It has been revealed today that Manchester City’s Kolo Toure failed a drugs test which was taken after the Manchester derby.
In April 2003, Mark Bosnich was banned for 9 months and fined £10k for failing a drugs test.
In December 2003, Rio Ferdinand was banned for 8 months and fined £50k for missing a drugs test.
In November 2004, Adrian Mutu was banned for 7 months and fined £20k for failing a drugs test.
As far as I’m concerned, missing a drugs test should be punished the same as failing. However, the case of Rio Ferdinand is distinctly different from just any old “missed drugs test” story.
Before training, he was told along with two other players that he would be tested for drugs after training. Training ended and Rio flew off to town, where he was pictured shopping. At 2.02pm he remembered the drugs test and called the club to ask could he come back for the test. The testers told him he was too late, however they didn’t leave Carrington until 2.27pm, which would have been enough time to return for the test. UEFA’s website confirmed that Rio had asked to take the test on the same day but was told it was too late. An important point to mention is that drug-test procedures do not have a time limit so there was no reason why the testers couldn’t have waited, given the implications of what him not taking the test were. Rio was tested for drugs at their next convenience, two days later, and that test came back negative.
Before Rio’s ban and fine had been announced, PFA chief Gordon Taylor was confident, like many, that there would be no problem in clearing the defender’s name, after the evidence that Rio’s plea to take the test before the testers have left was rejected.
“If I was representing the FA and they asked me should it go ahead, I would say that unless they can mount an emphatic challenge to this evidence it should not,” he said. “We don’t want to sweep anything under the carpet but the case is now far from cut and dried. It is clear the testers should have stayed. Not enough was done to ensure Rio took the test on that day. It is not good enough to just leave when he was prepared to make it back.”
After Rio’s unprecedented punishment was handed out, Rio offered to have a hair follicle test, which would have given results for the past 6 months, dating before his original test date, but the FA declined his request.
The MEN reported at the time: The FA does not appear to dispute Ferdinand’s claims that he has never taken drugs – they have not listed him for target-testing, which would be the usual procedure for any player suspected of being a drug user. And their refusal to get involved in hair follicle testing is further evidence that they do not question Ferdinand’s claims that he is drug-free. They maintain the punishment is for his failure to take the test alone.
The whole episode was an absolute farce and illustrates the idiocy of fans claiming United are given preferential treatment by the FA. The unjust nature of this incident is heightened when you look at the case of Christian Negouai, a Manchester City player, who missed a drugs test just months before Rio. Negouai was due to take a pre-arranged drugs test at City’s training ground but at the appointed time he went missing, later explaining that he had had to collect his mother from the airport. He claimed that he was delayed in traffic and by the time he made it he had missed the test. He was given no ban and was fined just £2,000.
What does this mean for Toure then? Slapped wrists no doubt.
Out of interest, bans in English football since Mutu:
26 Jan 2010: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 2-month ban. Player: Secret
26 Jan 2010: Marijuana — warning. Player: Secret
10 Oct 2009: Ephedrine — 9-month ban (to 21 Apr 2010) and two years’ target testing. Player: Paddy Kenny
5 Oct 2009: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 5-month ban. Player: Secret
29 Sep 2009: Cocaine — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
29 May 2009: Marijuana — 4-month ban. Player: Ged Smith
27 Apr 2009: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
3 Mar 2009: Benzylpiperazine / Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 4-month ban. Player: Secret
3 Mar 2009: Marijuana — formal warning. Player: Secret
27 Nov 2008: Marijuana — formal warning / reprimand. Player: Secret
17 Oct 2008: Marijuana — 4-month ban. Player: Secret
26 Sep 2008: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 3-month ban. Player: Secret
12 Sep 2008: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 5-month ban. Player: Secret
20 Sep 2008: Marijuana — formal warning / reprimand. Player: Secret
11 Jan 2008: Failure to comply — 2-year ban. Player: Secret
3 Sep 2007: Marijuana — formal warning. Player: Secret
15 Mar 2007: Terbutaline — formal warning . Player: Secret
10 Jan 2007: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
5 Jan 2007: Marijuana — warning, target testing. Player: Secret
16 Oct 2006: Marijuana — warning, target testing. Player: Secret
3 Oct 2006: Ephedrine (stimulant) — 6-month ban. Player: Danny Cadamarteri
6 Sep 2006: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 7-month ban. Player: Shaun Newton
10 Jul 2006: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
22 Mar 2006: Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
22 Mar 2006: Marijuana — warning, target testing for two years. Player: Secret
19 Jan 2006: Marijuana — ban, lifted after assessment. Player: Secret
17 Jan 2006: Cocaine — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
20 Oct 2005: Cocaine — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
24 Jun 2005: Cocaine — indefinite ban after third positive test. Player: Secret
24 Jun 2005: Failure to comply — banned indefinitely. Player: Olafur Gottskalksson)
8 Jun 2005: MDMA (ecstasy) — 6-month ban. Player: Secret8 Jun 2005: Cannabis — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
8 Jun 2005: Cannabis — 6-month ban. Player: Secret
16 May 2005: Cocaine — 12-month ban. Player: Secret
14 Jan 2005: MDMA (ecstasy) — warning. Player: Secret
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FA turn down new Rio test
City player’s case may be used in legal battle
UEFA report
English FA has handed out 24 drugs bans since Mutu
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Great compilation, Scott.
