On Boxing Day there must have been almost five minutes from the referee awarding the penalty to Haaland eventually missing it. Pickford was literally using every time wasting trick in the book and it worked.
Three days later Ortega gets a yellow card. It was deserved but Christ it smacks of inconsistency.
Either that or City need to study at shithousery college because we're hopeless at time wasting
You say ortega,s card was deserved. From the ball being thrown back to him by the ball boy, it was 12 seconds before you hear the ref whistle to book him. When we are chasing a game, you will never see an opposition keeper booked so quickly. No way it was deserved.On Boxing Day there must have been almost five minutes from the referee awarding the penalty to Haaland eventually missing it. Pickford was literally using every time wasting trick in the book and it worked.
Three days later Ortega gets a yellow card. It was deserved but Christ it smacks of inconsistency.
Either that or City need to study at shithousery college because we're hopeless at time wasting
Keepers against us regularly hold on to the ball for 15-20 seconds despite the six second law existing. So refs don’t enforce that law nor do they book the keeper.You say ortega,s card was deserved. From the ball being thrown back to him by the ball boy, it was 12 seconds before you hear the ref whistle to book him. When we are chasing a game, you will never see an opposition keeper booked so quickly. No way it was deserved.
RubbishShould have booked De Bruyne for diving. Cheating bugger, absolutely hate it when our players do that. I hate it more when our players cheat than when opposition players do.
I’m an advocate for players being given a retrospective yellow for it and would welcome it for De Bruyne there.
Could easily have not booked Ortega for time wasting. How often are opposition keepers booked for doing it against City?
Salisbury is a poor ref and was poor for both today his inconsistency is alarming
Well it is a problem when he books a player for one team but not the other team for the same offenceNot a problem as long as he is consistently inconsistent.
If the referee decides that there has been sufficient mind games to put the penalty taker off then it should be treated as encroachment and the penalty retaken if missed.On Boxing Day there must have been almost five minutes from the referee awarding the penalty to Haaland eventually missing it. Pickford was literally using every time wasting trick in the book and it worked.
Three days later Ortega gets a yellow card. It was deserved but Christ it smacks of inconsistency.
Either that or City need to study at shithousery college because we're hopeless at time wasting
I think he was telling him to go back and take the throw from the right place but then let him get away with it regardless.I noticed something very weird at the game yesterday.
At one point West Ham had a throw in and player tried to steal 5 yards. Referee immediately gestured to player he had to throw it backwards. Hadn’t seen that before.
I think he was telling him to go back and take the throw from the right place but then let him get away with it regardless.
The thing that got me when Coleman was into Haalands ear was that none of our players went to confront Coleman whilst he was doing it. I cant imagine any top sides players allowing that to go on for so long, with a player that has previous for this type of mouthing off, without getting involved. Instead our players left Haaland on his own.If the referee decides that there has been sufficient mind games to put the penalty taker off then it should be treated as encroachment and the penalty retaken if missed.
That’s been a City trait for too long..thank fuck for the brief period Andy Morrison turned it around.The thing that got me when Coleman was into Haalands ear was that none of our players went to confront Coleman whilst he was doing it. I cant imagine any top sides players allowing that to go on for so long, with a player that has previous for this type of mouthing off, without getting involved. Instead our players left Haaland on his own.