Sir Alex Ferguson has responded to the referee’s ridiculous decision to send off Wayne Rooney yesterday, after our player through the ball back for a freekick to be retaken.
There is no denying he was angry when he threw the ball, but since when has that been an offence? The ball didn’t land exactly where the freekick was supposed to be retaken, so is being an inaccurate thrower of the ball over 20 yards now grounds to send a player off? It’s fucking ridiculous.
Our manager was also confused by the decision, seeing the flaws in the referee’s treatment of both teams.
“Did he throw the ball at the referee?” questioned Ferguson. “The ball was thrown direct to where the free-kick was being taken – did it hit the referee? No. He threw it because he wanted to get the game going. What can you say about that?”
Ferguson went on to look at other poor decisions made in the game, concluding his criticism of that fat bastard Dowd.
“There wasn’t a bad tackle in the game but John Pantsil was booked in the first half for nothing – it was just a tackle,” he added. “Tackling isn’t always perfect – I thought it was totally unfair. But there’s no point talking about the referee – we didn’t play well enough to win the game in the first half and that’s why we lost it.”
The game was over in the first half, that was clear to see given our inability to fight for a result until the second half, however it’s next week I’m more concerned about. We’ve got to play against one of the best sides in the league without our best defender, our most creative midfielder, and our in form striker. The latter could be avoided if Dowd wasn’t a attention seeking whore.
So we lost a game..two..back to back admitted..but so what..this is football and nothing too out of the ordinary.. We’ve had a glorious season so far and a blip (and at the moment it is just that). If anything this should shake up the team (as it should have after the liverpool game) for the rest of the season..we were winning all the games and way too ahead in the league without particularly playing that well.. Its absurd but to an extent understandable..but thats not whats bothering here.. I see this blog full of people berating rooney for aggression, petulance, disrespect……whats truely disgraceful is people taking the high moral ground this time. Rooney was forever synonymous with passion and his aggression was always his enthusiasm for the game..and we loved him for that..he wore his heart of his sleave..ran from pillar to post attacked defended tackled mistackled ..he is the the way he is and we’ve always adored him for that..so why the righteousness this time. More discomforting was the teams inability to come up with a performance after the horror show against liverpool, more worrying was their lack of urgency even after going a goal and a man down and yet the only one (as was the case against liverpool) who seemed bothered enough to do something gets the flak..even from his own supporters..the game was anyway lost but phil fucking dowd has almost ruined the next game as well and if Rooney (of all the people) was expected to take the card smiling you might as well call for perpetually banning him..
Any new topics today please Scott? There is a lot to talk about.
Sometimes i think about how far this team has gone.3 years ago,two loses in a row wouldn’t have mattered as much.It’s nice to be this spoiled.It should mean that the players would lick their wounds and get back to winning ways.The will need some help from the bench as well.From now on,we need a more settled first 11.As far as Rooney goes,i am fed up with him for one reason.He always finds a way for us to miss him everytime he is in fantastic form.This year,Rooney has played his best football for United,yet something always comes up.And we ae stuck with Ronaldo(9 months ago i wouldn’t have believed that i said that) who wishes he had the passion for the team that Rooney has in his little finger.
How anybody could claim that Roony’s throwing of the ball was not agressive is completley beyond me. He deserved to go. The only fans in the world who feel his sending off was harsh is you lot – EVERYBODY else can see very clearly it was definate yellow card. Why make a tit of yourself Mr Fergurson?
In addition – your rant about Rafa’s transfer spending is a myth. THE FACTS are very different. Including players out on loan (but not the full Tevez fee due to be added this summer) United’s squad costs over £215m, compared with Liverpool’s £134m.
So not only is your manager an ungracious bad looser, a hypocrite, biased – but hes also a total retard who cant count.
“Liverpool have done us a favour…” Pull the other one you miserable Scotish bellend, its got 19 League Championships and 5 European Cups on it
Looks like its Fergie who’s cracking up.
Mums, many people here don’t agree with Scotts assessment of the yellow card. Furthermore I think many would agree we have spend more but also smarter as the big amount came for players who have or did fit in and play a role. While Benitiz has over spent on players who are not Premier league championship quality. In recent years that has gotten better but nearly every major trophy he won has come from Houlliers men, Fergie build this team by himself and bought Ronaldo for pennies compared to his actually value. When Benitiz actually wins something on his own merits I’ll be impressed but so far Fergie is the most successful manager in the EPL, not bad for a retarded who cant count!
we needed this, all the champions of the world, europe and england and best team there has ever been has gone to their heads…now, whilst everyone talks about us as potential bottlers, the players might get some real incentive back to prove them all wrong…at least there is a challenge now, premiership was looking like the world’s most pathetic competition until this weekend, so it’s good for the game in general, and building all the scousers hopes up to knock them back down again and equal their record will be all the better
You do have a point Scott. But he did deserve to go. Yes, he did not touch the ref, but it was aggressive and who knows it could have hit the ref. Can’t he control his anger?
at least Rooney didn’y get further punishment from them Cunts at the FA…. probably relise that it shouldn’t have been given in the first place