Fergie charged by the FA again

Steedie · 13 May 2011 at 11:27

This is what he said, quoting the BBC:

"We are getting the best referee, there is no doubt about that," he said at the time.

"But (getting a bad decision) is definitely our big fear.

"We have the players to do it all right. We just hope it's our turn for a little bit of luck"

It's an absolute joke :/

jakeke · 13 May 2011 at 11:27

I'm not the one making or enforcing the rule, just trying to figure out their process I guess

Tom84 · 13 May 2011 at 11:30

Steedie said:
This is what he said, quoting the BBC:

"We are getting the best referee, there is no doubt about that," he said at the time.

"But (getting a bad decision) is definitely our big fear.

"We have the players to do it all right. We just hope it's our turn for a little bit of luck"

Those quotes weren't resulting from one question about Webb though and the charge is comments he made about Webb which was that SAF thinks he's the best in the league

Accendo · 13 May 2011 at 11:32

Steedie said:
This is what he said, quoting the BBC:

"We are getting the best referee, there is no doubt about that," he said at the time.

"But (getting a bad decision) is definitely our big fear.

"We have the players to do it all right. We just hope it's our turn for a little bit of luck"

It's an absolute joke :/

They've assumed that he's trying to manipulate him, assumed being the key word.

AGD · 13 May 2011 at 11:47

It's not about what he's assumed to be doing. There's a simple rule in place not to speak about the ref before the game and he broke it. If they didn't charge him, people would say they were ignoring it when he broke the rules.

It will only be a slap on the wrist and a fine anyway.

Accendo · 13 May 2011 at 11:52

I remember Moyes speaking about the ref before an FA Cup semi-final against United but he never got charged for it.

Unless it's a new rule they've brought in.

nydryl · 13 May 2011 at 11:55

Accendo said:
I remember Moyes speaking about the ref before an FA Cup semi-final against United but he never got charged for it.

Unless it's a new rule they've brought in.

It's the little known Rule 187.24, or the 'fine Ferguson for the hell of it' rule as it's more commonly known.

Tom84 · 13 May 2011 at 11:59

AGD said:
It's not about what he's assumed to be doing. There's a simple rule in place not to speak about the ref before the game and he broke it. If they didn't charge him, people would say they were ignoring it when he broke the rules.

It will only be a slap on the wrist and a fine anyway.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=665122&sec=england&cc=5739

Article suggests only derogatory remarks will be charge, nothing about positive ones

Tom84 · 13 May 2011 at 12:00

Accendo said:
I remember Moyes speaking about the ref before an FA Cup semi-final against United but he never got charged for it.

Unless it's a new rule they've brought in.

Yeah it was, May 6th 2011 to be exact

One More Solo · 13 May 2011 at 12:03

Accendo said:
I remember Moyes speaking about the ref before an FA Cup semi-final against United but he never got charged for it.

Unless it's a new rule they've brought in.

It is.

mmj_uk · 13 May 2011 at 12:09

Steedie said:
This is what he said, quoting the BBC:

"We are getting the best referee, there is no doubt about that," he said at the time.

"But (getting a bad decision) is definitely our big fear.

"We have the players to do it all right. We just hope it's our turn for a little bit of luck"

It's an absolute joke :/

Not really, it's Fergie playing mind games with the referees, he is trying to influence the referee with the bottom two quotes.

He's done it for years usually before big/key games it's good to see them clamp down on it.

Accendo · 13 May 2011 at 12:13

One More Solo said:
It is.

What season was this rule brought in?

DanH84 · 13 May 2011 at 12:14

Originally Posted by FA Handbook
A Charge shall be issued within the period of three working days of the incident, or within
three working days of any media comments being brought to the attention of The
Association, or where observations on media comments are requested from a Participant,
within three working days from the deadline for the provision of those observations to The
Association, ending at 4pm on the third working day. (i.e. for a Saturday/Sunday game, a
Charge shall ordinarily be issued prior to 4pm on the Wednesday).

Shamikebab · 13 May 2011 at 12:16

Evra been banned yet?

Utterly ridiculous anti-United witchhunt again.

One More Solo · 13 May 2011 at 12:20

Accendo said:
What season was this rule brought in?

Prior to 09/10. It is getting to the point where managers will have to be accompanied by solicitors when they speak publicly.

Accendo · 13 May 2011 at 12:21

I take it the rule was brought in after this:

http://m.guardian.co.uk/football/20...n-mike-riley-fa-cup?cat=football&type=article

Edit: yes it was, good job.

DanH84 · 13 May 2011 at 12:24

Ancelotti pre-match: "I don't want to put pressure on the referee. Howard Webb is a fantastic referee.

Alpherah · 13 May 2011 at 12:28

Cant speak about ref's in positive or negative light before games anymore.
Broke the rules and got punished.

There shouldn't be an inquest as to why he got punished this time, the inquest should be as to why he never got punished the other <x number> of times he speaks about the officials before games.

Tom84 · 13 May 2011 at 12:32

DanH84 said:
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Why no action against him then?

Accendo · 13 May 2011 at 12:32

So what punishment are we expecting then, 5 game ban, how about 10 just for good measure.