Oh yeah, to be fair I understand and agree with him in many ways Re. Chelsea. In particular it's absolutely disgusting that the ref in question got demoted to league two, an absurd punishment for a very, very minor crime.
(Apparently the justification was that the card was given for serious foul play, and in the FA's view you the challenge didn't match the usual criteria of being a dangerous challenge. However there's surely room for interpretation there, after all it was an outrageously cynical foul. Maybe not a professional foul, but in my view a ref should be applauded for doing a little 'thinking outside the box' in order to punish a challenge that was only not a professional foul due to a technicality. He certainly didn't deserve demotion to league two.)
No, aside from the usual Fergie hypocracy I was just very annoyed that the Independent would even suggest in passing that there might even be a slight chance that Vidic didn't deserve his red. You will hardly see a more blatant sending off all season, the ref was going easy on the guy to only give him two yellows...he could easily have had a straight red for either challenge.
Can't agree there. If the ref did get it wrong (i.e. sending off for serious foul ply for an offence which does not match the criteria provided by the ref's guidance) then he should be demoted. We complain about referee's all the time, and that will never change. The one thing everyone agrees on is that if there was consistency then at least the complaints would not be nearly as significant. So when a ref fucks up in terms of decision making and interpretation, he should pay.
As for Ferguson, he will always find something to moan about. He isn't even worth taking seriously he moans that much. Unfortunately too many of the nationals buy in to his shite, hence the Independent arse licking piece. Noone would seriously question Vidic's dismissal, even the initial muted tones about our players getting him sent off by reminding the ref he had been booked already soon died a death.
He needed something to moan about, as he couldn't gripe about losing.
