Jeff Winter Calls Fergie a Bully

[Tee]

Thing with ferguson, is that when he wins or when things happen the way he wants them, he can be one of the nicest people - but it's all fake, because people's true colours come out when things arent going their way.

It's a bit like drogba, he can shake a rival's hand and swaps shirts etc when he wins - but when things go against him, you see the real drogba, as we saw after the barcelona game last season. Ferguson's the same. Cunt.

It's easy to be nice when everything's going perfectly for you.

Mourinho is a classic example of this also, but generally is a cunt most of the time.

[TheElephantMan]

"I think Sir Alex may have overstepped the line this time and he may be about to get his comeuppance," he said. "I think referees will be so incensed about this that Sir Alex may find that United no longer get the benefit of the doubt on certain decisions."

I love the word 'comeuppance'. We should hate Ferguson because he's the manager of our closest rivals, but we actually hate him more because he's a ****. Since Rafa stood up to him other people are starting to express their true feelings about purple nose and hopefully it will translate into lost points when referees are no longer fearful of making correct decisions at Old Trafford.

[-V-]

Well done Jeff Winter.

Funny thing is that Wiley was the 4th official standing having a laugh with Fergie at the derby

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AF = FA

Nothing will happen...

[Chris]

"I think referees will be so incensed about this that Sir Alex may find that United no longer get the benefit of the doubt on certain decisions."

What, Man Utd matches might actually be reffed fairly now? And here's an ex ref admitting so. Incredible, and he's not the first to admit they get favours.

Why on earth is this never looked into?

[badpiggy]

was rafa the first one to really publicly draw attention to ferguson's cuntishness? assuming that it was, fair play to rafa.

i heard graham hunter say a while back that when liverpool won the champion's league in 2005, ferguson sent a very complimentary letter of congratulations to rafa and that rafa didn't reply as he viewed ferguson as the man to be toppled and that he began his whole getting-under-ferguson's-skin approach that far back. apparently ferguson was absolutely livid at this snub

[Scratch]

What, Man Utd matches might actually be reffed fairly now? And here's an ex ref admitting so. Incredible, and he's not the first to admit they get favours.

Why on earth is this never looked into?

I'm pretty certain that refs do, on general, give the 50/50 decisions more to the bigger teams, even more so at home, it's just a common thing...however, if this insult to the refs forces that trend to be changed at OT alone, then i reckon AF should just keep on talking and alienating folk.

[Craig_H]

Ferguson goes on the attack over lack of discipline

Chelsea players ridiculous says United manager

Grant hits back over Mikel sending off at Old Trafford



* Daniel Taylor and David Hytner
* The Guardian, Saturday 22 March 2008


Ashley Cole protests to Mike Riley

The behaviour of Ashley Cole and his Chelsea team-mates has been the subject of criticism from Sir Alex Ferguson.

A war of words broke out between Chelsea and Manchester United last night after Sir Alex Ferguson expressed distaste about the behaviour of Ashley Cole and his team-mates during their draw at Tottenham on Wednesday. "I think the haranguing of referees we have seen is absolutely ridiculous," said the United manager.

Avram Grant responded by complaining about the dismissal of the midfielder Mikel John Obi at Old Trafford last September, in his first game in charge. He believes the referee, Mike Dean, was pressured into the decision by a clutch of protesting United players. Mikel was sent off for a challenge on Patrice Evra, and Chelsea were subsequently punished for surrounding Dean as they complained, with John Terry, the captain, attempting to snatch the red card from Dean's hand.

"Against Manchester United, their players ran to the referee before us," said Grant. "Maybe they are quicker, I don't know. The red card we got against Manchester United was not only to do with the decision of the referee."

Ferguson spoke out after another week in which the conduct of Chelsea's players has come under scrutiny, culminating in Ashley Cole, who faces his old club Arsenal tomorrow, issuing an apology for disrespect shown towards the referee, Mike Riley, during the draw at Tottenham.

