Open Letter To Mark Clattenburg

[gillie]

Mr Clattenburg,Blatter and Platini got caught and so will you when your judgement day arrives.Sleep well Mark and don't have nightmares.

[nottsblue]

This is where if referees has to do post match interviews like the managers, then he could be directly asked "what happened and why did you give that". Of course, there wouldn't be an appropriate answer other than "I hate City and tried to give advantage to the opposition" which isn't gonna happen so he would just stand and splutter and look like the fool he is.

Then be sent to officiate in the Conference for a while

[Dameerto]

The whole closed shop setup for officials is what leads to situations like this - there's no accountability and if a manager questions an official's integrity they get in trouble for it.

[dave watson's perm]

The whole closed shop setup for officials is what leads to situations like this - there's no accountability and if a manager questions an official's integrity they get in trouble for it.

Unless they are called Whiskey Nose in which case the said official is not allowed to ref scum games for the foreseeable future

[Dameerto]

The whole closed shop setup for officials is what leads to situations like this - there's no accountability and if a manager questions an official's integrity they get in trouble for it.

Unless they are called Whiskey Nose in which case the said official is not allowed to ref scum games for the foreseeable future

Like the time he called a referee fat and the FA responded by giving him the FA cup final to officiate? (The drunken Glaswegian bought referees though, I'm sure of it.)

[I Just Blue Myself]

The whole closed shop setup for officials is what leads to situations like this - there's no accountability and if a manager questions an official's integrity they get in trouble for it.

It's also ludicrous how Atkinson can announce after the game that he saw Drinkwater's challenge and deemed it not worthy of any action and that's that. He'll maybe get a low-key match next week to take him out of the firing line, but none of those clowns have to justify any of their decisions. Absolutely ridiculous setup.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/ ... ron-ramsey

[Original Dub]

No accountability. No technology to assist. No clarity on the laws of the game.

All of the above can be sorted in an instant.

You need to ask yourself why it isn't.
And if we're all paranoid/spoilt, why is each one of us calling for a LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

To have to ask for fairness is so ridiculous. To not be able to spot the unfairness is fucking spaztastic.

[iwasthere2012]

No accountability. No technology to assist. No clarity on the laws of the game.

All of the above can be sorted in an instant.

You need to ask yourself why it isn't.
And if we're all paranoid/spoilt, why is each one of us calling for a LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

To have to ask for fairness is so ridiculous. To not be able to spot the unfairness is fucking spaztastic.

Doomie....is that you? What are you doing on OD's laptop?

[tarkatheotter]

gotta be the worst penalty decision this season, ball hits Raheem's ribs. the twat WANTED to give it, the more i see the replay, the more ridiculous it gets.

[Tokyo Blue]

No accountability. No technology to assist. No clarity on the laws of the game.

All of the above can be sorted in an instant.

You need to ask yourself why it isn't.
And if we're all paranoid/spoilt, why is each one of us calling for a LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

To have to ask for fairness is so ridiculous. To not be able to spot the unfairness is fucking spaztastic.

That's it, isn't it. None of us wants any favours; we just want correct decisions to be made at all times.

BTW, the Johnson dive/pen was v Fulham, I believe, OD, in the snow, rather than Sunderland.

[edge275]

No accountability. No technology to assist. No clarity on the laws of the game.

All of the above can be sorted in an instant.

You need to ask yourself why it isn't.
And if we're all paranoid/spoilt, why is each one of us calling for a LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

To have to ask for fairness is so ridiculous. To not be able to spot the unfairness is fucking spaztastic.

I agree with this. I wouldn't be surprised if there's corruption but I'm not 100% sold on it like some on here.

I do think there have been changes to the rules to make them more flexible than ever which rather arouses suspicions. Hand ball and offside in particular are now so open to interpretation that not even the best and most experienced referees in the world can say with certainty what is and what isn't. Makes you wonder if these changes have been made with something more sinister in mind.

[zuricity]

Graham Poll:

"Watching live as Danny Rose's cross hit Raheem Sterling, it just looked wrong. 

And replays proved that the ball simply struck Sterling on the back.

The only conclusion can be that Clattenburg guessed it had hit Sterling on the arm.

Any argument of whether it was inside the box was irrelevant. 

It just wasn't handball and Clattenburg was wrong.

Even if the ball had hit Sterling's arm, it shouldn't have been a penalty because he had turned his head and wasn't looking at the ball, therefore it can't have been deliberate.

Tottenham might win the League as a result of the referee's mistake."

Clearly it wasn't a penalty. The thing that gets me about Clattenburg is that he immediate blew for a penalty . As Poll says 'He guessed' it hit his hand.

Normally , in all the years I have played and watched football , when a ref has been uncertain , he usually airs on the side of the defending team .So if a ball goes out behind the line, he will opt for a dead ball if uncertain. Yet this guys can't wait to give something against City.

Somebody else mentioned how he let play go on for so long before pulling up one time for a foul on Yaya, Thinking that he was trying to play an advantage for City. Surely if he then pulls the game up for a free kick , he is actually giving City a disadvantage ? Time rolls on , wasting time unnecessarily.

Someone else said it ( penalty decision ) was incompetence. No way was that incompetence. IF the ref was incompetent he would not have blown for anything ! Since he could not see any actual handball, he couldn't miss it. He blew for a penalty because he wanted to. Any ref that is unsure will at least ask his linesman. Like the Rags fan last week, he kept saying "Outside the box, outside the box" - you could lip read this, on his intercom , before any player had a chance to protest ( and he was also having none of , conferring with his linesman). People keep bringing up the O'Shea Red card. I genuinely think he screwed up for that, I was surprised when he went for the red card. I don't think he realised what he had done.

