Sir Alex Ferguson was charged by the FA for claiming that visibly overweight referee Alan Wiley wasn’t fit enough. After Wiley took an unusually large amount of time to book Anton Ferdinand in the second half, our manager accused Wiley of needing this time to take a rest.
Ferguson apologised personally to Wiley but was asked by the FA to explain himself before they charged him. Ferguson sent over his explanation and they charged him.
When quotes attributed to Wigan boss Roberto Martinez appeared in the press last night you had to wonder when the obsession with our manager and what he says would come to an end, with a hysterical reaction from Alan Leighton, the press and the FA totally uncalled for.
“At the moment the FA have charged him for saying that a referee was not physically up to scratch and the reality is that they have almost begged his forgiveness for punishing him,” Martinez was quoted as saying in Spanish sports paper, AS. The hysteria continues…
But Martinez has today distanced himself with the Benitez bandwagon, as he “categorically denied” making the comments and has referred the matter to the LMA. Hmm.
i dont trust him
I dont trust him either
*wazza
nice site
I don’t trust those muppets at AS or Marca.
sorry to go off topic but Emilys still sick but well enough to sing an anti blue chant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn2GK6Dg1Tc
I don’t trust the Spanish press and doubt he’s said this. I just can’t see why he’d want to start a war against Fergie.
I like Martinez – young manager doing well, playing good football. I have him down as one to watch for his management, but now maybe for his quotes too.
@ghtt: thanks a lot mate!! Needless to say, credit to ROM and Scott for the motivation.
And Scott – you need to sort out the one hour time difference on your server!!
Cunt. At least be a man and admit what you have said.
There is no way Martinez said this. Remember Dave Whelen is an unabashed Fergie fan, and I doubt that someone in his employment would slander the great man – you know what the media is like, whilst the journalists can’t be blamed directly, they print a story based on the first phone call they receive on a certain topic… should be taken with a grain of salt.
The spanish press again then, they know they cant get Rooney to sign for a spanish team so they decide to start some shit with Fergie coz FSW is shite and cant do his job or handle the pressure lol.
This Fergie bashing is really starting to annoy me now. He has earned his position of power through over 30 years of success in Britain and contributed so much to the game in this country. He is bound to have an opinion on the referee having managed at the top level for so long, and he is honest and speaks his mind. I’ll admit he has gone over the line a few times recently but the way the media and the FA are ganging up on him now is really quite pathetic. I would hate to have the English game full of people like Benitez, who contributes nothing on or off the pitch.
Am getting tired of this fergie bashing!,its really annoying me…but i doubt wether martinez said so…spanish press is fake.
How hung up is the press on Fergie’s comments on Alan Wiley?! This is ridiculous. Even though the Martinez interview was fake then the press is still making up content regarding this matter. It’s disgraceful. Gary Megson was right, Fergie is being hung for who he is. He has apologized and the matter should be dealt with by the FA accordingly. He’s confessed and is willing to take all the blame, now FA will decide his punishment! Life goes on, now please let’s write about something else than those damn fatty comments on Alan Wiley.
Has anybody noticed the recent amount of anti-united crap being published by the Daily Mail – the Martinez story today and the calling for SAF head all last week over his comments on referees ?
who believes anything that is is written in any of the press!
….ahem!… to be fair to Benitez he has kept his nose out of others business so far this season and has appeared very civilised in the media, only talking about his own team, that’s what I’ve noticed anyway.
These reporters deliberately try to get people to say controversial things by asking loaded questions. That’s why when quotes are attributed to people we should not make judgment until and unless we know the context
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire!
Can anybody please tell me why this is still headline news? It was three weeks ago and wiley is fat. quite clearly fat. what is the song and dance about? hell get a fine. wont make the slightest bit of difference to him it would be like me of you getting a 20 quid fine for not paying onto the bus.
me or you i should say
Wow.what a beautiful article.Fergie deserves respect and all is still the most underrated manager of all time.Pherhaps when he retires people will realise how great he truly is.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1223678/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-lost-spot-Liverpool-public-enemy-No-1-referees-lets-remember—STILL-THE-GREATEST.html
You know the media actually love Sir Alex and Manchester United. In fact everyone does that is why they just cannot stop talking about us. They have to make shit up when there are no stories LOL. Honestly I can’t believe Martinez would have said this directly to a paper because it’s plain idiotic. Why would he alienate his contemporaries, and now have to back track and look like an absolute prick? However, it wouldn’t surprise me if he has said it off the record and it has got picked up somehow instead. If it was me I would be suing the source, let’s see if Martinez goes down that route – I doubt it. You could call it bringing the game into disrepute so it’s not a laughing matter. Anyway, the ‘Fergiebashing’ is really going to town at the moment. Typical media want to have it all their own way printing sensationalist rubbish and then hanging out to dry anyone that speaks their own mind like Sir Alex. Whether you agree with his comments or not do we live in a free speech society or not? Referees just look even weaker when they cannot just shrug off the tiniest bit of criticism. Every time something is said they have to go crying to the boss. Wankers
Fer fuck sake, the updates from Father of the Year continue.
Yip.
If he had said this stuff I think he would have stood by it. My opinion this far is that he is something of a no bullshit manager. But I could have made a mistake by that ofcourse. At least he is a manager that likes his side to go on the attack. Thats for sure
And as far as Benitez. Is is wrong of me to say that his tactics have been far better than SAF in our games with Liverpool? Like the man or not, but he has his tactics in order against us.
They have owned us in central midfield each time. And we know that Torres is a world class striker, that is strong and quick enough to work on his own on the top.
Let the flaming begin. hehe.