you can tell he had a bad game when most of us can say he should that booked Yaya for his tackle on Dembele but didn't. Completely inept. The whole body of the 'Professional' referees needs to be seriously reviewed.
" Spurious nonsense" ?, what's 'spurious' and 'nonsense' about a penalty decision that is outrageously wrong and agreed as such by the pundits on MOTD and the rest of the footballing media.Surprised it took this long, I'm not getting into a swinging dick competition with you but suffice it to say that I am indeed a City fan of many years standing, I am not happy by the way but neither am I desperate enough to concoct some spurious nonsense to help me feel better about a defeat.
Dry your eyes and move on old son.
It's been posted on here before and certain refs were dropped from our games. @Prestwich_Blue knows the story behind it.
I agree, enthusiastic amateurs is the way to go, poorly paid guys that work 5 days a week and have no time to train....they'd be way better than well paid professionals and there's no way they would be far more likely to be open to corruption
Another Crackerjack of an idea from the brains behind throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
No no no, it's all just a happy coincidence that every week highly suspicious decisions go against us. It's not like Chinese betting syndicates even exist.The same thing happened in 2011/12 except that time we took action and rescued the situation.
In that season, the first bad decision was probably at Fulham, when Dzeko was fouled in the build up to their equaliser but the foul wasn't given and we ended up dropping two points. The next (although it didn't affect the final result) was the failure to award what looked like a stonewall penalty at Old Trafford for a foul on Richards when we were 1-0 up. The next really bad decision was at Chelsea where, already 1-0 up, the referee turned down a clear penalty for a foul on Silva. He then gives a very soft penalty to Chelsea late on, to add insult to injury. The referee was Clattenburg in all three games.
After that, people in Abu Dhabi were told by someone who specialises in monitoring such things that there was a clear bias against us that could be correlated to suspicious betting patterns. So they paid this person to prepare a report with his evidence, which was passed to the authorities. As a result, Peter Walton disappeared to the USA mid-season and Lee Mason was withdrawn at short notice from a couple of games involving us, at our request. Just after this, Mike Riley made his famous presentation to Points Of Blue, where he told us how great the referees were, how they were totally unbiased (despite it being pointed out to him that one high-profile game had a ref where there was a clear conflict of interest). He also said Mason had been withdrawn due to an illness in his family but he was fourth official in London the same weekend, when his family is in Bolton. That was a lie. Mason was withdrawn because we objected.
The same person did something similar (although I don't know who for) back in 2007/8 after a referee had given a staggeringly one-sided performance in a Merseyside Derby in October 2007. The referee was Clattenburg and later that season he was suspended, then sacked and finally reinstated on appeal. But a couple of other referees were removed from front-line duties at the end of the 2008/9 season, namely Rob Styles & Mike Riley. Both were well short of the normal retirement age. One of Styles (many) controversial decisions came at Old Trafford, when Ronaldo was fairly tackled and he gave a penalty, even though no rag player appealed. Riley was the ref in the infamous Chelsea v Liverpool game when he wrongly sent off Frank Lampard but let Gerrard get away wit h two potential red card offences then failed to punish a deliberate flying kick on Benayoun by Bosingwa late on.
It's happening again this season but the club don't seem to have reacted in the same way, which is puzzling. Possibly because the person who helped us out last time is now doing the same for Arsenal. And how are they doing this season?
The same thing happened in 2011/12 except that time we took action and rescued the situation.
In that season, the first bad decision was probably at Fulham, when Dzeko was fouled in the build up to their equaliser but the foul wasn't given and we ended up dropping two points. The next (although it didn't affect the final result) was the failure to award what looked like a stonewall penalty at Old Trafford for a foul on Richards when we were 1-0 up. The next really bad decision was at Chelsea where, already 1-0 up, the referee turned down a clear penalty for a foul on Silva. He then gives a very soft penalty to Chelsea late on, to add insult to injury. The referee was Clattenburg in all three games.
