Media discussion - 2025/26

CC1 said:
Sunday supplement critical of all aspects of city & pep

The miserable pundits are angry shits who contradict themselves. “They’ve never had a decision that cost them a trophy - ok, Henderson should have been sent off & City given a penalty but that’s the only one I can think of. City fans might think differently “

Is that a stupid contradiction by a stupid pundit or what ?

Athletic guy just said he doesn’t rate Guehi & wondered why dippers had wanted him

ALL UNBELIEVABLE
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Hilarious if they did say this as, if Henderson had been sent off, we most certainly would not have been given a penalty…
 
CC1 said:
Sunday supplement critical of all aspects of city & pep

The miserable pundits are angry shits who contradict themselves. “They’ve never had a decision that cost them a trophy - ok, Henderson should have been sent off & City given a penalty but that’s the only one I can think of. City fans might think differently “
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Rudiger not getting sent off in the CL final in 2021 for his assault on KDB probably cost us that trophy.
 
Ban-jani said:
Our friend Ian Herbert calling Pep “poisonous” today in the daily mail.
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as vicious and as nasty a piece as I can recall in a long time (mainly because it dresses itself up as coming from an impartial •journalist. (you'd expect such piss-poor observation on sadragcafe or redtissueoflies, but this is shocking). There is nothing more I'd enjoy than writing this tw@'s obituary:

It will be 10 years this summer since Pep Guardiola sat down to give his inaugural press conference as Manchester City manager and it is fair to say some of us present felt a blessed release from the fear, loathing and general toxicity of Jose Mourinho, whom he was about to go up against.

Mourinho remained what he always had been — a deeply unpleasant individual, raging against the dying of his light — until his departure from these shores when Tottenham showed him the door five years ago. Guardiola always seemed different, though he, too, seems to be morphing into an individual with some of the traits of his old adversary. This weekend brought us another deeply unpleasant example.

Guardiola dispenses his poison calmly and yet brutally, with referee Farai Hallam the latest recipient of one of the vials. Not content with questioning the referee’s decision to stick to his on-field decision that Wolves’ Yerson Mosquera had not handballed in his own area against City, Guardiola opted to curate his attack around mockery of Hallam as a debutant Premier League referee.

‘He made a huge debut. Now everybody will know about him,’ said Guardiola, who had been dripping with sarcasm as he sought the 32-year-old out to shake his hand after the match.

This is the same manager who asked for confirmation that one of his inquisitors was a Sky Sports reporter before Christmas — because he doesn’t like the broadcaster, whose vast funding pays most of the bills — and who told journalists last year that ‘my life is better than yours.’

The same manager who recently yanked a cameraman’s headphones off whilst he was undertaking professional duties. We have to hope Hallam will be undeterred by Guardiola’s snide little jab at his Premier League inexperience because his decision to stick to the ruling that there had been no handball, despite fourth official Darren England reviewing it and sending him to the monitor, was a refreshing one.

We keep hearing that VAR is there to assist referees, not to overrule in a way which makes them automatons, yet every time a Premier League official has been asked to re-examine something at the monitor this season, he has fallen in line with Stockley Park.

Given this was Hallam’s first appearance in the Premier League cauldron, it would have been easy for him to go with England’s suggestion that City were due a penalty. The very fact that England had needed an interminable three minutes and 20 seconds to examine Mosquera’s action tells us that the ‘clear and obvious error’ threshold for reviewing match-changing incidents was not there. The Wolves player’s arms were not in a wholly unnatural position. His distance from the ball when it was struck also told us a penalty for City would have been harsh.

In the heat of the moment, Hallam was standing in front of a monitor with the collective desire of a packed Etihad ringing in his ears, as well as the voice of England, telling him why he should reconsider. Yet he still stuck to his decision.

Hallelujah! Human prevails over machine. Logic and instinct override the technical manual. Common sense wins the day. If Hallam can stick with his decision, then so might others like him, who have even more experience. This felt like a very good day for refereeing.

