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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/1E9E2DE92EC8404D97FA1932B4724F94.ashx/FA%20Cup%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. |
I honestly don't remember Ferguson saying that about Redknapp, do you have a link?
Well if they are the rules we broke them, but so has nearly every other premier league club, probably every season they've participated in the the FA cup. I wonder why the FA don't do something about it? Probably because they realise the FA cup is not as important as the league and Champions league and is used by big clubs to help progress younger players.