Platini has just been on

[Pablo]

Is he taking the piss then ?

It's a smokescreen

(Just thought I would beat Nobbylad to the punch, I think this is the only remaining thread on Est that he hasn't posted it on). :bird:

[nobbylad]

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[Guest]

It's a smokescreen

(Just thought I would beat Nobbylad to the punch, I think this is the only remaining thread on Est that he hasn't posted it on). :bird:

Well nobbylad is nothing but real. He's a smokescreen.

[MosRay]

Is he taking the piss then ?

You tell me ! to me it sounds more like a feeble and half hearted attempt at an appeasment of sorts...Does it make me happy after whats been said? Absolutely not..

What I want is a public apology to all those that their mouth piece slanderd (which I will add includes myself) and for the good name of our great club...

[Maestro]

Platini, contradicting statements attributed to UEFA officials last week, told Reuters: "No they are not, it's official, they are not the worst behaved in Europe."

Does Ian Cotton write his statements? :whatever:
UEFA are absolute scum. I detest them.

[Bob]

It's clear these ****ers spend more time doing office chair races all day than actually doing any work. They are a ****ing farce, they haven't a clue.

They'll probably get a gargantuan raise this year as well. Clowns.

This Gaylord **** should get the sack for his outburst/report, not to mention for the cacophony of **** ups his office have dealt football over the years.

[Gordy Boy]

Did he not say who were actually worse than us then?

"Ze Leeverpool fans are not ze worst. Zat is Manyoo. Scum."

(That's the closest I can get to a stereotypical French accent in text I'm afraid)

[Skillz]

As a fan from Australia, can i just say this episode has been a great learning experience for me.

It has taught me one thing, and shown it to be a clear fact.

UEFA are a complete joke of an organistaion that have no right to run a 100 metres let alone an organisation of any description.

what a joke.

[sonsofthedesert]

Did he not say who were actually worse than us then?

"Ze Leeverpool fans are not ze worst. Zat is Manyoo. Scum."

(That's the closest I can get to a stereotypical French accent in text I'm afraid)

I thought you were trying to say he was german with those added bits.

[kopash]

well based on the fact that tw*t Guillard is their communication man and he has totally misrepresented UEFA, surely he should be sacked for gross misconduct/incompetence?

[Gordy Boy]

I thought you were trying to say he was german with those added bits.

I can see where your confusion came from. Sorry about that.

[Morph]

Saying we are not the worst fans in europe.

Shocker!! Talk about stating the bleeding obvious

[tomasjj]

Platini - Conard

:whatever:

[Dero]

Saying we are not the worst fans in europe.

There goes our last chance at silverware this season. But seriously the damage has been done now and even if they make a token apology no one will pay attention cause it's not news anymore.

[der_Fuchs]

When UEFA laid into us 20 years ago, they had the full backing of the PM, who hated football. And after Heysel we were in no position to complain about anything that was said or done to us.
This time however, UEFA have misjudged the situation badly. They would have doine better to have said nothing, instead of preparing a dossier of 25 incidents that doesn't throw up any significant incidents. That only emphasises that basically we enjoy a good reputation abroad, but it shows the desperation of UEFA to make scapegoats of us. Meanwhile, the balanced yet firm rebuttals from club and UK sports minister have only drawn attention to how badly UEFA managed the situation. Even the former Tory leader Michael Howard (never my favorite MP, but fair play to him) has come out of this with enhanced credibility for standing up for us in advance of an official reaction.
We should be pushing for the resignation of Gaillard now, and a full apology to the club and fans. Also the sports minister should tell Platini that we (i.e. all the British clubs) aren't going to be scapegoats for UEFA anymore. In fact it is part of UEFA's role to look after the fans, not blame them for their own incompetence, and it is UEFA who need to improve their behaviour next time.