Mark Clattenburg

[Oystercatcher28]

There's no agenda, and even if there was, with players that can win games on their own with flashes of brilliance, I think they'd have a backs up against the wall feel to them.
As it is, we look lethagic, drained of ideas and there to be put to the sword. There is no threat from us in midfield. We're whimpering out.

Clattenburg has always been bigger than the game. His assistant on that far touchline i gthe 2nd half, well, well,well, Clattenburg does have a ready made replacement lined up.

 

[@BluePhil8]

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.

Read this: http://footballisfixed.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/eight-days-in-life-of-fascist.html

And this: http://footballisfixed.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/the-issues-with-mark-clattenburg.html

Cheers mate, both interesting reads.

Maybe happy should have a quick glance at this article from the BBC as well:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21501858

The fear is that these syndicates use financial rewards as a means to get players, or in some cases even teams and officials, to play in a such a way that they achieve a pre-determined result.

 

[@BluePhil8]

And just to throw this in as well. You should never ever discount corruption and abuse of power. People thought FIFA would never be brought to heel and they have been. Calciapoli scandal, Lance Armstrong being doped out of his arse, Cricket match fixing.

People always say "no, that can't possibly happen in our country because we are so special". We aren't, the difference is our regulatory bodies have probably been bought as well.

 

[oakiecokie]

I genuinely don't understand City fans who see


Cheers PB, no doubt happy clapper or whatever is name is will be along to tell you you're mistaken.

Perhaps his real name is Happyclapperberg.

 

[hutton who blue]

And just to throw this in as well. You should never ever discount corruption and abuse of power. People thought FIFA would never be brought to heel and they have been. Calciapoli scandal, Lance Armstrong being doped out of his arse, Cricket match fixing.

People always say "no, that can't possibly happen in our country because we are so special". We aren't, the difference is our regulatory bodies have probably been bought as well.

Correct. The posters decrying City don't get unjustly and too frequently turned over by officials, putting it down to being accidental or just bad officiating are numbering less in their responses. They're a proportion of mischievous rag wums/City fans who refuse to believe cheating even though the evidence of deliberate bias is plain to see. Three times the linos flag went up in an instant when Aguero was at the point of sprinting goal ward with the ball. I wanted to see again the validity of these decisions on television bearing in mind the same lino refused to flag Walker at WHL when he was clearly two yards off side. Not to mention the other off sides he overlooked when Spurs scored in that game.

 

[Bluekiwi]

We should do a Fergie and have this clown banned from refing any more of our matches

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

"I think it hit Raheem Sterling's hand but the referee wasn't sure if it was inside or outside. Obviously we were asking for it to be inside," Kane said.

Sure. Sterling recently had his hand relocated to his back Harry. Asking for it to be inside? What the fuck?

 

[cleavers]

Correct. The posters decrying City don't get unjustly and too frequently turned over by officials, putting it down to being accidental or just bad officiating are numbering less in their responses. They're a proportion of mischievous rag wums/City fans who refuse to believe cheating even though the evidence of deliberate bias is plain to see. Three times the linos flag went up in an instant when Aguero was at the point of sprinting goal ward with the ball. I wanted to see again the validity of these decisions on television bearing in mind the same lino refused to flag Walker at WHL when he was clearly two yards off side. Not to mention the other off sides he overlooked when Spurs scored in that game.

That "team" are responsible for 3 offside goals, and 1 penalty given against us this season, and a penalty not given for us, its a swing of 5 goals in 2 games, no to mention other shall we say "interesting" decisions today, at least 2 of the offsides against Aguero were incorrect (bent).

We as a club, need to start taking this seriously now, as they're not even hiding it any more, it used to be subtle, but no longer, its just a joke.

On another note re Clattenburg today, did anyone else notice him run 50 yards to shake hands with Fernandhino during play today ? It was before the 'penalty', very very odd behaviour.

 

[steviemc]

Irrespective of the result - that was one of the worse penalty decisions I've seen for a long long time. Especially taking into consideration that many 'face on' decisions have been refused this season (which is absolutely the thing ref's are clamping down on this season - as they have a remit every season for specific fouls, for those who haven't got it yet).

If you don't 'get' this, and in any way can justify the decision made today, I'll be pleased to hear from you, and will happily provide the FA referee application forms via email.

 

[steviemc]

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.

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.

Maybe not. But you do seem at least a little bit naive and at best rather short-sighted. Did you watch the game, or listen to it on the radio (wireless)?