Ref Watch City Games - 2023/24

Trevor Morley's Tache said:
If you wanted to get all conspiracy theory you could argue that result helps keeps it a three horse race, which suits Sky and the PL perfectly.

Not me though... ;-)
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Nor me, of course. That would be stupid as those who think they know everything tell us it can't be happening.

We have been refereed surprisingly fairly in the last few games, though. I do wonder if the club hasn't had a word.
 
halfcenturyup said:
Nor me, of course. That would be stupid as those who think they know everything tell us it can't be happening.

We have been refereed surprisingly fairly in the last few games, though. I do wonder if the club hasn't had a word.
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Thought the same for over a month now except for protecting our players and iffy use of yellow cards we seem to be getting treated well
I personally think we are talking about poor refereeing standards in this country and I also think that Peps systems etc and the way we play has exposed this
Very rare a non British Ref ie in Europe is crap despite our run ins with UEFA and when they are it’s possibly due to their nationality ie inferior league backgrounds.
For me the best evidence is how none of our refs have a fucking clue about positional sense when we are probing for an opening when we are in the last third or around the oppositions penalty area they become more effective than the fucking opposition at cutting off the passing angles etc. I used to think this was deliberate especially Alty but on reflection he can’t be that fucking good ….. come on the lad who was last pick at school won’t have such space awareness surely
 
meltonblue said:
Yeah but if you challenge with your foot that high, you’re always asking for trouble regardless of how much you hurt the other player, that’s where different refs see it very differently.

I’ve seen worse not given and I’ve seen less given, like I said I’m just glad VAR (rightly) didn’t intervene.
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Agreed
 
TinFoilHat said:
Dermot will be on later Dutch ruddering the scousers and agreeing they were "robbed".

Probably throw in Walker should be red carded as well for having the audacity to hammer Sutcliffe.
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Our FIRST debatable decision at the cesspit, I could name double digit figures against us.They are unsurprisingly quiet over their illegal winner last week, maybe Stuart Atwell does have a conscience!
 
pauls said:
Our FIRST debatable decision at the cesspit, I could name double digit figures against us.They are unsurprisingly quiet over their illegal winner last week, maybe Stuart Atwell does have a conscience!
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I wonder if in his head he was thinking he fucked up last weekend to help them beat forest. Bit suss if he does it again.

:)
 
Watching the game and my partner (who is not bothered about football one bit) commented that the Liverpool players look angry and aggressive and she commented that they seem to be kicking city players, she asked is that allowed. I said it seems to be. I began to torture her with my conspiracy theory that refs allow it to give any advantage to the opposition and I stated that the ref won't allow city players to do the same. Right on que silva gets booked for leaving one on macallister right after macallister left one on him. My partner is now well and truly believing the game is bent. Job done.
 
WestGorton said:
They got pretty much everything correct today. Doku thing was never a penalty in a million years. McAllister and Salah were a disgrace with their diving but difficult for the ref to see that on the pitch. Var can't award bookings if I am right?
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Not sure about never a penalty in a million years, if that happened against city and we didn’t get a penalty then I’d be fuming
 
In the derby last week Ederson's challenge on Garnacho, he clearly gets to the ball first and then follows through and could be deemed as fouling him.
Is it not the same with Doku yesterday?

I'm genuinely curious as I don't think I know the rules of football anymore.
 
TinFoilHat said:
Dermot will be on later Dutch ruddering the scousers and agreeing they were "robbed".

Probably throw in Walker should be red carded as well for having the audacity to hammer Sutcliffe.
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He’s on Ref Watch right now dissecting our goal to see if it should have been disallowed for Ake blocking off Mac Allister. He said it is a legitimate goal but even the fact they are discussing it as if it is controversial is laughable.

Anything to keep the dipper clicks flowing.
 
SebastianBlue said:
He’s on Ref Watch right now dissecting our goal to see if it should have been disallowed for Ake blocking off Mac Allister. He said it is a legitimate goal but even the fact they are discussing it as if it is controversial is laughable.

Anything to keep the dipper clicks flowing.
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A complete non-issue. Ake just stood his ground.

Like you say, Dipper appeasement.
 
IrishBlueSince92 said:
In the derby last week Ederson's challenge on Garnacho, he clearly gets to the ball first and then follows through and could be deemed as fouling him.
Is it not the same with Doku yesterday?

I'm genuinely curious as I don't think I know the rules of football anymore.
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I don’t think anyone knows how the laws of football should be applied. Think back a while to a City Arsenal game where a free kick was given against De Bruyne when an Arsenal defender made a not too dissimilar challenge on him to that made by Ederson yesterday.
 
So dopey Dermott thinks Liverpool should have had a penalty for Doku's challenge because it would have been easier to give and we'd be talking about it less. You really cannot make it up. Of all the logic to apply for giving a penalty I never saw that coming.
 
blueasmoon said:
Not sure about never a penalty in a million years, if that happened against city and we didn’t get a penalty then I’d be fuming
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50:50 shout for a penalty in my eyes, foot was high but the only force in the contact came from Mac Allister’s momentum. Oliver had a better view of it than any of the camera angles I’ve seen.
 
Years ago Oliver would have been melting away at Anfield and given the pen. Seems he has made quite some experiences over the years.

Oliver waved several soft fouls away yesterday where I was astonished,
and in that consequence he maybe thought that the Doku impact wasn't enough and also McAllister jumped into Doku's foot being a very smart Argentine football player knowing what to do in such a moment.

Anyway, the penalty could have been given (for Doku's stupidity alone as we say in Germany...) and in that way we can be grateful Oliver had the spine to stand his ground and stuck to his line of reffing.
 
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