Many officials have expressed that sentiment. ‘How refreshing! Well done Farai,’ said former referee Mark Halsey. ‘Fair play to him,’ said another ex-official, Mike Dean.



Guardiola says he expects Howard Webb to be in touch to apologise and has even suggested when might be convenient to receive that call, within the limitations of his very busy diary. ‘Don’t wait for Wednesday, we have Champions League. We are busy,’ he said.

Well, let’s hope the only outcome of such a conversation will be the PGMO chief politely suggesting that Guardiola should afford the officiating team some respect and stop the trash talk.

Guardiola’s air of victimhood on Saturday extended to the bizarre notion that City’s six titles in nine years have been achieved despite referees ruling against them. ‘Even with these decisions we can win,’ he said. More palpable nonsense. I don’t even recall Mourinho suggesting officialdom had been systematically ruling against him over the best part of a decade.

Fulminating against perceived injustice would be a little more acceptable from Guardiola if another of the titans of the modern game had come to City’s ground and left with a narrow win, based on a narrow call. This was a 2-0 win against one of the weakest sides the Premier League has ever known.
 
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Kinkybyname said:
as vicious and as nasty a piece as I can recall in a long time (mainly because it dresses itself up as coming from an impartial •journalist. (you'd expect such piss-poor observation on sadragcafe or redtissueoflies, but this is shocking). There is nothing more I'd enjoy than writing this tw@'s obituary:

It will be 10 years this summer since Pep Guardiola sat down to give his inaugural press conference as Manchester City manager and it is fair to say some of us present felt a blessed release from the fear, loathing and general toxicity of Jose Mourinho, whom he was about to go up against.

Mourinho remained what he always had been — a deeply unpleasant individual, raging against the dying of his light — until his departure from these shores when Tottenham showed him the door five years ago. Guardiola always seemed different, though he, too, seems to be morphing into an individual with some of the traits of his old adversary. This weekend brought us another deeply unpleasant example.

Guardiola dispenses his poison calmly and yet brutally, with referee Farai Hallam the latest recipient of one of the vials. Not content with questioning the referee’s decision to stick to his on-field decision that Wolves’ Yerson Mosquera had not handballed in his own area against City, Guardiola opted to curate his attack around mockery of Hallam as a debutant Premier League referee.

‘He made a huge debut. Now everybody will know about him,’ said Guardiola, who had been dripping with sarcasm as he sought the 32-year-old out to shake his hand after the match.

This is the same manager who asked for confirmation that one of his inquisitors was a Sky Sports reporter before Christmas — because he doesn’t like the broadcaster, whose vast funding pays most of the bills — and who told journalists last year that ‘my life is better than yours.’

The same manager who recently yanked a cameraman’s headphones off whilst he was undertaking professional duties. We have to hope Hallam will be undeterred by Guardiola’s snide little jab at his Premier League inexperience because his decision to stick to the ruling that there had been no handball, despite fourth official Darren England reviewing it and sending him to the monitor, was a refreshing one.

We keep hearing that VAR is there to assist referees, not to overrule in a way which makes them automatons, yet every time a Premier League official has been asked to re-examine something at the monitor this season, he has fallen in line with Stockley Park.

Given this was Hallam’s first appearance in the Premier League cauldron, it would have been easy for him to go with England’s suggestion that City were due a penalty. The very fact that England had needed an interminable three minutes and 20 seconds to examine Mosquera’s action tells us that the ‘clear and obvious error’ threshold for reviewing match-changing incidents was not there. The Wolves player’s arms were not in a wholly unnatural position. His distance from the ball when it was struck also told us a penalty for City would have been harsh.

In the heat of the moment, Hallam was standing in front of a monitor with the collective desire of a packed Etihad ringing in his ears, as well as the voice of England, telling him why he should reconsider. Yet he still stuck to his decision.

Hallelujah! Human prevails over machine. Logic and instinct override the technical manual. Common sense wins the day. If Hallam can stick with his decision, then so might others like him, who have even more experience. This felt like a very good day for refereeing.

Many officials have expressed that sentiment. ‘How refreshing! Well done Farai,’ said former referee Mark Halsey. ‘Fair play to him,’ said another ex-official, Mike Dean.



