I know what banana does to athletes. Tennis players eating/drinking between breaks to boost energy is different to feeding one to a football player who is playing because he was tired. Tennis player can't sub himself. Football players can be. We had Carrick or Young who could come in as CB or LB. FFS we had 4 CBs on the pitch at that point and you can play as 4 4 2 or 3 5 2 with it.
Also it was not 5 mins to go. It was 20 mins to go. So it looked all fake especially when your manager has been moaning about it and had plan to do more after the match about the next match. So someone thinking and calling it staged is not going too far.
You should read more about what I said. I said rio cake case is different to this rojo banana case. Fergie was not moaning about his team being tired when rio ate the cake to parallel 2 cases. I never said Fergie never moaned about the fixtures.
I'm not Mourinho I don't know why he didn't bring Carrick or Young on. Again from what he said it was more of an energy boost for the rest of the game. You're changing the subject with tactics from my point. The question wasn't "why didn't he bring Young on?" it was "Why did he eat a banana?" I'm not that bothered why he didn't bring Young on, he's the manager it's his decision.
It's a bit of a weird thing to get worked up about by you and Keane as well. He ate a banana, does it really matter why he did it? Again my point was by accusing someone of faking being tired and eating a banana it simply is a controversial comment. My whole original point was Keane says stuff to be controversial and he does.
I'd imagine he ate the Jaffa cakes for the same reason as eating a banana, it'll give you a short energy boost. Fergie moaning about fixture congestion is pretty much moaning about players being tired. The effect of fixture congestion is people are more likely to be tired or get injured. The 2 directly relate to each other.
And i'll reiterate again my point wasn't that Rojo ate a banana. My point was simply pundits (including Keane) make controversial statements or become exaggerated versions of themselves to stir up debate and get people talking about them. In a 3 minute interview Keane said:
Man Utd is to big for Mourinho (a man who's won the CL twice, the FA Cup, 3 premier leagues, La Liga, Serie A twice and won a cup in his first season at United already)
He's "sick" of Mourinho after half a season in charge
He thinks someone faked being tired and ate a banana.
But yeah....he's not trying to be controversial.
