Another day, another ABU article in the mainstream press, this one coming from The Independent.
The acts of petulance continually committed by Manchester United on the football fields of this country and the Continent never cease to amaze.
The fact that a team with talent and quality to animate the football Gods in their prime seats cheerfully continues to stoop to such lowly antics as diving in pursuit of cheap free kicks or penalties, undermines so much of what Sir Alex Ferguson has achieved at England’s most famous club.
Of course, Manchester United are the only club who has players who dive. Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Emanual Adebayor, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole, Fernando Torres, amongst others, have all shown themselves as divers, yet United are the ones to be singled out for criticism.
Wayne Rooney went to ground too easily against Villarreal and our manager was man enough to respond. Jose Mourinho could only admit Drogba dived after he left the club, Arsene Wenger never sees it, but our manager came out and held his hands up, saying Rooney made a mistake.
“If I saw a team-mate doing it, I would definitely have a word,” said Gerrard in his autobiography. “I don’t think there’s anything worse than a player diving when no one’s been anywhere near him. It does ruin the game.”
Gerrard dives but pretends that he doesn’t and claims to be anti-diving, yet he faces no public criticism from the likes of Bills. Understandably, I’m not surprised.
That Ferguson tolerates the kind of theatrical, pathetic diving by the likes of Wayne Rooney in a childish hunt for spurious awards from a referee, is bewildering. Do not such acts suggest Ferguson himself countenances these absurdities? For sure, a man of his presence and apparently strong Glaswegian values could eradicate this kind of nonsense with one blast of the renowned hairdryer treatment.
Is not Ferguson himself a vehement critic of any opponent who goes down as though hit by a sniper at Stalingrad? Is it not therefore the case that Ferguson’s judgement (and eyesight) is proven highly flawed when it comes to such antics?
Does Bills think by praising United and Ferguson that we won’t notice what a complete ABU he is? The fact that Ferguson has spoken out about this clearly shows that he doesn’t tolerate ‘theatrical, pathetic diving’, but don’t let us allow silly things like facts to get in the way of Bills’ argument.
As well as the extracts above, Bills uses the word ‘skulduggery’ three times, including in the headline, as well as claiming we ‘resort to low-life antics’. He goes on, “United go on seeking unjustified advantages at the expense of inferior opponents and harassed referees.”
Is this seriously for real? He’s talking as if United are the anti-Christ of football, setting the standard for all wrong with the game.
Whilst I’ll never be happy to see one of our players diving, particularly when it’s someone like Wayne Rooney because I expect more from him, we have to accept to a certain extent that it is a part of the game. If Wayne starts diving in every game he plays, then we can take issue with it, but for now, he isn’t even on the same page as players like Steven Gerrard.
Stick to what you know best eh, the rugby, you stupid prick.
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Fair play Scott,once again the Media goes against us …. the cunt didn’t see that twat trying to kick CR7′s fucking legs off. didn’t mention that did he the twat.
but when we get into the final wankers like that will soon be on to OldTrafford for frrebie tickets the fucking two face gobshite
ABU twat, chelski and livershite get away with murder when it comes the press and media.
FUCK THEM ALL!
Typical bollox… prob a bitter blue nose or sommat… fuck em anyway… what are they to us??
Bet that lob on gets bossed about by his wife at home… thats if he has got one… might be after a Russian Internet Bride or sommat.
Another talentless and unimaginative hack choosing the easy option to pad out his jamrag of a newspaper.
He’ll be wanking over “clever” Gerrard diving around Anfield later, no doubt.
Peter Billshit = Diving Wanker
Yup, medias likes to go against us because we’re the best!!! Why not bothering other clubs? Because they’re so boring and nothing to talk about.
Well said, Scott. I read this article at lunchtime and couldn’t believe how one-eyed it was. The dive was disgraceful (just as they are when perpetrated by Saints like Gerrard and Owen) but you’d think that the only player and manager to bring the subject up and apologise for it would be worthy of a positive news story.
fuck off Peter Bills you high forehead cunt.
Well said everyone! It is amazing how these cunts cant see common sense. We all know their heads have undergone an interchange with their arses. Hopefully we will show them what stupid pricks they are as the season goes on.
Its a dreadful article.
head down arse up bills abramovich has got his wallet out again.
Silly Twat!!
don’t worry everyone, we’ll win the prem again this season – mark my words
What is ABU?
fuckin moronic article written by a fuckin moron, btw CJ we’ll win the champ league too…..
Don’t forget the League Cup!!! Another treble!!!!
The Independant !!!!
Peter Bills & Alan Green play under the same Duvet ???
At least Rooney apologised and to Pires who would never admit diving . What pains me is how many times has Rooney stayed up and pushed on when he could of gained a foul advantage . bollocks , bollocks, bollocks .Shit Media used by equally shit jurno.
Fuck him!
Tell him 2 go 2 n hang himself in hell,why did he chose 2 watch our game anyway he,he could b th bad lack,fuck hm n he is in the same fucking category of City,liver-fools,ARSE-HOLES of london n th other pretenders like Real madrid or is it called Calderon FC?and th fuckers Chelsea.
well i wanted to know what this bills nob looked like so i goolged him on images and it says hes chief rugby writer so say no more.
Well that’s the Independent for you; lots of large words but no sense behind any of them.
Gerrard dived a couple of weeks ago and the dive was very obvious, as obvious as Rooney’s which left me with a ‘why the fuck did he do that for’ phrase in my head.
Yet, Stevie ME isn’t at the biggest club in the world and Rooney is. That is the difference.
Ryan ABU= Anyone but United