Guardiola says he expects Howard Webb to be in touch to apologise and has even suggested when might be convenient to receive that call, within the limitations of his very busy diary. ‘Don’t wait for Wednesday, we have Champions League. We are busy,’ he said.

Well, let’s hope the only outcome of such a conversation will be the PGMO chief politely suggesting that Guardiola should afford the officiating team some respect and stop the trash talk.

Guardiola’s air of victimhood on Saturday extended to the bizarre notion that City’s six titles in nine years have been achieved despite referees ruling against them. ‘Even with these decisions we can win,’ he said. More palpable nonsense. I don’t even recall Mourinho suggesting officialdom had been systematically ruling against him over the best part of a decade.

Fulminating against perceived injustice would be a little more acceptable from Guardiola if another of the titans of the modern game had come to City’s ground and left with a narrow win, based on a narrow call. This was a 2-0 win against one of the weakest sides the Premier League has ever known.
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It's pointless anyone here calling Herbert a **** - because we all know he is one. Boy, is he hurting!
 
Kinkybyname said:
as vicious and as nasty a piece as I can recall in a long time (mainly because it dresses itself up as coming from an impartial •journalist. (you'd expect such piss-poor observation on sadragcafe or redtissueoflies, but this is shocking). There is nothing more I'd enjoy than writing this tw@'s obituary:

It will be 10 years this summer since Pep Guardiola sat down to give his inaugural press conference as Manchester City manager and it is fair to say some of us present felt a blessed release from the fear, loathing and general toxicity of Jose Mourinho, whom he was about to go up against.

Mourinho remained what he always had been — a deeply unpleasant individual, raging against the dying of his light — until his departure from these shores when Tottenham showed him the door five years ago. Guardiola always seemed different, though he, too, seems to be morphing into an individual with some of the traits of his old adversary. This weekend brought us another deeply unpleasant example.

Guardiola dispenses his poison calmly and yet brutally, with referee Farai Hallam the latest recipient of one of the vials. Not content with questioning the referee’s decision to stick to his on-field decision that Wolves’ Yerson Mosquera had not handballed in his own area against City, Guardiola opted to curate his attack around mockery of Hallam as a debutant Premier League referee.

‘He made a huge debut. Now everybody will know about him,’ said Guardiola, who had been dripping with sarcasm as he sought the 32-year-old out to shake his hand after the match.

This is the same manager who asked for confirmation that one of his inquisitors was a Sky Sports reporter before Christmas — because he doesn’t like the broadcaster, whose vast funding pays most of the bills — and who told journalists last year that ‘my life is better than yours.’

The same manager who recently yanked a cameraman’s headphones off whilst he was undertaking professional duties. We have to hope Hallam will be undeterred by Guardiola’s snide little jab at his Premier League inexperience because his decision to stick to the ruling that there had been no handball, despite fourth official Darren England reviewing it and sending him to the monitor, was a refreshing one.

We keep hearing that VAR is there to assist referees, not to overrule in a way which makes them automatons, yet every time a Premier League official has been asked to re-examine something at the monitor this season, he has fallen in line with Stockley Park.

Given this was Hallam’s first appearance in the Premier League cauldron, it would have been easy for him to go with England’s suggestion that City were due a penalty. The very fact that England had needed an interminable three minutes and 20 seconds to examine Mosquera’s action tells us that the ‘clear and obvious error’ threshold for reviewing match-changing incidents was not there. The Wolves player’s arms were not in a wholly unnatural position. His distance from the ball when it was struck also told us a penalty for City would have been harsh.

In the heat of the moment, Hallam was standing in front of a monitor with the collective desire of a packed Etihad ringing in his ears, as well as the voice of England, telling him why he should reconsider. Yet he still stuck to his decision.

Hallelujah! Human prevails over machine. Logic and instinct override the technical manual. Common sense wins the day. If Hallam can stick with his decision, then so might others like him, who have even more experience. This felt like a very good day for refereeing.

