Did Cantona retire too early?

Originally Posted by Tiberian

He has an average season, still remember the semi-final against Dortmund when he looked a shadow of himself, missing chances and being off the pace, but others have shown that it is possible to come back.

You cant say that

He could do no wrong rememeber.

Originally Posted by Tropical

who's got my fish, you sonofabitch?

I don't know, but I'll try to find out.

Originally Posted by Skag Trendy

You cant say that

He could do no wrong rememeber.

I still have the memory of Jurgen Kohler lying on his arse on the goal line with Cantona a yard out and hitting it against him

Summed up that game, we battered them for 90 mins, must have had 10-15 golden chances and it just would not go in, and of course they score 2 deflected goals over the tie.

deflected or not van der Gouw should've still had that one in Dortmund

Originally Posted by £#%&! KFC

deflected or not van der Gouw should've still had that one in Dortmund

I always thought so too. It was right up the middle.

Originally Posted by £#%&! KFC

deflected or not van der Gouw should've still had that one in Dortmund

No spring at all, and reacted slowly. Missed opportunity that year, I know we lost to Juventus twice, but in the home game, again we missed a stack of chances and we could hve beaten them. Along with Leverkusen and the first time we went out to Madrid were our chances to win another European cup.

agreed totally mate if we'd won in 1997 it might be us looking at FIVE TIMES this year

all conjecture I know but 1997 season we were the best team in Europe, Dortmund were the worst team to win big ears for a long time until Porto another chance we were robbed of thanks to a bent Russian linesman and a Yankee clown in goal

and don't even get me started on £#%&!in Monaco

Originally Posted by Grimson

I assume Trop means Eric's opinion was the only one that mattered.

But you see, you can't quote Trop or borsuk, because of their habit of typing the first part of the post in the subject line, in a contrived attempt to add gravitas.

It's the equivalent of fiction writers using "he said" to introduce a dramatic pause, i.e.:

"It's not my fish," he said. "It never was, and it never will be."

this post would have been far better with the 'i assume' in the subject line.

oh, and no capitals, of course.


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Originally Posted by borsuk

this post would have been far better with the 'i assume' in the subject line.

oh, and no capitals, of course.


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Could you give me an example?

Originally Posted by Grimson

I always thought so too. It was right up the middle.

they don't like it up 'em

Originally Posted by £#%&! KFC

agreed totally mate if we'd won in 1997 it might be us looking at FIVE TIMES this year

all conjecture I know but 1997 season we were the best team in Europe, Dortmund were the worst team to win big ears for a long time until Porto another chance we were robbed of thanks to a bent Russian linesman and a Yankee clown in goal

and don't even get me started on £#%&!in Monaco

Injuries killed us the year we went out to Monaco, both in the league and Europe.

Against Monaco a few players were carrying injuries and we brought Michael Clegg on because Neville just could not run.

didn't Curtis play against Monaco as well....I remember everyone blaming Sheringham

Cantona has said that he didn't retire for footballing reasons, so it's not really an issue.

I certainly think he had a few more seasons in him if he wanted it though.

Originally Posted by £#%&! KFC

didn't Curtis play against Monaco as well....I remember everyone blaming Sheringham

Curtis played against Arsenal in the previous game, the ridiculous game when we had 5 players who had played right back in the team and Fergie chose Curtis to mark Overmars. We all know how that turned out.

Phil Neville played left wing that day.

Just so you know i do not carry this information in my head.

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