Cant wait to read all of the dailies take on this … we will really find out if there is a bias / witch hunt against United. You should re-post the video of Fergie blasting them.
Prodding, Probing & Provoking
http://www.theunitedreligion.com/2011/03/prodding-probing-provoking.html
Toure will get a six month ban and small fine. He doesn’t play for United, and so doesn’t qualify for the prejudice the FA usually show us.
Funny how the Toure report says he was banned after testing positive for a “specified substance”, yet the substance isn’t specified in the report!
Damn right. And in my opinion, that ridiculous Rio ban cost us the title in 2004. I hope I am wrong, but there’s no way Toure will get 8 months.
They should throw the book at him, wouldn’t be surprised if a few more of the bitters tested positive. I wonder if that numpty Sepp will stick his oar in? As he saw fit to do with Rio, but was very quiet about the players in Italy ie, doping at Juve and the corruption of refs there.
Tick tock?
MC will pay their way out of this. He’ll just get a slap on the wrist and a fine.
You know it.s gonna be less punishment than rio’s. Then we’ll be up in arms. Then we’ll get told we whinge about everything. Then we’ll tell em all to fuck off. We love our club. We support our club. You can’t take our hearts away from our club. We are United.
great read scott i bet he wont get as bad a ban as rio did !
Cue ABU’s coming on to spout shite.
Seriously, why does everyone instantly forget all the shit the FA and referees throw at us but remember, for life, the decisions we get in our favour?
How come people still yabber on about the Mendes “goal” that wasn’t given, because, you know, United have never had a legitimate goal wrongly disallowed?
How come Ledley King can bring Ronaldo down, in the box, in a cup final, at Wembley, and Ronaldo get’s booked? And King doesn’t get abuse for having the fucking arrogance to stand and applaude the ref for the decision? But people still yabber on about Vidic not being sent off for giving away a pen a year later against Villa? At least they got the penalty, we got fuck all except a booking!
People have the cheek to abuse the FA for not banning Rooney lat week, despite the repeated offences of Gerrard, without ever getting banned, which go ignored.
And the FA banning Rio, Evra, Cantona, and Fergie all unjustly which every time just brings a chorus of “About time” from the fuckwits, who will forget the ban happned within 5 seconds of it being issued.
There’s no point listing more as we all know about them (all though lets not forget shit refs cost us the FA Cup 2 years in a row in 2008 and 2009, 2008 costing us a 2nd treble!)
I’ve off to punch a small animal now, and it’s the FA’s fault!
Why is it that footballers gets 6-9 months ban? In every other sport you get 2 years ban for failing a drug test.
Ssn say it was a dietary supplement found and he’ll get 4 week ban.
Toure will be available for selection on the opening day of next season. Unless the FA stuff it up and think he’s a UTD player.
Was he taking drugs at Arsenal?
Did AW get rid of him for that reason?
Points need to be clarified.
Scott send this to the FA and see if you get a reply. Don’t hold your breath though.
Kolo Toure has Failed a Drugs test so I’m pretty sure a Ban is on its way. If he gets off then I think some Middle East style demonstrations on FA Headquarters are in order.
Nothing will happen
Go ahead print that you fucking despicable FA
We already know what’s going to happen no surprise
No wonder we hate England
United > FA > England whatever order takes ones fancy as long as its United first.