Many officials have expressed that sentiment. ‘How refreshing! Well done Farai,’ said former referee Mark Halsey. ‘Fair play to him,’ said another ex-official, Mike Dean.



Guardiola says he expects Howard Webb to be in touch to apologise and has even suggested when might be convenient to receive that call, within the limitations of his very busy diary. ‘Don’t wait for Wednesday, we have Champions League. We are busy,’ he said.

Well, let’s hope the only outcome of such a conversation will be the PGMO chief politely suggesting that Guardiola should afford the officiating team some respect and stop the trash talk.

Guardiola’s air of victimhood on Saturday extended to the bizarre notion that City’s six titles in nine years have been achieved despite referees ruling against them. ‘Even with these decisions we can win,’ he said. More palpable nonsense. I don’t even recall Mourinho suggesting officialdom had been systematically ruling against him over the best part of a decade.

Fulminating against perceived injustice would be a little more acceptable from Guardiola if another of the titans of the modern game had come to City’s ground and left with a narrow win, based on a narrow call. This was a 2-0 win against one of the weakest sides the Premier League has ever known.
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And this playdoh headed prick knows everything about being poisonous.
Mouth breathing **** that he is, and when I say **** he really is an orrible little ****.
 
manimanc said:
And this playdoh headed prick knows everything about being poisonous.
Mouth breathing **** that he is, and when I say **** he really is an orrible little ****.
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really hard to understand why the daily heil does so many hatchet jobs on City - fk all to do with its owners' noses being put out of joint by Mansour's rival bid to buy the Telegraph, I guess...

this was fkn shocking too

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Kinkybyname said:
as vicious and as nasty a piece as I can recall in a long time (mainly because it dresses itself up as coming from an impartial •journalist. (you'd expect such piss-poor observation on sadragcafe or redtissueoflies, but this is shocking). There is nothing more I'd enjoy than writing this tw@'s obituary:

It will be 10 years this summer since Pep Guardiola sat down to give his inaugural press conference as Manchester City manager and it is fair to say some of us present felt a blessed release from the fear, loathing and general toxicity of Jose Mourinho, whom he was about to go up against.

Mourinho remained what he always had been — a deeply unpleasant individual, raging against the dying of his light — until his departure from these shores when Tottenham showed him the door five years ago. Guardiola always seemed different, though he, too, seems to be morphing into an individual with some of the traits of his old adversary. This weekend brought us another deeply unpleasant example.

Guardiola dispenses his poison calmly and yet brutally, with referee Farai Hallam the latest recipient of one of the vials. Not content with questioning the referee’s decision to stick to his on-field decision that Wolves’ Yerson Mosquera had not handballed in his own area against City, Guardiola opted to curate his attack around mockery of Hallam as a debutant Premier League referee.

‘He made a huge debut. Now everybody will know about him,’ said Guardiola, who had been dripping with sarcasm as he sought the 32-year-old out to shake his hand after the match.

This is the same manager who asked for confirmation that one of his inquisitors was a Sky Sports reporter before Christmas — because he doesn’t like the broadcaster, whose vast funding pays most of the bills — and who told journalists last year that ‘my life is better than yours.’

The same manager who recently yanked a cameraman’s headphones off whilst he was undertaking professional duties. We have to hope Hallam will be undeterred by Guardiola’s snide little jab at his Premier League inexperience because his decision to stick to the ruling that there had been no handball, despite fourth official Darren England reviewing it and sending him to the monitor, was a refreshing one.

We keep hearing that VAR is there to assist referees, not to overrule in a way which makes them automatons, yet every time a Premier League official has been asked to re-examine something at the monitor this season, he has fallen in line with Stockley Park.

Given this was Hallam’s first appearance in the Premier League cauldron, it would have been easy for him to go with England’s suggestion that City were due a penalty. The very fact that England had needed an interminable three minutes and 20 seconds to examine Mosquera’s action tells us that the ‘clear and obvious error’ threshold for reviewing match-changing incidents was not there. The Wolves player’s arms were not in a wholly unnatural position. His distance from the ball when it was struck also told us a penalty for City would have been harsh.

