Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:07 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Maybe he has. But even if he has, it doesn't negate the fact he's used the 96 people who lost their lives at Hillsborough as a points-scoring exercise now.

Very true. I agree and I agree with the point you made earlier it does stink of trying to score points on his way out but that lot across the park will lap it up, we all know what they are like. It works too, many people I know who wanted him out for many months are now putting stuff like 'what a guy Rafa, YNWA' on Facebook.

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:18 pm  

Dan_FC wrote:

How do you know he hasn't donated money to the cause in the past?

Well I would ask why he has decided to make this particular donation public?

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:23 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Well I would ask why he has decided to make this particular donation public?

Has he?

I haven't heard anything from him, not even about his new job, the only comment I have read about the donation came from the group itself.

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:24 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Well I would ask why he has decided to make this particular donation public?

He hasn't I don't think, as I said in my last post people mentioning how fantastic he is on Facebook is where I learnt of it. I don't he has said anything about it.

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:27 pm  

Asim wrote:

Has he?

I haven't heard anything from him, not even about his new job, the only comment I have read about the donation came from the group itself.

Well I would assume that any previous donations haven't been made in person. On this particular occasion Rafa chose to stroll into the offices and hand over a cheque, or so I've read. Don't get me wrong, it's a fine gesture by the bloke. Just the timing of it stinks of petty points scoring IMO.

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:49 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Just the timing of it stinks of petty points scoring IMO.

He's going to Milan next week so it had to be now. And the £96,000 was just what he had in his savings account. No way was this a publicity stunt, not at all.

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:53 pm  

Publicity stunt or not. The bloke has handed over a cheque for £96k to a charity.

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:53 pm  

Sam Buca wrote:

Publicity stunt or not. The bloke has handed over a cheque for £96k to a charity.

The bloke handed over a £96k cheque to a campaign group, not a charity.

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:48 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

The bloke handed over a £96k cheque to a campaign group, not a charity.

My apologies.

Re: Season Ending Football Chat : Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:38 am  

I'm a cynic at the best of times, but can't people just give the guy a break for once? It's a fine gesture and should be applauded, not criticised.