Graham Poll.
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:06 amThere is a piece here about Giggs giving the 4th official some abuse (a bit of a wind up piece similar to the stuff we get tbf) but the interesting bit comes from Graham Poll's little interjection.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... -City.html
GRAHAM POLL: GIGGS WAS WRONG TO CRITICISE OLIVER... BUT WEBB SHOULD HAVE SENT NASTASIC OFF
Matija Nastasic is a robust defender who made his presence felt very early in the game as he flew into an aerial challenge and flattened Chris Smalling.
Howard Webb rightly cautioned him despite it being the first challenge of note in just the fifth minute.
Following that there was really nothing that I saw Nastasic do which could have prompted Giggs' outburst at half-time, although in the 84th minute he brought Wayne Rooney down for what should have been a second caution.
Giggs was always a very fair player and one who would only kick up a fuss if he felt hard done by, generally not getting involved in pressurising officials.
If he did have a go at Michael Oliver it will have been due to a genuine sense of injustice rather than an attempt to apply psychological pressure to the team of officials.
So Nastasic should have been off, but not Rooney.
Here his Poll's view of dealing with Rooney when asked by Martin Keown during the game:
Poll: Difficult at times. But he could be charming, too. He has something about him that you want to like, an honest endeavour, not a nastiness. He loves his football, so he can be caught up in the moment.
This cunt used to ref games involving Manchester Utd.
Ferguson always said he was the best & requested him.
Does ANYBODY wonder why ?
Here are some of his comments re Ferguson:
Sir Alex Ferguson was one of only three people I’ve ever known with a very rare quality - you realised he was in a room before you’d even seen him.
Like Brian Clough and Pierluigi Collina, he had a presence about him.
After my infamous mistake at the 2006 World Cup — when I showed three yellow cards to the same player — Ferguson phoned me in the aftermath to urge me not to give up.
I ended up admiring and respecting the man, despite the fact that on my first trip to Old Trafford, he came into the dressing room after a 2-2 draw with Everton with the hair dryer on full draft. To no surprise to anyone reading this, he complained I had not added enough time on.
I refereed him 56 further times and whilst I could never claim to be his friend — not that that was ever my intention — I know that we built up a mutual respect for one another, so much so that he wrote the forwards to my autobiography.
Thank fuck these bent cunts have both retired.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... -City.html
GRAHAM POLL: GIGGS WAS WRONG TO CRITICISE OLIVER... BUT WEBB SHOULD HAVE SENT NASTASIC OFF
Matija Nastasic is a robust defender who made his presence felt very early in the game as he flew into an aerial challenge and flattened Chris Smalling.
Howard Webb rightly cautioned him despite it being the first challenge of note in just the fifth minute.
Following that there was really nothing that I saw Nastasic do which could have prompted Giggs' outburst at half-time, although in the 84th minute he brought Wayne Rooney down for what should have been a second caution.
Giggs was always a very fair player and one who would only kick up a fuss if he felt hard done by, generally not getting involved in pressurising officials.
If he did have a go at Michael Oliver it will have been due to a genuine sense of injustice rather than an attempt to apply psychological pressure to the team of officials.
So Nastasic should have been off, but not Rooney.
Here his Poll's view of dealing with Rooney when asked by Martin Keown during the game:
Poll: Difficult at times. But he could be charming, too. He has something about him that you want to like, an honest endeavour, not a nastiness. He loves his football, so he can be caught up in the moment.
This cunt used to ref games involving Manchester Utd.
Ferguson always said he was the best & requested him.
Does ANYBODY wonder why ?
Here are some of his comments re Ferguson:
Sir Alex Ferguson was one of only three people I’ve ever known with a very rare quality - you realised he was in a room before you’d even seen him.
Like Brian Clough and Pierluigi Collina, he had a presence about him.
After my infamous mistake at the 2006 World Cup — when I showed three yellow cards to the same player — Ferguson phoned me in the aftermath to urge me not to give up.
I ended up admiring and respecting the man, despite the fact that on my first trip to Old Trafford, he came into the dressing room after a 2-2 draw with Everton with the hair dryer on full draft. To no surprise to anyone reading this, he complained I had not added enough time on.
I refereed him 56 further times and whilst I could never claim to be his friend — not that that was ever my intention — I know that we built up a mutual respect for one another, so much so that he wrote the forwards to my autobiography.
Thank fuck these bent cunts have both retired.