In the heat of the moment, Hallam was standing in front of a monitor with the collective desire of a packed Etihad ringing in his ears, as well as the voice of England, telling him why he should reconsider. Yet he still stuck to his decision.

Hallelujah! Human prevails over machine. Logic and instinct override the technical manual. Common sense wins the day. If Hallam can stick with his decision, then so might others like him, who have even more experience. This felt like a very good day for refereeing.

Many officials have expressed that sentiment. ‘How refreshing! Well done Farai,’ said former referee Mark Halsey. ‘Fair play to him,’ said another ex-official, Mike Dean.



Guardiola says he expects Howard Webb to be in touch to apologise and has even suggested when might be convenient to receive that call, within the limitations of his very busy diary. ‘Don’t wait for Wednesday, we have Champions League. We are busy,’ he said.

Well, let’s hope the only outcome of such a conversation will be the PGMO chief politely suggesting that Guardiola should afford the officiating team some respect and stop the trash talk.

Guardiola’s air of victimhood on Saturday extended to the bizarre notion that City’s six titles in nine years have been achieved despite referees ruling against them. ‘Even with these decisions we can win,’ he said. More palpable nonsense. I don’t even recall Mourinho suggesting officialdom had been systematically ruling against him over the best part of a decade.

Fulminating against perceived injustice would be a little more acceptable from Guardiola if another of the titans of the modern game had come to City’s ground and left with a narrow win, based on a narrow call. This was a 2-0 win against one of the weakest sides the Premier League has ever known.
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Just wait until Manchester City F.C. write a letter to the Premier League, about the officiating of referees ?
Not sure if that has happened yet ?
Or shall Pep ask, specifically, about refereeing decisions as Dyche recently did ?
Shall we just ignore the GPC's behaviour and attitude towards anyone than that criticised him or his club ?
BBC Salford at the front of all of this !!!
 
Kinkybyname said:
as vicious and as nasty a piece as I can recall in a long time (mainly because it dresses itself up as coming from an impartial •journalist. (you'd expect such piss-poor observation on sadragcafe or redtissueoflies, but this is shocking). There is nothing more I'd enjoy than writing this tw@'s obituary:

It will be 10 years this summer since Pep Guardiola sat down to give his inaugural press conference as Manchester City manager and it is fair to say some of us present felt a blessed release from the fear, loathing and general toxicity of Jose Mourinho, whom he was about to go up against.

Mourinho remained what he always had been — a deeply unpleasant individual, raging against the dying of his light — until his departure from these shores when Tottenham showed him the door five years ago. Guardiola always seemed different, though he, too, seems to be morphing into an individual with some of the traits of his old adversary. This weekend brought us another deeply unpleasant example.

Guardiola dispenses his poison calmly and yet brutally, with referee Farai Hallam the latest recipient of one of the vials. Not content with questioning the referee’s decision to stick to his on-field decision that Wolves’ Yerson Mosquera had not handballed in his own area against City, Guardiola opted to curate his attack around mockery of Hallam as a debutant Premier League referee.

‘He made a huge debut. Now everybody will know about him,’ said Guardiola, who had been dripping with sarcasm as he sought the 32-year-old out to shake his hand after the match.

This is the same manager who asked for confirmation that one of his inquisitors was a Sky Sports reporter before Christmas — because he doesn’t like the broadcaster, whose vast funding pays most of the bills — and who told journalists last year that ‘my life is better than yours.’

The same manager who recently yanked a cameraman’s headphones off whilst he was undertaking professional duties. We have to hope Hallam will be undeterred by Guardiola’s snide little jab at his Premier League inexperience because his decision to stick to the ruling that there had been no handball, despite fourth official Darren England reviewing it and sending him to the monitor, was a refreshing one.

We keep hearing that VAR is there to assist referees, not to overrule in a way which makes them automatons, yet every time a Premier League official has been asked to re-examine something at the monitor this season, he has fallen in line with Stockley Park.

