“Silly Question Gets No Answer”

12 Comments

1. October 20, 2009 at 21:04

   Bebeto says:

   Why should he? The game was over two weeks ago.

   The sport media are boring and unoriginal, regurgitating the same drivel out of necessity due to a lack effort on their part. They’ll be lost when Fergie retires.
2. October 20, 2009 at 21:05

   bchilds says:

   Love Fergie’s ‘couldn’t give a shit’ attitude to the press!
3. October 20, 2009 at 21:13

   Fze123 says:

   What could he possibly say. You’re a bunch of ABUs?
4. October 20, 2009 at 21:19

   anon says:

   “They’ll be lost when Fergie retires.”

   Unless Jose takes up his post, at which point the journalists will just about wet themselves.

   Seriously though, the international break is over, no need for them to keep revisiting this crap.
5. October 20, 2009 at 21:51

   pondave says:

   Why the whole issue has been blown up to these proportions is stupid. Any other club this would be forgotten long ago.

   Interesting that the FA have never given a touchline ban for comments made to the media before. Will they stick with precdent (yeah right) or once again use united as a big team to make an example of.
6. October 20, 2009 at 21:53

   Gotta hate tiny tears says:

   The fa will prob charge sir Alex for not answering the question
7. October 20, 2009 at 22:02

   james f says:

   They should be asking him how he’s going to celebrate the 2009-10 Premiership title!
8. October 20, 2009 at 22:21

   Alex says:

   I totally agree the Wiley fiasco is getting incredibly tiresome however I have a few reservations on the ‘lets hate journalists’.

   I will precede this post by admitting that I am indeed a working journalist (and incredibly diehard Manchester United fan), but I shall put my bias aside and try to present both sides of the argument.

   While the footballing press have an unhealthy fascination with Ferguson, let’s not all tar them with the same brush. It is predominantly trashy tabloids that stir things up and that’s only because the journalists are told to do so by their demonic editors, who, on the whole, dislike Ferguson (although not United).

   I think the idea that the sporting press is dull, boring, unoriginal and lazy is slightly harsh. But this is a United blog and I am not really up for wholeheartedly defending them.

   There is no media vendetta against Sir Alex or United. The media do not have any influence on any type of ban given, nor do they influence any penalty decision given or not given.

   We should all do what Sir Alex has done for his 23 glorious years in charge of our beloved club. Ignore the press and concentrate on our team.

   Concentrate on Liverpool. On we’ve won it three times. On Solskjaer and Yorke at the Stretford End in ‘99. Sheasy in front of the Kop in 2007. On Wayne Rooney, coming back and scoring a goal to celebrate the birth of his first child (PLEASE – I can imagine his cradling the arms celebration now – PLEASE!). On Michael Owen, kissing the badge. On Gary Neville, and another crazed celebration. On beachballs.

   On 18 league titles, knocking them off their fucking perch.
9. October 20, 2009 at 23:47

   Rio merks 'em says:

   Well said Alex and you’re right on concentrating on the team. But I’m sorry to say that you have underestimated the effect of the media on the minds & perspective of issues for everyone including the FA. The bararge of quotes & full page spreads on this issue forces an ‘embarrassment’ line from the FA. A ‘let’s take this seriously’ approach to a passing comment. C’mon, the DAY after Fergie said THAT comment, Sam Allerdyce comes out with ‘you get nothing from the ref when you visit the big four, they favour them blah blah…’ after his loss to the goons. Nothing was said!? I brought this up to my yid mate at work and he goes ‘But that’s true innit…’ (seriously) So implying that the ref (and refs in general) needs to get quicker for them to keep up with the lightning pace of the prem is MUCH worse than insinuating that refs favour the big sides & cheat lower teams out of points??
   Rafa got a warning for calling someone blind (and a 4 inch.. erm.. column on pg 54 of The Sun)
   And Fergie gets a nation wide bashing for calling someone fat.
   Call someone fat, you hurt their feelings. Call someone ‘blind’, you question their professional capability. Which crime is worse for FOOTBALL?

   The FA will ban SAF 100%, and to be honest (and Alex^, you have to admit!) if there was NOTHING said about this in the press/radio! apart from a 4-inch column in the sun, SAF’s letterbox would not be contaminated by bullshit from Soho!
   Alex, I have respect for your opinion & from a united POV I am with you 100% but in this ‘new world order’ I am affraid your industry, quite like Marketing, Client Representation & politics is indefencible for the ongoing rape of the beautiful game! Rant over
10. October 21, 2009 at 0:20

    Alex says:

    Rio merks ‘em, thanks for your thoughts! Nice to get a debate going.

    I can see your point but I am not sure the FA react to how much disdain there is regarding United in the papers. They are a backwards-thinking, corrupt and useless organisation but I don’t think they bow in deference to newspapers.

    I also think there hasn’t been as much on the Riley case as people may think. Yes, the aftermath was sickeningly boring and tossers from unknown refereeing organisations were getting far too much airtime.

    But then it subsided. All we see now is ‘Fergie brushes off Wiley talk’ and the like. There isn’t really a campaign to get Ferguson banned. Read the Daily Telegraph; Henry Winter has been fighting his corner.

    But obviously one swallow doesn’t make a summer, as the saying goes. Sky and Football365 (both Murdoch owned) love to drum up even the most mundane talk on his comments about Wiley.

    There are **hundreds** of reasons why I dislike the culture of the job I have found myself in, but like I said, we ain’t all bad! . Not sure if the media can be blamed for raping football, after all, if it wasn’t for the media, most of us wouldn’t even know what happened at Old Trafford – not for a very long time at least. But the wideranging discussion about media/United/Sir Alex is tiresome and not for R.O.M. (or perhaps not for 00.19 in the morning!)

    For what it is worth, I think Sir Alex will get a hefty ban. If, as has been the case in previous years (Rio missing drugs test), the FA come down hard on him, I think/hope it would only be a 2 game ban.
11. October 21, 2009 at 0:27

    Alex says:

    Like I said, it’s 00.19:

    My second paragraph should read:

    I can see your point but I am not sure HOW MUCH the FA react to the disdain regarding United in the papers.

    *Yawn* ZZZzzzz.

    I’ll get back to talking about football tomorrow! Work on the brain.
12. October 21, 2009 at 10:50

    kel says:

    I do think it’s right. If Sir Alex said something again, he might get punish again.
    So silent is golden.