Referees/Officials

[spiny]

To paraphrase two revealing replies on a recent Bernie Ecclestone interview by Eddie Jordan for Top Gear.

1. Ferrari is Formula 1.
2. In response to how the F1 seems to always go to the last race he said if fixed it was not by him when he was the boss but he couldn’t say if the teams or other parties hadn’t colluded.

Transpose F1 for Premier League where certain teams are seen as more important and much bigger sums of money are involved. Entertainment, marketing, sponsorship and gambling are critical components for the Premier Leagues financial success and continued growth so will be a consideration. Referees and match officials will be aware it is important not to go against the grain with so many interested parties involved. Remember that the bottom club in the Premier League now receives more money than the winners of the European Champions League so is unlikely to protest too much.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The day that we will get a ref that is in our favour from the start of the match to end of it, will be the day that hell freezes over. As that is not likely to happen any time soon, I suggest fellow blues that we better get use to all the ref's being anti City.

With Martin Atkinson due to be the ref for the derby on Thursday, I am already expecting him to give the rags a penalty should they be either losing or drawing so that they can either get in front of us or stay the same points behind us. There is no way that I can see him letting us win this game.

A ref that favoured City over another Team would find himself removed from the Elite list in a heartbeat.

I'd happily settle for a set of officials who are completely fair to both teams. Ain't gonna happen though.

 

[CrownPointBlue]

Why the hell are footie fans accepting this.

Direct action is the only way to expose it and give it worldwide coverage.

Tennis balls at the ready comrades.

 

[caseball]

The way Pawson moved Arsenal up the pitch for the winner was what Webb would call superb game management.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Pawson played a f**king blinder vs us.

Everyone is moaning about this and that, but no one is complaining about something a few refs are purposely doing in the final third when we have the ball, they cut off our passing lanes!

This isn't accidental, they know exactly where they are standing. Pawson did it constantly every time we were setting up a move around the corner of the boxes.

But it's not rigged.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Give us a level playing field and we'd win the league,Even with pep and bravo.

Pep in goal, of course.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

so you don't think it is understandable that the players feel deflated by the bad decisions? Fair enough, but I did go on to say they need to be stronger and rise above it anyway.

No i didn't mean that. The bit i highlighted, that referees are only human. That old chestnut covers up any
shit or blatantly wrong decision.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Pawson played a f**king blinder vs us.

Everyone is moaning about this and that, but no one is complaining about something a few refs are purposely doing in the final third when we have the ball, they cut off our passing lanes!

This isn't accidental, they know exactly where they are standing. Pawson did it constantly every time we were setting up a move around the corner of the boxes.

But it's not rigged.

You're spot on. The times this season i've been screaming at the ref, to get out the fucking way.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

We said at the time it was not a red, Bravo jumped in the air then slid and executed a perfect one footed sliding challenge with inside of his foot.

At moment of impact which player is most 2 footed, has both feet off the ground, is out of control ?

Fucking exactly. It was never a pen of any sort and i can't believe the rags argued about this for so long.
Now City fans saying we got the rub of the green with it. Leave it out.

 

[caseball]

The other thing about getting away with it, is that teams grow in confidence. And you could see Arsenal's physical demeanour change after the disallowed goal, even in what was left of the 1st half.
They got more cocky and started to push more. And they never really looked back. They'd got out of jail twice and they felt like it was their day.
It's like United's 'unbeaten' run. The players won't think 'We're not that good we keep getting ridiculous decisions in our favour and Hull beat us.' They'll think 'We're unbeatable we are.'
They're in a team. They'll believe black's white if they're told to. Good old team sports, eh? Character building.