of the captain’s armband. It’s great what money does for your club, eh?
Cesc Fabregas clearly has very strong feelings for Arsenal but his true love is Barcelona and I would be surprised if he was still at the club next season and amazed if he was still there in two years.
Robbie Keane has already shown that there is at least one club he thinks more of than Spurs, after signing for Liverpool, banging on about how he was a Liverpool fan and this was the best thing ever, before Rafael Benitez took a disliking to him and sold him a few months later.
John Terry and Steven Gerrard are hailed as the loyal and passionate members of their team, but money has tempted both of them away, with Gerrard handing in transfer requests and Terry admitting to ‘sleepless nights’ over City’s offer. Thankfully for them, both of them were rewarded for their ‘loyalty’ with massive new contracts, so they wouldn’t be tempted to turn their heads again.
When you compare this behaviour with the likes of Paul Scholes, one of England’s finest ever midfielders, who’s never had an agent, and Ryan Giggs, who took a rededuction in wage just so he could get a longer deal with the club, it makes you understand what real loyalty and commitment is all about.
United have something very rare in their squad, particularly in comparison to the top teams. Gary Neville, Wes Brown, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Danny Welbeck are all local lads, whilst John O’Shea, Darren Fletcher, Jonny Evans and Darron Gisbson have all been at the club since they were kids. Not only does this have an effect on their commitment and how they play, but their attitude infiltrates down in to the other players too.
There are several teams who have spent more money than us since the Premiership began, and in terms of net spend, there are five clubs who have higher outgoings, with United spending on average something around £7.5m per season. Yet none of these teams have come close to dominating the Premiership like us because they don’t have a solid core of players who have dreamed of playing for their club and who have spent their entire careers there.
Harry Redknapp has spoken out about the difference between United players and the rest of the league in terms of their desire to see their team succeed, regardless of whether they’re playing or not.
“That’s why United are where they are,” said Redknapp. “They are a team and they are all together. Gary Neville has won everything there is to win but you look at the excitement he showed at his team winning, when he wasn’t even in the team. He wasn’t sitting on the bench with his arms folded. He was jumping higher than Fergie. When we played United at White Hart Lane the week before, my coaches, Tim Sherwood and Les Ferdinand, were in the stands along with the United boys who weren’t subs. They were jumping up and down at every decision and again when they scored their goals. That winning mentality goes right through the club. Gibson and all the other boys wanted to play but they also have those feelings that they showed. There are not many clubs where you get that. It’s something you’d like to develop. It’s hard to change some people but that’s what makes winning teams. I thought it was amazing to see Neville’s feelings show and the joy he had at winning.”
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neville is living legend…his heart is pure red
hughes is asking why neville didnt get banned like adebayor now.
Really respect harry.its not because he is saying the correct things from the United point of view but because he talks straight and the truth.he said last week that the rentboys are not as big as us which makes perfect sense when we look at the history of the 2 clubs.
gary neville giggsy and scholes are idols and their statues should be made to honour them .you wont see such players again so we should be proud and enjoy watchingthem long as we have them playing.i am sure all of them will be offered management jobs at OT
i can’t understand how the fa works. warning for a celebration? lol. theyre a bunch of retards and they know it.
Gary Neville is a red,is a red,is a red,
Gary Neville is a red,he hates Scousers,
except for Rooney and Owen…
Gaz is a fricking legend,I love him.No player has more passion for their club than him.Look at his garden,FFS!
scholsey was born in hope hospital the same as my older bro. another good read mate!!
Gary Neville hugging Owen after last derby game…Pricelesss…one a legend and another is a legend to be…
Also, Neville never ran all the way to the corner flag where the City fans were located. Perhaps he was just running down the touchline to celebrate with the United fans?? Who knows…
I guess they don’t even think of giving him the benefit of the doubt even though he changed his mind and restrained himself. I think Given should be warned as well.
I hope we will not see emotions taken out of football, I also said that regarding the Adebayor celebration against Arsenal.
Brillant, fantastic. Gary Nev is like me and you, man utd fanatics. I was with my wife when Owen scored, I am in my 40s and went bloody bonkers, jumping up and down, I even had tears in my eyes. It was wonderful. My wife just looked at me and shook her head in dis belief. You see Gary Nev did the same he loves the club, and so do I. Moments like that on Sunday when everything else seems shite, make me glad and proud to be a red. What Harry said was correct, most Utd players are fans or become fans, look at King Eric.
