Mark Clattenburg

[remember arthur mann]

If it looks like a sausage, and smells like a sausage, and tastes like a sausage it's probably a sausage. I have no problem with anyone calling Clattenburg bent, I've been pretty sure of it for years.

If he is not bent then he is incredibly poor as a Referee. Lots of really poor decisions against City over the years.

This. I think he prolly dislikes us and so subconsciously we don't get the run of the green.
I didn't think it should have been a pen for handball or that Kompany was fouled tbh.
I think Sergio was fouled but it wasn't as blatant as I was led to believe.

I watched MOD last night and didn't really see what all the fuss was about tbh.

Should have gone to specsavers !

 

[johnmc]

Im another who doesnt think it was a foul on Kompany. If thats a foul every corner is a foul.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Im another who doesnt think it was a foul on Kompany. If thats a foul every corner is a foul.

Then you are another that's wrong ;-) Anyway we know what goes on at corners and that's just a farce.
Think you need to watch the Kompany incident again.

 

[moomba]

I'd rather the foul on Kompany wasnt called, too soft for me. But you have to be consistent, and based on previous decisions he had given on the day it was definitely enough contact to be called a foul.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

I'd rather the foul on Kompany wasnt called, too soft for me. But you have to be consistent, and based on previous decisions he had given on the day it was definitely enough contact to be called a foul.

What's all this too soft, these days. It's either a foul or not. There aren't grades of fouls.
Apart from yellow and red.

 

[blueincy]

I hope Declan Hill reads this Forum and is already investigating him, the corrupt twat.

 

[johnmc]

I'd rather the foul on Kompany wasnt called, too soft for me. But you have to be consistent, and based on previous decisions he had given on the day it was definitely enough contact to be called a foul.

What's all this too soft, these days. It's either a foul or not. There aren't grades of fouls.
Apart from yellow and red.

Of course there are grades of fouls - you even admit it yourself.

The Aguerro one was a foul the Kompany one, if given, we might as well go down the basketball route with any contact being a foul.

 

[moomba]

I'd rather the foul on Kompany wasnt called, too soft for me. But you have to be consistent, and based on previous decisions he had given on the day it was definitely enough contact to be called a foul.

What's all this too soft, these days. It's either a foul or not. There aren't grades of fouls.
Apart from yellow and red.

It's a contact sport. Contact is allowed. So is a degree of physical handling. For me I would prefer that you are allowed to jostle with an opponent at set pieces. At some stage, jostling becomes a foul on your opponent, thats when it ceases to become "too soft" in my book.

But again, by the standards Clattenburg set in the game he had to call it a foul.

 

[Chris in London]

I'd rather the foul on Kompany wasnt called, too soft for me. But you have to be consistent, and based on previous decisions he had given on the day it was definitely enough contact to be called a foul.

What's all this too soft, these days. It's either a foul or not. There aren't grades of fouls.
Apart from yellow and red.

Of course there are grades of fouls - you even admit it yourself.

The Aguerro one was a foul the Kompany one, if given, we might as well go down the basketball route with any contact being a foul.

The reason why the Kompany one was a foul is that Welbeck pushes him the back just before Kompany heads the clearance. Pushing an opponent is directly listed as a foul in the laws of the game. There was no attempt to play the ball by Welbeck, it was a simple push. The intention was to prevent Kompany from getting as much purchase on the header as he would have done unimpeded. It worked.

Football is not a non-contact game, but there are laws about what you can and can't do. What Welbeck did was a foul, he got away with it, they scored.

We move on, but it doesn't mean the goal should have stood.

 

[johnmc]

The reason why the Kompany one was a foul is that Welbeck pushes him the back just before Kompany heads the clearance. Pushing an opponent is directly listed as a foul in the laws of the game. There was no attempt to play the ball by Welbeck, it was a simple push. The intention was to prevent Kompany from getting as much purchase on the header as he would have done unimpeded. It worked.

Football is not a non-contact game, but there are laws about what you can and can't do. What Welbeck did was a foul, he got away with it, they scored.

We move on, but it doesn't mean the goal should have stood.

If that was given as a foul at the Etihad against us I think there would be quite a few groans. If the goal doesnt come after I doubt it would be in many peoples lists of Clattenburg mistakes either. Ans I dont normally criticise referees but have after that performance yesterday - it was riddled with mistakes, i just dont think that was one of them.

But yes we move on, hopefully we get the rub of the green v chelsea