Originally posted by Angry Boy
We can all find someone to agree with our views. Yours is a guy who writes a blog on the BBC that sounds like something you'd read in The Sun or hear on 606. Mine is someone who knows a bit more about the situation being discussed
"Rafa Benitez has articulated what referees have been thinking for years - that Sir Alex Ferguson can say what he wants abou ered the Premier League's top referee until his retirement at the end of the 2006-07 season)
Yes but Graham Poll is now retired after having a career as a (relatively speaking for the football industry) poorly paid referee.
Refs are there to manage the game, we shouldn't even know there name to be honest.
Mr Poll is trying to establish himself as a respected brand that can earn a very nice living by commenting on contraversial issues week in, week out.
What do you think will earn Mr Poll the biggest pay check and a nice back page headline?
"Sir Alex abuses referees just like every other manager"
"Sir Alex gets special treatment, he's been doing it for years, we all know this, but its Sir Alex so the less experienced refs are scared of him"
Give me a break, Poll is trying to make money on the situation.
Ask Jose Mourinho, he managed the team that challenged United for 3 years and says United were treated just as fairly as every other team.
Problem with Mourinho's quote, it doesn't sell newspapers.