Man City vs Reading - Post Match Discussion

[lancs blue]

I thought we were woeful and I thought Reading were fantastic, even though they were time wasting from the first 10 minutes.

The Rekik incident was never a Penalty, but they have a strong case for Handball from the original cross. As for Barry's winner - Nicky Shorey should have cleared it but gambled on getting a free kick, as soon as it went in I looked at the Ref. If that had been Crouch,Rooney,Suarez,Torres on Zabs or Vinny and the Goal given I would be incandescent with rage.

We really,really got out of Jail today.

I'd also be incandescent with rage if we conceded a goal like that - raging at our defending!

 

[lionheart]

Just watched the highlights on RTE. They agreed that there was nothing wrong with Barry's header, but they did say that it was a penalty for the challenge on Tabb. Indeed, they said a penalty could have been awarded for Nastassic (in the inside right position) handling the ball as it was crossed for Tabb.

Yet nobody mentions the stonewall penalty we should have had when Yaya was wrestled to the ground in the first half. You could see his shirt being pulled a mile off. At one time in the game I swear I saw Zaba tackling at left back and less than 30 seconds later making a run down the right wing. He's here, he's there, he's every fecking where...

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

The second-rate Matt Lucas impersonator sent his team out to foul, feign injury, time-waste as well as one of his players indulging in one of the most unsporting acts I've ever seen when he threw that ball out for a goal kick instead of returning it to Joe Hart.

Well Karma's a woman, baldy. You're an even shitter team than QPR and you're going right back where you belong.

 

[Skashion]

It was a foul. How can anyone say that wasn't a foul.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Barry did not foul ,instead it was other way round ...if it wasn't a goal then we should look for a pk for anal bumping on Barry ....
How'z that?

 

[Skashion]

Barry did not foul ,instead it was other way round ...if it wasn't a goal then we should look for a pk for anal bumping on Barry ....
How'z that?

PK, priceless...

 

[Dubai Blue]

It was a foul. How can anyone say that wasn't a foul.

Barry's goal?
Terrible defending? Yes. A foul? Never.

 

[Heart.net]

It was a foul. How can anyone say that wasn't a foul.

Aye. Its a penalty if it didn't go in.

:)

 

[Skashion]

I know better than to expect honesty. Being a football fan is an irrational business and to expect rationality is irrational.

 

[Dubai Blue]

I know better than to expect honesty. Being a football fan is an irrational business and to expect rationality is irrational.

I watched it with several neutrals (including a couple of rags) who didn't see anything wrong with it. The two pundits on AD Sports (can't for the life of me remember who they were this weekend) didn't think it was a foul either. I presume they were being honest, as why would they possibly lie?