MCFC charged again

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

In games we drew it's hardly fucking rocket science to expect that we may win with a penalty and the opponents being reduced to 10 men.

Like the two we had against Everton?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I worry that some of the players are - like some of the fans - reaching the point where the constant use of that Man City special rule book is making them think fuck it we just can't win. It's frustrating enough for us, I can't imagine how the players must feel being treated this way whilst watching others being treated very differently.

That being said, I do agree with PC and others above on the way we reacted - but the root cause is not the Manchester City players.

If the FArce tackled the root problem the whole professional game in this country would collapse, not least because the FArce is part of the problem.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

In games we drew it's hardly fucking rocket science to expect that we may win with a penalty and the opponents being reduced to 10 men.

This is the general scenario that has obtained for too long. Milner on Sterling was the latest in a fairly longish line where we have had players booked for diving when it's been a stoner with the general expectation that the opposition were gonna lose a defender. Do we have to go back to the Bayern game where the guy was sent off for dragging down Sergio? Fourth minute of the game, I recall, but a continental referee having the balls to do it. I suppose we ought to be grateful to Bottliver for not booking Sterling for being blatantly fouled with the goal gaping! That has been the usual case ever since that Bayern game.

I just wonder what 'kind' of foul would render us a penalty? A rugby tackle, perhaps, netball between two defenders, a decapitation?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

But the FArce dont control PiGMOL. Oliver ref'd on Monday night had one day at home before flying out to Turkey on Wednesday, ref'd Besiktas on the Thursday, flew home Friday, one day off before he fucked up Sunday. He cannot have been mentally or physically fit after that but GREED said he had to do it. The FA/Prem. League have to start telling them one game a week because at the moment they are a joke.

He isn't mentally or physically fit were he to have had three days at a fuckin' spa! He bottles every decision and then hides behind the cards, PiGMOL and The FArce to avoid proper scrutiny of how piss-poor he is. Mind, he's not the only one. Some of the 'high profile, experienced' refs that have turned up at The Etihad this season have been equivalent to the contents of a cess pit!

I would have thought that the FArce had complete and total control of the game in this country. PiGMOL is just an organisation that provides refs. Refs' reports go to the FA, and it's the FA that come up with the risible notion of a disciplinary procedure that seems to hunt down players wearing shirts with a tinge of pale blue!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

They all go to Bobby comb your hair Charton the ticket master.

Surely, he's The Ticket 'Lord' by now? Just as Martin Atkinson became The Time Lord! And Oliver is fast becoming The Sewage Lord.

 

[BlueAnorak]

City charged by the FA for not controlling our players in the 50th minute when the Liverpool penalty given.
Hardly surprising but equally, Oliver needs to understand what affect bias has on players.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Of course I can.This twat has been shit every time we`ve had him.He`s not alone on the ref circuit,but we (the players) must learn to shut the fuck up.We`ve already lost Dino for fuck knows how many matches and now the Club are getting done for the same thing again.
Please, I wish the FA would go along with the way Rugby is run.When was the last time you saw a rugby lad get booked or sent off for arguing with an official ? It just never happens.

There is a lot from rugby refereeing that football could learn. I used to think timekeeping was one of them until I saw the farcical end to the France Wales match on Saturday. I do like the seeming complete transparency though where you can hear what the referee is saying to players and other officials.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Finally, I'd like to see them getting much tougher on the drive-by personal abuse the likes of Rooney deal out weekly.

Too late for this, I fear. They should have stamped out the kinda foulmouthed abuse Rooney was coming out with five or ten seasons ago. I remember coming home from an Etihad Derby that we won and saying to my Rag SiL that we won because Steve Bennett wouldn't let Rooney referee the game.

And besides, The FatScouseGit is now untouchable. He is part and parcel of the FArce establishment, as are all those who enter a footy pitch clad in scarlet.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

There is a lot from rugby refereeing that football could learn. I used to think timekeeping was one of them until I saw the farcical end to the France Wales match on Saturday. I do like the seeming complete transparency though where you can hear what the referee is saying to players and other officials.

There wasn't a lot wrong with the timekeeping in France, although it looked odd.
Once the 80 minutes was up, play continued and a penalty meant another play until a score or some infringement by the French.
No other stoppage would make any difference to that, or to remaining time in the game, which I think is why the ref didn't bother stopping the clock.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

There is a lot from rugby refereeing that football could learn. I used to think timekeeping was one of them until I saw the farcical end to the France Wales match on Saturday. I do like the seeming complete transparency though where you can hear what the referee is saying to players and other officials.

