I was referring to the foul he made on Micah. It wasn't 2 footed, but it was made with excessive force and by the rules of the game (we are experts on them now) it was dangerous play. He also made repeated fouls, and that is a yellow card offence.spurspinter1 said:Marvin said:If you want to argue that Spurs were hard done by by Balotelli winning a pen and scoring it when Webb is now claiming he didn't see the incident, then I can claim that Parker shouldn't have even been on the pitch at the time.spurspinter1 said:I think you've missed the point of my post there..
You were beat fair and square. Take it
Fair and square is difficult as the goalposts have been moved around a hell of a lot in light of recent events. Because of a few incidents referees now have immense pressure on them. I have read a few comments here about Parker's "two footed challenge" on Micah but I can't really debate with those who think that was a red card, there isn't enough time in the world...If your talking about other fouls commited do you have any stats about how fouls he did commit? Maybe I had lilywhite tinted glasses on but at the time of viewing I don't remember him commiting too many...
This analagy will probably be terrible but let's say you face Utd in Champs league final next season. With the game level, Rooney has a moment of petulance and stamps out catching Richards in the head. incident missed by officials and happened too quickly for any City players to get a full view of it therefore a general lack of protests. Richards okay to carry on. Game continues Rooney scores winning penalty. Rooney gets charged and eventually found guilty of violent conduct.
Will you say you were beaten fair and square?
Hamann Pineapple said:I'd fight it. Take previous case history as evidence. Highlight the fact we are not enjoying a level playing field. We may not win but, little by little, more people in the press are taking notice. The rule that a ref has or hasn't seen an incident is a cop out and can be manipulated how the FA see fit. If they don't change it will stop some foreign players coming to the Premier League and it will no longer be the best product for them to market worldwide. They have an investment to protect and for this reason alone we stand a chance at appeal. If a 4 game ban is increased to 5 it's hardly the end of the world.
Royaloak said:The club won’t gain anything by making a song and dance about it, but if the FA fail to charge Crouch after his ‘gouging’ attempt for example, it would be reasonable to point out the inconsistency and claim that we are being discriminated against. This is EXACTLY what BaconFace does and cumulatively it makes a difference.
Berkovic_blue said:spurspinter1 said:Marvin said:If you want to argue that Spurs were hard done by by Balotelli winning a pen and scoring it when Webb is now claiming he didn't see the incident, then I can claim that Parker shouldn't have even been on the pitch at the time.
You were beat fair and square. Take it
Fair and square is difficult as the goalposts have been moved around a hell of a lot in light of recent events. Because of a few incidents referees now have immense pressure on them. I have read a few comments here about Parker's "two footed challenge" on Micah but I can't really debate with those who think that was a red card, there isn't enough time in the world...If your talking about other fouls commited do you have any stats about how fouls he did commit? Maybe I had lilywhite tinted glasses on but at the time of viewing I don't remember him commiting too many...
This analagy will probably be terrible but let's say you face Utd in Champs league final next season. With the game level, Rooney has a moment of petulance and stamps out catching Richards in the head. incident missed by officials and happened too quickly for any City players to get a full view of it therefore a general lack of protests. Richards okay to carry on. Game continues Rooney scores winning penalty. Rooney gets charged and eventually found guilty of violent conduct.
Will you say you were beaten fair and square?
Your analogy is flawed from the outset becasue all the video replays showed Balotelli made no contact with Parker and was pushed in the back by Modric
You're a biased spurts fan with nearly 500 posts on a City forum, bore off you twat
Indeed they were, a good 15 minutes out of 90, they even settled for 2-2 after the defoe miss, they deserved nothing, and ultimately got nothing.Marvin said:But most of all you were clearly 2nd best on the day. A moment of genius and an error/gust of wind disguised the gap
Marvin said:Words are meaningless. We will sort it out on the pitch and the FA, and Redknapp have just added yet more resolve and focus to our team.
We've done really well without Kompany, and if we can stay clear of injury, we can cope without Mario.
You fight every battle in a war, even if you can't win that particular battle.bluebob said:If we do release some sort of statement and 'fight back' i can only see this having a negative affect on the club.. appears as though the media pressure is getting to us and makes us futher disliked. best thing to do is remain cool and calm and get on with our job in a dignified manner. let the media say what then one and lets show them up at the end of the season for being full of slander and hatred by winning the league !!
Bert Trautmann's Parachute said:You fight every battle in a war, even if you can't win that particular battle.bluebob said:If we do release some sort of statement and 'fight back' i can only see this having a negative affect on the club.. appears as though the media pressure is getting to us and makes us futher disliked. best thing to do is remain cool and calm and get on with our job in a dignified manner. let the media say what then one and lets show them up at the end of the season for being full of slander and hatred by winning the league !!