So what do the respective punishments of Maradona and Sir Alex Ferguson show? That if you rant about the media and upset the journalists, you are banned from any football activity for two months, but criticising a referee and calling him unfit is not so serious and results in only a fine and a touchline ban!
Surely the priorities are wrong here? What Ferguson said about Referee Willy was utterly unacceptable. The guy is in his forties and is still running up and down a football pitch trying to cover more ground over 90 minutes that some players less than half his age. Who runs more in a match, do you think, the referee or Berbatov? Not a difficult one to answer is it?
The FA and Premier league bottled it once again because it was Ferguson and Man Utd. Mind you, so have FIFA because the ban applying to Maradona will not cover any competitive fixtures and will mean he can manage in the World Cup finals if Argentina are mad enough to leave him in charge. Punishment? What punishment?
6 comments:
Fergie has guts to tell the truths. Poor referring costing too much for clubs nowadays. Refs need to be fit to make correct decision, to do that they need to be right place at right time. If Ref made mistake and poor club goes down to lower league, where are the FA punishments for that Ref. Absolutely nothing!! Refs are pro too, they also deserve carrot as well as stick!
What Fergie said was disgraceful and was said to divert attention away from his poor decision making and a poor team performance - as usual. The refs are never wrong or unfit when Man Utd win are they? Or when they play additional time to let United win! Funny that!
The ref Willy that says it all about this post
Does it? All cock? No, he was another referee!
Absolute garbage
The FA make examples out of SAF and Manchester United all the time. Think of Ferdinand's ban when Negouai of City did the same thing and received only a 2k fine and no ban.
The FA have never given a touchline ban to a manager for post-match comments before, so the fact that they have to SAF is a big enough punishment.
Ferguson is pissing me off with his refereeing rants, especially as you say, given his chirpy mood when they win. I think the FA need to seriously look at where the game is going and think, are the rules too soft or are referees too soft. I have seen minimal contact in games gain a free-kick in a dangerous position, Hines against Arsenal springs to mind (just to be un-biased). The N'gog situation much surely only add to the case for video evidence. However the only problem with video evidence is although somebody is getting a clearer look then the ref, they also need to make a decision!
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