Ten years ago i might have agreed with you (although it would have been closer to 50:50 than a 100% landslide). Now i don't know a single Rag who wants us to win the title over Liverpool. A couple of my mates watched the Prem game we played at Anfield last season in a pub in Chorlton and all the Rags in there were cheering Liverpool's goals, to a man.
You only have to listen to United fans at any game. They've got more songs about City than we have ourselves! Don't ever really hear them singing about Liverpool unless they play them.
On Taylor though, apart from one horrendous game he had when we played Chelsea, he's always ref'd our games well.
It amazes me that it seems to be too difficult for PGMOL to avoid geographical conflicts when assigning referees. Two North West teams shouldn't have a North West referee, it's that simple.
The funny thing is as a rag he might actually be even handed. Would it have been too hard to assign say, Kevin Friend though? Midlands referee, Leicester fan, no conflict of interest.I think PiGMOL don't have any difficulty. They simply ignore geographical conflicts on the grounds that they don't exist. And Cheshire borders both Gtr Manchester and Murkyside so any ref from Cheshire is gonna be as even-handed as an ambidextrous juggler!
The funny thing is as a rag he might actually be even handed. Would it have been too hard to assign say, Kevin Friend though? Midlands referee, Leicester fan, no conflict of interest.
They got in trouble for giving him Spurs games in the 15/16 run in so he has to be more subtle in helping Leicester now.How does Kevin not get the Carabao Cup game. I'd prefer him to the serially useless Mason!