Thanks for the article Scott. It shows that we should not be fickle and start saying the old guard like Nev need to go. They are true legends who could teach the younger ones a thing or two. Of all united players apart from the old guard i think Rooney, Fletch and Evra love the club the most. And i almost forgot O’shea superstar. Who saw Nani’s celebration after the winner? Pure joy. Got to say the team spirit is better since Ron and argie cunt left. Go United!!!
I love Gary, but I hope he goes for a coaching role at OT. I just feel that the longer he plays the more people will remember him for his late frailties than for his absolute genius down the right flank.
@ Redtone, i feel u. After the winner i ran out of my house shouting. It was absolutely crazy. I love this club to bits
If Giggs took a reduction in salary on his rolling contract, for his performance I urge ManUtd to up his salary to what it was before plus a few thousand pounds more. He deserves it.
UP GIGGSY’S SALARY PLEASE!
Yup. I like this club as we can feel the bond in it. We are a big family and the bonds like this send through to other players like anderson and Nani where they also happily cheer for their team and i saw nani sitting on the bench and celebrating when we score. This is the difference that we have won so many trophies. You can’t find that many clubs and that is one big reason we have supported the club come rain or sun. =) I read in redrant and the author wants Neville and scholes to leave the club as they are old and can’t compete and making our youngster with limited chances to shine and i totally disagree with him. If we were to let them leave or retired, i don’t think we still had so much passion from our players as some youngster know nothing much from our club than our Senior players and they bring more to the squad than playing on the field for us.
those who are talking against ManU.
they have not seen anything untill Hargreives, birom diouf, obartn returns then they will see fire.
winning is in our blood so it is not a new thing please.
warn them for me.
I’d love to have Neville in the stands with us when he hangs up his boots. He’d fit right in.
When Owen scored we went mental in the stands. My mate next to me was grabbed by the stranger next to him and in all the jumping and hugging somehow managed to have his finger bitten !!
Lads your all right, MUFC is a family, we will never die! Fergie will ensure his sucessor has the correct mentality. G. Nev loves this club and makes sure the youngsters know the importance of these emotions. And to everyone else in the league ‘That’s why we’re champions’ !!
Harry is just full of sound integrity-unlike managers that would readily castigate any players that’s not theirs. He even berated Arsenals fans for the brouhaha that succeeded Adebayor’s goal celebration.
Garry is too UNITED to be disturbed by all these nonsense-am sure he would do it again,not deliberately,but because it’s in the blood.
Yeah, people tend to forget that Gary Neville wasn’t just a “good” right back, he was the best in the league by a long shot for a long time. He used to have an absolutely wicked cross on him as well. Seeing the way he reacted on Sunday made me love him more – he’s just like one of us, a true United fan. No matter what he does when he retires you can count on the fact that he’ll follow United as much as any true fan. Nobody in the squad – not even true legends like Giggs and Scholes – have the same fan-like love and passion for the club that Nev does.
On another note, i asked a few days ago is it nani who run on to the pitch when we score the winning goal against man city. I thought it was nani as he is more younger and have the energy and drive to celebrate so much. I was wrong and it was neville. I like this team a lot. =)
LEGEND.
Someday, and not toooo far away, I hope we see statues unveiled of the new Trinity – Neville, Scholes & Giggs.
Gary neville is a red he hates city and the dippers.
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/372397841?-11193
Good news if its true.
I love Gaz Nev. At least this time he tried to cover up his excitement by pretending he is celebrating! Does anyone have a video of this?
top read yet again scott… fair play..
Scott – can you make a blog about Carrick ? his form has rapidly dropped since the wigan away match if i remember correctly – i mean sure he scored and had an asisst in that match but his passing was terrible and he never really recovered – this season he’s become more of a squad player than one of the most important players in our team – he was the first midfielder on the teamsheet back then- we couldn’t do without his sublime passing – what’s hapenneing to him -. then this modric gossip and fergie’s “ask michael why he wasn’t playing , he’s not injured ” thing…something’s definitely fishy about him..he’s fallen down the pecking order for england too – previously he had been knocking od the first team door but against us ( CRO ) he wasn’t even on the bench
@AIG, theboogeyman, Dakota : are they showing tonight’s Carling Cup match on any channel ? last night it was not there.
