Ferguson may Roo decision

THANKS to the intrusion of international commitments, the new Premier League season has been a while ‘kick-starting’ but it came fully alive for me at Goodison Park on Saturday with a wonderful game between Everton and Manchester United.

Usually, I have a grudging admiration for the way Alex Ferguson goes about his business. For example, I wasn’t at all surprised at the attacking stance he adopted towards journalists trying to question him about Wayne Rooney in Friday’s pre-match press conference.

However, the manager could easily have gotten away with explaining Rooney’s subsequent absence from the game by ‘inventing’ a minor injury (not a groin strain). It isn’t as if Ferguson has any hesitation misleading journalists on other occasions. He certainly led most to think Rio Ferdinand would be back from injury.