After that, people in Abu Dhabi were told by someone who specialises in monitoring such things that there was a clear bias against us that could be correlated to suspicious betting patterns. So they paid this person to prepare a report with his evidence, which was passed to the authorities. As a result, Peter Walton disappeared to the USA mid-season and Lee Mason was withdrawn at short notice from a couple of games involving us, at our request. Just after this, Mike Riley made his famous presentation to Points Of Blue, where he told us how great the referees were, how they were totally unbiased (despite it being pointed out to him that one high-profile game had a ref where there was a clear conflict of interest). He also said Mason had been withdrawn due to an illness in his family but he was fourth official in London the same weekend, when his family is in Bolton. That was a lie. Mason was withdrawn because we objected.
The same person did something similar (although I don't know who for) back in 2007/8 after a referee had given a staggeringly one-sided performance in a Merseyside Derby in October 2007. The referee was Clattenburg and later that season he was suspended, then sacked and finally reinstated on appeal. But a couple of other referees were removed from front-line duties at the end of the 2008/9 season, namely Rob Styles & Mike Riley. Both were well short of the normal retirement age. One of Styles (many) controversial decisions came at Old Trafford, when Ronaldo was fairly tackled and he gave a penalty, even though no rag player appealed. Riley was the ref in the infamous Chelsea v Liverpool game when he wrongly sent off Frank Lampard but let Gerrard get away wit h two potential red card offences then failed to punish a deliberate flying kick on Benayoun by Bosingwa late on.
It's happening again this season but the club don't seem to have reacted in the same way, which is puzzling. Possibly because the person who helped us out last time is now doing the same for Arsenal. And how are they doing this season?
Funny how, as I've said before, Clattenburg did very well for us while we were owned by Shinawatra but as soon as his mate was pushed out by ADUG, he seemed to turn against us.No no no, it's all just a happy coincidence that every week highly suspicious decisions go against us. It's not like Chinese betting syndicates even exist.
...and presumably another 'dossier' will be winging it's way to the Premier League in light of this latest outrage?
The same thing happened in 2011/12 except that time we took action and rescued the situation.
In that season, the first bad decision was probably at Fulham, when Dzeko was fouled in the build up to their equaliser but the foul wasn't given and we ended up dropping two points. The next (although it didn't affect the final result) was the failure to award what looked like a stonewall penalty at Old Trafford for a foul on Richards when we were 1-0 up. The next really bad decision was at Chelsea where, already 1-0 up, the referee turned down a clear penalty for a foul on Silva. He then gives a very soft penalty to Chelsea late on, to add insult to injury. The referee was Clattenburg in all three games.
After that, people in Abu Dhabi were told by someone who specialises in monitoring such things that there was a clear bias against us that could be correlated to suspicious betting patterns. So they paid this person to prepare a report with his evidence, which was passed to the authorities. As a result, Peter Walton disappeared to the USA mid-season and Lee Mason was withdrawn at short notice from a couple of games involving us, at our request. Just after this, Mike Riley made his famous presentation to Points Of Blue, where he told us how great the referees were, how they were totally unbiased (despite it being pointed out to him that one high-profile game had a ref where there was a clear conflict of interest). He also said Mason had been withdrawn due to an illness in his family but he was fourth official in London the same weekend, when his family is in Bolton. That was a lie. Mason was withdrawn because we objected.
The same person did something similar (although I don't know who for) back in 2007/8 after a referee had given a staggeringly one-sided performance in a Merseyside Derby in October 2007. The referee was Clattenburg and later that season he was suspended, then sacked and finally reinstated on appeal. But a couple of other referees were removed from front-line duties at the end of the 2008/9 season, namely Rob Styles & Mike Riley. Both were well short of the normal retirement age. One of Styles (many) controversial decisions came at Old Trafford, when Ronaldo was fairly tackled and he gave a penalty, even though no rag player appealed. Riley was the ref in the infamous Chelsea v Liverpool game when he wrongly sent off Frank Lampard but let Gerrard get away wit h two potential red card offences then failed to punish a deliberate flying kick on Benayoun by Bosingwa late on.
It's happening again this season but the club don't seem to have reacted in the same way, which is puzzling. Possibly because the person who helped us out last time is now doing the same for Arsenal. And how are they doing this season?