The furore this week surrounding the possibility of Sir. Alex Ferguson playing a 'weakened' side at Hull is, in my wholehearted opinion, ludicrous.
Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Sunderland have all come out to lambast the prenotion that Manchester United will field a reserve team against Hull; who are in direct competition with the Northern trio to beat the drop. The issue has even drawn a statement from Premier League chief Richard Scudamore, who himself concluded that United are completely within their rights to field whatever team they see fit.
The whole issue of 'disrespect' is being thrown at the newly crowned Premier League Champions, but it is the respect they have shown the league since August that has put them in such a position to rest players ahead of possibly their biggest game of the season; a titanic battle against Barcelona in Rome this Wednesday.
Middlesbrough look certain to go down baring a miracle this Sunday afternoon, whilst Newcastle have had a miserable season and have looked anything other than relegation candidates throughout. Sunderland too have not been able to pull themselves to safety and if Hull do end up beating Sir. Alex's men at the KC Stadium, Newcastle and Boro should sink into the Championship with a bit of dignity and not refer to United's final day selection as a contributing factor.
Sir. Alex will do what is right for his club and supporters. He doesn't need to answer to anybody. The Northern quartet of threatened clubs all have to concentrate on their own jobs in hand in what promises to be, for the neutral atleast, a fantastic Sunday of football in the Premier League.
Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Sunderland have all come out to lambast the prenotion that Manchester United will field a reserve team against Hull; who are in direct competition with the Northern trio to beat the drop. The issue has even drawn a statement from Premier League chief Richard Scudamore, who himself concluded that United are completely within their rights to field whatever team they see fit.
The whole issue of 'disrespect' is being thrown at the newly crowned Premier League Champions, but it is the respect they have shown the league since August that has put them in such a position to rest players ahead of possibly their biggest game of the season; a titanic battle against Barcelona in Rome this Wednesday.
Middlesbrough look certain to go down baring a miracle this Sunday afternoon, whilst Newcastle have had a miserable season and have looked anything other than relegation candidates throughout. Sunderland too have not been able to pull themselves to safety and if Hull do end up beating Sir. Alex's men at the KC Stadium, Newcastle and Boro should sink into the Championship with a bit of dignity and not refer to United's final day selection as a contributing factor.
Sir. Alex will do what is right for his club and supporters. He doesn't need to answer to anybody. The Northern quartet of threatened clubs all have to concentrate on their own jobs in hand in what promises to be, for the neutral atleast, a fantastic Sunday of football in the Premier League.
2 comments:
Newcastle have looked anything but relegation candidates? me thinks you wroded that incorrectly mate lol. You make a great point though, Manchester United have every right to play team they see fit to play at Hull. They have nothing to play for and want to rest their big names. I do however believe Tevez, Berbatov, Fletcher and Evans, amongst others, will start against Hull.....and they are all quality players.
lol I should have used 'other than' instead. Good spot mate. And yes I just don't understand it. United are the Champions and have a squad that as we can see retrospectively, can beat Hull City without many of the star names.
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