[Original Dub]

No accountability. No technology to assist. No clarity on the laws of the game.

All of the above can be sorted in an instant.

You need to ask yourself why it isn't.
And if we're all paranoid/spoilt, why is each one of us calling for a LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

To have to ask for fairness is so ridiculous. To not be able to spot the unfairness is fucking spaztastic.

That's it, isn't it. None of us wants any favours; we just want correct decisions to be made at all times.

BTW, the Johnson dive/pen was v Fulham, I believe, OD, in the snow, rather than Sunderland.

That's right actually, my mistake.

Someone else just brought up the Balotelli "stamp", which may possibly be another one. I think that was about 3 or 4 years ago. It's funny that even when they are pointing these completely isolated incidents out, these people can't see the huge difference in regularity. Even if there has been FOUR incidents like this for us in the last 4 years, I can point to us getting four against us in ONE WEEK.

[CTID Hants]

Well it would appear that The Count won't be charged by the FA after his post match...........

Well according to Daily star that is.... http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footba ... lattenburg

Let's see what happens him now, demoted to lesser leagues for a couple of weeks at minimum i reckon.

[zuricity]

Well it would appear that The Count won't be charged by the FA after his post match...........

Well according to Daily star that is.... http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footba ... lattenburg

Let's see what happens him now, demoted to lesser leagues for a couple of weeks at minimum i reckon.

And that report in the Daily Star is exactly what is wrong with online media today. They would rather fill a webpage and transmit thousands and thousands of Bytes of absolute gash about WAGS and all other BS alongside one Sentence that Pellegrini said. Judging by that one innocuous sentence, it is no wonder they will not be charging him , for what ?

Not much of a verbal blast was it ?

[CTID Hants]

Well it would appear that The Count won't be charged by the FA after his post match...........

Well according to Daily star that is.... http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footba ... lattenburg

Let's see what happens him now, demoted to lesser leagues for a couple of weeks at minimum i reckon.

And that report in the Daily Star is exactly what is wrong with online media today. They would rather fill a webpage and transmit thousands and thousands of Bytes of absolute gash about WAGS and all other BS alongside one Sentence that Pellegrini said. Judging by that one innocuous sentence, it is no wonder they will not be charging him , for what ?

Not much of a verbal blast was it ?

I don't care for the daily star, it just happened to be the first article in news feed that mentioned it. Normally I copy and paste the text so people don't have to click through to shut like that.

Tbf though Maureen got done for less in his post matches.

The count quite clearly challenged his ability as a ref in general and also mentioned him by name

Others been fined or touch line bans for less...
Which for the record is completely wrong by the FA imo

[South Stand Balti]

I don't think Clattenberg is incompetent., I don't think he guessed and I don't think he blew too early. He simply knew exactly what he was doing. I put on this site a couple of weeks ago that I wouldn't go to Wembley if he got the gig. I haven't forgotten Anfield and I'm not just referring to Skertl.

[Original Dub]

I don't think Clattenberg is incompetent., I don't think he guessed and I don't think he blew too early. He simply knew exactly what he was doing. I put on this site a couple of weeks ago that I wouldn't go to Wembley if he got the gig. I haven't forgotten Anfield and I'm not just referring to Skertl.

I said it on here a couple of years ago. I know people who know him well. People who come from the same area as him. He is known as being a flash cunt who loves money and loves flaunting it.

An arrogant cunt on a power buzz.
He has always had all the traits of a bad egg and in no way should ever be considered for any job that requires a solid moral compass.

He's been relatively quiet for a while now, but as i said to my mate earlier this evening, he doesn't need to be corrupt all year round to make a few bob.

[South Stand Balti]

I don't think Clattenberg is incompetent., I don't think he guessed and I don't think he blew too early. He simply knew exactly what he was doing. I put on this site a couple of weeks ago that I wouldn't go to Wembley if he got the gig. I haven't forgotten Anfield and I'm not just referring to Skertl.

I said it on here a couple of years ago. I know people who know him well. People who come from the same area as him. He is known as being a flash cunt who loves money and loves flaunting it.

An arrogant cunt on a power buzz.
He has always had all the traits of a bad egg and in no way should ever be considered for any job that requires a solid moral compass.

He's been relatively quiet for a while now, but as i said to my mate earlier this evening, he doesn't need to be corrupt all year round to make a few bob.

He is an arrogant fucker. He's the refereeing equivalent of Brendan Rodgers. Didn't he break the refs code of conduct to go to a gig. I could never understand why that game at Anfield was never investigated either.

[branny]

Does anyone remember the 3-3 draw at Bolton under Hughes? All 3 Bolton goals were at some point the result of officials' action or inaction. Bellamy was hacked down in the penalty area and booked for diving, a second offence for which he was sent off. It was also this match when the ref said to one of our coaches how much he hated Bellamy before the incident. But of course nothing comes of it.

My belief is that ref was Clattenberg.

It was.

There's definitely something underlying with Clattenberg and it's been going on for a while. I don't know if he's pissed off with us because of the Bellamy incident but another game that doesn't sit well with me was Chelsea away 2011/12. We were top of the league, unbeaten in 15 and 1-0 up after a 2nd minute Mario goal. Silva was brought down after wrongfooting Bosingwa and Clattenberg had a clear unobstructed view from a few yards away. The way we were playing it could have very perceivably been game over had he given it. He didn't. He the sent Clichy off early in the second half and gave Chelsea a penalty for handball by Lescott with 8 minutes left. I don't think he is incompetent but he definitely has something against us.