[Boro_lad]

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/020815/80/d7ho9.html

Yet another excuse for a poor manyoo performance.

He said the pitch was not good enough, yet the last time i looked it was the same for both teams so he is just a poor loser.

Yet another thing to the reasons i hate ferguson, and manyoo

[Matt Clark]

Yes, highly amusing when you consider the shambles of a pitch Old Trafford has. It has to be relayed, what - twice a season?

They should be well-used to playing on shit surfaces.

Excuses excuses excuses.

If their strikeforce had hit the target and their defence had played the full 90 minutes, they wouldn't be in this (minor, soon-to-be-corrected) mess.

Twat.

[Captain Splarg]

I love when fergiescum makes these excuses. They just make me laugh

[kevbrunton]

I may just be an ignorant yank and I'm definitely not a huge ManU fan -- I like them ok, just not a fanatic about anyone in the EPL yet, but it seems to me this may be a valid complaint.

If you are a team that plays possession soccer, one / two touch passes, keeping the ball on the ground a lot, then you're going to be significantly more adversely affected by a poor playing surface than a team that sits back trying to spring a counter attack off a long ball.

As I didn't see the game, I can't say that's what happened, but it's certainly possible.

[Bauser]

Originally posted by kevbrunton
I may just be an ignorant yank and I'm definitely not a huge ManU fan -- I like them ok, just not a fanatic about anyone in the EPL yet, but it seems to me this may be a valid complaint.

It's OK to complain once in a while, but not EVERY time you lose. Fergie is the biggest whiner of all managers.

[Trojan]

Ferguson: ". . . we've only ourselves to blame, we had some good chances."

Yes, he's a whiner at times, but was this sentence deleted from the article you read?

I think he gripes about things beyond the players' control to take some pressure off them. By blaming the pitch, he's saying that his players were not beaten by Zalaegerszeg's players. Thus, when they return to Old Trafford, they should smoke 'em.

[Boro_lad]

ok then ferguson contradicts himself as he says the pitch was to blame, and then only them seves...is this a contradiction...me thinks so

he blames the pitch yet i saw 2 teams play on it. Yet the other team didnt moan. And not onmce does he give redit to the other team for taking thier chance or defending well. He is a bad loser

he is a whinning tosser.

kevbrunton If you want to support a team to become a fan. Support the boro (no cracks!!!)

[prk166]

Originally posted by Boro_lad
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/020815/80/d7ho9.html

Yet another excuse for a poor manyoo performance.

He said the pitch was not good enough, yet the last time i looked it was the same for both teams so he is just a poor loser.

Yet another thing to the reasons i hate ferguson, and manyoo

Come on, it's the media. They love to quote the stuff that give entertainment. Of course they don't make a big deal about him also saying that they missed their chances and should blame themselves. They make a big deal out of him complaining because they beleive it gets people's attention which they beleive translates into revenue. Personally, I feel it translates into shite.

[JohnR]

I am one of those rare creatures ... a true Man U neutral. I enjoy watching them, they play attractive football, but my happiness is not affected whether they win the treble or lose to Man City.

From this position, I am in good position to vote on Fergie's behavior.

The verdict: Whining tosser. He cries more than Liberace. I don't ever recall any manager in any sport who so frequently makes excuses when his team loses, and who is so reluctant to give credit to the opposition.

I can't imagine anybody who isn't a direhard Man U supporter defending this guy's behavior.

[Father Ted]

Originally posted by prk166


Come on, it's the media. They love to quote the stuff that give entertainment. Of course they don't make a big deal about him also saying that they missed their chances and should blame themselves. They make a big deal out of him complaining because they beleive it gets people's attention which they beleive translates into revenue. Personally, I feel it translates into shite.

Gotta agree with you. Read what he said:

"It's a shock result in the sense that they never had a kick of the ball in the second half,"
"That's a surprise -- one attack, one goal. But we've only ourselves to blame, we had some good chances."
"The pitch was very bumpy, we'd have to make that a possible reason for the standard of our passing. It's disappointing,"
"They changed their system, but that's the only thing. They played five at the back and allowed us all the possession.
"But we should break that down, we've played against that many times."


He says that the bumpy pitch was a possible reason for poor passing. But the underlying statement is that they should have done better.