It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Despite saving a penalty shot, I do think their new goalie, De Vea, is fairly vulnerable.

The penalty shot from Van Persie was

1. Poorly hit.
2. Predictably placed.

On TV the commentator explained how Van Persie's penalty shots are usually either aimed at (as we look at them) the bottom LHS or the top RHS.

I presume, having discussed the topic of 'Arsenal penalty taking' beforehand with the coach, then the Man U goalie needed to choose just one or the other to have a 50/50 chance on stopping a typical Van Persie's penalty shot.

To say these Premier League (and England International) Forwards are paid as much as they are and coached as much as they are too, then surely penalty kicking skills should be practiced so much that they are almost a mere formality for the taker and imposssible to stop by any goalie. That's not what we armchair experts get to see though.

If Van Persie had hit his penalty as hard as the goal he actually scored would have burst the net. Not rocket science, no excuse, 100K + per week???

I used to like Frannie Lee's...of Derby County (I think).... penalties all those years ago and to me Alan Shearer was a fantastic taker....as well.....not many british players that is what's wrong with Arsenal.....you have to pick some up from the lower divisions and have an essential uk backbone in a side performing in the premiership......

Didn't Francis Lee play for Manchester City (all those years ago)?

Yep!

Not the same person....will have to check up on this.....if I remember correctly...

Francis Lee.

See his great skill about 35 seconds in here. :-)

'...And when Manchester United scored their eighth goal, what did you do then, sir?'

Bellamy back for the second throw of the dice,,,,double 6 !

Game on.

England might get an away win against Bulgaria......I hope so....

Wales won ... wonders will never cease !

Pity we lost Bellamy and Vaughan.

"4th in the world yer having a laff" sung by the Welsh summed up the England performance perfectly but the football paled into insignificance.

RIP Mikey Dye and condolences to his family. He was one of the old Ely boys we used to have a joke with in the Ninian before home games back in the 80's. No place in football for things like this , those guilty should be made an example of.

The Greatest.

Says it all about you Bernard , not related to the Sun reporter Tara O' Shaugnessy on facebook trying to dig up dirt to defend the libel cases heading the Sun (and Mail's) way for reporting everything except the truth ?

Tosser

STATEMENT ON TABLOID COVERAGE
Fri 09 Sep 2011

Cardiff City Football Club were disappointed to read articles in three national tabloid newspapers this week whereby we feel insensitive and unfounded connections were drawn from the tragic events at Wembley Stadium on September 6th 2011.

It is our opinion that The Daily Mirror, The Sun and the Daily Mail have acted insensitively towards the memory of Mike Dye at a time when his family are still in the early stages of mourning their loss.

It is also our view that the tabloid attempts to draw tenuous connections of possible clashes between Cardiff City and Swansea City supporters at the Wales v England match come without any direct evidence or basis for doing so, using this as a means to cite 'Rivalry fury'.



This is something that we consider to be extremely disrespectful to both clubs and supporters following many positive steps being taken between both clubs in recent years, specifically in light of the sympathies being shared by both clubs and all supporters over this tragic incident.

The club have taken this matter up with the Press Complaints Commission and will be contacting the tabloids named directly in due course.

It should also be noted that neither the Daily Mirror or the Daily Mail have made direct requests for their employees to attend the match, while we have requested that The Sun withdraw their request to attend due to the sensitivity of the day. This has been agreed.

On Saturday we will pay respects to Mike Dye as outlined and are sure all supporters will play their part. Thank you.

England fan has been arrested and will appear in court tomorrow charged with manslaughter.


It will also become clear that this was not a Cardiff/Swansea incident as the press has been saying (along with plenty of other lies).

Man U the greatest.

Cardiff / Wales lol

I was born in Manchester, as a child together with the rest of my family supported Man U. Then I grew up!!!

Let me guess you now support West Ham lol.