Ref Watch

[Moss Side's Finest]

This is completely true a totally accurate take on proceedings.. but… still our fault. 100%

I agree with you, definitely our fault we lost. But imagine playing them down to 10 men (like we should have) for a vast chunk of the game

 

[Beanhead]

I agree with you, definitely our fault we lost. But imagine playing them down to 10 men (like we should have) for a vast chunk of the game

You can “imagine” a lot of things in football but having the ball in by their corner flag 2 goals up in the 89th minute of a champions league semi final and losing is beyond the realms or imagination.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

It's the subtle disparities in decision making that gets to the players. Kev and Phil well off the boil because of the way the game was being 'managed'. Real players were emboldened, and that gave them the edge.

It's something that's often difficult to pick up on when you get wrapped up in the action, but if you take a step back and just observe the actions of the officials you'll see subtle differences that make huge differences to the outcome of games.

Anyone remember the moment in the 1st half where the referee fist bumped Modric? Our players would have picked up on that 100% and I'm sure it must have got to them big time because that would NEVER happen if the game is being moderated fairly.

 

[leighton]

Some strange calls and the lack of time played in the second half of the extra time was strange Eddy with ball in hand ready to launch it. Blows up. We fucked up in both games didnt kill them off. Missed chances cost us big time. How we come back from this will be key. We will be classed as bottlers. But now Pep and the team need to show what we are truely made of the game at the weekend is huge we need to put a marker down and win it.

 

[cheekybids]

It's the subtle disparities in decision making that gets to the players. Kev and Phil well off the boil because of the way the game was being 'managed'. Real players were emboldened, and that gave them the edge.

It's something that's often difficult to pick up on when you get wrapped up in the action, but if you take a step back and just observe the actions of the officials you'll see subtle differences that make huge differences to the outcome of games.

Anyone remember the moment in the 1st half where the referee fist bumped Modric? Our players would have picked up on that 100% and I'm sure it must have got to them big time because that would NEVER happen if the game is being moderated fairly.

They’ve been kicked off the pitch over these last 4 games in champs league.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

They’ve been kicked off the pitch over these last 4 games in champs league.

And the seemingly weak refereeing was a green light for the opposition to do so.

 

[BringBackSwales]

This is what the knicker wetters don’t seem to realise. When playing other top teams like dippers and Madrid the margins are actually very fine and refs make a huge difference, one way or the other. Dippers 45 league games without a pen against is such an obvious cheat, Milner not getting sent off, TAA playing basketball in the area, offside goals not VAR’d, both Madrid teams getting away with murder, it’s simply not 11 v 11. Yes we fucked up today, but we get fucked over more or less every week. And now the irony of another pen not given v dippers and Lampard being done for some incredibly mild comments. Fucking blatant corruption

 

[kippaxchris]

The ref was awful but we were worse.

 

[RayCTID]

Shit but had no influence on the the two goals.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Shit but had no influence on the the two goals.

Apart from the guy scoring shouldn't have been on the pitch?