Aaron Ramsey

Its the heat of the moment taking over sometimes with the managers reacting the way they do. I'm sure we'd all react as angrily as Wenger or Fabregas if it was one of our teammates who got his leg busted.

I hope he's gonna be ok, that poor boy.

(01-03-2010 20:20 )m100 Wrote:  We've spent weeks debating how players should set a good example - does anyone else think it's time managers were called to account. Wenger and Ferguson immediately spring to mind but Benitez is getting as bad. If sam allardyce had torres and gerrard plus all the cash that Benitez has squandered on donkeys during his time at anfield would Blackburn be where they are or play the way they do - probably not cos the last time they had a load of cash to spend then they actually won the premier league rafa. Instead of getting the occasional touchline ban these three idiots in particular should be banned from their clubs for however many weeks every time they come out with something which questions other professionals in the game. Not only are they bringing the game into disrepute they are embarrasing their clubs.

I think the 3 of them all "gob off" but for different reasons.......Most of Wenger's recent whining is out of frustration, he hasn't won anything for years and he knows that the heat will really be on if he comes up empty-handed again this season. He's always been a bit of a whinger, but more so than ever the last couple of years. His vision of "beautiful football" is great to watch, but it won't compensate the fans for no silverware (again) and he knows it.

Ferguson on the other hand knows that he can pretty much say whatever the fuck he likes and get away with it. The hierachy at the Premiership and the F.A are both shit scared of him. I've never known a manager get called up on disrepute charges as many times as he has, yet always come out of it with nothing but a piddly fine, so piddly that he probably pays them in cash, straight out of his wallet. Any other manager would get hauled over the coals arse backwards, followed by a lengthy touchline ban. Fair enough, his status in the game entitles him to a little leeway but he takes the piss, and nobody in authority has got the balls to do anything about it.

Benitez doesn't give a shit, because at the end of this season he'll probably be on his bike anyway. The only question to be answered here is will he jump, or will he be pushed? Doubt Liverpool will push him simply because they can't afford it. He only just signed a massive contract last season and a sacking will present the owners with a huge bill, which neither of them are too keen on paying. Plus, they are both too busy beating the shit out of each other to get involved in a public battle with him, even though secretly they probably both want him gone. All he's been interested in the last couple of years is padding out his own cv, he knows that the big clubs in Europe see a good run in the Champions League as far more important than winning the Premiership when looking for a manager, so over the last few years he's behaved accordingly.

If at the end of the season Real Madrid come knocking, (which they most likely will) hands up all those who think he'll stay at Anfield?

(Seriously, don't bother answering that one )