Ref Watch City Games - 2023/24

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Make this a sticky at the top of every page of this thread and it would negate the need for 99% of the posts in this thread.

It’s a therapy thread for people needing to vent their spleen after every one of our matches; win, lose or draw.

Equally, it's a therapy thread for some people who constantly feel the need to tell others that they're wrong, their eyes are deceiving them, and that they need to seek mental help; win, lose or draw.

 

[hertsblue]

The problem is we are too timid in the club criticising officials. We should be calling out these decisions, highlighting them, questioning the time keeping such as yesterdays pathetic 4 minutes,but unlike nearly every other team we don’t.
So say your a referee, you have a decision to make, do i Give it in favour of City or against, ill take the easy option of against as it will make my life easier as they never bring it up.
Contrast that to the Dippers who get everything handed on a plate to them due to the backlash of not giving them something. We have seen the same ref in the same match officiate them differently this season ie Palace, Everton, Rags

 

[Damanino]

Pep made no mention of the ref much, neither highlighting any pen incident, even did like he doesnt understand the question when reporter asked him of the possible pens and answered we didnt play well first half.

we swallow these referee mistakes. its ok, and its a great way to make sure they can happen next time too when we again make no mention of it.

had this happened to Liverpool yesterday Klopp would make sure PGMOL has second thoughts of letting this ref again sent to a Liverpool game this season.

whats very telling how much Klopp is vocal against refs every game, in the ears of 4th ref constantly, despite they are getting a helping hand quite often.

unfortunately thats what refs and Webb understands from. not making a scene of it in the presser or after the game, means business as usual and referee was fantastic as manager made no complaint, pat on the back for Madley for that.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Equally, it's a therapy thread for some people who constantly feel the need to tell others that they're wrong, their eyes are deceiving them, and that they need to seek mental help; win, lose or draw.

I’m not telling you anything. I’m offering my opinion, like you are doing back.

Being outside of groupthink makes me an outlier and a target. I understand this.

 

[homerdog]

Madley is a cheating **** and Rodri was spot on.
Murphy trying to defend the decisions on MOTD was laughable; if those decisions were given the other way at Anfield (and we all know they would have been), he'd have said they were clear and obvious penalties. ****.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Why do the Madeley’s hate us? What did we do?

 

[waspish]

The problem is we are too timid in the club criticising officials. We should be calling out these decisions, highlighting them, questioning the time keeping such as yesterdays pathetic 4 minutes,but unlike nearly every other team we don’t.
So say your a referee, you have a decision to make, do i Give it in favour of City or against, ill take the easy option of against as it will make my life easier as they never bring it up.
Contrast that to the Dippers who get everything handed on a plate to them due to the backlash of not giving them something. We have seen the same ref in the same match officiate them differently this season ie Palace, Everton, Rags

Problem is we do complain but it's privately so no public media witch hunt!

 

[halfcenturyup]

It’s a therapy thread for people needing to vent their spleen after every one of our matches; win, lose or draw.

And what is wrong with that?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

And what is wrong with that?

You tell me, given you’ve decided that I’ve suggested that.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

The walker was directly in front of us about 20 feet away in our opinion is was 100% walker going into the Chelsea player .

 

[MikeF]

I do enjoy it when they book the oppositions goalkeeper for time wasting and he immediately continues to do it regardless. That showed him.

Although, I was surprised at the timing of it yesterday as it’s usually in the 85th minute.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Pep made no mention of the ref much, neither highlighting any pen incident, even did like he doesnt understand the question when reporter asked him of the possible pens and answered we didnt play well first half.

we swallow these referee mistakes. its ok, and its a great way to make sure they can happen next time too when we again make no mention of it.

had this happened to Liverpool yesterday Klopp would make sure PGMOL has second thoughts of letting this ref again sent to a Liverpool game this season.

whats very telling how much Klopp is vocal against refs every game, in the ears of 4th ref constantly, despite they are getting a helping hand quite often.

unfortunately thats what refs and Webb understands from. not making a scene of it in the presser or after the game, means business as usual and referee was fantastic as manager made no complaint, pat on the back for Madley for that.

Pep's behaving rather than Kilpperty who doesn't.

I could sense he wanted to speak about it

 

[halfcenturyup]

You tell me, given you’ve decided that I’ve suggested that.

:) Fair enough.

I thought I detected negative undertones. Stupid me.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I do enjoy it when they book the oppositions goalkeeper for time wasting and he immediately continues to do it regardless. That showed him.

Although, I was surprised at the timing of it yesterday as it’s usually in the 85th minute.

It’s a pantomime. Players hardly ever get sent off for time wasting. I can’t even remember the last time it happened.

The booking comes when the crowd are getting hostile and louder. It appeases them and it’s forgotten about.

 

[eyalluvitt]

It’s called shielding. You call the offender clumsy for coming in behind, I remember Jesus getting punished after 2 mins in the derby.

Exactly it was given instantly with relish by the guardian of sporting integrity in black, no debate

 

[Haaland94]

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

I do enjoy it when they book the oppositions goalkeeper for time wasting and he immediately continues to do it regardless. That showed him.

Although, I was surprised at the timing of it yesterday as it’s usually in the 85th minute.

The whole thing booking a goalkeeper is pointless in the first or last minute ,when have you ever seen a goalkeeper sent off for 2 yellows time wasting?? The only punishment is for the ref to make it perfectly clear he's adding the time on.

 

[give it to gordon]

The Madeley one yesterday would get MINUS 15 out of 10 from me.


I'm with Rodders.

Kiddies football can you imagine having to write the report about the ref when nothing gets done about it !.

I gave up giving parent ref low marks couldnt be bothered to write the report. Anything below 3 you had to write a report. I got a bollocking of the league for kept scoring 3.000000000000001 !
Made a rule you had to use whole figures only lol

 

[blue by birth]

I’m not telling you anything. I’m offering my opinion, like you are doing back.

Being outside of groupthink makes me an outlier and a target. I understand this.

Serious questions..
1, do you believe we should have had at least one penalty yesterday
2, do you think the stamp on Doku was worthy of at least a booking or even a red card.
3, do you think that Chelsea got away with lots of fouls that weren't deemed worthy of being called as fouls or a booking when they were given as fouls.
Personally I believe we should have had at least 2 penalties and Chelsea should have been down to 10 men for the stamp on Doku.

 

[Kippax77]

It’s a pantomime. Players hardly ever get sent off for time wasting. I can’t even remember the last time it happened.

The booking comes when the crowd are getting hostile and louder. It appeases them and it’s forgotten about.

City girl vs Chelsea surprise surprise (no I'm not Cilla).
Sent off for time-wasting in the 1st half as well.
Nothing to see here though