Coming to this thread late, but did anyone mention SWP's violent assault on the soft and gentle Rory Delap?
Lying on the floor, SWP flicked out a leg that barely brushed against Delap. Delap later went on to say that he was unaware that SWP had kicked him! The ref at the time saw it clearly as he was running over and was staring right at it. I think it was Martin Atkinson but my memory is crap. I had video at the time which showed the ref looking at the incident as SWP flicked his leg out.
You can guess the rest. Atkinson did nothing at the time (which was absolutely the correct decision given the triviality of SWP's flick and the fact that he had been kicked all over the park all afternoon. But surprise, surprise, after the ensuing media shit-storm, Atkinson suddenly decided he was blind and had not seen the incident.
This stinking cheating bollocks has been going on for far too long. This happened in 2009.
So in a year where we may have benefitted, we ignore it? Can only remember this one from 11/12, although Vinnie could have been penalised at the corner where Edin got the equaliser against QPR.
Spurs (h) 2-2, Ballotelli not sent off and then getting and scoring the winning penalty.
I don't think referees don't make monumental cock-ups and that some of those have a detrimental effect on our results as some of them benefit us. I just don't believe there is a conscious, preordained series of decisions to do City down.
As I said earlier to The Light Was Yellow - they are human and with that being the case are flawed. There could be loads of reasons why certain refs don't like us and they aren't all to do with finances or lining their pockets.
It's not beyond the realms of possibility that Clattenberg has a problem with us. He might not and we could just be unlucky but there's no way anybody can say with 100% certainty that everything is clean. Not a fucking chance.
Only because the rules aren't fit for purpose. What Adebayor did hadn't been legislated for, therefore they had to go around them. They did the right thing punishing him.So they broke their own rules. And you think that's a good thing.
Another to add to the list.
Only because the rules aren't fit for purpose. What Adebayor did hadn't been legislated for, therefore they had to go around them. They did the right thing punishing him.
You are talking bollocks.Only because the rules aren't fit for purpose. What Adebayor did hadn't been legislated for, therefore they had to go around them. They did the right thing punishing him.
Not similar at all. It really was Kane running into the elbow.Interestingly Skirtel has just been yellow carded for a similar incident to the Sergio, Reid challenge
Fairly certain I didn't say that mateBut was it OK for the FA not to punish Arsenal for the vile racist chants Adebayor suffered from their fans.