Firstly because he's Scottish. I mean anyone who hails from north of Hadrians Wall is automatically considered a bit suspicious by us fayre English types.
But secondly and on a more serious note, because the guy cannot respect a referee. As a referee myself, I was disgusted to see the comments he made about Alan Wiley, where he bought the referee's fitness into question. Now we can all see on Match of the Day that Wiley is not the most perfectly built human being on Earth, but nevertheless, he still manages to run about the field for 90 minutes. Ferguson must also be aware of the rigorous fitness schemes the FA impose on their referees and if Wiley had not been fit enough to pass these tests, he would not have been officiating on Saturday. Simple as.
And then for Ferguson to have the cheek to complain about the 'lack' of time added on at the end, knowing full well his team have benefitted from 'phantom' added time many times in the past, most recently against Manchester City. When I read that I was absolutely disgusted by the sheer lack of any kind of moral code. Ex-players (who despite their general lack of any kind of intelligence tend to express quite a strong -and sh*t- opinion) always bang on about how football is a passionate game and people say things they don't mean in the heat of the moment. ABSOLUTE HORSESH*T. Ferguson has lambasted referees from day one, despite saying how 'they have the hardest job in football'. They do indeed Alex, trying to put up with you for 90 minutes. Over and out xD
N.B. Going to see Up in 3-D tomorrow which I am really looking forward to. Look out for a (hopefully positive) review tomorrow.
This whole MUFC/added time debate is getting stale. "Manchester United ALWAYS get more time than there should be!" Maybe so, but I'm almost 100% sure that when the referee in the Manc derby let play run on for another couple of minutes that City did NOT call it quits and walk off out of principle because they had overran? No. Both teams, no matter the occasion, get the same time to capitalise.
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