Referees/Officials

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Sane, Jesus, Sterling and Silva all completely unprotected tonight and we are lucky not to have had at least one serious injury, as that spineless twat Friend gave our players no protection; the commentators glossed over all that and made him out to have had a good game cos he called a blatant penalty decision right. Appalling standards. The only decent refs are in European games, provided we are not playing UEFA's darlings
 
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Sterling was wrestled to the ground right in front of the Lino as we broke for the 1st goal. Ref played advantage but that was the most blatant case for a yellow after the goal was scored, again totally glossed over. Also nothing for being emptied by that fckers trailing leg
 
Cresswell should have seen a straight red for that horror tackle on Sterling—it was more luck and quick thinking from Raheem that he didn't end up with a broken leg/ankle.

Byram should have seen at least three yellows, yet saw none.

Carroll should have seen two yellows (that late, malicious shoulder barge at pace which blindsided Fernandinho was disgraceful).

Noble should have had at least a yellow for accumulation.

Reid was also extremely lucky not to be booked after a few off the ball obstructions completely ignored by the referee and linesmen.

This while our players were penalised for every single infringement (many of which were worthy of a fouler card, mind).

It was a horribly biased display glossed over by our exceptional performance.
 
Second half, Silva, through the midfield and attacking; cynically brought down from behind but no booking.
Second half, Carroll, through the midfield and attacking; cynically brought down from behind and yes booking.

Those instances happened very close together and highlight the incomprehensible inconsistency.
 
That one where Friend deemed their player to have won the ball after Sterling clearly played it to Jesus and he was cleaned out from the side/behind and then Jesus completely wellied over was a joke.
 
cleavers said:
Jesus was booked for gobbing off at the ref, despite being given the free kick, their player was also booked, he got both of those correct. Sterling was booked for a "take one for the team" foul, though whether it was necessary is debatable, as West Ham were unlikely to create anything the way they played tonight.

Aside that he had a poor game, but its not rare is it ?
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Aye but the irony was their break in which Sterling fouled and was booked came from a free kick for us in which an identical foul occurred and alas, no booking. Double standards
 
cleavers said:
Jesus was booked for gobbing off at the ref, despite being given the free kick, their player was also booked, he got both of those correct. Sterling was booked for a "take one for the team" foul, though whether it was necessary is debatable, as West Ham were unlikely to create anything the way they played tonight.

Aside that he had a poor game, but its not rare is it ?
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The issue was seconds before Raheem got his deserved yellow, Merlin was breaking, got hacked down yet again and whilst we got a free kick, yup you guessed it, no yellow card.

Wee play football, we have the better players so its not surprising the opposition will try and make it a battle as its their only chance but what cant happen is the ref joining in with them every week.
 
Any gifs of these incidents, particularly the one where Sterling was carted?
 
cleavers said:
Jesus was booked for gobbing off at the ref, despite being given the free kick, their player was also booked, he got both of those correct. Sterling was booked for a "take one for the team" foul, though whether it was necessary is debatable, as West Ham were unlikely to create anything the way they played tonight.

Aside that he had a poor game, but its not rare is it ?
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Gobbing off, or showing an imaginary card?
 
The thing that passed me off was the jesus yellow card. Yes he waved an imaginary card but he's 19 new to the country/league making his full debut, doesn't speak english and it's 20 mins in. A decent ref would of pulled him aside and explained to him not here mate!!! The amount of shit the ref got off Carroll, noble and some others though shows a bias. If our players swore at the ref like they did I would fully expect a yellow and rightly so. I just want equal treatment though.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
Sterling's looked deserved.
Jesus was dissent or something, was it? It was a long way from where I was.
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Absolutely they where deserved.

Why though did he let West Ham players off continually with far worse for 90 mins?

I will go one further here and say that in tv games like last night, the pre match narrative is almost mirrored by the ref of late. West ham had to be physical, make it a battle according to the pundits and what do we see? Them fouling persistently and often going over the top doing so yet nothing given from the ref who seemingly wants to allow them the very tactic spoken about pre game.

70% possession, 4-0, almost 4 times as many passes yet we get whistled for more fouls?

Its a near impossibility yet it happens every fucking single week.
 
blueinsa said:
Absolutely they where deserved.

Why though did he let West Ham players off continually with far worse for 90 mins?

I will go one further here and say that in tv games like last night, the pre match narrative is almost mirrored by the ref of late. West ham had to be physical, make it a battle according to the pundits and what do we see? Them fouling persistently and often going over the top doing so yet nothing given from the ref who seemingly wants to allow them the very tactic spoken about pre game.

70% possession, 4-0, almost 4 times as many passes yet we get whistled for more fouls?

Its a near impossibility yet it happens every fucking single week.
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I couldn't see much down the other end, but I'll have to watch the recording this evening.

Generally I think the cards City pick up are about right - Toure's was a joke on Saturday, but mostly they're not far off. And yes, the inconsistency is the irritation.
 
aguero93:20 said:
Showing an imaginary card generally gets you booked regardless of who you play for, rags and dippers are allowed to gob off to their heart's content.
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I just don't get why showing an imaginary card is considered a bad thing, but screaming at the ref to book a player isn't.
 
Would it be allowed to play all those poor ref decisions against us as a background video during our pre-match press conferences?
Without any comment, just the video?

I know it wouldn't give us a strong position playing the victim of poor refereeing - but I really would like to.
I am so tired to swallow down that shite week in week out, labeled "Fair Play".
 
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