When He's At The Top Of His

Pardew Has Come Out And Criticized Me. He Is The Worst At Haranguing Referees. He Shoves Them And Makes A Joke Of It. How He Can Criticize Me Is Unbelievable. He Forgets The Help I Gave Him, By The Way. The Press Have Had A Field Day. The Only Person They Have Not Spoken To Is Barack Obama Because He Is Busy. It Is Unfortunate But I Am The Manager Of The Most Famous Club In The World. Not Newcastle, A Wee Club In The North-east. I Was Demonstrative. I Am Always Demonstrative. Everyone Knows That. I Am An Emotional Guy But I Was Not Abusive.

It's A Conflict Of Parallels.

Funnily Enough We Have Never Had One Enquiry For Paul Scholes. You Know Why? Because They All Know He Will Never Leave. In My Time He Would Be In The Top Six Or Seven (best United Players Ever) Without A Doubt. His Contribution And Quality Have Been Great, Even Without The Fantastic Goals He Has Scored. [ . . . ] He Has That Wonderful Velvet Touch On The Ball. When He Gets It, It Goes Stone Dead. It Is Wonderful To See That Amidst All The Mayhem That Can Happen In A Football Match.

I'm Privileged To Have Followed Sir Matt Because All You Have To Do Is To Try And Maintain The Standards That He Set So Many Years Ago.

The Pace Of The Game Demanded A Referee Who Was Fit. It Is An Indictment Of Our Game. You See Referees Abroad Who Are As Fit As Butcher's Dogs. We Have Some Who Are Fit. He Wasn't Fit.