The United manager, whose team face Liverpool tomorrow before Chelsea play Arsenal, is still aggrieved by Arsenal's behaviour when they lost 4-0 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup. He said he would never tolerate his players acting like the London clubs'. "We had a pivotal moment some years ago when our players surrounded Andy D'Urso," he said, referring to the incident in January 2000 when the referee gave a penalty to Middlesbrough at Old Trafford. "I went off my head with them about that, I thought it was ridiculous and it never happened again.


"We tell our players to shake the hand of the referee at the end of the game. Sometimes it's difficult but they have to do it. In the same way that, if we lose a game, we still make sure we invite the opposing manager into my office for a drink afterwards. We do it because we think it's important, because life goes on."

Ferguson is leaving himself open to accusations of double standards given that the Football Association is preparing a case against him, and his assistant, Carlos Queiroz, for their criticisms of Martin Atkinson after the FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Portsmouth two weeks ago.

Repeat offending has cost Chelsea £190,000 in fines and the Cole incident came a day after the FA's chairman, Lord Triesman, appealed for players to set an example. "We have been talking about respect for referees and it going down to grassroots level, and that's something I think is absolutely correct," said Ferguson, who has noted a trend of referees trying to "man-manage" offenders. "The way refereeing has changed has maybe helped the situation. On the other hand, maybe it has encouraged those players to do it even more, because the referee is unable to manage with so many players around him. "

Grant also took a swipe at the Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Eboué yesterday, to illustrate his view that Cole did not deserve the vilification that has followed him since his tackle on Alan Hutton. The Ivorian left his studs in on the Chelsea captain, John Terry, when the teams met at the Emirates Stadium in December. Terry suffered three broken bones in his foot and was ruled out for two months. Eboué escaped without mass condemnation.

"I always take the point of taking responsibility," said Grant, promoting Cole's apology to both Hutton and Riley. "Another player at Arsenal whose name I will not say, tackled our captain, who went to hospital and was out for two months and he did not apologise. We are still waiting for that. Other players have made worse tackles and not been red-carded."

Two faced, hypocrite cunt alert.

[Reece]

So Adrian Durham is trying to defend Fergie on TalkSport, and just said - "We don't give Fergie enough respect in this country"

[Tee]

So Adrian Durham is trying to defend Fergie on TalkSport, and just said - "We don't give Fergie enough respect in this country"

Cunt defends cunt.

[Craig_H]

Durham's just an attention seeking WUM who does a great job of making people want to ring up.

[Leyton388]

Durham just does it to get the ratings. He is a cock. He was defending fans who rip up seats last week after the city v arsenal game saying it is just passion. The guy is a cock and enough reason to not listen to talksport. I remember when he called Carra a bottler and carra got on the line and called him out. Was funny as ****!

[Craig_H]

That was beyond Durham's wildest dreams though. He does it to get callers, and he got Carragher himself.

[Ben_Itez]

I remember reading excerpts from Ferguson's speech at Bobby Robson's memorial service and nearly vomited over my keyboard. All he did was talk about himself and what he'd learned from Sir Bobby. He's not fit to wipe Sir Bobby's arse.

Hopefully this latest example of sore losing and bitterness will make people realise what he's really like. Ever since Rafa's rant i've noticed people's perceptions of Ferguson change. What with 'Fergie' time and his repeated acts of sore losing the media seems to be finally breaking free of their Fergie shackles and calling it like it is, long may it continue. Hopefully the refs have woken up to him too and this latest episode could really backfire on him.

[red g]

So Adrian Durham is trying to defend Fergie on TalkSport, and just said - "We don't give Fergie enough respect in this country"

Durham's just an attention seeking WUM who does a great job of making people want to ring up.

Fair play to Durham.......i listened to that tonight and you almost here it in is voice, he knows he is just arguing for arguing sakes half the time!!

he just does it for a rise, fair play it works!!