Arjan Van Schotte wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Why was their keeper allowed to handle the ball outside the box with Aguero about to run around him ? Sure, it hit his leg first but he had his arm fully outstretched in case he missed it with his legs. It's a red card any day of the week.
aww, c'mon. jeez. no way was that a handball. 3 ricochets - and it's a handball? don't suck lemons.
however, i've seen them given, alan.
Beefymcfc wrote:Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.
Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.
Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.
Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.
It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.
He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.
Chopper wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.
Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.
It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.
He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.
Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.
Chopper wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.
Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.
It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.
He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.
First yellow was mild and never a booking, ever.
The second was also not deserved
This referee gave yellows to several city players. An absoluteky shocking performance by Atkinson.
I'm glad we got the point, i just wish we hadn't been so lucky for their goal.
You would think by the number of cards we were given, tha we are a dirty team. It simply is not so.
Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.
Ted Hughes wrote:The Original Special One wrote:colonel_muck wrote:I honestly am never one to criticise referees. i have never done it in my life because i firmly believe they are genuinely doing their best in a tough atmosphere. Today, however when Martin Atkinson booked Mario within about two minutes of him coming on for a foul which warranted a quick 'be careful, i'm watching you' rather than a yellow card I thought that something was amiss. The second foul wasn't a yellow card either, it didn't look like it at the time and it still didn't after replays. Mario has done well this season and long may it continue, you won't find me loving him any less after todays disastrous refereeing.
The softest red card I've ever seen in my life.
Disgraceful bloody refereeing
Sure Balo put his hand on the player in each case, but at worse they were just a case of 'tussling' for the ball, and the first should have resulted in a caution, given that he'd just come on the pitch.
What about that 'handball' against Milner: the crowd won that, even though the 'assistant' was only a few feet away
(what are these clowns there for?)
Why was their keeper allowed to handle the ball outside the box with Aguero about to run around him ? Sure, it hit his leg first but he had his arm fully outstretched in case he missed it with his legs. It's a red card any day of the week.
Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.
Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.
It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.
He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.
zuricity wrote:Chopper wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.
Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.
It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.
He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.
First yellow was mild and never a booking, ever.
The second was also underserved.
This referee gave yellows to several city players. An absoluteky shocking performance by Atkinson.
I'm glad we got the point, i just wish we hadn't been so lucky for their goal.
You would think by the number of cards we were given, tha we are a dirty team. It simply is not so.
Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Chopper wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.
Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.
It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.
He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.
Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.
Seems a decent post to me.Why would you say it was ridiculous?
bigblue wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Chopper wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.
Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.
It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.
He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.
Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.
Seems a decent post to me.Why would you say it was ridiculous?
Its ridiculous because it was never a second yellow for Mario. He was only given it because of his reputation, Skyrtle's reaction, and Liverpool's hounding around him. And it's no reason to say you can't trust a player because the other team and ref are acting like a bunch of twats. Mario shouldn't have to adjust his game to a bad ref and cheating opposition to be trusted. Roberto completely backed Mario in the post-match interview. Mario mad a misjudgment, but the only way you'd completely blame him for this is if you ignore the whole situation around him.
Ted Hughes wrote:
He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.
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