Should the club stay silent or fightback?

[Edin’s header]

We need to adopt a seige mentality but behind closed doors. As much as we disagree with refereeing decisions, the FA control the sport that we play. We have to rise above it. I hope that it bonds the players even tighter together and that we as fans can be stronger together. We stayed together under much worse circumstances in 1998. Let's do it again. Whatever goes on in the press has nothing to do with about how we feel about our club. Equally, if we're good enough as a team, we will win it regardless of some dodgy decisions. And make no mistake about it WE ARE GOOD ENOUGH!

Exactly this

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Didi haman saying on sky that city should appeal as he thinks it is very hard to prove the intent...

 

[bobmcfc]

We need to adopt a seige mentality but behind closed doors. As much as we disagree with refereeing decisions, the FA control the sport that we play. We have to rise above it. I hope that it bonds the players even tighter together and that we as fans can be stronger together. We stayed together under much worse circumstances in 1998. Let's do it again. Whatever goes on in the press has nothing to do with about how we feel about our club. Equally, if we're good enough as a team, we will win it regardless of some dodgy decisions. And make no mistake about it WE ARE GOOD ENOUGH!

this i agree with.

 

[spurspinter1]

I'm confused as to why a player who has been found guilty of violent conduct yet somehow scoring the winning penalty in a very important game for you would further the theory of this agenda. You've had some crap decisions no doubt but what team hasn't?

I'd say if Lescott had got the book thrown at him then you would have genuine cause for annoyance but as it stands a Liverpool-esque protest wouldn't look good.

With 494 post on a CITY forum I thought you might talk a little sense but obviously not. For your information Ballotelli has not yet been found guilty. This is despite a media uproar not seen since someone invaded Poland. Our point, the thing that upsets City fans is the fact that the referee clearly saw the incident and decided nothing was wrong. Now becasue $ky and the rest have spent all yesterday going on about it he suddenly didn't see it. I accept that Adebayor was wrong a couple of seasons ago when he stamped on an Arse head. On that occassion the referee stated he saw it and did not see anything wrong but was TOLD to go away and re think his decision. A few years before Ben thatcher committed a foul and was immediately booked. In every other instance the League state they cannot act if the referee has taken action but not in this case, he was later banne for 8 matches. All I want is consistency from the League.

I have said that my intention was to write being charged as opposed to being found guilty, but I have seen the incident many times from different angles and speeds and it is pretty conclusive to me that he will be found guilty, it is a matter of time. Not that any kind of ban will actually help Spurs in any shape or form, it doesn't make a difference to me.

As for the ref seeing an incident etc yeah it's a shit rule, and doesn't make any sense. Can think of plenty of examples where it has affected Spurs in a bad way but I don't understand how you think this has affected your team in a bad way to be honest. You should be grateful Webb didn't see it, otherwise you wouldn't have won the game. The gif circulating may hint at Webb looking in the general direction of the incident but all it takes is to have blinked and that would make you miss the incident completely, it happened so fast.

 

[Anonymous]

ban every journalist from the stadium who says ANYTHING negative about us.

lets ban the independant and daily fail completely. CUNTS.

 

[cheddar404]

ban every journalist from the stadium who says ANYTHING negative about us.

lets ban the independant and daily fail completely. CUNTS.

That's what baconface did with the BBC. This is not how Manchester City do things.<br /><br />-- Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:05 am --<br /><br />

I'm confused as to why a player who has been found guilty of violent conduct yet somehow scoring the winning penalty in a very important game for you would further the theory of this agenda. You've had some crap decisions no doubt but what team hasn't?

I'd say if Lescott had got the book thrown at him then you would have genuine cause for annoyance but as it stands a Liverpool-esque protest wouldn't look good.

With 494 post on a CITY forum I thought you might talk a little sense but obviously not. For your information Ballotelli has not yet been found guilty. This is despite a media uproar not seen since someone invaded Poland. Our point, the thing that upsets City fans is the fact that the referee clearly saw the incident and decided nothing was wrong. Now becasue $ky and the rest have spent all yesterday going on about it he suddenly didn't see it. I accept that Adebayor was wrong a couple of seasons ago when he stamped on an Arse head. On that occassion the referee stated he saw it and did not see anything wrong but was TOLD to go away and re think his decision. A few years before Ben thatcher committed a foul and was immediately booked. In every other instance the League state they cannot act if the referee has taken action but not in this case, he was later banne for 8 matches. All I want is consistency from the League.

I have said that my intention was to write being charged as opposed to being found guilty, but I have seen the incident many times from different angles and speeds and it is pretty conclusive to me that he will be found guilty, it is a matter of time. Not that any kind of ban will actually help Spurs in any shape or form, it doesn't make a difference to me.

As for the ref seeing an incident etc yeah it's a shit rule, and doesn't make any sense. Can think of plenty of examples where it has affected Spurs in a bad way but I don't understand how you think this has affected your team in a bad way to be honest. You should be grateful Webb didn't see it, otherwise you wouldn't have won the game. The gif circulating may hint at Webb looking in the general direction of the incident but all it takes is to have blinked and that would make you miss the incident completely, it happened so fast.

If Webb had treated Parker the same as he did Balotelli (not the stamping but the booking) he would have been sent off 3 times over.

 

[spurspinter1]

If Webb had treated Parker the same as he did Balotelli (not the stamping but the booking) he would have been sent off 3 times over.

Perhaps but I haven't used Balotelli's booking as a means of comparison. If Mario's first challenge was a booking then every team would be down to about 4 men by the end of it. It was a shite decision, but it wasn't a game changing one. But in my opinion it's a case of seeing the wood for the trees as you can't really use the game as an example of harsh treatment to him.

 

[cheddar404]

If Webb had treated Parker the same as he did Balotelli (not the stamping but the booking) he would have been sent off 3 times over.

Perhaps but I haven't used Balotelli's booking as a means of comparison. If Mario's first challenge was a booking then every team would be down to about 4 men by the end of it. It was a shite decision, but it wasn't a game changing one. But in my opinion it's a case of seeing the wood for the trees as you can't really use the game as an example of harsh treatment to him.

It could have been game changing had he decided to apply the same rules to Parker and Van Der Vaart who systematically took it in turns to kick everything that moved in a blue shirt all afternoon. I'm not really having a go at you or your team. If they can get away with it then fair play. It's just frustrating. Ok, Balo got away with the stamping at the time which I agree looks bad but is still open to interpretation. Only he knows whether he meant it. However, he is going to be burnt at the stake for it. We're going through a period currently where is does feel like bookings are given against us and not others and video evidence used against us and not others. Luckily, we're still winning matches so we can remain level headed about it, or some of us can.

 

[cleavers]

............it happened so fast.

....and yet you are convinced he's guilty, and that it was full of intent, that is where many of us have a problem with it all, there is no way of knowing, only one person actually knows. There was no reaction in the stadium on Sunday, not from Modric the nearest player, nor Parker (other than to hold his head - and its still not clear there was much contact), nor the rest of the players, or the officials (4 of them), nor the spurs away support. Yet a zillion slow motion replays prove he's a murderer.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Of course not!

We have to mount a VIGOROUS campaign against the FA (in the media etc.) for their Inconsistencies by bringing out the misdemeanours and violent conducts of players like Rooney et al.

Respect Campaign to 'Stamp out Inconsistencies in Retrospective Bans or FA Officiating'.

Would need a helluva tee-shirt to get that lot on!