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Originally Posted by punky
I'm sorry, but the FA make the rules of the FA cup not Ferguson, nor yourself. Its in black and white:
http://www.thefa.com/~/media/1E9E2DE...up%20Rules.pdf
So what you think is or isn't disrespectful is completely irrelevant. Playing two youths when you have a £30m striker on the bench (not even naming Rooney or Ronaldo), is quite obviously a breach of that law.
The fact that he criticised Redknapp for wanting to do the same thing as Ferguson actually did just re-enforces the fact that he's a hypocrite. Redknapp wanted to prevent his players from aggravating existing injuries from the prior game when we were in a relegation battle. That is a far more pressing reason than Ferguson not liking the pitch. Yet still Ferguson dived behind the rule book when it suited him. He forced Redknapp to play an unfit squad just so he can't be seen to be breaching the rule.
As for your claim about youth players, well that's what the Premier League, League Cup, reserve games, etc is for. If Man Utd don't want to abide by the rules they should just quit the FA Cup for good. They've done it before after all. |
plenty of other teams to the same though. Teams like Bolton and Blackburn make no secret of the fact they want to get knocked out and concentrate on the league.
Wenger fields kids all the time and he has Adebayour and Fabregas available and they are 30m each.
Until the prize fund for the FA Cup matches the league or European Cup then teams won't treat it the same