Given this was Hallam’s first appearance in the Premier League cauldron, it would have been easy for him to go with England’s suggestion that City were due a penalty. The very fact that England had needed an interminable three minutes and 20 seconds to examine Mosquera’s action tells us that the ‘clear and obvious error’ threshold for reviewing match-changing incidents was not there. The Wolves player’s arms were not in a wholly unnatural position. His distance from the ball when it was struck also told us a penalty for City would have been harsh.

In the heat of the moment, Hallam was standing in front of a monitor with the collective desire of a packed Etihad ringing in his ears, as well as the voice of England, telling him why he should reconsider. Yet he still stuck to his decision.

Hallelujah! Human prevails over machine. Logic and instinct override the technical manual. Common sense wins the day. If Hallam can stick with his decision, then so might others like him, who have even more experience. This felt like a very good day for refereeing.

Many officials have expressed that sentiment. ‘How refreshing! Well done Farai,’ said former referee Mark Halsey. ‘Fair play to him,’ said another ex-official, Mike Dean.



Guardiola says he expects Howard Webb to be in touch to apologise and has even suggested when might be convenient to receive that call, within the limitations of his very busy diary. ‘Don’t wait for Wednesday, we have Champions League. We are busy,’ he said.

Well, let’s hope the only outcome of such a conversation will be the PGMO chief politely suggesting that Guardiola should afford the officiating team some respect and stop the trash talk.

Guardiola’s air of victimhood on Saturday extended to the bizarre notion that City’s six titles in nine years have been achieved despite referees ruling against them. ‘Even with these decisions we can win,’ he said. More palpable nonsense. I don’t even recall Mourinho suggesting officialdom had been systematically ruling against him over the best part of a decade.

Fulminating against perceived injustice would be a little more acceptable from Guardiola if another of the titans of the modern game had come to City’s ground and left with a narrow win, based on a narrow call. This was a 2-0 win against one of the weakest sides the Premier League has ever known.
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They only attack you when you are close to the truth.
 
"The very fact that England had needed an interminable three minutes and 20 seconds to examine Mosquera’s action tells us that the ‘clear and obvious error’ threshold for reviewing match-changing incidents was not there."

No mention of the 5 minutes it took for the clear and obvious error re: the Haaland goal / non goal I see
 
Kinkybyname said:
as vicious and as nasty a piece as I can recall in a long time (mainly because it dresses itself up as coming from an impartial •journalist. (you'd expect such piss-poor observation on sadragcafe or redtissueoflies, but this is shocking). There is nothing more I'd enjoy than writing this tw@'s obituary:

It will be 10 years this summer since Pep Guardiola sat down to give his inaugural press conference as Manchester City manager and it is fair to say some of us present felt a blessed release from the fear, loathing and general toxicity of Jose Mourinho, whom he was about to go up against.

Mourinho remained what he always had been — a deeply unpleasant individual, raging against the dying of his light — until his departure from these shores when Tottenham showed him the door five years ago. Guardiola always seemed different, though he, too, seems to be morphing into an individual with some of the traits of his old adversary. This weekend brought us another deeply unpleasant example.

Guardiola dispenses his poison calmly and yet brutally, with referee Farai Hallam the latest recipient of one of the vials. Not content with questioning the referee’s decision to stick to his on-field decision that Wolves’ Yerson Mosquera had not handballed in his own area against City, Guardiola opted to curate his attack around mockery of Hallam as a debutant Premier League referee.

‘He made a huge debut. Now everybody will know about him,’ said Guardiola, who had been dripping with sarcasm as he sought the 32-year-old out to shake his hand after the match.

This is the same manager who asked for confirmation that one of his inquisitors was a Sky Sports reporter before Christmas — because he doesn’t like the broadcaster, whose vast funding pays most of the bills — and who told journalists last year that ‘my life is better than yours.’

The same manager who recently yanked a cameraman’s headphones off whilst he was undertaking professional duties. We have to hope Hallam will be undeterred by Guardiola’s snide little jab at his Premier League inexperience because his decision to stick to the ruling that there had been no handball, despite fourth official Darren England reviewing it and sending him to the monitor, was a refreshing one.

