Pam said:
Bored of his ridiculous outbursts now.
You might not want to read this then....
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Fergie brands Bayern Munich 'bullies' then launches rant at 'disgusting' press
Published 22:45 09/04/10 By David McDonnell
Sir Alex Ferguson was yesterday given the chance to apologise for his “typical Germans” remark in the wake of Manchester United’s Champions League exit to Bayern Munich.
But instead Fergie went on the attack, reigniting his feud with Bayern by claiming their players “let themselves down” by pressuring the referee into sending off Rafael Da Silva.
And Fergie then tried to blame the media for reporting his controversial remarks, rather than focusing on a “fantastic performance” by his players who – in case he needs reminding – blew a 3-0 lead on the night at Old Trafford to go out.
Q: Do you regret using the phrase ‘Typical Germans?’
A: That was right at the end of the match and you lot have definitely used it. You forget that the most important thing about Wednesday was how well we played. We were unlucky, but you’ve lost that in the midst of the venom that you can put in your headlines.
Q: Do you regret using the phrase?
A: It was at the end of the game. It happens, you know? I think the Germans let themselves down with the way they behaved in getting the boy sent off. If they don’t recognise that, there is nothing I can do about that. I think it was unfair. Totally unfair. They got the boy sent off. They bullied the referee. They bullied the referee into it. It is a young referee and he succumbed to that pressure because he wasn’t going to send the boy off.
Q: Bayern suggest you weren’t very gracious.
A: I’m disappointed, yes. I’m disappointed with that kind of behaviour. Louis van Gaal (the Bayern coach) spoke about how fair English football is and I think he’s right. It’s one of the fairest in the world, but we weren’t talking about English fairness.
Q: Do you think Rafael was culpable having already been booked?
A: He has barely touched him. In fact Ribery has done more to him that Rafael did to Ribery. The issue was how the Germans reacted. They knew the boy was on a yellow card, they surrounded the referee and that happens, you see it time and time again with footballers, waving the imaginary card to the referee and he succumbed unfortunately. You see it a lot in European football. It isn’t down to just one country.
Q: Haven’t you experienced this before in Europe?
A: I don’t know if it was last season or the season before, but the edict was that if anyone showed an imaginary card, they should be booked. Well, there were six that should have been booked if you go along those lines. That’s where the fairness has to come into it, but unfortunately it didn’t apply itself.
Q: Will Rafael learn from his experience?
A: He is young, but on Wednesday night he was probably our best player. He was fantastic, the boy. He dominated Ribery and it’s just disappointing for the boy.
Q: Should the quality of performance galvanise the players?
A: Well we have to remind them of that because it still hasn’t come across in the Press. It is hard to understand the Press. You know, someone told me that the press came back from the Rome final and they were all delighted on the Press bus that we had lost. They were absolutely pleased that we had lost. The English Press.
Q: You don’t know that for a fact.
A: Well, somebody on the bus told me that.
Q: Alex, there are United supporters in this room.
A: Well, it is disappointing that a British team is in the final and even one member of the Press....
Q: But you don’t know that for sure.
A: No, listen. The issue is, a member of the bus told me that and he said he was absolutely disgusted by the British Press in that final and that’s a fact. He has no reason to lie to me. You were on the bus, you will know that.
Q: We sell on success, Alex. It’s better for us if United win – then you’re happy, the players are happy, everyone will talk to us...
A: What has been lost from the game on Wednesday is our performance. Our performance was fantastic. At 3-0, it could have been 5-0.
We were magnificent and that gets lost just because you wrote a headline about what I say about the Germans and that is disgusting.
Q: We have given the team praise.
A: It’s disgusting. The players deserve some praise from you lot. That performance was outstanding.
Q: You’ll probably find that they got some (praise), but if you use a phrase like ‘typical Germans,’ you know what will happen.
A: It was at the end of the game when you have to do the interview because of UEFA rules. With the television, you have to do the interview and it’s a bad time to do it. But you don’t have the time. Anyway, there we are. Thank you.
