Ranting Rafa

[TheMaraudingDog]

You have to LOL @ The Fat Spannish Waitor. Having seen the rant on SSN he starts off by saying Fergie served a 2 match ban and got a fine then says that Fergie is the only one that never gets punished, top contradicting m8! FACT!

Looks like Fergie has got under his skin and Rafa looked on the verge of imploding ala Keegan

[Quagmire]

[LUX]

Looks like Fergie has got under his skin

unfortunately true.

He should just have said nothing.

[papereyes]

You have to LOL @ The Fat Spannish Waitor. Having seen the rant on SSN he starts off by saying Fergie served a 2 match ban and got a fine then says that Fergie is the only one that never gets punished, top contradicting m8! FACT!

Looks like Fergie has got under his skin and Rafa looked on the verge of imploding ala Keegan

I hope O'Neill gets into a position where he can spar with Fergie. I'd pay to watch that.

[soggy biscuit]

You have to LOL @ The Fat Spannish Waitor. Having seen the rant on SSN he starts off by saying Fergie served a 2 match ban and got a fine then says that Fergie is the only one that never gets punished, top contradicting m8! FACT!

Looks like Fergie has got under his skin and Rafa looked on the verge of imploding ala Keegan

Disagree. I think the only thing MU fans can do is try and claim some kind of victory by saying Rafa is feeling the pressure etc but that looked far from it to me, looked like a bloke quite calmly reading off some views and some facts about Ferguson which many others would probably like to have done.

Rafa 1-0 Fergie

[readingbedding]

'There is only one thing worse than being talked about by Sir Alex Ferguson - and that is not being talked about by Sir Alex Ferguson.'

[soggy biscuit]

Rafa Benitez has articulated what referees have been thinking for years - that Sir Alex Ferguson can say what he wants about them and the FA will allow him to get away with it

[LUX]

You have to LOL @ The Fat Spannish Waitor. Having seen the rant on SSN he starts off by saying Fergie served a 2 match ban and got a fine then says that Fergie is the only one that never gets punished, top contradicting m8! FACT!

Looks like Fergie has got under his skin and Rafa looked on the verge of imploding ala Keegan

Disagree. I think the only thing MU fans can do is try and claim some kind of victory by saying Rafa is feeling the pressure etc but that looked far from it to me, looked like a bloke quite calmly reading off some views and some facts about Ferguson which many others would probably like to have done.

Rafa 1-0 Fergie

all true, but Liverpool being top is on Fergies tits, he should just concentrate on winning at Stoke.

For once I don't want Chelsea to lose tomorrow (draw or away win would be fine).

[Tails]

How can I put ROFL or LOL into 'mind games'?

MEGALOLZind gaMAJORLOLZes

[Super_horns]

Liverpool drop 2 points..Fergie will love that if Man U take advantage tomorrow..

[Platypuss]

LOLucas.

[The whole year inn]

You have to LOL @ The Fat Spannish Waitor. Having seen the rant on SSN he starts off by saying Fergie served a 2 match ban and got a fine then says that Fergie is the only one that never gets punished, top contradicting m8! FACT!

Looks like Fergie has got under his skin and Rafa looked on the verge of imploding ala Keegan

Disagree. I think the only thing MU fans can do is try and claim some kind of victory by saying Rafa is feeling the pressure etc but that looked far from it to me, looked like a bloke quite calmly reading off some views and some facts about Ferguson which many others would probably like to have done.

Rafa 1-0 Fergie

Agreed 100%, someone had to actually say something for things to change. Fergie has got away with it for so long now

Utterly irrelevant who said it, everyone was thinking the same thing

[The whole year inn]

You have to LOL @ The Fat Spannish Waitor. Having seen the rant on SSN he starts off by saying Fergie served a 2 match ban and got a fine then says that Fergie is the only one that never gets punished, top contradicting m8! FACT!

Looks like Fergie has got under his skin and Rafa looked on the verge of imploding ala Keegan

The HobNob simpleton strikes again

[Ian Royal]

Yep Ferguson gets away with a ridiculous amount.

Rafa will probably lose out on the title and Liverpool will fail at the final hurdle, but he's got it pretty spot on there.

[soggy biscuit]

[Super Kevin Bremner!]

Eloquent?

No

Politely put?

No

Delivered as a 'rant'?

No

100% fact?

No

Now some yes's

Contradictory?

Yes

Rage inspired?

Yes

Pointless?