Redknapp has less than fond memories of his substitutes’ bench last January, in a 3-2 defeat at Bolton. “I remember looking at the bench and I think two of them were asleep,” he said. “They had hats pulled down and blankets over them. I said, ‘I’m sorry to drag you up here, I know it’s cold and you could be at home with the missus having a cup of tea. It’s hard for 30 grand a week to watch a game.’”
I loved the way Fergie was complaining to the ref about having too much time added on when we were 3-2 up. I think thats what he was laughing and joking with him about after we had scored the winner!
Gary Neville is fab, there’s no bad vibes from him about not being in the starting line-up now that he’s fit. Someone who recognises the importance of squads in modern football. Are you listening, Mr Tevez?
Gotta love Red Nev. It sickens me firstly that he has been warned about showing passion.His was nothing like Greedybayour who was more bothered about rubbing Arsenals nose in it then the fact the team he has always loved won the game. Secondly when not just rival fans but certain United “fans” come on blogs saying its time the “geriatrics” retired and other such shit. As I have said on here numerous times it is exactly because of the likes of Giggs, Nev and Paul that United continue to dominate English football. What the likes of the Dippers, Rentboys and Arsenal and Citeh would do to even have one player in their team of Gaz’s ilk.
Off topic – I see that cunt Derek McGovern is at it again:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/columnists/mcgovern/2009/09/23/how-much-stoppage-time-will-manchester-united-get-tonight-115875-21693811/
I really do wish United would sue the likes of these fuckers for slander/defamation. One paper runs the story then the rest follow without actually having concrete facts.
pi – couldn’t agree more mate. I think it’ll only be when Giggs, Scholes and Nev have retired that we’ll really look back and realise what legends they are. It’s too easy to knock them now as there performances don’t always reach the dizzy heights of days gone by but they have been instrumental in the success since the mid-90s – and have been responsible for countless hangovers in my house
Gary Neville epitomises what supporting United is all about and if the FA have a problem with that, then they can go fuck themselves, bunch of fucking cunts. Gary Neville is a Red and a United legend.
Exactly right. Nev is just like us, United fanatic.
I can’t help going crazy when things like on Sunday happen.
I watched it with my girlfriend, when Owen scored I was out of control. She looked embarresed as fuck but I couldn’t give two shits.
Derek mcgovern is fcuking dickhead, the problem he has, and most of the press have, is that they thought united wudn’t ave been up there wiv chelsea this season. They thought no ronny and tevbitch we wudn’t be able to compete. As alan hansen said this united team under saf wont go away and its annoying them, the red army march on.
@williered. the only thing alan hanson has ever said that had any merit. remember united have pace, movement and desire they will always go far in hansons book unless of course its full of kids.
Chaps.. Really, who gives a shite what the daliy fucking mirror has to say.. I wouldnt even wipe me hole with it.
its gary neville for christ sake, why are rival fans like shitty and liverpool and spurs fans getting the nickers in a twist. fans these days are such little girls they make me laugh. the media cant take it either. lets be real the media are really getting imbarrased with themselves yet again about uniteds chances. they are so paranoid and worryed that their pridictions on united doing nothing they have to resolve and use the same tactics they used all summer united are missing ronaldo when they are clearly not. they cant deal with the fact that united are scoring at double the rate, 15 goals scored in 6 games, yet in 07/08 season united scord in 6 games scored 4 goals. in 08/09 season scored 8 goals in 6 games. what is the fuss ith chelsea they are a year older and they seem to be the new liverpool and arsenal, where they are hyped to death and in the end they come up short yet again.
@Wazza(Bezi)
Sorry for the late reply.was out.no the match is not live tonight on zee or ten Sports.the only live match you can watch is Inter Milan vs napoli(Serie A) on Neo Sports and Koln vs Wolfsburhg on ESPN(german FA Cupmatch).that is if you are a football freak like me.
as for our match i am afraid we will have to rely on ROM and bbc or Sky Sports for the updates.i am sure many people here will be watching and will post a comment if a goal is scored
Regarding Carrick, i think we don’t have to worry about him too much. I’m sure he will improve more. What i seen from Sunday match that carrick is one of us. Anyone see carrick reaction after owen score the winning goal? He was as happy as anyone and he had been on the pitch for a few minutes only and he was excited as everyone that he ran and hug owen.
@ AIG…. i have a good link if your interested?
if only phil & butt are still around as well. pardon for being nostalgic here. Great Professional big brother neville. Role model for all. remember how him & beckham dominating é right field for years.
