Are the days, hours and minutes of Fergie time numbered?
In the past, EPL referees have been Man United manager Sir Alex ‘Fergie’ Ferguson’s best friend. The added time at the end of games at Old Trafford is famously known as ‘Fergie time’ as referees notoriously appear to add time to the end of the game if United are not winning. Over the years many opposition managers and fans have scrutinized and complained about the special time treatment Manchester United appear to have enjoyed at home.
But this weekend Fergie may have shot himself in the foot. You see, United lost at home to Villa on Saturday and Ferguson was furious that there was only three minutes of added time and not four, as his side searched for an equalizer at 1-0 down. So mad was the fiery Scotsman that he has called for a change in the time keeping process. Fergie now wants another party to be the official time-keeper.
“It has to be taken out of the referee’s hands. There were two stoppages of two minutes three seconds, but we only played three minutes added time.” – Sir Alex.
Another party, in charge of the clock? To make sure that no extra time is added on or missed? LOVE IT. But who will suffer most? Fergie of course! Funny how he enjoys the extra time not earned as his team snatches late goals, but bitches on the very rare occasions that he is short changed. Well Mr Ferguson will likely change his mind again when he looks back at all the points he has picked up late in games and realizes what a change in procedure is likely to mean for his side.
I don’t think anyone will complain with Fergie’s change of heart should he champion change, quite the opposite. An independent and acurate time-keeper will be most welcome by fans and managers alike.
I actually thought he was right, there should have been four, there were multiple injury stoppages.
Still, they did not look like scoring at the end anyway. F**k em!
Yeah, when watching that I was thinking four or five minutes; Heskey was doing his best Drogba impression most of the second half.
Regardless of whether 4 minutes should have been played, how pathetic is Fergie once again? Every time they lose their is some BS remark like this. Its comical. Has he ever simply admitted that perhaps the team wasn’t up to the task on the day? With the exception of the CL loss to Barca last year I can’t recall a legitimate loss for ManU in Fergie’s eyes.
Absolutely ridiculous. He wants his cake and wishes to eat it too. Always tapping the watch when United is winning in injury time, yet demands a ton more time when his side is chasing results.
Maybe this latest outburst could make his suspended ban kick in or something?
You guys should have a stock story for these types of occasions where you simply change the names of the ref and the opponent, and the date. It would really save you a fair amount of work.
While that’s a nice idea, Goat, I have to say that it won’t work. I mean, if we don’t sic Ned on something like this, then we have to read incessantly in the email thread about Grant Holt and Norwich. Trust me, the minutes he spends pounding these out are like a kid’s nap time–necessary and relatively blissful.