I hope that Toure gets off scott free (not you StR). A mix up at the lab, or whatever.
It is extremely unlikely that Toure was ‘cheating’ in our eyes. Far more likely that he has taken a bad med for irrelevant reasons, or he was partying.
I can’t feel sorry for Rio for what he did the year after….sorry. I
feel sorry for the team missing out on his defensive skills but that’s it. I expect a barrage of abuse but hey, it’s just my opinion.
As for Toure, fuck him. Let’s think about Sunday
@ Costas -
for once mate I disagree, I don’t think Rio’s loss cost us the title, we lost out to the better team that year. He was no way as important to us as Cantona back in 1995 – now that ban cost us a title!
do u think all those players whos names were kept secret were from smaller clubs and how do u keep a 8 month ban secret ?
Scott, another great post. I can’t believe the stats you can come up with but it’s always top drawer.
I am completely against all forms of drugs in professional sports. We see it all the time at the olympics and tour de france and the ones that are caught face very harsh consequences. I feel that footballers must succumb to the same punishments. For the good of the game and for the good of those watching it and looking up to the players involved.
Rai – Barrage of abuse? Everyone Is entitled to an opinion on here. Rio was stupid. Time line got fucked up, but compare Rio’s ban, to that of Davids and Stam? They got a poultry suspensions, compared to Rio. United fell apart, when Rio got banned, but It’s hard to say, If we would’ve won the league that season. Arsenal went unbeaten, so I don’t think we’d have won It that year.
Unless Hargo is a druggie that’ll explain it
Rio was hung out to dry by the FA when they dropped him from the England squad before anyone knew of his missed drug test.
haha dietary supplement i guess he was trying to eat his salary mhmh petrodollars
Willierrednut – I occasionally get called a cunt so thought I’d prep myself
Arsenal that season played some good football and had a lot of luck (anyone who wins the League usually gets a fair share), and although I can’t stand him, Henry was lethal that season so fair play to them. I ain’t too bothered about City to be honest, they’re small time with big egos, we shouldn’t talk about them too much..
Many honest sportsmen have been branded cheats by unfair doping legislation.
It pisses me off this excuse of dietry supplements containing substances athletes aren’t aware of. If you don’t know what you’re taking/ingesting, don’t take it!
I’m sure the Sheikh will butter up the FA. If he was a United player, then he would expect a 2 year ban and a £100k fine.
If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine.
Fergie’s pissed. Even with MUTV. Sadly, no match news from me, tomorrow, lol.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/mar/03/alex-ferguson-mutv-fa-charge?
Fucking hell. These bastards get funnier. Like shebangsthedrums said it wouldn’t surprise me if half the bitters are on drugs. Steroids or summat. Half the cunts look like heavy weight boxers. Pound to a penny yaya would fail a test.
Great stuff scott. A fair bit of info I wasn’t aware about like the comments from gordon taylor. This scandal may have come at a good time. If the fa give fergie a silly ban for nothing comments they will have to throw the book at toure.
Carrick signed a new deal
@Rai
Look at it like this. When Rio starts serving his ban (and I am talking about the minute he gets taken off the Wolves game), we are top of the league and with the best defensive record. Wes comes on, Kenny Miller wrongfoots him and Wolves beat us. And it got a lot worse over the next 3 months. We didn’t have a replacement for Rio at the time. Brown was coming off an 8 month hiatus and he didn’t get going until April. Before Rio got banned, we had 16 wins in 21 league games. And we won 7 of the remainding 17. I usually don’t agree a lot with Lou Macari, but at the time he said that no one would have talked about an Arsenal side(unbeaten or not) if United didn’t crumble after Rio’s got banned.
But that’s all in hindsight and I respect if people don’t consider it as costly as I do.
I think about stories and most of the time even the most smallest of stories or the ones left behind are the ones worth picking up and running with.
At times I think to myself why these stories have any importance. Surely if they are ignored most of the time then what significance do they have to us and why do they mean anything.
Well it’s like this. We are all defined by these little stories – because they define our universe when they become a whole.
Most stories will always attach to a certain significance which binds many of us together. And in this instance United is that certain significance.
I would like to tell you all of a story of a young goalkeeper by the name of Harry Cregg. But I would like to tell that story in relation to the goal that we are trying to achieve.
So I’ll wait and I will like the rest of my fellow reds let everything come and try to hit us off course and just soak it up as it comes along.
