No, no… not me. I’m a ‘never-was.’ An entirely different breed of common or garden irritant. I’m talking Jose. Or as perhaps we ought to rebadge him now, ‘Little Hose.’
This has been an interesting season in terms of the way the press has conducted itself in relation to managers. Aside from anything that’s occurred on the pitch, David Moyes has been afforded little if any of the courtesies that his functional alcoholic predecessor was. It’s common knowledge that the stories ‘got lost’ in relation to all manner of activity involving Man Utd.
Prior to the departure of Slur Alex, you didn’t see the UK red tops running pieces highlighting how Yanited had paid over the odds for players …and as for 3 hoaxers saying they were United officials, and turning up at Athletic Bilbao’s offices to buy midfielder Ander Herrera offices in Madrid …this never happened under Red Nose.
Mourinho’s media charms are equally faded goods. Level on goal difference with Southampton, only a point more bagged than Hull City, it’s little surprise that Little Hose is wheeling out every trick in his well thumbed ‘Palm Off Pamphlet.’
The thin charm of Mourinho’s “my players are like eggs” schtick could, like any meager ‘personal size’ portion of room temperature and greasy butter substitute, can only ever be spread so far.
So now we have the On Borrowed Time One demanding Jan Vertonghen be banned!
He pretended that Fernando had a big contact on him and the referee went on trust. At that moment we were much better. They were in big trouble.
We were winning everything in midfield and going in waves of attack – (Andre) Schurrle had just had a chance that normally he has to score. It leaves a bad taste because we should win.
If I was boss of the (Premier League) committee I would give a one-match suspension to the Tottenham defender and nothing to Fernando.”
Anyone who even vaguely watched the game knew what Torres was up to for the entirety of his wretched time on the pitch. Well up until the mentally weak Mike Dean eventually did the right thing and removed a CHEAT from the field of play.
Was the ‘coming together’ incident of Jan and a man christened after an ABBA song an actual sending off offence? No, of course it wasn’t.
However, just about everything everything else Fernando did was a hugely valid, contributory element to him buying a red.
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