Man Utd Thread:

[The GAA]

Rooney is united's most important player by a mile. those counter attack goals that have become something of a trade mark always seem to end with a jet propelled rooney giving a fantastic final ball - the most difficult skill in soccer.

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UEFA has just confirmed the red card will be rescinded

[gawa316]

UEFA has just confirmed the red card will be rescinded

Will or will not be rescinded?

[Tommy Tibbs]

POLL: FLETCHER DESERVED TO GO
Posted 06/05/09 07:58EmailPrintSave



Graham Poll, the former Premier League referee turned pundit, has hailed Roberto Rosetti for enjoying 'a fine match' in the Champions League semi-final second leg between Arsenal and Manchester United and applauded his decision to dismiss Darren Fletcher.


While match commentators were near unanimous in their belief that Fletcher ought not to have been sent off for his tackle on Cesc Fabregas, Poll has urged Rosetti to stand by his decision.


'Italian referee Roberto Rosetti had a fine match and can justify in law the penalty he gave after Darren Fletcher brought down Cesc Fabregas,' he writes in his column for The Daily Mail.


'When commentators and former players say: 'He got the ball, it can't be a foul,' they are wrong.


'Even though Fletcher got a slight touch on the ball, Rosetti felt it was impossible for the Manchester United midfielder to avoid taking his opponent in the follow.'


Poll's analysis of Rosetti's evening certainly does not tally with the review offered by Arsene Wenger on the Italian whistle-blower.


"I don't believe the referee had a good game," the Arsenal manager commented. "I believe he had a very bad game. He gave many fouls you don't get in the Premier League and that is the reason the championship in Italy is not as committed as here. You get more smaller fouls over there than here and there were fouls here we weren't used to. The red card was harsh as well. I have sympathy for Fletcher."


In all, Rosetti spotted 30 different fouls during the tie - but oddly did not add on a single second of injury time in the first half.


Fletcher will now miss the final in Rome later this month unless Rosetti admits a mistake in his own match report. As an appeal is prohibited, Sir Alex Ferguson's tactic in overturning the decision appears to be appealing to Rosetti's conscience by first flattering his ego.


"You can see the ball has moved away at a different angle and in a different direction," Ferguson said. "It's terribly unlucky, but we can't appeal it. The referee is one of the best in Europe. When he looks at it, he may have a view, but there's nothing we can do.


"I respect him [Rosetti]. He may look at it himself, but we shouldn't ask him. He's confident enough and fair enough to look at it himself, possibly."


Wat a tit you are Graham! 

[EC Unique]

Manchester United have been told that Darren Fletcher's UEFA Champions League red card will not be overturned.

The Red Devils midfielder was dismissed 15 minutes from time in Tuesday night's 4-1 aggregate victory over Arsenal in the semi-final second leg at Emirates Stadium, ruling him out of the final in Rome later this month.

Replays showed that the Scotland international had touched the ball before bringing down Cesc Fabregas in the area but referee Roberto Rosetti had no hesitation in sending a downcast Fletcher from the field.

Uefa has now confirmed that the only grounds for an appeal against the decision would be if there was a case of mistaken identity, meaning Fletcher is certain to miss out on the showpiece against either Chelsea or Barcelona.

Uefa head of communications Rob Faulkner said: "Manchester United have the right to file a protest within 24 hours of the match, however a protest against a caution or sending off is only admissible if the referee's error was to mistake the identity of the player."

Distraught
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admitted after the game that he hoped referee Rosetti would admit his mistake, but was already resigned to being without Fletcher for the final.

Ferguson said: "He's (Fletcher) disappointed and he should be disappointed. He's one of the most honest players in the game and to miss the final, it's a tragedy. He was distraught.

"In respect to the referee in this situation he might look at it himself without anyone asking him.

"We shouldn't ask him. He's competent and fair enough to look at it himself possibly. Apparently, you can't appeal and if that's the case it's disappointing for the boy."

Too bad

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UEFA has just confirmed the red card will be rescinded

Will or will not be rescinded?

it will not be overturned, the only way it was gonna be overturned was for mistaken identity...just right too

[gawa316]

UEFA has just confirmed the red card will be rescinded

Will or will not be rescinded?

it will not be overturned, the only way it was gonna be overturned was for mistaken identity...just right too

Need to edit your original post then

[orangeman]

UEFA has just confirmed the red card will be rescinded

Will or will not be rescinded?

it will not be overturned, the only way it was gonna be overturned was for mistaken identity...just right too

Need to edit your original post then

No justice in that even if the ref admits he makes a mistake, the player has no remedy.

[corn02]

Another good thing about last night is that Utd can carry a lot of confidence into the remaining league games. 3 points of sh1ty on Sunday and it is all over in my opinion. Will Arsenal be able to gather themselves up for a challenge after last week and last night?

Comedy gold there.

[EC Unique]

Glad you like it Corn

[full back]

UEFA has just confirmed the red card will be rescinded

You need to borrow a dictionary from your teacher

[The GAA]

Rooney backs Ribery raid
by Tom Adams , 06 May 2009

Wayne Rooney has told setanta.com that Franck Ribery would be a 'good addition' to the Manchester United squad following speculation that the Bayern Munich star is a target for Sir Alex Ferguson.

Reports on Tuesday claimed that United have tabled a world-record £62.5 million bid for the 2008 Bundesliga Player of the Year – some £20 million more than Real Madrid paid for his compatriot and predecessor as France's playmaker, Zinedine Zidane, in 2001.

It is reported that Ribery, 26, features highly on Ferguson's list of possible replacements for Cristiano Ronaldo should the Portuguese forward move to Real, but Barcelona are also believed to be strong admirers of the former Marseille and Galatasaray star.

And while Rooney is unaware of any interest in Ribery, with United playing down reports of an official approach being made, the striker believes the reputed target is of the calibre required by the Champions League finalists and Premier League leaders.

"He is a great player and we like to bring top class players to the club," Rooney told setanta.com following the club's Champions League semi-final win over Arsenal.

"I'm sure if the manager and everyone else is interested in him and he can come here then he will be a good addition for us.

"I think he is a great player. I haven't heard anything about it but I think he is a great player."

[118cmal]

I read somewhere that Rooney wants Ronaldo gone, Tevez signed permanently and Ribery brought in.

That way, he'd be the pretty boy of the front three

[full back]

Anytime I have seen Ribery he has looked average enough, certainly not a player worth that sort of money. Maybe I caught him on a few bad days

[EC Unique]

Can't think of any player that I would like to see Utd part with that kind of money for.