Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has risked the wrath of the FA by accusing them of treating his club ‘like s**t’. The fiery Scot was banned for five games last season after criticising referee Martin Atkinson following United’s 2-1 loss at Chelsea, and could face further punishment after his latest outburst. Wayne Rooney was also handed a controversial two-match ban in April by the FA, who frowned on his foul mouthed goal celebration during the 3-2 win at West Ham. ‘I hope the FA realise one day that this club has produced more [England] players than any other club in the world and maybe they'll get some joy from that at some point in their lives,’ said Fergie. ‘[Maybe they'll realise] how important we are to England, you understand? They treat us like ****.’ From: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/footba...rguson-the-fa-treat-manchester-united-like-s- Also on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14678931.stm And there's a Video on the BBC Football Homepage === Looks like sanctions could be on their way. Do Man Utd get a raw deal from the FA?
It is irritating that we are made an example of on a regular basis. Maybe the FA do this to curry favour with the average fan, knowing how unpopular we are across the country. Even so, Fergie shouldn't be quite so blunt.
Without the '****', which will get him a ban for something, he actually makes a valid point about how much Manchester Utd have contributed to English football. Shame that he has to go and says 'they treat us like ****', which will always get him done
It would be interesting to see/hear the full interview to hear what he actually said in full, to be honest I can't believe that if he did openly say it in that context that the video/sound file is not on every single site by now.
Interesting interview, it's a shame most of what he says will be totally ignored because of the "****" comment though, and I would be very surprised if they don't dish out some form of punishment. I would still like to have heard what question he was actually answering to come out with that comment, it's a shame they decided to cut that from the start of the video.
"Fergie in four letter blast" or whatever, how the **** is that a blast, I don't get the big deal, he said it quite casually, if they say it's a bad example for kids then by over reporting it everywhere surely that's making kids take a lot more notice of it? im sure ost peopple have no idea he even took an interview
Hes 100% spot on. The FA treats United like ****......aswell as the rest of english football. Bunch of inbred ****ing suit wearing ****s.
Classic tactic to be able to get away with things at a later date, make it appear you are being victimised and the FA will be wary to impose firther sanctions (no matter how justified they may be) in case they appear to be reinforcing that view
What like last year you mean? He says the same thing every season and then bans and punishments are getting worse. The FA are out to make an example of him.
He's complained about harsh treatment in the past. It hasn't stopped further harsh treatment though. He means produced, that's why he said produced. If he'd meant bought, he would've said bought
I'm guessing both. After all, there are at least 20 players from the Utd academy who went on to represent England, and any number of players who we bought before they were England players and then turned into full England internationals. I'd be surprised if any club could boast a similar record, although the Hammers may come close.
Look at the last 20 years, how many England regulars have Man Utd produced in that time? I can only think of Beckham, Scholes and (Gary) Neville in that time. While West Ham have produced Lampard, Ferdinand, Joe Cole, Paul Ince, Carrick and Glen Johnson. You've also got the likes of Sol Campbell and John Terry who spent time in the West Ham academy before moving on, so they had a hand in their development too.
Phil Neville had more caps than Joe Cole, and Butt has had more than Johnson so far. Wes Brown even managed over 20 caps in a position where England always had strength in depth.
We all know how many young players never play to the potential they show at a young age so while West Ham have been great at producing players who could become great they have played only a small part in their careers.
