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I agree, Lord Ferg has a lot to answer for where respect for officials is concerned. His comments about officials are as inappropriate as Wengers' insulting myopia. The Professor managed to see that Chelsea were offside for their equaliser I notice. Managers have a huge part to play in this 'respect' campaign. I hope they all meet their responsibilities squarely.
Benitez is looking rather foolish this morning. I heard his defence of Mascherano described as like that of a thirteen-your-old making up nonsense when caught misbehaving by a teacher. Mascherano has told the Liverpool Echo he 'still does not know why he was sent off.' Someone needs to tell him, his team-mates and his manager PDQ, else they are likely to get caught out again. Mark Lawrensen and Alan Green understood and supported the decision. Green called Mascheranos' behaviour 'idiotic'.
An area of concern is consistency. As El Gordo says, Eboue appeared to behave in a smiliar manner to Mascherano yet avoided a second caution. Stan Collimore called for 'zero tolerance' this morning which I agree with but it must be applied evenly to be effective. If this change becomes permanent it will help our national team, provided we can reach a tournament or two.
As for the Title, I have a horrible feeling for the boys in blue. This might be natural pessimism of the armchair fan but it seems ominous that Drogba has chosen now to emerge from his post Africa Cup of Nations funk. Arsenal appear to be shot, as much by the FA Cup thrashing at the Devilbowl as by the Eduardo incident. One thing's for sure; there'll be a few twists and turns before it's over.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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