Ronaldo dives in the box, is awarded an extremely unfair penalty, gets up and takes it with his jittery run, and goes off to have a subdued (by his standards) goal celebration.

MAN UTD fans (on this site) believe this is their want-away hero playing fairly, and celebrate his fair play!

Fergie has this to say

Sir Alex Ferguson believes that Manchester United were offered a questionable penalty this afternoon, but insists that referee Rob Styles owes the club more than that decision.

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=885001

"I was surprised because it looked as though their lad got a foot on the ball," said Ferguson.

"But Rob Styles turned us down four or five times last year so maybe it is payback time. But he still owes us another four."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7639789.stm

@ dayokanu,

there was contact. that is the decisive factor.

jlloyd samuel's trailing leg caught ronaldo and he fell.

ronaldo cannot be held responsible for rob style's decisions.

like sir alex said, rob styles denied man united 10 genuine penalty claims last season so these things even out.

the dynamic duo.

they are back to defend the title.

"I was surprised because it looked as though their lad got a foot on the ball," said Ferguson

Ferguson even admits the guy touched the ball first. There can be contact as long as you touch the ball first in a challenge, its legal

Denying you last season means he should give back dubious decisions this season? Are you kidding ?

@ dayokanu,

these decisions even out.

when a referee don't give genuine penalties, he would give dubious ones.

last season, ronaldo had 3 genuine claims against newcastle at old trafford(the 6-0 bashing) and rob styles turned them down.

the freekick he gave(the one ronaldo scored from-man united's first goal) was dubious. this happened after he turned down 4 genuine claims.

ronaldo did not ask for the penalty and he did not dive. the trailing leg of jlloyd samuel was enough to bring a speeding ronaldo down.

dayokanu:

Ferguson even admits the guy touched the ball first. There can be contact as long as you touch the ball first in a challenge, its legal

Denying you last season means he should give back dubious decisions this season? Are you kidding ?

For the love of gawd,are we still on this? It was a legal tackle,but Styles awarded a penalty. How was either Fergie or Ronny to know the man was going to do that? And Fergie's statement doesn't necessarily mean hez in support of dubious penalties being awarded. . . . .all hez saying is,''the ref shouldn't have awarded a penalty,but he did.Styles has denied us a lot anyway so he owes us. . .whether he makes them genuine or dubious is his headache''.

How is that declaring undying support for dubious penalties?? I think you're twisting Fergie's meaning here. So what should he do now,appeal to the FA to cancel the penalty and change the scoreline to 1 - 0?

It wasnt a penalty . . . . .It wasnt a dive . . . . .END OF STORY!!!!

chamotex:

It wasnt a penalty. . . . . .It wasnt a dive . . . . .END OF STORY!!!!

i have seen softer ones given at the emirates.

eduardo won his team a penalty last season at the emirates and it was the most dubious i have seen on tv.

penalty or no penalty, united would still win the match.

chamotex:

It wasnt a penalty . . . . .It wasnt a dive . . . . .END OF STORY!!!!

My dear,they won't end it o. To them,Ronaldo dived and Styles is Fergie's favorite golf buddy. *hiss*

dayokanu:

Ferguson even admits the guy touched the ball first. There can be contact as long as you touch the ball first in a challenge, its legal

Denying you last season means he should give back dubious decisions this season? Are you kidding ?

@DDK

what the coaches think on the lines does not matter cos the refs decision is final, whether its the right call or not.

now you can quote Fergie, but if he said otherwise based on what he saw/feels bout a decision not favouring man u, will u Quote him? I think not.

Like Stan says, this things even out, and Fergie was just being cynical with his statement of Rob owing us decisions.

superstan:

i have seen softer ones given at the emirates.

eduardo won his team a penalty last season at the emirates and it was the most dubious i have seen on tv.

penalty or no penalty, united would still win the match.

they are acting like its the first time ever things like this have happened. . . . . . . It wasnt the first and certainly wont be the last.

Cristalz:

My dear,they won't end it o. To them,Ronaldo dived and Styles is Fergie's favorite golf buddy. *hiss*

Even Gary Megson himself said it that Ronaldo didnt dive . . . . .so what more?

Haterz will always hate jare

chamotex:

they are acting like its the first time ever things like this have happened. . . . . . . It wasnt the first and certainly wont be the last.
Even Gary Megson himself said it that Ronaldo didnt dive . . . . .so what more?

they are hypocrites.

Haterz will always hate jare

let them hate.

all i know is ronaldo has scored 2 already with another 48 goals to go.

will ronaldo score 42 this season? yes(debarring any injury)

@all
are we still on this?this is not the first time a penalty has been awarded on account of a refrees mistake,lets not mind anybody, they are just trying to make up stories,Anyways i liked SAF comments that was really wise of BABA AGBA.

darefestus:

@all
are we still on this?this is not the first time a penalty has been awarded on account of a refrees mistake,lets not mind anybody, they are just trying to make up stories,Anyways i liked SAF comments that was really wise of BABA AGBA.

fergie is the grandmaster of english football.

he threw down the gauntlet and told the media rob styles owes him 4 penalty decisions.

i am just happy the team is now showing what they can do to opponents.

the bench is strong, everyone is happy and players are very fresh.

what can we say about evra? bought for 4.5 million(his acquisition was a steal). he is the best left back in the world.

