FA investigates Ferguson outburst
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The Football Association is to review the comments Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson made following his side's FA Cup defeat by Portsmouth.
Ferguson criticised referee Martin Atkinson, and hit out at referees boss Keith Hackett for what he perceives as a lack of action over poor officials.
A spokesman for the FA said: "We are aware of the comments and will be giving them consideration."
If any action is taken, Ferguson would face a fine, not a touchline ban.
United lost Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final 1-0 but Ferguson felt his side should have had a penalty when Sylvain Distin blocked Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half.
Ferguson told MUTV: "It's absolutely ridiculous. I cannot explain it.
"Managers get sacked because of things like that and he's going to referee a game next week."
And he felt Keith Hackett, the general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Board, should take more responsibility when officials under perform.
"Hackett has got a lot to answer for in this country," added the Scot. "He's not doing his job properly.
"He should be assessed like everyone else is assessed. I'm assessed as a manager, the players are assessed, referees are assessed.
"Martin Atkinson will referee next week, no problem, but his performance today should not be accepted in our game."
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also dunno y he wan to grumble so much make ppl think we are jus giving excuses..although its the ref's fault but we did'nt play too well either...even if the Fa agrees with fergie we also wont get another fa cup replay
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he is correct... why referee can anyhow anyhow performance? knn...just like our cb MP...
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not man u didnt play well, its man u dominate the match and cannot even score. Pompey merely park a bus in front of Jame's post if I may borrow a Mourinho's quote.
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Chelsea that match's referee also deserved to be investigated. Not off side say offside. cork eye one.
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Chelsea that match's referee also deserved to be investigated. Not off side say offside. cork eye one.
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Originally posted by Y_Shun:
Chelsea that match's referee also deserved to be investigated. Not off side say offside. cork eye one.
agree, joe cole was not offisde at all.. -
human error bah.
realised that.
deadman, me and u is rival mods.
haha
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fucking FA, all they know is to give out fine or ban to managers who is only stating the truth.
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Originally posted by corebooster:
human error bah.
realised that.
deadman, me and u is rival mods.
haha
just realise that, but its alright la
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I hope they don't fine him....
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all the lj refs all become kayu liao...at least the fa cup will nt hav any big 4 den good le
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FA write to Sir Alex and Carlos
The Football Association has sent a letter to Sir Alex Ferguson and his assistant Carlos Queiroz asking them to explain comments made after the Reds' FA Cup defeat to Portsmouth.
Ferguson and Queiroz were both unhappy with the refereeing performance of Martin Atkinson, most notably because they felt he failed to award a penalty for what they felt was a clear foul on Cristiano Ronaldo after just seven minutes of the tie.
United went on to lose 1-0, and the Reds boss and his assistant felt the incident was a turning point in the game.
Sir Alex was also unhappy with (Match Officials Board manager) Keith Hackett.
In a statement on its website, the FA said: "[We] have written to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and assistant coach Carlos Queiroz to ask them to explain their media comments made following the FA Cup tie against Portsmouth." -
Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:
FA write to Sir Alex and Carlos
The Football Association has sent a letter to Sir Alex Ferguson and his assistant Carlos Queiroz asking them to explain comments made after the Reds' FA Cup defeat to Portsmouth.
Ferguson and Queiroz were both unhappy with the refereeing performance of Martin Atkinson, most notably because they felt he failed to award a penalty for what they felt was a clear foul on Cristiano Ronaldo after just seven minutes of the tie.
United went on to lose 1-0, and the Reds boss and his assistant felt the incident was a turning point in the game.
Sir Alex was also unhappy with (Match Officials Board manager) Keith Hackett.
In a statement on its website, the FA said: "[We] have written to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and assistant coach Carlos Queiroz to ask them to explain their media comments made following the FA Cup tie against Portsmouth."if i'm SAF.. i will reply..... "KNN saying the truth also cannot nowadays? nabei why not u explain to me on the performance of ur referee"
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Actually i notice there is 3 referees always seem to be going against United... Rod Styles, Bennet or sometime (Botok guy) and this Martin Atkinson. If anyone notice, these 3 guys will always try to make it as difficult as possible for united if the score is still 0-0 and will only start to give decisions towards United after they have taken a big lead or something...