Yes

How interesting that everyone seems to hate THE only British manager that's been so consistently successful in modern times.

How interesting that everyone backs the mercenary foreign manager over the home grown British manager.

How interesting that Ferguson built and built and built a side that became giants of the European game developing such British talents from boyhood as Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Gary Neville and on his day Nicky Butt. Whereas those that have tried to knock him off his pedestal have tried to do this by bringing in fellow mercenary foreigners on massive wages.

How interesting that those that have had the pressure of trying to finish at the top of the PL having spunked millions of their club's pounds, have ended up sour, bitter and twisted.

The real question is what was Rafa trying to imply?

Was he suggesting that United have been successful because of Fergie's dirty tricks? Now that would be very funny indeed.

The man's clearly emotional and fed up. Should have spent a little more time preparing to beat Stoke I think!

LOL @ Rafa Benitez.

[cmonurz]

The real question is what was Rafa trying to imply?

It was hardly subtle.

[TheMaraudingDog]

If Liverpool win at Stoke he's a genius, if they don't and Man U beat Chelsea...

Legend.

[AF1]

When Rafa Benitez began his extraordinary outpouring of Fergie-bashing on Friday, he said he did not want to start any mind games, which is a bit like Hitler saying he didn't want a war as Panzers were rolling into Warsaw.

Benitez said he was interested only in facts. Sadly, even the briefest look at what he actually said reveals that he is to facts what Prince Harry is to race relations.

FICTION 1: "Two years ago we were playing a lot of early kick-offs away on Saturdays when United were playing on Sundays. And we didn't say anything."

FACT 1: Rafael Benitez, September 2007: "We will be talking to the Premier League about this because it is not fair. I don't know if it is possible to change these fixtures in the New Year, but I hope so because, in the last few years, we have played more games on a Saturday than anyone and more away games than anyone. There are too many early kick-offs and I am not pleased about the situation at all."

FICTION 2: "You can see every single week how they put (referees) under pressure, we know this. We have seen it before. We have seen players sent off at Old Trafford and we do not see our opponents sent off."

FACT 2: Opposition players sent off at Old Trafford in the league this season - none. Stoke's Andy Wilkinson is the only player to be sent off against United in the Premier League this season. Opposition players sent off against Liverpool this season - five, including Nemanja Vidic of Manchester United.

FICTION 3: "Now he is complaining about everything, that everybody is against United. But the second half of the season will see them playing at home against all the teams at the top of the table, it is a fantastic advantage."

FACT 3: Last time ED checked everyone had to play everyone else twice - surely the order in which you play your games is irrelevant. And it's not like United covered themselves in glory in their away games against the top four - one point out of nine hardly represents a fantastic advantage.

FICTION 4: "At Christmas, United played on the 29th and the rest of the teams played on the 28th. We were away against Newcastle two days after playing Bolton. They were playing about 40 hours later, they were not complaining then."

FACT 4: United played 31 hours later, but their opponents Middlesbrough also had the benefit of an extra day's rest so it wasn't much help. And Liverpool's game against Newcastle was so one-sided they would have exerted themselves more by staying in and watching Wallace and Gromit. Plus, to be really pedantic, Aston Villa - who are level on points with United - played Hull on Tuesday 30.

FICTION 5: "There are two options if we don't want more problems with fixtures. One is the same as in Spain, the draw for the first part of the league is known, everyone knows which weekend. In the second-half everyone plays the opposite, so you all know."

FACT 5: That wouldn't help at all. You all know your fixtures anyway, and a Spanish system wouldn't stop United playing all of the Big Four at home in the second half of the season.

FICTION 6: "During the Respect campaign - and this is a fact - Mr Ferguson was charged by the FA for improper conduct after comments made about Martin Atkinson and Keith Hackett. He was not punished. He is the only manager in the league that cannot be punished for these things."

FACT 6: Harry Redknapp can also get away with it, having got off scot-free for this pop at Steve Tanner: "He's a poor referee and I've seen him make a mess of so many games. I couldn't even put into words what I thought of his performance. I walked into the referee's room before the game and saw who was refereeing and I knew what was coming. I expected that sort of performance. I've had him before many times and I know what he's like. He's really not good enough."

FICTION 7: "I will be watching United's game with Chelsea. The result does not matter to us, if we win at Stoke that result does not matter."

FACT 7: Sorry, that one was a fact.

[Harry Carry]

Dont think you can include Mourinho in there.