That’s what we do. If we have to do something then it’s only to overcome every obstacle that is now going to be thrown our way.
I don’t know where we are going to end up but i know one thing. It’s either the United way or no way at all.
Costas
Have a day off mate you deserved it with no news to relay lol
One thing is for sure
Sir Alex will probably be def. talking to Mrs Ferguson
Go fourth gaffer and take the advice of Mrs. Ferguson and no better revenge on the non believers than a woman scorned
@ Costas
I understand he was an important part of the team, but I’d like to think he wasn’t so vital to the first team that not having him available would cost us the title. But I see your point, and like you said, it’s all in hindsight.
Fergie must be pretty pissed if he’s not speaking to MUTV!!!
Costas, are you aware that Cedarsdevil shares a lift-club with Sir Alex? Perhaps we can get the ups and downs from him.
O’tis time, CedarsDevil! Elevate your access to lift our spirits.
Some line-up news, on schindlers list, perhaps?
@MG
But I don’t want to, lol. How will I guess our line up now?
@Rai
Yeah he is upset because they aired his interview straight away and didn’t edit it. Don’t know what to think. I feel that Fergie’s comments needed to be heard. Can’t be passive all the time.
@smartalex
We will definitely use his access then because at this rate, pretty soon Fergie won’t even speak to himself, lol.
http://www.cleansheetsallround.co.uk/2011/03/mourinho-i-will-never-manage-manchester-united?
He’s talking riddles again…
Costas
The future – we will have to read the future
I posted about Fergie not doing the press conference tomorrow. Split on this, I look forward to hearing the boss speak. I love the man, but he can be a touch petty sometimes. I don’t think MUTV come out this looking too good either. And for the FA, a bunch of stuffed suits. God knows when, the next time we’ll hear from him.
@ Costas
If Fergie meant what he said he shouldn’t be pissed off lol!! That man is quality he’s like my grumpy grandad!!
My line up for Sunday:
Oh wait the future hasn’t happened yet!
Damn
Devils11. Owen hargreaves is really a coke head. Fuck all wrong with his knees. All those six month bans are him. Hence his two and a half year disappearance. Infact I think he is in jail now for trafficking two kilos. All this tendonitus bollocks has purely been a smokescreen.
willierednut
Yes only God knows the future
Sound like an ex red lol
Hargo’s been on a bender!!
@MG
Can’t see the future. We are nto City fans.
@Rai
Exactly my thinking, lol. I am 100% sure he hasn’t regretted these comments. MUTV must have thought Ferguson knew what he was saying. Lets face it. He was never going to go on 2 years without critisizing officials that robbed us. I am surprised he didn’t’ explode after last year’s travesties against Chelsea.
Hargreaves is in Libya
I keep on telling you lot but you don’t listen
Costas
Well shall we talk about quadruples?
No that won’t work
What about shall we man up?
No that won’t work either.
Run out of ideas.
@ Costas
hopefully his touchline ban doesn’t affect us too much, I’ve got a feeling they’ll give him a 3-4 game ban including his suspended sentence
@MG
Well, we can start saying tick tock over and over like a bunch of morons.
For the I Pad 2
As mentioned a few days back
I’d like to see a Future button
A quadruple button
And an official assist button
That would cover city arsenal and chelsea
I think I have a business plan forming – we shall become app makers lol
Costas
Or we could just start talking kebab recipes
MG – Dragons Den awaits your idea..
Got to have kaya now. Gaddafi have kaya now.
For Owens reign has fallen.
Weigh cup, inter ‘n I lose.
Owin’ heroin grieves.
Rai
My favourite dragon James Caan has gone
Toure was on non alcoholic delusional beverage
That’s why city made sure it was kept off the report
Fergie deserves his ban for what he said about the ref. You can’t say those sort of things, and you definitely can’t say those things when they are true. That makes it even worse. He knew that though, and he’s turning the screw on the referees we get in the next game. When a manager goes to the wall on a claim that a referee was bent it draws attention to that refs performance that there might not otherwise be, and the next ref will maybe feel like he’s under more pressure.
It’s a bit of gamesmanship, but with refs acting the way they do I consider it fair game.
Meanwhile have to wonder, if every player in the premiership was drug tested tomorrow, what would be found?
Costas have kebab now. MG have kekab now.
For nineteen is coming.
Copious amounts of lager.
