This has been the issue at City for a number of seasons now. Not only do we need to beat the team in front of us, but we also need to negate the corrupt/incompetent refereeing EVERY SINGLE GAME. This is not an issue for some teams (mainly playing in red).I don’t normally get too animated on these decisions but both penalty calls last night fell way below the standards of professional refereeing. Just glad it didn’t matter in the end.
Definite push to prevent Kevin getting the ball but l find it disturbing that Hinchcliffe was in immediately to say it wasn't a penalty and when the ball went down the other end he was equally quick to say a similar sort of incident was a penalty.CommrntTorsHe also 'ignored' a push on KDB.
Then it’s just reffed as it has been for over a hundred years with two linos and a ref.
No VAR wins...oh hang onHmm what would happen if the sides didn't agree?
Alf Grey was the one for meI think my hatred of refs all stems from playing liverpool and George Courtney.
Fair?????I just saw Chris Foy interviewed and he said he would have awarded a pen, and if not VAR should have done so. He’s been out of the game for a few years, but from what I recall he always seemed fairer than this hopeless bunch.
*shudders*I think my hatred of refs all stems from playing liverpool and George Courtney.
What I find even more weird is that it seems that Hinchcliffe is being used by Sky to push the narrative that we are being treated fairly, and Sky think people are more likely to believe him just because he's an ex City player.Definite push to prevent Kevin getting the ball but l find it disturbing that Hinchcliffe was in immediately to say it wasn't a penalty and when the ball went down the other end he was equally quick to say a similar sort of incident was a penalty.
If there is match fixing going on what better matches to use than City who are almost used to strange decisions and we almost expect them. Add in commentators and pundits all too willing to back whacky decisions by officials and you can camouflage lots of things in a match. As we have seen in cricket all sorts of things can be better on in gambling markets. It is not necessarily the final result.
It cannot be often that a team that scores 5 and increases its lead at the top has its fans still angry about refs across 2 or 3 threads over 14 hours later.
He ignored most things if they were against a City player.He also 'ignored' a push on KDB.
When Ian Rush jumped over TC to win a penalty and then got up laughing at Maine Road?I think my hatred of refs all stems from playing liverpool and George Courtney.
Stones on Sterling at the end of a 0-0 game. We were all celebrating, took 30 seconds before we realised that somehow it wasn't given.On a par with the worst decision I have ever seen that tonight. Level with the David Luiz non-red at the Etihad against Chelsea a few years back.
Cannot get my head around how VAR didn’t overturn it, their excuse is utter bollocks. Moss would have blown his whistle before Foden hit the turf if he had a red shirt on.
He's not injured but he won't get his breath back until the start of next season. He clocked up a couple of hundred yards last night, poor bastard. The NHS have cleared out a Covid ward to accommodate.Have they come out with Moss being injured for the weekend yet?
No, and hasn't been for a couple of years.If being the last man and you stop a clear goal scoring chance, is that not an automatic red anymore ?
He also seemed to have more to say right through the match than Tyler. That can be a good thing for my ears but is a definite deviation from the normal system of commentator leading, pundit adding his opinion as an ex player.What I find even more weird is that it seems that Hinchcliffe is being used by Sky to push the narrative that we are being treated fairly, and Sky think people are more likely to believe him just because he's an ex City player.
What Hinchliffe said last night was utter dogsh*t and I don't think anyone believed a word of it. He mad himself look a complete knob.