Football really is a ‘funny old game’!

A couple of weeks ago I was living in dreamland as Tottenham took a 2-0 lead into the Old Trafford dressing rooms at half time. Now I can accept the desperation for the position United were in as the catalyst for the second half onslaught and I acknowledge that our boys pretty much caved in under the pressure. What still irks though is Michael Carrick, an ex-Spur, knew he was cheating when he appealed for and won a dubious penalty. Gomes clearly won the ball and Carrick KNEW it! No play fair attitude from him as he watched his former team mates futilely attempt to argue the point with our most over-rated referee Howard Webb. Webb rubbed salt into the wound several days later by admitting to making the mistake.

I wonder if there was a hint of guilt dawning on Carrick last night as he witnessed the same scenario unfold with his United colleague Darren Fletcher, cruelly denied a Champions League final place by receiving a red card for a fair tackle?


nick