Bernstein defends Howard Webb

[bluealf]

Clearly Bernie's been got at and has gone native. It was nice while it lasted.

It had stopped when VK lost his appeal, his feet are well and truly under the table.

 

[mancunial]

Listen guys 3 games where 3 big hitters have stood in the tunnel of the ehtiad stadium before the players have got in the dressing room for their full time debriefing, moyes ferguson and redknapp, each one of these people have influenced or tried to influence decisions that the FA have taken on city players involving tackles, city have to play fire with fire do the same as them Bring things to the attention if the authorities, city have to realise that they are dealing with some of the most ruthless set of cunts that have ever graced english football, city have to stop trying to influence people by friendly means.

 

[deano ou812]

Listen guys 3 games where 3 big hitters have stood in the tunnel of the ehtiad stadium before the players have got in the dressing room for their full time debriefing, moyes ferguson and redknapp, each one of these people have influenced or tried to influence decisions that the FA have taken on city players involving tackles, city have to play fire with fire do the same as them Bring things to the attention if the authorities, city have to realise that they are dealing with some of the most ruthless set of cunts that have ever graced english football, city have to stop trying to influence people by friendly means.

agree they need to be more streetwise,sometimes you have to fight fire with fire...

 

[Truefaith98]

Listen guys 3 games where 3 big hitters have stood in the tunnel of the ehtiad stadium before the players have got in the dressing room for their full time debriefing, moyes ferguson and redknapp, each one of these people have influenced or tried to influence decisions that the FA have taken on city players involving tackles, city have to play fire with fire do the same as them Bring things to the attention if the authorities, city have to realise that they are dealing with some of the most ruthless set of cunts that have ever graced english football, city have to stop trying to influence people by friendly means.

Totally agree!
Bernstein isjust covering his and Webbs arses after all the furor last year with taggart and the grannyshagger, yes he was a great chairman and is probably praying we win the league this year, but there is no doubt he is having his hands tied by the likes of Gill and co, and also Webb is our "top referee" so if he slates him he will be screwed by the refs association and Uefa!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

However, the FA added in their own statement: "The FA is only able to take retrospective action where a match official has indicated that they have not seen an incident.

Is it me or does that statement defy logic?

Yeah, just how would a match official indicate that they had not seen an incident unless SSN or a disgruntled manager sees that they can take a swipe at a club that his players were unable to during the match! SSN and disgruntled managers are operating the vindictive arm of the FArce.

And has that long streak of urine got away with the eye gouging? It certainly makes it appear that England internationals have a charmed life on the football field, as opposed to Johnny Foreigner.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

This is a complete pile of shit. Last year, when Clattenburg let Rooney off for elbowing the Wigan player in the head, the excuse was that he saw something of the coming together, but not the elbow, in his peripheral vision, so nobody could look at the incident again.

From <a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/8362953/Referee-Mark-Clattenburg-was-ready-to-walk-away-from-refereeing-over-Wayne-Rooney-incident.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... ident.html</a>
an article full of FA insiders anonymously defending Clattenburg and claiming what he did was right.
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On Monday morning, the FA’s disciplinary department emailed Clattenburg the standard incident form. Here the procedural problems preventing justice were exposed again. “Any form Mark was sent would have contained two questions,” said one referee. “The first part would say: ‘Did you see the incident, the coming together of players?’ Mark couldn’t lie. He’d not seen the elbow but he’d seen a coming together, because he awarded a free kick.

“On these emails, there’s an attachment saying that if you haven’t seen the incident, go to the second part. That has a [video] clip and you have to re-referee the clip. But Mark was powerless. He’d been honest and said he’d seen the incident. Having seen the incident again on TV, he knew it was a red card by Rooney but he couldn’t do anything.”
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So now, Webb definitely saw the incident, maybe missed the '"stamp" part, so that's alright, he saw it later on TV, so go ahead and review the whole thing in slow motion.

Completely contradictory. Bent. Racist? Indefensible.

You are completely correct but how we fight it I don't know. If it's all about money then sponsors surely want a clean cut image. They've dropped sportsmen in the past for tarnishing their image. Maybe it's them we approach.

 

[halfcenturyup]

However, the FA added in their own statement: "The FA is only able to take retrospective action where a match official has indicated that they have not seen an incident.

Is it me or does that statement defy logic?

Here the reply from the FA on how incidents that aren't seen by the referee can be included in his report:



Thank you for contacting The Football Association.

Incidents not seen by Match Officials but caught on video can be brought to the attention of The Football Association by a number of means. The most common is by an extraordinary incident report being filed by a Match Referee and/or a Match Assessor indicating that such an incident may have taken place. However, The FA are not precluded from investigating potential incidents if they are brought to their attention within the relevant time limit’s (sic) by other means such as widespread reporting of an alleged incident or a complaint by members of the public.

Kind regards

Gary

Gary Stonehouse | Customer Relations

Communications Division


Widespread reporting of an incident .... well, there you go. So it's up to you, members of the public, to blast the FA with incidents every time you see one.

 

[ell]

Remember last season when people on here were calling him "Agent Bernstein" Haha

 

[blueyorkie]

Spot on, he did nothing wrong.[/quotE

Apart from lying about seeing the incident.

 

[glossop is blue]

Listen guys 3 games where 3 big hitters have stood in the tunnel of the ehtiad stadium before the players have got in the dressing room for their full time debriefing, moyes ferguson and redknapp, each one of these people have influenced or tried to influence decisions that the FA have taken on city players involving tackles, city have to play fire with fire do the same as them Bring things to the attention if the authorities, city have to realise that they are dealing with some of the most ruthless set of cunts that have ever graced english football, city have to stop trying to influence people by friendly means.

We have to do this as a matter of urgency. These twats could stop us winning the league.
Also Moyes and the twitch are in bed with old purple. I'm sure they'd want nothing better than him to win another title!!