Your comment makes a lot of sense, Doghouse. I have been wondering why Sir Alex made his comments. As it has clearly cost us dear on the field already, and there is now the FA bans, we should have heard the last of Rooney’s elbow. Possibly he have even earned us a mild future reprieve.
Copious amounts of laager too, willierednut?
I don’t think he was saying, Atkinson’s bent, or maybe he is, in another way. He’s saying, the mans incompetent. Which he most certainly is!
Doghouse
Sorry mate that’s wrong
This is the crux of what SAF said
“It was a major game for both clubs and you want a fair referee. You want a strong referee and we didn’t get that,” Ferguson said. “I don’t know why he [Atkinson] got the game. I must say that when I saw who was refereeing it, I feared the worst.”
Now that was said after the game –
You can do two things
You can demote Atkinson for what clearly was a horrible ref performance or make an example out of SAF
The FA have gone for the latter because of the fuss kicked up from the Rooney saga from the weekend prior gone.
We knew that is was too good to be true when Rooney got let off
We also knew on Tuesday morning that Atkinson the same ref in last years SB match would be either A – fucking it up big time because of his history with us
or B
That if he did his job we would have our chance in the match fair and square.
Now B never occurred and you can attribute any given scenario to that – but conventionally it was not a surprise – Rooney should have been punished and maybe therefore we would not be at the end of what Atkinson did – I am not questioning his integrity – but through sheer human actions Atkinson has reacted against United – this cannot be proved for or against but cannot be denied either.
The FA were apparently furious that Rooney got let off – if you are saying that SAF said something liable or defamed the ref then it’s clearly plain to see he hasn’t said anything more than a little heated
Controversial it certainly isn’t – I bet you would find worse examples of managers berating Refs – I urge Scott to prove that in another blog heading.
We-e-e-e-e-ell, I feel so high, I even touch the sky
Above the fallin’ rain!
I feel so good in my neighbourhood, so:
Here I come again!
I’ve got to have kaya now (kaya, kaya),
Got to have kaya now (kaya, kaya)
I’ve got to have kaya now (kaya, kaya),
For the rain is fallin’!
smartalex
I cannot have a kebab now
But I shall make some tomorrow
Breaking news! Kolo Toure has been found, to be related to Pablo Escobar. City are saying nothing atm, but a source close to the club, have said they plan to go to Columbia to play a benefit game, in honor of the late drug barren. Merked!!!!!!!!!!
Hark, what kebab as yonder morning breaks?
Ha, Shish Kebab, smoked and skewered, drawn and delighted.
Shuttlecock! Columbia is on the tiles! Space at the Soda Station, coke makes you barren!
Drive a merc.
willierednut
No no no
Kolo Toure was invited to sing for Gaddafi’s son – apparently he was mistaken for Wyclef Jean and so he took up Beyonce’s offer to do a duet with her
I heard that Beyonce gave her money back because her hubby happens to be Jay Z and he probably made a couple million in a few minutes for her anyway but I hear that Wyclef Jean sorry I mean Kolo Toure spent it on non alcoholic delusional beverage
Hence the failed drug test
YaYa Toure must be loving this. Follow his stupid brother to City from Barca and then have the silly twat show him up like this.
I am game for any kebab – apart from that bloody donor kebab – why the fuck they call that kebab is beyond me – that is no kebab
Kolo Toure
Hip’s don’t lie – wait that’s Shakira
so annoyed at the result I cant even bother to comment, my anger is shared by anyone so no need 2 repeat what everyone has said. All I will say is, when chelsea went 2 1 ahead I give up because we were already a man short has the ref was basically a chelsea fan
How do you fail a drug test?
Candidate 7, fail. You are supposed to light it, not swallow it. Candidate 7, sit down!
Can we some help in here, Candidate 7 has lost it! Aaaaaarrggh!
Kolo Toure and Beyonce
Crazy in love
FITB
Watch it mate those comments will get you in to trouble – touchline ban and all
Two cracking goals in the reserve match today. Norwoods ball to Bebe was quality, shame we lost Eikram without even giving him a proper chance..
Goodnight fellow reds
We will probably have to go through the jungle again tomorrow – let’s see what other surprises await for us…
As always what a pleasure to be surrounded by fellow Reds.