We keep hearing that VAR is there to assist referees, not to overrule in a way which makes them automatons, yet every time a Premier League official has been asked to re-examine something at the monitor this season, he has fallen in line with Stockley Park.

Given this was Hallam’s first appearance in the Premier League cauldron, it would have been easy for him to go with England’s suggestion that City were due a penalty. The very fact that England had needed an interminable three minutes and 20 seconds to examine Mosquera’s action tells us that the ‘clear and obvious error’ threshold for reviewing match-changing incidents was not there. The Wolves player’s arms were not in a wholly unnatural position. His distance from the ball when it was struck also told us a penalty for City would have been harsh.

In the heat of the moment, Hallam was standing in front of a monitor with the collective desire of a packed Etihad ringing in his ears, as well as the voice of England, telling him why he should reconsider. Yet he still stuck to his decision.

Hallelujah! Human prevails over machine. Logic and instinct override the technical manual. Common sense wins the day. If Hallam can stick with his decision, then so might others like him, who have even more experience. This felt like a very good day for refereeing.

Many officials have expressed that sentiment. ‘How refreshing! Well done Farai,’ said former referee Mark Halsey. ‘Fair play to him,’ said another ex-official, Mike Dean.



Guardiola says he expects Howard Webb to be in touch to apologise and has even suggested when might be convenient to receive that call, within the limitations of his very busy diary. ‘Don’t wait for Wednesday, we have Champions League. We are busy,’ he said.

Well, let’s hope the only outcome of such a conversation will be the PGMO chief politely suggesting that Guardiola should afford the officiating team some respect and stop the trash talk.

Guardiola’s air of victimhood on Saturday extended to the bizarre notion that City’s six titles in nine years have been achieved despite referees ruling against them. ‘Even with these decisions we can win,’ he said. More palpable nonsense. I don’t even recall Mourinho suggesting officialdom had been systematically ruling against him over the best part of a decade.

Fulminating against perceived injustice would be a little more acceptable from Guardiola if another of the titans of the modern game had come to City’s ground and left with a narrow win, based on a narrow call. This was a 2-0 win against one of the weakest sides the Premier League has ever known.
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Is that the same Mourinho who waited on the car park to confront Anthony Taylor an hour after the game had finished?
 
Hahahaha. Stop tightening your arteries reading hatchet jobs like that attempt in the fail.

Remember a great man (my grandad) once said to me...'they only talk bad of the successful to alleviate the pain of their failures'..

I actually read it and laughed thinking about City literally ruining their lives. Makes me all warm and fuzzy
 
Kinkybyname said:
as vicious and as nasty a piece as I can recall in a long time (mainly because it dresses itself up as coming from an impartial •journalist. (you'd expect such piss-poor observation on sadragcafe or redtissueoflies, but this is shocking). There is nothing more I'd enjoy than writing this tw@'s obituary:

It will be 10 years this summer since Pep Guardiola sat down to give his inaugural press conference as Manchester City manager and it is fair to say some of us present felt a blessed release from the fear, loathing and general toxicity of Jose Mourinho, whom he was about to go up against.

Mourinho remained what he always had been — a deeply unpleasant individual, raging against the dying of his light — until his departure from these shores when Tottenham showed him the door five years ago. Guardiola always seemed different, though he, too, seems to be morphing into an individual with some of the traits of his old adversary. This weekend brought us another deeply unpleasant example.

Guardiola dispenses his poison calmly and yet brutally, with referee Farai Hallam the latest recipient of one of the vials. Not content with questioning the referee’s decision to stick to his on-field decision that Wolves’ Yerson Mosquera had not handballed in his own area against City, Guardiola opted to curate his attack around mockery of Hallam as a debutant Premier League referee.

‘He made a huge debut. Now everybody will know about him,’ said Guardiola, who had been dripping with sarcasm as he sought the 32-year-old out to shake his hand after the match.

This is the same manager who asked for confirmation that one of his inquisitors was a Sky Sports reporter before Christmas — because he doesn’t like the broadcaster, whose vast funding pays most of the bills — and who told journalists last year that ‘my life is better than yours.’

