Our former manager in his tedious column in the M.E.N.'s Sunday Pink
Wayne Rooney was a disgrace on Tuesday night.
He is a world class player, no doubt about that, but his foul-mouth outbursts against Arsenal were just unacceptable.
When I was manager of Manchester United I made sure that sort of behaviour was not tolerated from any of my players. And Sir Alex Ferguson, and the club, now need to come down on the young striker like a ton of bricks.
How can parents tell children not to swear at referees when they see their heroes doing it on television in one of the season's showpiece matches?
But saying that, how can managers discipline players when they themselves are taking part in slanging matches in the media as Fergie and Arsene Wenger have?
What annoyed me just as much is the fact Rooney, and several other players, were still on the Highbury pitch at the end of the match.
I thought you could be sent off for foul and abusive language.
How much foul and abusive language do you need to rant before you are shown a red card?