MG – even though I am moving 2 a new flat I am so deflated from ednesday how we have lost 2 one of the worst chelsea sides ever
FITB
Mate you said it yourself – we were up against 12 men – we could have been playing till today and all the decisions would have still gone against us
Have a safe move – we have a trophy to win FITB – we will do it – you know it – they can throw the fucking kitchen sink at us for all I care – we will do it.
Signing off – again
Rai. Six cracking goals mate. Everyone of them was a peach wolves included. A decent game.
King Eric – I only caught the last half an hour, I’ll have to catch up with the rest looks like I missed out on a good match…I reckon Red Nev will have that job for next season. He’ll sort that attiutide Morrison out in no time
Signed and witnessed. good night MG.
scott has to be one of the best united analysts ever. DAMN!!! absolutely comprehensive. i keep telling my friends rio is NOT on drugs and has probably never been on drugs. he was banned for FAILING to take the test in the first place and he begged to take the test but the biased FA refused. i didn’t even know that there was still time for him to take the test when the testers refused so this is new revelation for me. absolute RUBBISH by the FA!!!
There’s a pretty good chance that Toure will get up and say that he plays for a massive club in Manchester, and someone at the FA will assume that he must mean United, and he’ll get banned for 2 years. Keep the faith!
Cant really blame Toure, when he signed for Manchester City he was promised the “highs”of winning trophies.
Although like many of us reds it will be good to watch the FA squirm and bluster . We have to hope that they are able to learn from, what they must if even only behind closed doors know was a wrong decision over Rio .
Which leaves Toure if found guilty in the next round of testing an interesting case ! Ohh more discomfort for our noisy neighbours .
ban and fine him. don’t matter really as he won’t miss the money and he is shite anyway!
Here’s a prediction: Fergies ban for criticizing the ref will be longer than Toure’s for failing a drug test.
Sir Alex Furgeson has been charged with MISSCONDUCT.
Sir Alex Furgeson refuses to speak to the BBC in breach of clear guidlines set by the Premier League.
Sir Alex Furgeson is currently on a 2 match suspended touchline ban for missconduct.
Sir Alex Furgeson does what he wants coz he’s Sir Alex Fergeson.
You lot lemmings the lot of you follow this booze fueled power crazed dictator coz you dont know any different.
Kolo meanwhile will learn his fate, accept his fate and get on with it. bet the soap opera you crave for fades away. just like that institution you follow…………………….FADE AWAY.
The future BLUE the future is OURS !
Well well well. If it isn’t Mr Mankini. For the record my dear bitter, Kolo’s violation is a lot more serious than Ferguson’s. But shrug it off as if it’s nothing. Not surprised there. Of course Toure will accept his fate. He won’t get 8 months like Rio did will? Of course not. He doesn’t play for Man United.
As for Ferguson and the BBC, when someone insults you and your son, come back here and tell me that he does whatever he wants. And they got off easy. I would have sued them for defamation.
Tell me more about the future since you see it. Who will win the oscar award for best actor next year? Who will headline Wrestlemania? Will we get all 6 Star Wars movied in 3d? Will you ever fill the wastelands for a game that doesn’t involve Man United?
Mancini –
Why the fuck would you visit and opponents web blog and regularly ‘contribute’ writing on it? You must be obsessed. I would never visit Liverpool or City sites, the thought of it winds me up….even makes me feel a little sick, so I don’t understand what the fuck you do on here?
Mr Mancini – If you want to have a dig, then at least try and spell you thick cunt.
@Rai
He has no life. Plus, he supports Man Shitty. Is it any wonder that the highlight of his life is coming her and gloating when something goes bad for us?
Mr. Mancini
Yeah but its’ quality high class booze though
It isn’t your shit that gets you positively tested for drugs
We accept everything that’s happening to us – we’ll just have to find other ways to beat the system
Failing a drug test on the other hand…
And Good Morning Reds
MG – morning.
Costas – he’s a secret red
Who’s Mr Furgeson?
Costas I shall enlighten one and all
Mr. Furgeson is someone who is an alcoholic that is the entire opposite of Mr. Ferguson
Mr. Fergeson is Taggart a fictional police officer in the drama series Taggart set in Scotland that is the entire opposite to Mr. Ferguson the Manchester United manager
Mr. Fergeson is a bacon face that is the entire opposite to the human face on Mr. Ferguson!
Mr. Fergeson is a red nose bastard that is the entire opposite to the greatest manager in world football called Mr. Ferguson
As you can see their is a pretty distinctive difference between Mr. Fergeson and Mr. Ferguson
Rai – Good morning!
