5 Live are saying O'Leary has agreed with the sending off of Danny Mills. The world surely has gone mad now! :-)

-- Anonymous, January 12, 2002

Answers

Ciara, it would take a very very stupid person to question that decision. Even O'Leary isn;t that stupid, although I am surprised he didn;t say that he hadn't seen it

-- Anonymous, January 12, 2002

Just got back in from the game, and I heard the same regarding O'Leary. I was amazed Danny Mills stayed on the pitch for as long as he did to be honest.

-- Anonymous, January 12, 2002

Marty - I'm surprised any of the dorty bar stewards stayed on as long. By far, the dirtiest team I've seen in a long time. Nice that justice was done :-))

-- Anonymous, January 12, 2002

The camera had a shot of O'Dreary as Mills went of. You didn't have to be a brilliant lip reader to work out what he said- F*cking Pr*ck.

Tee hee

-- Anonymous, January 12, 2002

just seen the telly and you've got to laugh at Mills, should have been a straight red for the Robert elbow, vcan we appeal ?

-- Anonymous, January 12, 2002

I was thinking the same MacBeth. The ref gave a freekick for the foul but I don't think he saw the elbow as he moist certainly would have booked him at least. Maybe the FA will look at it and ban him for 6 matches. But knowing the FA it is highly unlikey. Maybe we should start an appeal.

I did think that the ref had a pretty good game today, considering how physical it was.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

Is it possible to get 22 bookings in a game, Arsenal-Leeds next weekend must be the game !

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

Actually Kegsy I thought he was poor. However, as I said in my Match Report, it must have been a nightmare game to referee.

He was too tolerant early on - in particular over Mills forearm smash into Robert's face that was not subtle and he must have seen - and things almost got out of hand. He did regain a measure of control by issuing a few cards, but a number of his decisions were baffling/dubious as he began blowing for virtually any physical contact.

There were perhaps 5 or 6 occasions in the 2nd half when one of our players was fouled but by instantly blowing his whistle every time he prevented us taking advantage of situations.

As I say, I thought he was poor, but that there was significant mitigation occasioned by Leeds approach to the game - imo something the FA should seriously evaluate.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

When you watch on tv (especially at 2 am) it's difficult to fully appreciate what's going on, especially with regards to whether a free kick should be given or if the advantage should be played. I honestly don't think he saw the elbow, or if he did he didn't see it completely and certainly not as the malicious elbow it was. He didn't hide from giving yellow cards and I'm sure he would have at least booked him at the very least. To be honest I am happy he wasn't sent off at that pont as the papers would have been full of how we came back and won because he was sent off and not because we were (and are) the better team.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

You would have to be wearing the rosiest set of Gregory Pecks to see it as anything but a hacky get being a thug. Bellamy was a nuisance, he terrorised Mills & Duberry and Mills relied on his primitive instincts to "deal" with the situation.

Leeds have a real discipline problem, we all know first hand what Batty is capable of but time & time again the Leeds way was "if you can't get the ball - get the player".

The hostile nature of the game really got the crowds back up and the pick of chants for me was, after Duberry fantastic own goal, every time he got the ball everyone shouted "SHOOT". I love being a mag.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

Tony, there was a rousing chorus of "Super, Supergrass..." round me. Darn near soiled myself.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

I felt sorry for the poor bugga. Of all the people to drop such an enormous bollock, it had to be the guy with most to lose, relationship-wise.

He'll be lucky ever to play again for Leeds, and really, I think he was one of the less loathsome participants in the head kicking incident.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

Aye there was a line of blokes in front of me shouting "SuperGrass" continuously for about 5 minutes in the second half.

I tell you, I could have closed my eyes and stayed in that atmosphere for the whole week, it was amazing, easily the best all season, not just in terms of sound levels but also the sense of well being everyone had because we were tearing apart the league leaders - not for the first time this season.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

......he was also one of the less loathsome wearers of a white shirt yesterday. He also possesses the by now infamous ability to keep his gob firmly shut!

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

In defence of Duberry, he had set himself up to clear Bellamy's cross. The ball took the slighest of deflections off Nobby's heed and being so close and the ball coming over with pace, Duberry had no time to adjust. Still, it answered the question I'd been asking - whaere was the equaliser gonna come from? We'd tried just about everything and when Speed mis-hit that shot when clear, I thought our luck was out. In steps Michael Duberry. Heeeeyyy Michael Duberry, I wanna knoowowowow how you scored that goal.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

you need to watch again and see the way he sticks his arm in the air as he scores, either appeallng for a pen or glad of scorign ?

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

I heard that Super........ chant, couldn't figure it out in the Milburn library - thanks!

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

"Michael Duberry, I wanna knoowowowow how you scored that goal. "
Now us Sydney Mags are somewhat confused as to the orrigin of these "I wanna knowowowowow" chants. We assume it is based on some song in the UK charts. Can someone please enlighten us.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

Is it sung to "Jesus Christ Superstar", as in "Supermac, superstar, how many goals have you scored so far"?

Another ignorant exile ;-)

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

Divven't fret Nick - I'll croon it for you when we next all get our heads together

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

It's a Re-vamp of the old hit Hey Baby - I Wanna know-ow-ow-ow-ow if you'll be my girl. It's now complete with "Ooh, Aah" after the Hey Baby,courtesy of DJ Otzi. It made No 1 in the charts after doing the rounds on the holiday islands last year.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

Apparently the original was a hit for Bruce Channel in 1962! (I remember the song but not the artist).

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002

Would that have been Chanell's Number One? All you wanted to know (and probably a lot more than) can be found here about the Terry Mac look-a-like.

-- Anonymous, January 14, 2002

never heard the song apart from the snippet at footy games

-- Anonymous, January 14, 2002

Geordie get yerself into YEL its on there all the time.

-- Anonymous, January 14, 2002

that wasn't the first time Duberry has ruined the defence for woodgate

-- Anonymous, January 14, 2002