Comments for Media relations and Alex Ferguson at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:56:26 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3947/38/#pc_1120 Disagree with the thrust of this. Ferguson, even by his own dismally low standards, has made a tiresome tit of himself this season, ending virtually every game with some referee-related gripe or other. It shouldn't be too much for him to comment on the FA charges. After all, if he hadn't accused Alan Wiley of being unfit in the first place, nobody would have had to ask him about it. What's more, demanding that refs explain their decisions just gives credence to bullies like Ferguson. - RayDeChaussee Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:20:26 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3947/38/#pc_1119 Did Colina have to explain his decisions after his matches? If you command respect and have a physical presence, especially when it comes to eye contact, (is it too late to clone Pierluigi?) you won't face so many questions. Looking for fitter refs Sir Alex? Why don't you ask Mr Lineker or Mr Hanson? Or maybe Mr Giggs will step in for you. Who really wants to be a ref. Making them explain their decisions wouldn't help when they get it wrong, as the ref did in the Hull match and he should have said so. Everyone can see the error and refs are less likely to succeed if they make them. - stuart77 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:19:54 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3947/38/#pc_1118 "A new member of the press pack entered the ring with “It’s not a silly question,” after which Ferguson pulled his classic move and stormed out." It's about time that some of the press pack, at the very least, started to question the childishness that some managers can display at press conferences. I say 'some' when I actually mean those few individuals in the Premiership who, with this feeling of superiority gained by regular media exposure, think that the football press is an element they can either ignore or play around with at their leisure. The newbie who challenged Fergie - if it can be called a challenge - should not have been the first. Oh, for the power of some bullshit-intolerant hack who listens to the latest game of 'Fergie's In Charge' and storms out with a fervent desire to find the nearest pub so he won't have to listen to such playground attitudes. I still remember David Moyes's silent 'not-telling' act at one Everton press conference. He sits there, slighted like some arrant six-year-old with a smirk on his face, shaking his head at every question. Silent refusal at every turn. The juvenile prick. The press pack should have simply upped sticks and gone home. I concede that the football press (tabs especially) can also win awards for infantile, simplistic attitudes (they're not the most subtle of beasts), but no-one is helped when a manager brings his pram along, brimful of toys to fling out when he feels the need. All becomes panto before Christmas is even here. Or, better, do away with press conferences altogether. All that's heard is unsurprising, uninformed banality and 'will (place name of player here) be fit for the game on Saturday?'. You might get a Fergie Flounce or Rafa's List of Amazing Facts About Manchester United, but all we'd be doing is going back to enough farce as to overshadow Brian Rix's career. And you'd learn absolutely nothing. - ian.64 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:03:52 +0100