New Posts For Thread: Food for thought - The power of Sir Alex, referees and the FA:https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-faAs Chris Foy finds himself in charge of a league 2 game for the first time since February 2008 following MUFC criticism of failure to award them a penalty v Spurs & for only having 4 minutes injury time; & Mark Halsey gets 2 PL games following a wideIt's surely one of the biggest myths surrounding ferguson that he was good for the national team. Wellbeck is about the only player in recent years and he's been farmed out to others who deserve as much credit. Not surprising given the rules demandinhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538456775#538456775It's surely one of the biggest myths surrounding ferguson that he was good for the national team. Wellbeck is about the only player in recent years and he's been farmed out to others who deserve as much credit. Not surprising given the rules demandinMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:51:36 -0500Tbf to United, they provided us with Scholes, Neville and Beckham and during his reign probably provided more squad members than any other club, although I don't know the figures and there was a lot of big club bias over the years, Scholes who is thehttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538455521#538455521Tbf to United, they provided us with Scholes, Neville and Beckham and during his reign probably provided more squad members than any other club, although I don't know the figures and there was a lot of big club bias over the years, Scholes who is theMon, 17 Mar 2014 09:39:28 -0500How did Fergie's success harm the national team? By pulling players from friendlies and getting them to retire from Intl football early? What more can a club do than provide its top talents for the national team? Fergie wasn't the England manager ashttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538455291#538455291How did Fergie's success harm the national team? By pulling players from friendlies and getting them to retire from Intl football early? What more can a club do than provide its top talents for the national team? Fergie wasn't the England manager asMon, 17 Mar 2014 09:26:49 -0500Golly gosh Ive seemed to upset mr tarps. Quite understandable since his club still pines for the Chas n Dave years.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538454073#538454073Golly gosh Ive seemed to upset mr tarps. Quite understandable since his club still pines for the Chas n Dave years.Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:41:48 -0500Fair play O4kthe point i was trying to make, very poorly put I admit, was that at least LFCs dominance came about because they adhered to their principles Man Utd under ferguson, well its my contention that he was allowed to dominate with the richesthttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538453409#538453409Fair play O4kthe point i was trying to make, very poorly put I admit, was that at least LFCs dominance came about because they adhered to their principles Man Utd under ferguson, well its my contention that he was allowed to dominate with the richestMon, 17 Mar 2014 06:38:47 -0500So tarps point is that the unwholesomeness of Liverpool's dominance is that they decided to play decent stuff while all around them played long ball guff. Someone call the feds!As for the violent northern monkeys jibe let's not forget that not all sohttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538452775#538452775So tarps point is that the unwholesomeness of Liverpool's dominance is that they decided to play decent stuff while all around them played long ball guff. Someone call the feds!As for the violent northern monkeys jibe let's not forget that not all soMon, 17 Mar 2014 05:30:53 -0500Did Charwell write the opening article or is it taken from somewhere else ?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538452687#538452687Did Charwell write the opening article or is it taken from somewhere else ?Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:11:36 -0500There nowt particularly wholesome about LFC dominance of the 80s eitherA plague on both your houses I sayLFC's dominance came about as a result of a turgid time in english footballIt was the era of charles 'long ball' hughes and his FA handbookLFC ighttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538447189#538447189There nowt particularly wholesome about LFC dominance of the 80s eitherA plague on both your houses I sayLFC's dominance came about as a result of a turgid time in english footballIt was the era of charles 'long ball' hughes and his FA handbookLFC igSun, 16 Mar 2014 16:15:43 -0500thebetterbettor have a day offhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538446993#538446993thebetterbettor have a day offSun, 16 Mar 2014 16:04:43 -0500got to laugh at this nonsense, if the FA loved MU so much why did they ban Cantona and Rio for so long? and If Refs loved Fergie so much why did they find it so hard to give MU a pen when Liverpool and Arsenal had more pens in an era when MU won thehttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/29409881/food-for-thought---the-power-of-sir-alex-referees-and-the-fa?post_id=538446923#538446923got to laugh at this nonsense, if the FA loved MU so much why did they ban Cantona and Rio for so long? and If Refs loved Fergie so much why did they find it so hard to give MU a pen when Liverpool and Arsenal had more pens in an era when MU won theSun, 16 Mar 2014 16:01:30 -0500