purplenose
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We are bound to have the twat again at least once this season, can he ref the derby twice in the season? Imagine us needing to win at Brighton last game and this prick being appointed for it. Altrincham my arse.
He wasn't dreadful though, he was bang on message.
His interpretation of a foul was different for either side, and on a number of occasions Brighton were allowed to commit at least two clear and obvious fouls before he eventually blew his whistle, yet a feather touch from one of our players and the whistle was straight in his mouth. There were also the dives that he conveniently missed.
Then there's the issue of him blocking our outlet ball. I counted at least four times where he looked to see where our winger was before he moved into a position to block the wide pass. I'm sure the players clocked it too. It got to a point where our wingers were having to close the gap and get player side of the referee in order to receive the pass.
That kind of refereeing used to be a dark art, but you might as well have put the f*cker in a spotlight today it was that obvious.
He was only ok against the rag scum cnuts because Pep made it abundantly clear in the pre-game press conference the world would be watching him.I remember Taylor being ok in the derby and when beating dippers, too.
Could it have something to do with cup matches at Wembley when the underdog gets a helping treatment?
I thought the rules are the same for both teams. Refs must be neutral in any constellation, no?
He was only ok against the rag scum cnuts because Pep made it abundantly clear in the pre-game press conference the world would be watching him.
The guy is a dream for the PiGMOL. Almost makes it look incompetent, but really he's just cheating for his Lords and MastersWould it be possible for Taylor to produce a shittier, shitier performance than that one today. Up to a dozen blatant fouls on City players just ignorerd. There were two of our players fouled three times within the space of three seconds and on the third time the useless piece of fuckin' curtain rod blows for a foul. Compare that to the free kick towards the end where, after spending much of the second half collapsing to the ground with no or minimal contact, one of the Brighton players decided to try the efficacy of Taylor's whistle by going into a gentle KNEELING position on the ground! And, yes, he got the free kick!
It's is not the usual Etihad bias on my part, although I'm pretty good at that, the guy is just not fit to officiate in any game at this level.
What? Why?Then Pep messed it up today.