Comments on: Nobody’s Fault But Someone Else’s: Chronicling Ferguson’s Rants

By: fergiesarmy

fergiesarmy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:02:43 +0000

As much i hate his outbursts,he was spot on yesterday.The offside for Rooney,penalty for Valencia,the foul from Fletcher and the foul on Brown, 4 decisions that snatched the game from us.
Yes when his team loses he blames others,but that doesn’t mean every time he blames others it should be dusted away as his “Insane Rants”.
Against Sunderland and Chelsea he was spot on..

By: semper_ubi_sub_ubi

semper_ubi_sub_ubi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:36:18 +0000

I should also add that I hated being told ‘good call’ by a player or coach during the game. I felt that if they felt entitled to tell me I was doing a good job (often making a call in favour of their team), then they would also feel entitled to show dissent when I made a call against them.

So maybe I’m just an asshole.

By: semper_ubi_sub_ubi

semper_ubi_sub_ubi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:27:47 +0000

A nice selection of evidence.

One of the reasons why I haven’t followed soccer as much recently is its unwillingness to use technology. Some fans point to this as a positive.

If you’re caught saying ‘twelfth man’ on camera, that’s no different than making a money gesture towards the referee (like Dino Baggio? did in Italy a few years ago and was suspended for).

You can’t hammer players who say things like that hard enough.

Of course, if the FA actually protected the referees and followed its own guidelines, then it wouldn’t be a problem.

Also, re: the top quotation. When Fergie is complaining about the position of the referee, he conveniently forgets to mention the assistant referee, who (theoretically) has equal authority and should (theoretically) be working with the referee to see as much of the field as possible.

One final point, which really annoyed me as a referee since players would argue ‘but I never touched him, ref.’ In the rule book ‘tripping or attempting to trip’ counts as the same – you don’t need to actually make contact with a player for a foul to occur (ie. if the unsafe play of one player cause another player to change his actions to avoid getting walloped, then it’s still a foul – even if the other player successfully avoided the unsafe challenge).