Ferguson reacts to Ashley Williams...

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Some right laughs looking back through this. Top thread.

 

[squirtyflower]

For the good of his team it's good though, no? Not sure who the interviewer was but if he had more balls about him he should have said 'yes that was unfortunate, however I would like to talk about'....*insert Rooney/Evra here*

People aren't always swayed by what they see/hear in/from the media. Those who watched that game wouldn't have needed the interviewer to raise the questions, as it was clear that United in general, more so Rooney and Evra, stank the place out with that performance.

Of course they could
It's not as if he's ever banned a reporter from the swamp for asking a difficult question

Yet another method of controlling the media. How dare you ask a pertinent, probbing question, cow down to me, print/report what I want or you'll never set foot inside Old Trafford again.

Then he shoots electricity out of his fingers.....

Nah mate, you're imagining it, except the the electricity out of his fingers of course......

 

[Matty]

For the good of his team it's good though, no? Not sure who the interviewer was but if he had more balls about him he should have said 'yes that was unfortunate, however I would like to talk about'....*insert Rooney/Evra here*

People aren't always swayed by what they see/hear in/from the media. Those who watched that game wouldn't have needed the interviewer to raise the questions, as it was clear that United in general, more so Rooney and Evra, stank the place out with that performance.

Of course they could
It's not as if he's ever banned a reporter from the swamp for asking a difficult question

Isn't that in a pre-match conference though, when he's bizarrely coordinated and dictated what can and cannot be asked? I doubt he would be able to ban someone for asking about a performance which wasn't good, if the RVP thing had already been addressed. He could have shown himself up even more by refusing to answer it, but the interviewer should have put him in that position in the first place.

What the interviewers should do, and what they actually do are two entirely different things. The reasons for this are that, ultimately, they are interested in themselves, their own jobs, and being successful/selling copies. Cross Fergie and it's a career backwards step. Write something negative about Fergie, even assuming you don't care about the repercussions he'll have waiting for you, and you'll be antagonising your clientele. United fans don't want to read articles slagging off their team, just like we kick up a fuss when someone writes an article that's negative about City. The difference is there are far more United fans out there, whose only interest in United is what the media tell them, so a negative United story will affect more people than a negative City one. If 1 journalist is showing integrity and reporting the truth, warts and all, whereas the others are towing the party line so as not to be shunned by United, then that 1 journalist is likely not to have his articles read by quite as many people. As a football fan, if you've got 6 or 7 people saying "United were unlucky today" or "RVP could have been seriously injured" as their main points, but 1 is saying "United were dire today", then you'd believe the 6 or 7 and you wouldn't bother reading the 1 journalists articles anymore.

 

[bleed.blue]

This is comedy.
ragcafe has a thread where they were discussin about Ashley Williams comments about Suarez (He said he wanted to knock down Suareaz).
Rags were all calling him (Williams) a legend).

Oh he's still a Hednesford Town lad at heart

I enjoyed Ashley Williams adventures with commander Shepard.

Well done, Ashley Williams.

Boom, since yesterday, the tone of that thread has changed completely.

 

[inbetween]

Future classic thread surely?

 

[squirtyflower]

For the good of his team it's good though, no? Not sure who the interviewer was but if he had more balls about him he should have said 'yes that was unfortunate, however I would like to talk about'....*insert Rooney/Evra here*

People aren't always swayed by what they see/hear in/from the media. Those who watched that game wouldn't have needed the interviewer to raise the questions, as it was clear that United in general, more so Rooney and Evra, stank the place out with that performance.

Of course they could
It's not as if he's ever banned a reporter from the swamp for asking a difficult question

Isn't that in a pre-match conference though, when he's bizarrely coordinated and dictated what can and cannot be asked? I doubt he would be able to ban someone for asking about a performance which wasn't good, if the RVP thing had already been addressed. He could have shown himself up even more by refusing to answer it, but the interviewer should have put him in that position in the first place.

Whilst I understand your fulsome defence of the whiskey nosed ****, he has banned them from being anywhere near the scum for writing articles he doesn't like
It's just not pre-match conference that you are trying to tag this onto
Your tactics are good, much like the ****'s himself

 

[Pigeonho]

Of course they could
It's not as if he's ever banned a reporter from the swamp for asking a difficult question

Isn't that in a pre-match conference though, when he's bizarrely coordinated and dictated what can and cannot be asked? I doubt he would be able to ban someone for asking about a performance which wasn't good, if the RVP thing had already been addressed. He could have shown himself up even more by refusing to answer it, but the interviewer should have put him in that position in the first place.

Whilst I understand your fulsome defence of the whiskey nosed ****, he has banned them from being anywhere near the scum for writing articles he doesn't like
It's just not pre-match conference that you are trying to tag this onto
Your tactics are good, much like the ****'s himself

How am I trying to defend him there for fucks sake?

 

[squirtyflower]

Isn't that in a pre-match conference though, when he's bizarrely coordinated and dictated what can and cannot be asked? I doubt he would be able to ban someone for asking about a performance which wasn't good, if the RVP thing had already been addressed. He could have shown himself up even more by refusing to answer it, but the interviewer should have put him in that position in the first place.

Whilst I understand your fulsome defence of the whiskey nosed ****, he has banned them from being anywhere near the scum for writing articles he doesn't like
It's just not pre-match conference that you are trying to tag this onto
Your tactics are good, much like the ****'s himself

How am I trying to defend him there for fucks sake?

It was, quite rightfully, cited that the old **** bans journos who ever oppose him
You targeted the pre-match conference as the only examples of this, which is a very long way from reality
And you further the lie by saying it's all prearranged and therefore not unusual for this to happen as journos shouldn't cross the line, which patently isn't the case
Therefore why post it apart from to defend his callous and bullying way of dealing with the press who dare speak out the truth?

 

[Pigeonho]

Whilst I understand your fulsome defence of the whiskey nosed ****, he has banned them from being anywhere near the scum for writing articles he doesn't like
It's just not pre-match conference that you are trying to tag this onto
Your tactics are good, much like the ****'s himself

How am I trying to defend him there for fucks sake?

It was, quite rightfully, cited that the old **** bans journos who ever oppose him
You targeted the pre-match conference as the only examples of this, which is a very long way from reality
And you further the lie by saying it's all prearranged and therefore not unusual for this to happen as journos shouldn't cross the line, which patently isn't the case
Therefore why post it apart from to defend his callous and bullying way of dealing with the press who dare speak out the truth?

You know when someone puts 'isn't that'.... then goes onto ask a question and ends it with a '?', well that is called a question, it's not insisting something is a particular way. I bow to your obvious superior knowledge on all things Alex Ferguson and his press conferences.

 

[CheethamHillBlue]

The Queen's Speech

Is expected to warn of the dangers of heading a football at this time of year after the life threatening injuries RVP escaped with yesterday.