Haha yeah that was a good game, ****e since though although I didn't see much of yesterday's action.
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Argentina were pretty good yesterday, very nice passing and movement. Distinct lack of finishing ability, though.Comment
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Ledley King's World Cup appears to be over after the England defender damaged his groin during Saturday's draw with the USA, an injury the coaching staff fear will make him unavailable for the next three weeks.
The medical team will continue to assess King. Fabio Capello confirmed the centre-half injured an abductor muscle in the opening moments of the 1-1 stalemate at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium. King complained of tightness immediately after Steven Gerrard had opened the scoring and, though he played on through the first half, he was withdrawn at the interval.
While the problem is not related to King's chronic knee complaint, the medical record always suggested Capello's initial assessment, that the 28-year-old would be absent only for Friday's game against Algeria in Cape Town, would prove optimistic. Niggles sustained by the Tottenham defender, who is unable to train properly because of his knee problems, tend to rule him out for three weeks at the very least with the management staff privately accepting as much last night.That rug really tied the room together.Comment
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Great selection by Don Capello...Comment
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Fabio Capello only picks players that are not injury prone and have been playing on a regular basisComment
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fabio capello does not pick naturally left sided players that can cross a ball.Adam JohnsonComment
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Who would have thought Ledley King wouldn't have made it all the way through the World Cup without getting injured
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Police chiefs were meeting with council officials today after violence marred the big-screen showing at the Castlefield Basin of England’s opening World Cup match. Fighting erupted and plastic glasses of beer and bottles were thrown among the 12,000 fans.
Police had to wade in to break-up brawls and four people were arrested. But town hall bosses say there are no plans to ban alcohol for the screening of the next England game on Friday.
Kate Phipps from Manchester, who attended the screening with her nine-year-old son, said: “It was a complete disaster. Our experience was ruined by the actions of the people around us. Not wanting my son to witness the anti-social behaviour we left after 20 minutes. He was begging us to leave. He has made it very clear to me that he doesn't want to watch any other matches there. The council really need to reconsider. There shouldn't be any alcohol served in the area.
Council bosses said the atmosphere had been amazing and blamed 'insignificant handfuls of fools' for the disorder.
Mike Amesbury, the town hall's executive member for culture and leisure, said: “The overwhelming majority of the crowd did the city proud and demonstrated clearly what it means to be true football fans.
A tiny and insignificant handful of fools let themselves down near the end.
Manchester council chiefs and police were always due to meet today to review arrangements for Friday's screening of the crunch England v Algeria game. But it is understood senior officers have concerns that security should be adequate for a match that could effectively end England's World Cup hopes.
The Castlefield 'fan zone' is due to screen every England game on a ticket-only basis.
Trouble flared on Saturday at the end of the game.
Hundreds of people looked on in horror as blows were exchanged between a small group of fans. Concerns were also raised about the time it took for some people to get into the complex, and about the length of queues for the bars. A council spokesman said there were no plans to reconsider the decision to have bars in the fan zone.
He added: “Apart from one isolated incident towards the end of the match, which was dealt with quickly and effectively by police and security staff, the event was trouble-free with fans enjoying the sunshine and good-natured family atmosphere, if not the result.
There was a problem before the match started with a lot people trying to all get in at once on the Liverpool Road side. We will be looking at that.
Police were stretched by a second large-scale event in Manchester over the weekend. A two-night music festival in Platt Fields on Friday and Saturday – headlined by Stone Roses legend Ian Brown – attracted crowds of 14,000 and 17,500. Over the two evenings there were a total of 18 arrests for public order offences, and theft.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Ah Manchesters finest once again prove that we can't do anything in this city without the drunken idiots ruining it. Well done and I hope you all feel proud. I was there yesterday and the reason only 4 were arrested was because they run out of cops. There could easily have been 20-30 nicked yesterday. The only thing to surprise was how ling it took for the fighting to start as it had been bubbling for hours.
When will the council learn we can't be trusted to hold events like this and mix it with alcohol. If the council wanted it to be a family fun day why sell alcohol inside? Money maybe?Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Scum, sub-human scum.Comment
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Mancs eh?!
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it was disgusting fighting and people were urinating everywhere, no consideration for others. My two sons and I left before the end of the match because they were in tears.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Forward play in general (Germany excluded) has been woeful. Actually Heskey did a good job of the non-goalscoring aspects of it but that's not really what you pay to see.Originally posted by Craig_H View Post"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
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