from MU's fans pt of view ->
You forget that refs should earn their respect. Not because they
put on the black shirt but for making accurate decisions.
Every other person on the face of this earth are accountable. Why
not referees? They're only acountable to their mate Keith Hackett?
Why not the clubs that effectively employ them - united has a 4%
share in the Premier League!
It is beggar's belieft that with many millions at stake with every
decision that the referee can not be held accountable for blatantly
inaccurate decisions.
And don't get me started on that garbage that says he runs further
than most United players. The data provided to the press was an
AVERAGE of all Prem referees over all the games this season, and
not WILEY specifically in that game!
Fergie may have erred (again) in venting his anger at referee,
Alan Wiley, but ultimately what damage has it done? Despite his
rant, the match was drawn (luckily for an out of sorts United) and
no amount of vitipuration from SAF is going to change that.
While, as a United supporter, I sometimes find his outbursts a bit
embarrassing, I do believe the reaction to this latest incident is
way over the top. Calling for Fergie to be kicked out of football
smacks of overkill. If he is given the boot for having a go at a
ref, then why is Didier Drogba stll playing? Oh yes, gorgot....that
referee was not British. And on the subject of referees and Drogba,
if, as those now pointing the finger at Sir Alex, are that certain
that the current crop of refs are up to it, why has no referee yet
been sanctioned - even kicked out of football - for allowing the
big Ivorian to get away with sham injuries week after week, game
after game? Surely, if they are as good at what they are doing as
Keith Hackett claims them to be, Drogba would have been red-carded
a long time ago, not only for cheating, but for trying to make a
fool of the very officials we are told are basically beyond
reproach.