@MG
Morning mate. Lol, it’s like a bizarroworld right? Where Mr Furgeson is how you describeded him and where Man City led by the noble Gary Cook are winning quadruple after quadruple.
Thank fuck we live in the real world. 
It’s a shame Mr Mankini will never join us here.
@ Costas
(I’m quite new on here btw) HAHA!! you LEGEND you absolutely schooled that bitter imposter, that was one of the funniest posts I’ve read on here and a lot of people make me laugh on here, but that one cracked me up. I know that you were serious but man that post was hilarious, but you are right I love how all their “supporters” rush to buy a £5 ticket and actually fill their desolate wasteland of a stadium when they play the biggest club in the country Manchester United aka their cup final only to have egg on their face when we once again beat them (no suprise) an our away fans out sing them (again no suprise) so Mr Mankini you can take your post and stick it where the sun don’t shine, yes I mean eastlands sorry wastelands. You mug
Morning Costas – hope your weather is warm because oh dear is it cold in fridge freezer England today
It is quite funny reading insults from non United fans – at once they say they hate us then they abuse the manager and they claim to be about to win quadruples – city have said it Arsenal have said it and Chelsea have said it – that’s all fine and good – but saying something with arrogance doesn’t mean you are about to actually go win a quadruple
The point is simple – whilst disrespecting United they themselves aren’t doing much – and in return certain teams need officials and the authorities to gang up on United in order to try to help them out onto a fairer playing field!
It isn’t about questioning ones integrity – it’s about asking for fairness
We do live in the real world – we are prepared to man up and say if Rooney had been sent off maybe we might have had a fairer chance with the ref and Chelsea on Tuesday
Alas it wasn’t to be and in the real world we’ll take everything coming our way and sort it out
One game at a time.
@Born an Bred a RED
Thanks mate. Welcome to the blog by the way.
I guess the saddest thing about them, is the fact that they come here to gloat about stuff that has nothing to do with them. They didn’t beat us this week. They didn’t beat us this season. And other than that meaningless defeat at the Wastelands last January, they haven’t beaten us since the Arabs bought them. And they are so predictable, it’s embarassing. All they know, is how to do their clock impersonations or talk about the future.
@MG
Oh, it’s quite chilly over here too. About time I have to say, lol. I guess the best part about this, is how we are accused of whinging. I can’t talk with specific percenatges, but at least half of the rival fans that come here to talk out of their ass, keep mentioning how we have the FA and the refs in our backpocket. Yeah, that was clearly evident this week. They talk about karma. How is it karma when on one hand you have a red card and on the other, you have a red card, a Terry handball, a soft penalty and the 3rd game in a row where the refs favour Chelsea?
Anyway, Rooney’s red definitely helped Atkinson show his bias, but it shouldn’t have. The media cunts should never have made such a big deal. I know that Chelsea before the game didn’t make any fuss about it.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6793562,00.html?
Seems like good news. Anyone with a video or some background on this guy?
Costas
It’s to be expected though
This is why it is no more of a surprise to us – this week has proved if anything that being the best club in the country causes more problems than solutions because everyone has the inkling to bring you down
This is also a very English thing to do – people so not accept success – that a person or people can become successful and instead of paying some respect they have to be ridiculed for it.
This is very amazing and very telling of the society in general that we live in – even today we are astonished at how this started last Saturday and how one event seen by the referee has had a disastrous effect on the way we were officiated in the next match and dealt with in it’s aftermath.
Whats worse is that their has been no let up – the subsequent charging of SAF makes a mockery of fairness and respect when their is no fairness and respect shown to a team trying to win a title
It’s not like we have cheated – we haven’t done nothing of the sorts – but the truth is people are hypocritical – everyone knows referees are humans and make mistakes and then when they make mistakes this should be accepted under any circumstances – therefore try applying the same logical conclusion to managers. Managers are humans and make mistakes and then when they make mistakes this should be accepted under any circumstances,
In consideration though officials are not taken to account for their mistakes but managers are. This is totally ridiculous and it’s very confusing how everyone accepts this system.
What has happened this week is jaw dropping. Yet it would not happen to any other team – I cannot understand this either. It leaves a sour taste and worse we are left frustrated.