The same manager who recently yanked a cameraman’s headphones off whilst he was undertaking professional duties. We have to hope Hallam will be undeterred by Guardiola’s snide little jab at his Premier League inexperience because his decision to stick to the ruling that there had been no handball, despite fourth official Darren England reviewing it and sending him to the monitor, was a refreshing one.

We keep hearing that VAR is there to assist referees, not to overrule in a way which makes them automatons, yet every time a Premier League official has been asked to re-examine something at the monitor this season, he has fallen in line with Stockley Park.

Given this was Hallam’s first appearance in the Premier League cauldron, it would have been easy for him to go with England’s suggestion that City were due a penalty. The very fact that England had needed an interminable three minutes and 20 seconds to examine Mosquera’s action tells us that the ‘clear and obvious error’ threshold for reviewing match-changing incidents was not there. The Wolves player’s arms were not in a wholly unnatural position. His distance from the ball when it was struck also told us a penalty for City would have been harsh.

In the heat of the moment, Hallam was standing in front of a monitor with the collective desire of a packed Etihad ringing in his ears, as well as the voice of England, telling him why he should reconsider. Yet he still stuck to his decision.

Hallelujah! Human prevails over machine. Logic and instinct override the technical manual. Common sense wins the day. If Hallam can stick with his decision, then so might others like him, who have even more experience. This felt like a very good day for refereeing.

Many officials have expressed that sentiment. ‘How refreshing! Well done Farai,’ said former referee Mark Halsey. ‘Fair play to him,’ said another ex-official, Mike Dean.



Guardiola says he expects Howard Webb to be in touch to apologise and has even suggested when might be convenient to receive that call, within the limitations of his very busy diary. ‘Don’t wait for Wednesday, we have Champions League. We are busy,’ he said.

Well, let’s hope the only outcome of such a conversation will be the PGMO chief politely suggesting that Guardiola should afford the officiating team some respect and stop the trash talk.

Guardiola’s air of victimhood on Saturday extended to the bizarre notion that City’s six titles in nine years have been achieved despite referees ruling against them. ‘Even with these decisions we can win,’ he said. More palpable nonsense. I don’t even recall Mourinho suggesting officialdom had been systematically ruling against him over the best part of a decade.

Fulminating against perceived injustice would be a little more acceptable from Guardiola if another of the titans of the modern game had come to City’s ground and left with a narrow win, based on a narrow call. This was a 2-0 win against one of the weakest sides the Premier League has ever known.
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Awww. It’s really upset him that rags beat gunners & we won thus closing the gap. The only way he could get some relief was to get all his anger out in an article. Daily Fail the perfect employer

ENJOY THEIR PAIN. it’s been over 10 years of agony & it shows
 
Ban-jani said:
Our friend Ian Herbert calling Pep “poisonous” today in the daily mail.
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Writing for the mail simply confirms that Herbert is a poisonous twat
with little credibility or valued opinion.

Bitterness is such a sad trait when coming from anybody displaying such self loathing and failure in their chosen career.
 
salfordbluetrue said:
That is because they know he is right, so they need to bury his complaint is a sea of negativity.
Both liverpool and arsenal complained about refs for the first 6 months of last season, fergerson for the last five years of his tenure, the same people supported them.
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Ian Grubby Herbert did his usual, nay, worse than ever vitriolic bile in the Fail today. I happened on it as we were out and there was a copy lying around. C
 
I despise Herbert more than my combined cumulative dislike of Delooney, Syed, Ogden, Roan, Stone, that foreign Rag supporting BBc Salford shill, The Harris Twins, Raith Al Samaris etc etc.

And I hope Grubby Herbert's grandsons' footy team gets battered this season. As a female ( foc now btw) it absolutely baffles me that some woman wanted to reproduce with that odious man. No accounting for taste.

He's the classless one. If I was unfortunate enough to meet him I'd love to tell him exactly what I think of his shite writing skills. I do believe he truly is the worst of them.
 
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