I have said for years that the idiots running football are too up their own arses ever to think they could learn anything from anybody. Other sports have taken video reffing seriously to the clear benefit of the sport and the paying public whilst FIFA, Uefa and our own dearly-beloved FArce have stuck their collective heads as far down the Sahara as they could.

Will we ever get to hear on a football pitch "Is there any reason I cannot give a penalty?" With the resounding answer "Too fuckin' right it's a pen, Michael. That dirty Leeds canute has just cleaned out that nice Sterling lad a yard from the goal line. And not only a pen, Milner has to walk! Get the greedy bastard off!"

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Too late for this, I fear. They should have stamped out the kinda foulmouthed abuse Rooney was coming out with five or ten seasons ago. I remember coming home from an Etihad Derby that we won and saying to my Rag SiL that we won because Steve Bennett wouldn't let Rooney referee the game.

And besides, The FatScouseGit is now untouchable. He is part and parcel of the FArce establishment, as are all those who enter a footy pitch clad in scarlet.

Certainly the swearing at the ref (see Costa too on Saturday) could be cut out easily.

 

[Saddleworth2]

100%.

Plus......if Kevin had scored fron 2 yards agin the renters I believe I season could've been very different.

A 6 point swing in November & all that it would've entailed.

There is no doubt though that these decisions are having a material impact on this season with all that entails in prize money, league position and entry into the champions league. We surely have enough evidence to demonstrate why the hell the players might be upset at the award of a questionable penalty. They are human and I have seen far worse reactions this season that go unpunished. I really do think the club needs a serious sit down with FA/Riley and his cohorts, lay it all out and ask for some explanation.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

There is a lot from rugby refereeing that football could learn. I used to think timekeeping was one of them until I saw the farcical end to the France Wales match on Saturday. I do like the seeming complete transparency though where you can hear what the referee is saying to players and other officials.

Can anyone see this appearing soon on a footy ground? The entire FArce committee would be spending the entire weekend on the crapper excavating their bowels. The sheer idea that games will end with a result that reflects what actually went on during the game is something their tiny minds just could not contemplate!

 

[Saddleworth2]

There wasn't a lot wrong with the timekeeping in France, although it looked odd.
Once the 80 minutes was up, play continued and a penalty meant another play until a score or some infringement by the French.
No other stoppage would make any difference to that, or to remaining time in the game, which I think is why the ref didn't bother stopping the clock.

Yeah, you are right mate. What looked really wrong was the concussion substitution which was iffy to say the least, then the repeated penalisation of Wales which kept the clock ticking. I think if anything the ref could have brought it to a close earlier by awarding a penalty try. It was warranted.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Can anyone see this appearing soon on a footy ground? The entire FArce committee would be spending the entire weekend on the crapper excavating their bowels. The sheer idea that games will end with a result that reflects what actually went on during the game is something their tiny minds just could not contemplate!

If only mate, if only

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Yeah, you are right mate. What looked really wrong was the concussion substitution which was iffy to say the least, then the repeated penalisation of Wales which kept the clock ticking. I think if anything the ref could have brought it to a close earlier by awarding a penalty try. It was warranted.

A penalty try probably wasn't, but yes, another sinbin would have been fair, which would have probably ended things.
The HIA shenanigans were messy - I thought Barnes did the best he could at that - I think his very clear questions were more for observers benefit than anything else.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Been saying for a long time that football should take the best parts from rugby. However can you imagine this scenario from The King Power Stadium
Ref: I think Vardy has taken a dive and should be booked rather than award a penalty
Video Ref: No sorry, award the penalty as their owners have a large stake on a penalty being awarded in this half and them to win by two clear goals.
Ref: Thanks for confirming what I saw - stonewall penalty

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Been saying for a long time that football should take the best parts from rugby. However can you imagine this scenario from The King Power Stadium
Ref: I think Vardy has taken a dive and should be booked rather than award a penalty
Video Ref: No sorry, award the penalty as their owners have a large stake on a penalty being awarded in this half and them to win by two clear goals.
Ref: Thanks for confirming what I saw - stonewall penalty

I can see it now:
"Your referee today is Anthony Taylor, the TMO is Richard Scudamore"

 

[Saddleworth2]

A penalty try probably wasn't, but yes, another sinbin would have been fair, which would have probably ended things.
The HIA shenanigans were messy - I thought Barnes did the best he could at that - I think his very clear questions were more for observers benefit than anything else.

Even though it was messy, it was transparent! I would take that in football 100%

 

[oakiecokie]

Seems to me your the one rubbing your hands in glee over us getting charged.

We need to put our own house in order before we start to become the new Scousers ... always the victims.