The FA’s decision to ban Patrice Evra for four games was ridiculous. The FA’s decision to then take an unprecedented step in publishing the report was equally as ridiculous.
Raising awareness amongst reds about the poor and unequal treatment of Manchester United by the FA is something I try to achieve whenever the opportunity arises (sadly, far too often!), so the FA’s recent behaviour provided me with another stick to beat them with.
Our captain has today joined in with the FA bashing, much to my delight, mocking their disciplinary procedures and questioning whether he’ll be charged for doing so.
“They said I was abusive? That’s kind,” Neville said. “To be honest with you, the disciplinary process is, at best, erratic. It always has been. There is no consistency. This incident was six, seven months ago – I thought speed was meant to have been brought into the disciplinary hearings. We’re in the same situation as we were before – it seems to go on forever.”
Neville then reflected on his own dealings with the FA’s disciplinary process, recalling their decision to charge him for celebrating an injury time winning goal against our bitter rivals, Liverpool. At the time, he questioned whether the FA wanted a game full of robots. Their decision to fine him £5,000 suggested that they did.
“You can’t do anything about the FA disciplinary process,” he continued. “I gave up years ago trying to be a voice, trying to bring reason to certain things. You need consistency, which means you need the same people sitting all the time, professionals who understand the game, who understand the passion of the game, the human element of the game. Sensible people – that doesn’t always happen, though. It’s erratic, I am sure they would say that themselves. You haven’t a clue what you’re going to get when you go down there. I was down there three or four years ago and I left bemused.”
Neville then mockingly implied that he may face punishment for questioning the behaviour of the FA.
“Will I get charged for this?” he asked. “I’d put it far more in the hands of the professional game because you’ve got non-football people sitting on the panel, sitting opposite you with no understanding of the game, and that’s a problem. They’ve tried to introduce a more professional element, but they don’t really have a say, the main decisions are made by the non-football people. From what I can see it is more like a criminal case than a football disciplinary hearing.”
i read an article abt real madrid recently.apparently after the munich air tragedy Busby requested the Real president Bernebeu to hold a series of matches against MUFC ,as much to raise money as to blood in the youngsters ,benebeu’s response was” anything for a friend”.so maybe Real arnt half bad maybe its only their presidents we hav to hate.
It sad to say this but thank F*** at least some one is saying something .
Its interesting to note that this report was leaked before Evra had a chance to challenge it through the appeal process. Says a lot about the FA that they cant even get the simple details right . They have apologised though (lol).
Thanks for showing some Balls Gary ,a leader of the field too .
FA > CUNTS simple as that.
Tonybee … 110% accurate as always in that comment matey !!
Dear Mr Neville. The reason that non football people were on the disciplinary panel is that you dont have to have played football to realise that when 2 people from the same club give totally different stories regarding the same incident it means someone is lying.
I thank you for your useless and inane comments and look forward to you speaking more bollocks in the future.
If your club wishes to tell the truth and not play the race card in future that would be most appreciated
Yours
Lord Triesmann
SCOUSE TWAT !!
U gotta be in HMP Risley, if you got Internet Access…
Fuckin Dippers are great aint they…
Clear the flem out of your throat… go and get a Romanian style hair cut… and come back when you have got some decent wheel trims for sale that are from ya cousin “Knock Off Nigel”..
TERRY efc = SHUT UP YOU RACIST GIT. BOB ON FAILSWORTH
Terry, if you had a modicum of sense and/or intelligence you’d realise that RedNev was talking about his own experience with the FA when making his ‘non-professional’ comment, as was made evident by the “Neville then reflected on his own dealings with the FA’s disciplinary process” bit which preceded it.
Jesus, I knew literacy levels were bad on Merseyside, but that’s a new low.
P.S. The F.A. can make the argument that you dont have to have played football to sit on the panel, all day long if they like, but when the non-professionals can’t even do that job properly (you’d do well to read Scott’s breakdown – which you won’t, ’cause that’d be too much like work for you, obviously), then questions will naturally be asked about the competency of the people involved and solutions put forward to remedy the problem.
I look forward to a racist incident involving one of your players being brought before the FA only to be dismissed because of their “logic”. I’m sure the Millwall fans will agree with me on that one.
nice one scott, nice one gaz.
A rival fan spewing shite on a United board…shocker.
“Clear the flem out of your throat… go and get a Romanian style hair cut…” nice one lol!