@Long John O Shea.thanks mate.you can post it.with my internet speed i usually have a few problems watching but for others like wazza and boogeyman and everyone else who lives in india or anywhere and cant watch the match it can be of great help.thanks
1stly, the FA is a bunch of dickheads!. To suggest anythin’ remotely close to a warnin’ for a goal celabration, minus a pitch invasion, is nothin’ short of stupidity!.
2ndly, Sparky suggestin’ the FA to come hard on Gary’s touchline celebration is similarly rubbish!. I wonder whether he wud hv the time to think abt such trivial matters if City go on a losin’ streak!. Perhaps, he shud start to worry whether he wud still be around shud it happens. Somehow, I do think tt Gary wl outlast him as City mgr!.
3rdly, kudos to Harry!. How sad tt the FA does not see it as he has!.
@ AIG. it needs to be viewed in google chrome http://www.p2p4u.net
Long John O’Shea,a link would be much appreciated mate,but they may close it down if you post it on a public forum like this.I may not be able to watch the match as I have an exam tomorrow.
Long John O Shea. thanks a ton mate.will definitely give it a try
@boogeyman.which exam is this? very odd time to have an exam.must be a class exam i guess.anyways all the best and do well.
Hi guys,
Great post by Scott again!
Like my fellow Singaporean (devil@singapore) mentioned, let’s not forget the others like Phil, Butt & Becks. They should have been around too if not for circumstances and I’m sure they would have been as fanatic as Gary was. Esp Becks for his numerous interviews to the press about his love for United!
Also, let’s not forget the younger lads like Fletch, O’Shea, Brown, Evans and in particular Gibson. He could have left in the summer but chose to fight for his place at United. Our academy grads have United in their blood – it’s what makes United unique! (granted we are one of the biggest club in the world, if not the biggest! but hey, we’ve built our success based on our philosophy of giving our youths a chance!)
ps: Someone mentioned that United is like one big family, I have to add, ROM feels like an extension to that big family! (Even though I seldom post, I have been following ROM.)
I think football has gotten a bit too ‘PC’ for my liking…
I doubt that most City fans actually give a fuck about Neville celebrating in their direction, it’s all part and parcel of the pantomime and it’s par for the course.
When Neville ran the length of the field to kiss his badge infront of the Liverpool fans at OT that time, whilst in the moment I thought he was (and is) a twat, I wasn’t surprised nor offended.
Infact I would expect a lifelong Manc to be somewhat pleased when his team score last minute goals against major rivals.
Nothing wrong with a bit of badge kissing, forceful celebrating and/or camera kissing if that’s what you prefer
I think it’s time the people who govern the game got a fucking grip.
@ AIG… no problem mate.
great post mate…a true living legend..
liverpool one
i take it your referring to machaeda kissing the camera, not stevie gbh me, regarding nev, fucking fantasic the way he was “warming up” on the way back from the citeh twats. the lawnmower could be out again!!
@weuji
sorry, got to fuck u for this one mate! We ARE the Biggest club in this world!! u want Gill to sent u a book on History of Man Utd?
Cheers!!!
@ devil@singapore
No prob mate, I did mention “if not the biggest” though! Where do u catch ur streaming?! I wanna catch Macheda and the younger lads tonight…
maybe after this united bench should boo when our strikers score. i think fa will be happy and rewarded united with some money. maybe the twats in fa dont know how the adrenaline works when you are overjoy about something.
@CROoney – What happened to Carrick was that Fletch came and took the spot away from him, Anderson has shown improvement which has caused Carrick to suffer from a lack of confidence, and have attitude issues.
Fletcher so far has been the best center midfielder in the entire epl!
Fletch is the new Neville – unofficial spokesperson for the players!
Almost maid me cry. What makes this so special is that it is all very true.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/20488/Liverpool-0-Man-Utd-1.html
I wouldn’t swap Sheasy for 10 Bosingwas, Ramos’s and others. He makes mistakes but he is fucking ours.
Gary Neville is a Red Legend. No bad words can be said of such a man. 100% committed to us. 100% red.
@weuji
write me at flipp24@hotmail.com for é link. not a good idea to publicly post it here. quality pretty fuck up caution u first. but hey, better than nothing ya!
AIG-You know I’m only in 11th,right?I have a Computer Science exam tomorrow.
another smashing article scott. Brilliantly explains why we are who we are and why other clubs can only dream of such loyalty and commitment. gary neville is red to the core. the man is a total and utter legend along with scholsey and giggsy. in 28 yrs of following the lads, i’m still so fuckin proud and priveliged to do so. What means more to me is that these lads feel the same. cheers gaz, we fuckin love ya mate!
