United - Rooney Charge!

The FA said they weren't going to charge him so i'm not too concerned about what anyone else has got to say really. It's a shame that this incident got more attention than the actual game.

two footed challenges, elbows up, no place for them in the modern game

P.S. My sincerest wish is that Rooney gets one back next game so I can listen to all you hypocrites screaming for the player to be banned for life.

fcb it's pretty hard to not find a hypocrite in football but you guys are saints, you never do anything wrong. Also the rule is if the ref sorted out the incident at the time then the FA can do nothing about it, no further action can be taken, the FA aren't allowed to undermine the ref. Now before the FA bias b0ll0x kicks in (which it already has) the rule is set by FIFA not the FA unless you're now going to imply FIFA are bias towards us? Nope, didn't think so.

Clattenburg bottled it. He's the one who needs to look at himself.

That's funny i don't recall asking for a scandal and quite frankly I really don't care for this whole thing. All the bit(hing and whining isn't getting you anywhere, the decision that governs everybody else (not undermine an officials decision) was delivered. It's funny because when Ferdinand got an extended ban so many were saying how great it was that the FA were growing a pair when they simply followed the rules and then when they follow the rules again for Rooney and they're bias. Rooney is being used as a scapegoat for something that you see day-in and day-out in football. There's countless examples of where players should've got reds but didn't, when decisions about offsides, freekicks and penalties have been made that were wrong all of which get brushed under the carpet because the clubs and players aren't quite of the same stature as ourselves. I don't blame the media for using Rooney as a scapegoat as he wasn't right in what he was doing and it sells them stories but for everyone to now jump on a media induced bandwagon after often referring to them as toiletpapers rather than newspapers really shows how hypocritical fans are. Tell me this, why is it once-England golden boy who is heavily criticised for having a bad world cup is grasping more attention than Cole who shot someone? The media are simply feeding off the common mans blind hatred for United and Rooney than Cole and Chelsea. Now tell me if we were fifth and Chelsea were 1st would it be the other way around? Will people be taking less notice of Rooney and more of Cole? Most definately.

I think people did not even have to look at a newspaper to know what he did was unsporting and very dangerous! The replay shows it pretty clear. Oh and for the record and to cool your oversized ego there are many more people shouting for Cole to be dissmissed and charged!

Fair comment TFN. I think peoples argument is more along the lines that things need to change, whether its Rooney or not. The FA has to stand up for and protect the game. U cannot have such things going on where its obvious for all to see Rooney should have seen red. I think ur point about the FA sitting tight behind thier rule book is up for debate. But I still dont believe its newspaper trash, its high time people made a point of it. But Clattenburg will forever be a (unt in my eyes lol!

Apparently there is no 'rule' which says the FA cannot intervene. Its just a procedure they hide behind because they're too weak to stand up to some of the bigger clubs. The onus therefore falls on referees to do their job properly. When you have idiots like Clattenburg who don't have big enough gonads to change their minds in the face of overwhelming evidence you end up with the poor standard of officiating we have today. As for witch hunts, you think Utd are the only victims? Eduardo anyone? These days Arsenal players get sent off for accidental handball.