Rafa rips into Ferguson

[Joe King]

I disagree. By doing it now the attention is on the Mancs if Rafa had done this in March it would of put all the pressure on Us.

Its way to early to start. You now get the Manchester supporting London press pressuring the ref to be more consistent from now to the end of the season which will inevitably cost us points. You know Bennett is going to screw us sometime in the season.

[cannotmakeit]

he will screw us regardless anyway, but what this has done is to put attention on Fergie everytime he rants at the ref. will he dare do it, even if he does can the FA now be seen not to do anything about it.

[dww]

Its way to early to start. You now get the Manchester supporting London press pressuring the ref to be more consistent from now to the end of the season which will inevitably cost us points. You know Bennett is going to screw us sometime in the season.

So are you now demanding less consistency from the referees?

[SERVO1]

Its way to early to start. You now get the Manchester supporting London press pressuring the ref to be more consistent from now to the end of the season which will inevitably cost us points. You know Bennett is going to screw us sometime in the season.

I understand your concerns but Ferguson started the mind games and wasn't going to let up until our form suffered. As far as the referees being under pressure to be consistent then about bloody time. Any ref that makes a decision that favours the Mancs now will be getting stick from fans and the press, they may think twice before giving them anything now.

[Manofthebog]

Its way to early to start. You now get the Manchester supporting London press pressuring the ref to be more consistent from now to the end of the season which will inevitably cost us points. You know Bennett is going to screw us sometime in the season.

Rafa was putting pressure on the ref on sunday.

Nothing wrong with what he said.

[wiw]

He's only saying what everyone is thinking. The fact he's come in with it written down means he's obviously chosen his words very carefully..he mentioned at the end he's stating fact and then ended with a joke and seemed calm throughout so anyone with half a brain can see through the inevitable 'Furious Rafa blablala' headlines. Ginsoak's retort will be interesting..what can he say? Argue against facts? He'll either laugh it off or gloss over it

[The Erectile Banana]

I disagree. By doing it now the attention is on the Mancs if Rafa had done this in March it would of put all the pressure on Us.

Agreed.

It puts the Mancs under more scrutiny and that can only be a good thing.

[dww]

I don't think Rafa could really have made this statement at any other point it required: us to be top, Fergie to have made a whinge which was obviously not backed up by facts and a high profile United game when we had beatable opposition to be really effective. It was now or never and if it works the benefits are huge.

It is not without risks but Rafa obviously knew that. I also think he factored in the possibility of a complete **** storm and the fact that a lot of teams use that us against them thing to their advantage. The way a lot of our players have reacted to adversity this season would seem to indicate that they have the right mentality as a group to not be adversely affected at least.

[The Erectile Banana]

footage is poseted on telegraph site link at top of thread

Cheers mate.



Can't watch any video footage at work though. Will have to wait until I get home this evening.

[Joe King]

So are you now demanding less consistency from the referees?

In favour of United - like balancing decisions over a game etc

[Norbs]

Its way to early to start. You now get the Manchester supporting London press pressuring the ref to be more consistent from now to the end of the season which will inevitably cost us points. You know Bennett is going to screw us sometime in the season.

Popular myth. The London press has a London club bias.

[el matador]

this is the best bit...

"Sky and Setanta have the right to choose their games and it will be the same for everyone. So Mr Ferguson will not be complaining about fixtures and a campaign against United.

"Or there is another option. That Mr Ferguson organises the fixtures in his office and sends it to us and everyone will know and cannot complain. That is simple."

top top quality from rafa....

[Joe King]

Popular myth. The London press has a London club bias.

So not true. All you have to do is watch the Sunday Supplement and realise the bias

[Whelan5]

Rafa is spot on with his comments, the crap that Utd have got away with for years is appalling, i heard no mention in the media of Rooney's elbow and Ronaldo's kick recently against Stoke for example.

The other unsporting stuff that they get away with as well, i remember a couple of years ago at OT at half time they watered the pitch, but only the end Utd were attacking, in fairness it was Andy Gray who pointed that out. Maybe we do the same thing at Anfield but i hope not.

[yukpo]

whatever you say about whether what rafa is saying is true or whether he is being a bit of a hypocrite seeing as he made a big fuss over fixtures and decisions by refs himself. everyone does it, why he is targeting ferguson when he has not said anything directly related to liverpool i simply do not know

he also makes a few contradictory statements, this is just bizarre and unnecessary

ferguson wont really care, he wasnt speaking to benitez in the first place so won't feel compelled to respond which makes our rafa look even more silly

why can we not just shut up and concentrate on trying to win the league title?