Was it a penalty? Was it not??
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={F9E570E6-407E-44BC-800F-4A3110258114}&newsid=6619338

I liked this part. .
"I was surprised (by the decision)," Sir Alex told MUTV.
"But Rob Styles turned down four or five (penalties) for us last season, so maybe we're getting payback now. But he still owes us four!

justkunmi:

Was it a penalty? Was it not??
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={F9E570E6-407E-44BC-800F-4A3110258114}&newsid=6619338

I liked this part. .
"I was surprised (by the decision)," Sir Alex told MUTV.
"But Rob Styles turned down four or five (penalties) for us last season, so maybe we're getting payback now. But he still owes us four!

give it to sir alex.

Ronaldo has temporarily relinquished his grip as the best diver on the planet that honor now goes to Wilson Palacios of Wigan Athletic and if you saw the game between Wigan and Man City you would agree with me

Ronaldo has temporarily relinquished his grip as the best diver on the planet that honor now goes to Wilson Palacios of Wigan Athletic and if you saw the game between Wigan and Man City you would agree with me

Palacious actually dived like he was gonna sumersault.
nyways, these things happen in footie. did you guys see Espanyol and Barca?
what would you call that penalty? The ref. even made sure the penalty was the last kick of the game
Things happen in footie abeggi

@Dayo
go and worry about ur Bayern and let us be.
Im still keeping that ur rubbish text message till when i'll use it against u

Ur Bayern suck big time!!!

Ronaldo dives in the box, is awarded an extremely unfair penalty, gets up and takes it with his jittery run, and goes off to have a subdued (by his standards) goal celebration.

MAN UTD fans (on this site) believe this is their want-away hero playing fairly, and celebrate his fair play!

Mr.Aristotle with Bollocks!!!
nonsence

Hey the m in front of your name means you are Male Male mean Man while you said you are a fellow woman

You mean you are a man atimes and a woman atimes

shut up joh! why u go open her yansh like that
she forgot shes claiming to be a male

tkb417:


shut up joh! why u go open her yansh like that
she forgot shes claiming to be a male

she. . . he. . . .it might be a hermaphrodite

Or perhaps a Transvestite

The way footballers dive these days its becoming more and more ridiculous by the minute

Honestly diving's becoming an art Like they practice it after their regular football training. . .

I think Bayern have to advertise and look for a seasoned diver who can win us penalties easily

That might be the difference in our season between winning and losing games.

Advert: bayern needs a seasoned diver. can you recommend anyone?

Football is no longer a sport for gentlemen its a sport for rogues

Imagine a Miro Klose who went to tell the ref that he should cancel a penalty that was awarded to him that he fell and was not brought down.

and the penalty was duly revoked

Soccer is not a game for Born again. If Kaka had learnt how to dive properly like C.Ronaldo he might have avoided all those injuries

DK, if your loss is still eating at you don't come take it out on us na

@Mancs

[center]Reds set off for Denmark[/center]

Gary Neville and Owen Hargreaves did not travel with the rest of the Reds squad, who set off for Denmark on Monday morning.

The Reds face Aalborg in the Champions League on Tuesday night and Sir Alex has taken an otherwise strong 20-man squad with him.

Sir Alex said on Saturday that Owen Hargreaves felt a recurrence of the knee injury that has hampered his United career.

Reds skipper Neville came through the weekend's 2-0 win over Bolton seemingly unscathed, but his absence from the squad will see Wes Brown return to right-back.

Aalborg are the unknown quantity in Group E. However, the Danish champions, managed by Bruce Rioch, earned an impressive point in Glasgow on Matchday 1 with a goalless draw at Celtic.

[url]http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={F9E570E6-407E-44BC-800F-4A3110258114}&newsid=6619379[/url]


Hargo Hargo,why must you always disappoint when we need you? Get well soon sha.

I'm not gon' miss Gary that much anyway. . .Brown is a good RB.

Who knows anything about Aalborg and their players? Strengths,weaknesses, strike-force,etc. I hope Fergie's selection for tomorrow does the job nice and tidy.

@ cristalz,

way to go.

united have a fit squad.

i am still wondering why manucho didn't travel tho.

sir alex will beat aalborg, ronaldo and rooney are too angry now not to get a result in denmark.

4-0 is my prediction.

@Stan

Perhaps Manucho isn't fully fit yet

Roon and Ron angry? Funny. Let's hope the anger turns out to be very productive in front of goal.

I've always had the feeling that this Hargreaves is a 'Sick-Bird' . . . . . . . . . . Another Saha in the making

Nah. . .his case is not like Saha's. . .its just his knee problem that keeps coming back

Exactly, the same knee problem (isnt that a sign of concern) This is prolly the 6th re-occurence and even the 3rd time this season alone and we are still in Sept . . . . . . . .most of Saha's injuries were with his knee. Thats what he started with.

I mean if the guy needs surgery, they should let him have it done now. If something like that keeps reoccuring, doesnt that mean surgery or how is it going to be cured? This manual treatment hasn't worked.

On his day, Hargo is one of the best at what he does . . . . im always happy everytime i see him in the team. How long are we going to wait for??

chamotex:

Exactly, the same knee problem (isnt that a sign of concern) This is prolly the 6th re-occurence and even the 3rd time this season alone and we are still in Sept . . . . . . . .most of Saha's injuries were with his knee. Thats what he started with.

I mean if the guy needs surgery, they should let him have it done now. If something like that keeps reoccuring, doesnt that mean surgery or how is it going to be cured? This manual treatment hasn't worked.

On his day, Hargo is one of the best at what he does . . . . I'm always happy everytime i see him in the team. How long are we going to wait for??

give him time.

when the going got tough last season, he delivered in the crucial games.

vidic got injured, brown moved to the centre and who did we rely on to play as a right back? owen hargreaves.

he played in three different positions last season. right back, right wing, holding midfielder.

hargreaves gives his best when others struggle. i will rather have him playing for us than against us.