Man City – They didn’t win the league with ref assiatance

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Blog written by a gooner who (for a change) isn't bitter and backs up the agenda some of us witnessed last season.

 

[Citizen52]

"The bias in favour of Manchester City remains rather small in the last 5 games. The negative bias was always bigger in those games. Was someone trying to stop them?"

It certainly felt that way at one point, there was a run of decisions which were absolutely ridiculous. Seeing what was going on with Young etc towards the end of the season was a bit like having salt rubbed in, thank God things turned out the way they did.

 

[Citizen52]

"The bias in favour of Manchester City remains rather small in the last 5 games. The negative bias was always bigger in those games. Was someone trying to stop them?"

It certainly felt that way at one point, there was a run of decisions which were absolutely ridiculous. Seeing what was going on with Young etc towards the end of the season was a bit like having salt rubbed in, thank God things turned out the way they did.

 

[Halfpenny]

The ref with the most negative bias was Peter Walton

Quelle surprise.

 

[LoveCity]

I've read his reports extensively and they tend to back up the perception that there is a rag bias from refs. Fantastic reports, much better than the "Debatable Decisions" rubbish that doesn't factor in some variables.

 

[redmizzle]

Good read.

 

[Anonymous]

Carlos Tevez made the difference , his return provided us with renewed belief and hope ...... from the 6-1 win at Norwich onwards , in which he got three , we never looked back !

It was the pressure that broke Uniteds backs .......

 

[hutton who blue]

It makes Man City's win of the league even more delicious. Blatant, flagrant decisions going United's way by cheating and despite this Man City endeavored and won the title. Makes me feel so lucky and proud to be a blue.

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

I am one of the first on here to say that there is no Agenda against us.

I would like to know though who the reporter is referring to when he said certain City players should have walked and didn't.

 

[Carver]

Who are they to judge what decisions a referee got right and wrong? 80.952% of red card decisions were wrong according to them. Total rubbush. (That's both those that they sent off and they shouldn't and those that they didn't send off and they should).

There's an advert at the bottom supporting the Indian Olympic team. Is the author based in India? Their interpretation of the rules, fairness, reaction to decisions etc is completely different to what would be interpreted in England. (example: We have a more 'school of hard knocks' approach and trying to deceive the referee is taboo, they would more likely consider a strong fair challenge to be an immediate sending off).

Don't some laws state 'if, in the opinion of the referee..', if it's his opinion then he shouldn't be marked wrong.

Wherever they have got their judging panel from the data that they have gathered and used from watching the game on tv is completely meaningless. The only valid data would be from the referee assessor,who watches the game in reaL time. However don't these tend to be retired referees who may already have favourites themselves.