***City v Fulham - Official Match Thread***

[WhyAlwaysMe?]

Tony Gale has it in for City no matter who we are playing, so any comments he made are just par for the course.

If interviewed on Sky about any subject regarding City, he usually picks out the negatives & manages to slip one or two barbed comments in. This is not his typical routine when talking about others, it is noticably, consistently worse re City. I would say 90% of everything I've ever heard him say about us is negative & I would rate him as possibly THE most 'anti City' pundit on the tv.

I have no idea why this is; I've tried to figure out what we did to him or his team(s) & when.

We have a lot of lower end teams to play at home, & we need to understand that we have to actually beat them in order to win the title. Hopefully in another week or so, it will feel like a title run in, & we will play with the neccessary fervour, as yesterday felt like a mid table end of season game.

Beating rags & Arse will not do us any good if we can't beat Sunderland etc.

Yes, I definitely agree that Tony Gale always seems to sound negatively biased against City, but he's far from being "THE most anti-City pundit on TV." Michael Owen, Alan Hansen, Danny Mills, Charlie Nicholas, Lou Macari and some others have been far more insulting towards City, than Tony Gale has been. Last season, James Cooper of Sky TV was very influential in helping to get Roberto Mancini sacked, which determined the outcome of the FA Cup Final defeat by Wigan. In the past, Sky TV had a monopoly on the press conferences and James Cooper was the leading force in highlighting and exaggerating every problem at City. Cooper had actually been banned by a number of other managers and he was constantly trying to stir it up & create controversy with his questions. Thankfully, with this season, Sky TV no longer totally dominates all the Pellegrini press conferences and James Cooper's negative influence has been nullified.

As for the remaining matches of the season, I agree with you and I especially worry about City having to play Sunderland, West Brom & Crystal Palace, all in a row. All 3 of those teams will have to fight for their Premier League lives against relegation and I worry about potential injuries to the City team, during those matches. I still haven't forgotten that Tony Pulis said he'd be happy with his team winning incorrect ref decisions, goals and points against City, last season... So, essentially Pulis is OK with his team cheating for a draw or win!

I'll be happy if all the City players can start the remaining matches, with the same amount of determination and fight, as they have displayed in the second half of matches.

[Sparklehorse]

Ask to see the manager, and mention false advertising and that you made the bet in good faith at 100/1. Don't let it drop. Also tell them you feel like the victime of 'bait and switch'.

I managed a Ladbrokes betting office for 11 years and worked in Coral shops later as a casual worker and the odds for Man City beating Fulham would be nowhere near 100/1 its obviously a human error and they don't have to honour the bet just because they wrote the wrong odds on the slip. The exact time the bet was placed is stamped on the slip and the odds at that time is what you get, its rare for football match odds to ever change once they're published. I wouldn't even bother taking them on I promise you it will get you nowhere, i hope the staff were apologetic though, when i was reading the thread and you said you'd got 100/1 for 5-0 i thought you were joking.
Sorry about the reality check fella but £15 is better than a kick in the teeth !
This sort of situation arose on numerous occasions in my time with them and the bookies always win, well nearly always.

[Dameerto]

Ask to see the manager, and mention false advertising and that you made the bet in good faith at 100/1. Don't let it drop. Also tell them you feel like the victime of 'bait and switch'.

I managed a Ladbrokes betting office for 11 years and worked in Coral shops later as a casual worker and the odds for Man City beating Fulham would be nowhere near 100/1 its obviously a human error and they don't have to honour the bet just because they wrote the wrong odds on the slip. The exact time the bet was placed is stamped on the slip and the odds at that time is what you get, its rare for football match odds to ever change once they're published. I wouldn't even bother taking them on I promise you it will get you nowhere, i hope the staff were apologetic though, when i was reading the thread and you said you'd got 100/1 for 5-0 i thought you were joking.
Sorry about the reality check fella but £15 is better than a kick in the teeth !
This sort of situation arose on numerous occasions in my time with them and the bookies always win, well nearly always.

And if he only made the bet because he was told he was getting 100 to 1 odds and he lost, the bookie would have just conned him out of his money - I bet they don't offer a refund in those circumstances.
I would be very interested to know what a contract specialist thought of it personally. And if it was me I would pursue it via the Citizen's Advice Bureau, since I don't see how a self-imposed clause can circumvent our legal rights.

[Wonderwall]

Ask to see the manager, and mention false advertising and that you made the bet in good faith at 100/1. Don't let it drop. Also tell them you feel like the victime of 'bait and switch'.

I managed a Ladbrokes betting office for 11 years and worked in Coral shops later as a casual worker and the odds for Man City beating Fulham would be nowhere near 100/1 its obviously a human error and they don't have to honour the bet just because they wrote the wrong odds on the slip. The exact time the bet was placed is stamped on the slip and the odds at that time is what you get, its rare for football match odds to ever change once they're published. I wouldn't even bother taking them on I promise you it will get you nowhere, i hope the staff were apologetic though, when i was reading the thread and you said you'd got 100/1 for 5-0 i thought you were joking.
Sorry about the reality check fella but £15 is better than a kick in the teeth !
This sort of situation arose on numerous occasions in my time with them and the bookies always win, well nearly always.

And if he only made the bet because he was told he was getting 100 to 1 odds and he lost, the bookie would have just conned him out of his money - I bet they don't offer a refund in those circumstances.
I would be very interested to know what a contract specialist thought of it personally. And if it was me I would pursue it via the Citizen's Advice Bureau, since I don't see how a self-imposed clause can circumvent our legal rights.

I actually had the same thing happen to me many moons ago. It wasnt footy though it was the GG's and it was when I was in the bookies and the screen showed ridiculous odds for one of the favourites. I went straight to the window and put the bet on for the race which was about to run in 30 mins or so. I told them I would take the odds so they wrote the odds on the betting slip, it came in, so I went straight up to the window and tried to collect it in but they wouldnt let me on the odds I took, they gave me the odds at the time of the race. no matter if i kicked up a fuss about it being their fault. I knew it was an error at the time and tried to ride my luck. Still, I won, but a hell of a lot less.