Martin Atkinson

[PSmyth07]

Are we going mental or something? Dermot Gallagher on SSN just now saying he had a fantastic game. Balotelli got sent off for leading with his arm, ok fair enough.

Thats the only incident they shown, as expected.

 

[craigsteel]

Dermot Gallagher didnt explain how Suarez appear to be exempt from being penalised for simulation throughout the game, How when Siva nearly scored the liverpool player tries to wipe our player out off the pitch but goes unpenalised and a decent ref would have gone back and penalised em.
The ref appeared to try to play advangage to suit the scousers through out even allowing free kicks from a moving ball.
It that was a decent dislay it sums up where we are with the refs its a joke...

 

[Bluemoonbaldboy]

Are we going mental or something? Dermot Gallagher on SSN just now saying he had a fantastic game. Balotelli got sent off for leading with his arm, ok fair enough.

Thats the only incident they shown, as expected.

of course they will try and paint that picture trying to rebuild his confidence after the Rodwell incident

 

[mancunial]

gallhager is on sky,s payroll, he has tosay what they want him to say.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I have never liked Atkinson since the seven minutes he added at the swamp.

I thought he had redeemed himself in recent times, FA Cup Final and all that.

Yesterday, as you would expect with any referee, they tend to favour the home side.

We also put a lot of pressure on refs at our place, too.

I didn't think he was as bad as some of the comments on here, he could easily have bottled Kompany on numerous occasions as he stupidly kept diving in.

Balotelli sending-off was his bottle job.

 

[IMARRIEDBLUEMOON]

Atkinson just couldnt WAIT to book Mario and get him sent off and get his name in the papers... As for the diving tawt Suarez, how any manager can let him peform like that and bring his team mates into disrepute baffles me. Fckin cheating b......d. Hate it even when our lads occasionally do it......

 

[schfc6]

how can people say the first booking didnt deserve a yellow card? he just stupidly and totally needlessly pulled him back.

Well he did tug on Johnson's arm, Johnson then threw himself to the floor, a yellow card given. Aguero skinned Skrtel, who dragged him down to the ground, as he went passed, and nothing. The way Atkinson was officiating the game neither of Balotelli's 'fouls' were a yellow.
The handball given against Milner was ridiculous, and to not take action against Reina of his impressive save 50 yards from goal, and no action against that diving cheating bastard was just silly.
I watched the game with a staunch and very bias red, who loves winding us up and even he said that Balotelli's red was ridiculous.

 

[Skashion]

I thought he had redeemed himself in recent times, FA Cup Final and all that.

The FA Cup Final where Balotelli got twatted in the throat by Huth's elbow, straight red, and Mr. Atkinson missed it?

 

[Bury born blue]

what a disgrace eveytime we have him he screws us over. I seem to remember him laughing at the the south when they were singing " u dont know what your doing". What a clown.

 

[dave_blue12]

how can people say the first booking didnt deserve a yellow card? he just stupidly and totally needlessly pulled him back.

Well he did tug on Johnson's arm, Johnson then threw himself to the floor, a yellow card given. Aguero skinned Skrtel, who dragged him down to the ground, as he went passed, and nothing. The way Atkinson was officiating the game neither of Balotelli's 'fouls' were a yellow.
The handball given against Milner was ridiculous, and to not take action against Reina of his impressive save 50 yards from goal, and no action against that diving cheating bastard was just silly.
I watched the game with a staunch and very bias red, who loves winding us up and even he said that Balotelli's red was ridiculous.

^ This ^

Skrtel fuckin Rugby tackled Aguero ! A sure fire yellow but no Atkinson didn't have the bottle.

Terrible refereeing performance !