Comments on: Is Ferguson Right About Referee Decisions?

By: suhayl

suhayl — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:13:11 +0000

Redevill..spot on pal

Dive dive dive..you win some you lose some…you get some you dont get others. IT all evens itself out at the end of the season..after 38 games. for every 1 bad decision….im sure you’ll get 5 stinkers. So you dont look a gifthorse in the mouth. We’re not all puritans living in a utopian society. ” tap it wide” lol lol

Ronaldo isnt the upholder of the game..he ist the law maker or the bastion of the game. That job is for the guy with the whistle. And whether and whatever decision he makes.

I suppose you’ll now want players admitting to fouls…walking off if they feel guilty, not trying to touch their fellow man, missing shots because they think the other team deserves some luck, not trying because we’re all mates…just p off you clown

By: OTRed

OTRed — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:40:39 +0000

@Divedivedive: Ok, how did you find this blog now???? let me guess it was listed on your newsnow page? But how? I’m sure whatever team you support don’t have the words Ferguson, Right, About, Referee, Decisions in the clubs name, so how’d you stumble here? Another bitter, United obsessed ABU.

Penalty or not, Bolton deserved to lose, i can’t imagine that we’d dominate a game for so long and then end up with a draw?

@Par: what part of a joke don’t you get? You really think Fergie was serious when he said Stiles owed us? Isn’t there anything better for you bitter lot to waste your bitterness on than United? Surely sports don’t take up all your life.

By: Scott the Red

Scott the Red — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:43:53 +0000

^^
I suppose you missed the article where Nolan revealed Ronaldo insisted it wasn’t a penalty.

No professional footballer would look that gift horse in the mouth though, and you’re kidding yourself if you think it’s only United players who would have scored it.

You’re as bitter as they come.

By: divedivedive

divedivedive — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:30:09 +0000

None of you have the decency to admit that ronaldo went down, arms outstretched, to try to influence the ref. Then on some blogs it is claimed that ronaldo is a hero for not celebrating the goal when he scored the penalty. If he wasnt a cheat he could have just tapped it to the goalkeeper or put it wide but that is not something he or anybody at old trafford would ever dream of doing. It doesnt matter if its styles, riley or bennett its always the same, you get all the decisions whether or not you dive.

By: Tom F

Tom F — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:01:33 +0000

Everyone gets screwed over by the justice systems inside and outside of football. It doesn’t make a difference where it is or who it involves, teams mess up all the time. What about Wigans penalty against City? I didn’t see a mention anywhere of Palacios’ super somersault back flip dive.

Only United get picked up on those decisions and we yet again make the headlines. However, the press and the neutrals can go hang because we are United supporters and we know why these remarks are always made.

People hate it when you are successful.

By: john ferry

john ferry — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:17:12 +0000

Truth is…just what are you supposed to say. Fergie was in a difficult position and answered as best he could. The man is a legend partly because he isn’t a push over. Could you really imagine any manager truthfully saying, “yes, we didn’t deserve that penalty and we should have lost.” or even better, “that john terry should play against us and should have his red card rescinded because he is a class act.” Would anyone ever respect a manager like that ? Admitting mistakes to fans or players is one thing, but admitting a mistake to a ref is different…once a manager does that refs will have free reign to screw us even more !!!

By: Drew Vader

Drew Vader — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:28:32 +0000

I know Scott was looking at home fixtures, but wasn’t there a rather clear handball in the box against Pool about two or three mins in?

By: North Stand,Tier 3,Back Row

North Stand,Tier 3,Back Row — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:14:00 +0000

How about the penalty Roma got against Wes Brown last season at the start of the 2nd leg in ? That SHOCKING decision could of changed the tie completely only for they blasted it over the bar. What goes around comes around.
What gets me is the way other fans and journos go on about United getting so many of these decisions at OT, and how many penalties we’ve been given in contrast to how mant we concede. When we play at home, 7 times out of 10 the away team sets up camp in their half, and we end up with 75% of the ball, and 90% of the chances. We have always had quick tricky players in around the box that will make things happen, and fool defenders into lunging in, and making clumsy mistimed tackles. It only makes sense that we would create more chances, get more corners, score more, and would be awarded more frees and penalties at home – we attack, its what we do…

By: Arsene wanker

Arsene wanker — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:52:09 +0000

Good article.

By: katty

katty — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:45:12 +0000

@scott: sorry mate i have my ‘show images’ option turned off in the browser to save some bytes of download every time (here in India we have limits on data transfer (which is lame) and i am way over the limit)…

and i think you are right. we are the most hated team in england. the tabloids get after us (especially ronaldo) every time. it was an important moment in the match and anything could have happened had it been 0-0 though we deserved to win by a couple of goals… but having said that i wonder could it have been possible in any case to overturn the penalty decision? could the beneficiary team tell the ref that it wasn’t a foul… has such a thing ever happened before? it would have certainly won us the fair play award