Ref Watch

[Chi-town blues]

Var killed this beautiful game. Simple as that

 

[Sky Blue]

Blatantly onside. No influence on our play. Margin of error? None.

Kill me now.

 

[BringBackSwales]

The first two, I think. Everyone is talking about the decision today.

Not surw what you are saying here, but the balance of refereeing decisions against us is paranoia or drunkenness? Ok

 

[BillCarlisle]

The blatent decisions to hold us back are putting me off going to games now.

It costs a fortune in travel, and I feel I'm just wasting my money, don't think I've felt so low about football after the referees in the last few games, an absolute joke.

Sadly it seems to be a feeling shared by an increasing number of football fans. The game we all once knew and loved has gone to pot.

 

[Ric]

Not surw what you are saying here, but the balance of refereeing decisions against us is paranoia or drunkenness? Ok

You claimed that when we get bad decisions against us “nothing is said”. That’s clearly not true.

 

[ancoats]

Honestly mate can you just stop please. He is offside and interfering with play. A completely wrong decision has been rendered corrupt because it has not even gone to VAR. We are in a difficult patch at the moment and have just been robbed in the derby.
So please stop making it worse. Of course you or anyone can have an opinion but it’s offside and we all know it is.

Like I say, if you are going to cheat, make it look like a good mistake, so you can brush it under the carpet and not look like fools, NOBODY can come out and say it was not offside ? NOBODY can defend the match officials and referee for cheating, WHY was VAR not used, WHY did the linesman flag after the goal was scored,

 

[uptheblues]

It’s just a terrible decision with absolutely no vindication - the linesman bottled it under the pressure of the crowd and the United players screaming at him, if these officials cannot make the right decision because of the pressure put on them they should not be officiating. unfortunately the message that has been sent out to other teams and players is now that if you put the linesman and ref under intense pressure by screaming at them they will fold - as they did in today’s match, it has set a dangerous precedent

 

[Bandofblues]

How could the defender have tackled rashford without committing a foul if rashford was between the defender and the ball?

If the answer is he couldn’t, then Rashford is shielding the ball from the defender and therefore offside.

that's the absurdity of it because if Akanji had gone through the back of Rashford and fouled him then play would have been pulled back for the offside, not the foul.

"the offside offence is penalised as it has occurred before the foul challenge"

 

[cleavers]

Sadly it seems to be a feeling shared by an increasing number of football fans. The game we all once knew and loved has gone to pot.

I've listed 2 of the next 4 games on the ticket exchange, and won't be doing the FA Cup because it's on a Friday night, so that's definitely 3 of the next 4 home games I won't be at, and next Sunday is no more than 50/50 at this point. Not all down the refereeing, but it's certainly not encouraging me to go, nor is the way City are currently playing either.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Yet Lescott said it was a goal?

ON BT SPORT.

You do realise it's a PAID GIG?

 

[ancoats]

No im not.

Ive said he could play the ball....i answered this by askign how many players deliberately foul others to stop an attack......Ferna was a master at it

And what you have highlighted is a qoute from the laws....not my wordsIt but nothing stop Akanji from fouling him

How many times have you seen a player go to run onto a ball (and do so) only for his own player to tell him not to touch it and the second player go for it (who was onside)...it happens on a semi regular basis

once you make the run towards the ball, it's offside ? also, Rashford danced his feet around the ball like he was setting to hit it and leave it,

yes, you can be in an offside place and leave the ball alone and not be offside ? but you need to stand still and make no attempt towards the ball ? it's offside every day of the week and in every other game but united and at OT

 

[simon23]

ON BT SPORT.

You do realise it's a PAID GIG?

Also an ex city player.. who Ive seen disagree/challenge others opinions

I thikn it should be given offside as Rashford in my mind is interferring with play (Ive said this all along) BUT the laws say he isnt...the laws as far as Im concerned are wrong.

 

[ancoats]

ON BT SPORT.

You do realise it's a PAID GIG?

you see Mike Summerbee saying it's a goal on BT or SKY, some ex-players will say anything if you pay them

 

[BringBackSwales]

You claimed that when we get bad decisions against us “nothing is said”. That’s clearly not true.

I didn’t mean on here. I clearly meant in/on the media. If we’d scored that goal to get back in the game I am pretty sure it would be big media news, the fact that scored it means the media will ignore it, in my humble opinion

 

[simon23]

once you make the run towards the ball, it's offside ? also, Rashford danced his feet around the ball like he was setting to hit it and leave it,

yes, you can be in an offside place and leave the ball alone and not be offside ? but you need to stand still and make no attempt towards the ball ? it's offside every day of the week and in every other game but united and at OT

you are not offside until you touch it unless you are intefeering with the players ability to play the ball -which he isnt

loads of times players run towards the ball and then stop to let their own player take over who wasnt offside ....rashofrd ran next to/with the ball but never once played it/touched it

I agree with everything you are saying...the rules dont

 

[levets]

Very simple to me…
If the defence move forward to play a forward offside, and that forward caught offside is clearly ‘THE TARGET’ of the pass, then he MUST be penalised as offside. As this has affected actions of the defenders.

 

[Bluearmy]

It’s just a terrible decision with absolutely no vindication - the linesman bottled it under the pressure of the crowd and the United players screaming at him, if these officials cannot make the right decision because of the pressure put on them they should not be officiating. unfortunately the message that has been sent out to other teams and players is now that if you put the linesman and ref under intense pressure by screaming at them they will fold - as they did in today’s match, it has set a dangerous precedent

Eh, the linesman flagged and told the ref why he flagged. Will be the ref that made the decision to allow the goal….

Rags have been haranguing officials for 40 years, its worked well for them!! Tried and tested path

 

[bert38]

you are not offside until you touch it unless you are intefeering with the players ability to play the ball -which he isnt

loads of times players run towards the ball and then stop to let their own player take over who wasnt offside ....rashofrd ran next to/with the ball but never once played it/touched it

I agree with everything you are saying...the rules dont

He’s interfering with Ederson’s ability to play the ball for starters

 

[simon23]

Very simple to me…
If the defence move forward to play a forward offside, and that forward caught offside is clearly ‘THE TARGET’ of the pass, then he MUST be penalised as offside. As this has affected actions of the defenders.

Thats how it should be

 

[simon23]

He’s interfering with Ederson’s ability to play the ball for starters

not to move towards the ball he isnt.....which is what the rule says