We love SAF to talk and express his opinion but I do believe in order to finish this title off what he is doing now is quite correct and justified – he should no longer retain the thought of talking to anyone until he sees fit – it was a disgrace the way everyone reacted after what Rooney done which was a bloody red card full stop. It was far worse when everyone again took up his comments than berate the ref accordingly – but as mentioned no one would do that because in general the mass media are not United fans and never have been.
We therefore suffer as a consequence but I don’t give a fuck anymore – this is how it’s always been and it will never stop.
Arrogant Rio didn’t plead guilty.
Reason he got the ban.
FA confirmed years later that they would have fined or give him minimum ban if he didn’t go through all legal process and time wasting costing them lawyer fees and witnesses.
The other people you compared him with pleaded guilty @ first attempt.
Sorry you got your facts wrong on this
In that list only ephedrine is a performance enhancing drug. There is no reason to ban players for taking the other stuff. Of course their clubs may be concerned that they are abusing their bodies in this way and may want to take disciplinary action against them but they aren’t cheating.
I hope Toure gets a warning at most just like if it was any other player in football in the same situation. He did not get tested for performance enhancing drugs or recreational drugs so why should he be given a harsh punishment.
Anyone think Hargreaves may have a drug problem?
Brillant post Scott!
King Eric you really shouldn’t make jokes like this as the FA and media do not have a sense of humour and will now firmly believe Hargo is a druggie. Actually I thought joking was an offence leading to life imprisonment. Really our Fa is a total ass.
Costas – Superb post at 8.36 pal.
I bet the FA will retrospectively blame Rio for Kolo’s failed test, and despite what you may think it will have nothing to do with a fat padded Abramhomvic embossed envelope.
@ Teddy the Reddy – Clearing your name makes you arrogant? Fuck me think Jay-Z got it right Guilty till proven innocent with silly statements like that. Watch Kolo get a slap on the wrist, his band will not even reach the length of Mutu let alone Paddy Kenny.
costas at 8:36 and at 9:02 AMAZING POSTS!!!! and i agree with you he prolly won’t get as long as Rio simply cuz he doesn’t play for united. SMH. biased FA bastards.
@King Eric, dannysoya
Thanks lads.
It’s looking like Kolo has taken slimming pills. If he has taken banned slimming pills, AND he is found guilty, then he should get a long ban, because he is using illegal drugs to gain an unfair advantage. There should be no degrees about it. The book should be thrown at him.
http://www.fivecantonas.com/kolo-toure-slimming-pills-long-ban/
I am a City fan so will say that at the outset. I didn’t come from News Now ! I came over to have a look at what you were saying.
I have said this at the time, though not on a public forum that i felt the treatment of Ferdinand was despicable and heavily influenced by man of the people Blatter. The crucial point is the one identified in the article – which is very well and fairly written – which is that Ferdinand offered to come back prior to them packing up. Personally that should have been the end of the case.
With regard to Toure, i haven;t come here to defend him. We don’t know the facts and so until they are out i won’t say much more. The language the doping agencies use is interesting – a specified substance mean’s something with a non-doping credible explanation. Mutu and Bosnich both tested for recreational drugs so were in a different category.
If they are slimming pills on the banned list then it should be a long ban not a slap on the wrists. These things are on the list for a reason. All he had to do was ask the club medical team and they could have told him.
As to nothing happening he has already missed a game – the club knew prior to the Villa game and he remains suspended until the conclusion so something has happened already.
I for one bet it wasn’t speed !!
And on a completely separate note i felt you were robbed against Chelsea by the ref, though to be fair to Chelsea they did play some good stuff too. Fingers crossed you beat Liverpool as i have no illusion of us winning it and really want them out of any European Competition next season.
Great article again, well thought out points.
Completely forgot the circumstances that led to Rio’s ban, which is surprising given the nature of it all… No doubt they will brush Kolo’s case under the carpet – for whatever reason they come up with this time.
Cheers for the read
If Rio got banned for the guilty plea then that’s entirely fair. When my wife got raped, the guy pleaded guilty so didn’t even go to jail, just placed on a register. If that’s how far a guilty plea let’s you off (a fucking joke in itself mind), a not guilty plea by Rio def deserved the suspension for the extra legal process.
Do feel sorry for Kolo tho, always seems an honest kind of guy, just a bit dopey perhaps.
If kolo toure is guilty on drug use he should be ban
fucking cunt’s a coke head
Like I said, if you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine