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I was disappointed with Graham Taylor, who wrote that I had to take 'the rough with the smooth'," Ferguson said. "I think back to when he was England manager and was complaining to a linesman: 'The referee has got me the sack [a reference to the official's failure to send off Ronald Koeman in England's 2-0 defeat to Holland in Rotterdam in 1993].'
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People have short memories. Kenny Dalglish looked to be lecturing me in the papers about the need to respect referees, perhaps forgetting that not so long ago his players were tweeting critically all over the place about Howard Webb."
"I will be defending myself strongly when my FA appeal hearing comes up," Ferguson wrote in his programme notes for Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal. "I felt aggrieved and I now face an FA charge for what, to my mind, was simply telling the truth
. In fact, I am looking forward to the challenge because, to my mind, I have not said anything out of place, however much the media urge the FA to take action."
The papers keep on and on about it because Manchester United are involved, and they failed to get the FA compliance unit to pick up on the Wayne Rooney incident in the Wigan game."
"Don't read too much into the fact that I withdrew my briefings for the media; that was simply because I felt that the spotlight was burning on us so brightly that the best policy at that point was least said, soonest mended.
"At that particular time I didn't think we would win the media battles, so I retreated.
I won't be on the back foot when I put my case to the FA, though. I don't think sticking up for my team makes me a villain, especially when you consider that Manchester United have one of the best disciplinary records in the country."
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