Referees' Performances | 2025/26

David Silva said:
Taylor is a fucking cheat, and it’s despicable that he is still allowed to referee our games at this point. He shouldn’t have stepped foot in the Etihad again after that Chelsea game in Pep’s first year, and yet here we are still talking about the same things from him nearly a decade on.
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The thing is with Taylor is that it stands out so much that he's under orders from above. He doesn't have the skills to make it look normal, he can not hide the cheating and goes over the top with everything possible given against us

I said it earlier that something is happening behind the scenes with the 115 charges and it's clear City has won the battle and the verdict will be out very soon, They want a clear gap to Arsenal building up a lead to the title.
 
Blue2112 said:
I put this in the Arsenal thread the other week but think it's worth putting here.

Goalkeepers, time wasting and not being given a yellow card is a bit of an issue for me that I can't seem to shake off. I've lost count of the times we as a home crowd have made our voices heard about the opposition keepers doing it. In contrast to when we are one goal in front and Ederson dares, to take his time twice in a game and is carded instantly.

Since 2012/13 when we have completely dominated the English game winning 7 titles and playing some of the best football ever seen and blowing teams away where the need for us to time waste has been virtually non-existent would it surprise you to know that from 2012 - February 2023 (the only records i can find) Ederson is the joint second keeper with most yellow cards on 7 and even more crazy is that he didn't join City until 2016. And the following season 23/24 he received a further 5 yellow cards. It's nothing short of farcical. Us and Liverpool are about the only two teams in this period that hardly ever wasted much time and always wanted the ball in play.

Now we've had Donarumma in only his third game here being carded. And these yellows haven't been issued in the 89th minute like most others. We get them early on into games. It's another easy, non-noticeable way of refereeing us differently. It really does piss me off!

And once again, a city keeper gets booked for time wasting very early on compared to most other keepers. Donnarummas second yellow in about 5 games now its ridiculous.
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Im replying to my own post about City keepers receiving yellow cards and on and on it continues again today. Donnarumma has played 7 games and received theee yellow cards now.
 
homerdog said:
When it was still all to play for, that bent bald **** was as biased as it's possible to be, with every decision going against us. As soon as the result became inevitable, he levelled it up - if you can't see it, my gast has never been so flabbered!
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I came on to post that. The difference between the decisions at nil nil/one all and 3 one up was stand out corruption.
Blatant and any Blue who says otherwise is beyond help.
 
bluetonium said:
The one that got me was when, I think it was Nico o Reilly but could have been Gonzales, was fouled several times, taps on the ankles and shirt pulls, and kept the ball, Taylor had his arms out indicating he's seen it and play on, we keep the ball under immense pressure and have no choice but to launch it long or pass it all the way back to Donnarumma. It goes back to Donnarumma who is pressed, and kicks it long. Where is the advantage? What about cautioning the persistent fouling? Altrincham my arse.

Give us the free kick. Make them take ten yards back. It's all to do with this perception that 'city want to play football' so we're allowed to continue in case something develops, even when it's blindingly obvious we're heading backwards. Whilst other teams can expect to get the free kick brought back for up to 5 or even 10 second sometimes, in our case it's very often play on regardless, no breather for City because City like possession.

On their goal, in real time i thought it was a goal, but on seeing the replay that's pretty obvious. Lets go before Donnarumma leaps, but by then he's already done his job of delaying the leap, restricting the positioning and reach. I can absolutely guarantee you, the next goal we scored similar to that will be chalked off for a push, a brushing of arms, or a silent but deadly fart. No chance we get that in our favour at either end.

VAR is making for lazy refs. The cameras and boys at Stockley Park will get it. Except they don't, far too often. Or they might, depending on the time of day and what they had for breakfast.
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The ref was very poor today, particularly in the first half. He allowed grabbing & holding by the Bornemouth players, which was supposed to have been stopped this season?
I thought the City keeper made a right mess of trying to punch the ball for the Bornemouth goal, but with the holding supposedly being penalised this season, how is that goal allowed to stand anyway?
When did possession of the ball equate to a supposed advantage? The amount of times City players were being kicked or held whilst managing to keep the ball, but not actually gaining an advantage, was just crazy.
 
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