Mark Clattenburg

[BlueBarratt]

There seems to be general shift, that was certainly evident in the World Cup, by Referees to avoid blowing up too quickly and letting play develop. The only problem with this however is that it can then move quickly into the next phase of play and things turn against the team that perhaps was suffering the initial infringement that the referee considered not too serious to blow up.

I think that this happened twice against us yesterday. First Aguero was being nibbled at but still appeared to be control. The ball then ran away from him and Aguero then pulled up wanting to complain (rightly or wrongly so) whilst play quickly turned against City. Now with the hindsight of knowing City would concede almost immediately I am sure he would have called the initial foul.

Believe me, as a Referee myself, your priority is to avoid making calls that lead to controversy. In short it's easier to blow up at any infringement during an attack than it is to let play wrongly develop only to then get it in the neck from the defending team who concede a controversial goal. Yesterday Clattenburg got it wrong because he never saw the potential for play to switch and City concede.

The push on Kompany again would have not been even noticed if 2 touches later the ball wasn't sailing into our net!

These things happen in fast moving sport and I don't for one moment consider Clattenburg a cheat although his courting of player popularity and daft haircuts do annoy me.

Time to move on and not slip into the oppressed moaning mode we have witnessed for years with Wenger, Mourinho and Ferguson. Slightly disappointed Pellegrini got drawn in to discussing it as his cool head has been part of his appeal to date.

not so, i called foul the second they collided, as i did on aguero. i was 50 yards away in the stand and it was as clear as day.this ref is a cheat, not poor, not a homer, a cheat. always has been.

I called them too, and on the highlights you can actually see me with my arms out when welbeck pushed vinnie, and then going mad when they scored because it was a foul (I was by the corner flag, hemce why you can see me in the normal match footage)

 

[remember arthur mann]

What gets me is that despite his history of very dodgy decisions in big games, he continually gets picked for them.

It's almost as if he's following some sort of orders....

You're getting very warm !!!

 

[crazyg]

Might be an ignorant question, but arn't refs performances scrutinised by a governing body?

Yes. Mike fucking Riley and Howard fucking Webb!!!

 

[waspish]

What pisses me off is referees letting fouls like that on Aguero go but giving them 10 mins later either give them all or give none!

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Clattencheat is the FAs go-to referee. Bent as fuck.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Most people with decent eyesight could see both fouls. Fucking Danny Murphy on MOTD says
"Shove on Kompany not enough to give a foul". FFS if it wasn't for the shove which put Kompany right
under the ball, then his header would most probably havecleared the 2 Arsenal midfielders waiting
on the edge of the area. As for Kun's how many times do you have to be pushed, nibbled at, to get a foul.

 

[baildon blue]

Clattencheat is the FAs go-to referee. Bent as fuck.

Expect a letter from the F.A Bert .
You can't be saying stuff like that about Mark .

 

[hgblue]

There seems to be general shift, that was certainly evident in the World Cup, by Referees to avoid blowing up too quickly and letting play develop. The only problem with this however is that it can then move quickly into the next phase of play and things turn against the team that perhaps was suffering the initial infringement that the referee considered not too serious to blow up.

I think that this happened twice against us yesterday. First Aguero was being nibbled at but still appeared to be control. The ball then ran away from him and Aguero then pulled up wanting to complain (rightly or wrongly so) whilst play quickly turned against City. Now with the hindsight of knowing City would concede almost immediately I am sure he would have called the initial foul.

Believe me, as a Referee myself, your priority is to avoid making calls that lead to controversy. In short it's easier to blow up at any infringement during an attack than it is to let play wrongly develop only to then get it in the neck from the defending team who concede a controversial goal. Yesterday Clattenburg got it wrong because he never saw the potential for play to switch and City concede.

The push on Kompany again would have not been even noticed if 2 touches later the ball wasn't sailing into our net!

These things happen in fast moving sport and I don't for one moment consider Clattenburg a cheat although his courting of player popularity and daft haircuts do annoy me.

Time to move on and not slip into the oppressed moaning mode we have witnessed for years with Wenger, Mourinho and Ferguson. Slightly disappointed Pellegrini got drawn in to discussing it as his cool head has been part of his appeal to date.

Aguero was fouled at least twice. Ok, let him play on while he retains possession, but blow for the foul as soon as he loses the ball. Don't allow Arsenal to gain an advantage from fouling an opponent. It's stupidity like this from referees that encourages players to hit the deck at the slightest contact. Being honest and trying to stay on your feet works to your disadvantage because most referees are dullards who've never played the game. Stevie Wonder could see that Kompany was shoved by Wellbeck. This directly affected the direction and power of Kompany's clearance, which led directly to Arsenal's second goal. Both incidents were bleeding obvious.

 

[quiet_riot]

As for Kun's how many times do you have to be pushed, nibbled at, to get a foul.

Once, or half if your name is Jack Wilshere.

 

[rodders1973]

Just seen nasri disallowed goal against the arse, call me bias but can't see why it didn't stand. And to make it worse arsenal scored a goal not too dissimilar to rescue a point against Palace and that stood. Sort it out officials check the rules(3-2 to CITY for me).