@boogeyman
i finished my 11th 4 years ago.studied always on the last day last minute in 11th.11th is the year to enjoy mate and i did this inspite of being a science student.so just chill and dont take too much tension.hell i have watched matches even day before my 12th exams.
Liverpool One – You are 100% right.
If people are offended by people showing passion in sport, they should just get out, they don’t belong there.
What grinds my gears is the inconstency of the FA. They fined Gary Neville in 2005, but didnt fine Fowler. Either fine both, or fine neither (preferably neither)
4-3 mate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-aLXCOpKtw
@AIG : Fuck Ten Sports and Zee Sports. last year they showed CC matches excluding the final but why not this year. they are even shite with their CL coverage. Carlton Palmer makes me mute the channel, lol
looking forward to tonight.you can catch the match live on supersport3 if ya in africa.
@Boogeyman-also got an oral exam.pray 4 mi mate.
Best of luck with the exams Boogeyman. Hate to tell you, but I sometimes still have nightmares about facing exams, and I haven’t done one for over 40 years. One of the last I ever did was on the day United played in the European Cup v Benfica in ’68 so my concentration was all over the place. Watching it on TV soon after finishing the exam was like a little reward. Wolves in the Lge Cup isn’t quite the same, but let’s hope for a good win anyway.
@giles oakley.you were so fortunate.that must have given you a massive lift.wish i was there to witness that.wasnt born until 20 years after that final .i had my graduation exams this year and one day before the start kiko scored that goal against villa.
dont know the team but 11 changes to the team that played on sunday.
Hey Giles ….that was the game where I fell in love with our glorious team….followed ever since….bless !!
@wazza
haha…u get é carlton palmer shit as well over in ur region? i dont watch preview show now, he sucks big time! tot we are é only unlucky ones in s’pore. give me back john dykes!!! we get CC & CL every season as well until this freaking season!! it’s fucking almost 3am now & i m watching online streaming on 4″x4″ screen size. damn it!
Totally agree with u Bezi. Carlton Palmer should me shot in the balls
Kuszczak
Neville – Brown – Evans – Fabio
Welbeck – Gibson – Carrick – Nani
Owen – Macheda
Two young Norwegians in the squad (Magnus Wolff Eikrem (#42) and Joshua King (#41)
typo..sorry…”should be shot…”
anyone know where i can find live updates to the match..
dont forget becks’ celebration when we scored at arsenal last year in the european semis…priceless…ronny will soon realize that he has left his best years in the rearview mirror!!!GGMU
Macheda and Gibson to score tonite. Kuszczak to keep a clean sheet. Whats you predictions guys?
this is a new low in watching my beloved man utd. only manage to get a streaming……but in fucking cantonese commentary!!! wonder how they going to pronounce kuszczak & macheda in cantonese!?!? fuck the cable companies for screwing up big time this season!
parth312.bbc and sky sports do live text commentary.
subs tosic rio amos valencia eikreim
@AIG. Ya i found one on f365. even got my mail printed
sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/68115
Use Wolves post for Wolves discussion
SHITT FABIO IS SENT OFF !
To the viewers in the india-pakistan-bangladesh regions.
Ten Sports and Zee Sports wont televise the CC matches anymore but what happens in Bangladesh is we get a channel called Supersport which shows the matches, it only shows up on match day and you might have to scan through your tv for it/ or tune it.
It shows England internationals,Carling Cup matches…very useful channel but it will only show up on match days
Chelsea has Mr Chelsea in John Terry, as Liverpool in Stevie Me. But there are no Mr Manchester United because we only have Manchester United Football Club.
It shows, when the have a Mr “Club” like Chelsea, than that club is a small club. And when the Mr “Club” ponders a move out, than that club is smaller than what they think. But when the club forces their captain and longest-serving player out, than that club is an insult themselves.
Scott – Nice link about transfers, real eye-opener. The Fat Spanish Waiter has been pissing and moaning for months about lack of funds to buy “quolitie players” for “sqaaaaaad depth”. What a twat.
” Terry admitting to sleepless night over” lmao.
it all comes out in the end, stupid prick, cant even arrange a clandestine affair.
I am loving this review of the season.
Gary Nev* , now thats the foundation within the playing camp, along with Paul* and Ryan*.