The Glen Johnson 'Tackle'

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Fair comment Doug. Was I imagining it or did Andy Carroll not attempt an even worse one on Clichy (which he just skipped over) early in the game ? I couldn't see it that well from my position but the crowd went ape & it looked awful from where I was.

We are going to keep seeing this now; players getting away with it, because on the whole they do. Kompay's card was wrong. Chances are, the next red will be ours too.

Carroll did yes but I wouldnt say a worse one,just another.

[Ted Hughes]

Fair comment Doug. Was I imagining it or did Andy Carroll not attempt an even worse one on Clichy (which he just skipped over) early in the game ? I couldn't see it that well from my position but the crowd went ape & it looked awful from where I was.

We are going to keep seeing this now; players getting away with it, because on the whole they do. Kompay's card was wrong. Chances are, the next red will be ours too.

Carroll did yes but I wouldnt say a worse one,just another.

Once again, City didn't moan & nothing happened. It pays to be a moaning cheat.

[Duckman]

Fair comment Doug. Was I imagining it or did Andy Carroll not attempt an even worse one on Clichy (which he just skipped over) early in the game ? I couldn't see it that well from my position but the crowd went ape & it looked awful from where I was.

We are going to keep seeing this now; players getting away with it, because on the whole they do. Kompay's card was wrong. Chances are, the next red will be ours too.

Carroll did yes but I wouldnt say a worse one,just another.

Once again, City didn't moan & nothing happened. It pays to be a moaning cheat.

Id rather not moan&cheat even if we win nothing.

[Ted Hughes]

Fair comment Doug. Was I imagining it or did Andy Carroll not attempt an even worse one on Clichy (which he just skipped over) early in the game ? I couldn't see it that well from my position but the crowd went ape & it looked awful from where I was.

We are going to keep seeing this now; players getting away with it, because on the whole they do. Kompay's card was wrong. Chances are, the next red will be ours too.

Carroll did yes but I wouldnt say a worse one,just another.

Once again, City didn't moan & nothing happened. It pays to be a moaning cheat.

Id rather not moan&cheat even if we win nothing.

Just agreed with you on tother thread.

[Rag_hater]

Thing is he got away with it,whethter that was cos the ref was bent or of a differnet mindset is of no matter.The point is the incident has passed our players like shrek should have kicked up a stink at the time.No good crying over spilt milk now.You can moan till your blue in the face,fuckall is gonna happen.Like many other things that happen in the world he got away with it.

[Yffi_88]

Fair comment Doug. Was I imagining it or did Andy Carroll not attempt an even worse one on Clichy (which he just skipped over) early in the game ? I couldn't see it that well from my position but the crowd went ape & it looked awful from where I was.

We are going to keep seeing this now; players getting away with it, because on the whole they do. Kompay's card was wrong. Chances are, the next red will be ours too.

Carroll did yes but I wouldnt say a worse one,just another.

Once again, City didn't moan & nothing happened. It pays to be a moaning cheat.

Id rather not moan&cheat even if we win nothing.

Just agreed with you on tother thread.

Think i may be just about ready to cheat and moan if any more of the shit carries on.

[Original Dub]

Thing is he got away with it,whethter that was cos the ref was bent or of a differnet mindset is of no matter.The point is the incident has passed our players like shrek should have kicked up a stink at the time.No good crying over spilt milk now.You can moan till your blue in the face,fuckall is gonna happen.Like many other things that happen in the world he got away with it.

Its not about getting away with shit "in the world".

Its about consistancy on a heavily monitored field of play. These people are there purely to officiate on a consistant basis. They are getting worse instead of better and if things even themselves out over the course of the season then by God are due a hell of a let of from now to May.

[david yearsley]

Somethings afoot

http://twitter.com/#!/TolmiesHairdoo

[sharkey]

Dont want to get involved in all the conspiracy theory stuff but look at some of these tackles. The decision to red card Kompany baffles me.

Kompany tackle - http://mirrorimg.net/im1/fc4.gif

Glen Johnson tacke - http://i.imgur.com/BmQV5.gif

Giggs tackle on Kun - http://postimage.org/image/so04opvpz/

Also suarez diving - http://h12.abload.de/img/suarezg6ujn.gif

The gifs are not my work, stole them from another site.

[feedthegreek]

theres a journalist just been on talkshite and he just said the reason kompany got red and johnson did,nt was because kompany isnt english and johnson his. unbelievable.

[lets all have a disco]

It stinks to high heaven and if the FA push it under the carpet and Johnson isnt banned for three matches then its a fucking joke and City need to make a stand.

January is going to send our season down the shitter if this continues with injuries suspensions and coont refereees doing us over.

[Mase]

Glen Johnson's tackle was absolutely nothing like Kompanys. Kompany jumps with his legs spread and wins the ball with his right foot. Johnson dives in two footed, studs up, flying through the air in no control of what is going to be put in front of him, whether that be the ball or a players leg.

The FA won't review the incident and they won't ban Johnson. Mancini has got it spot on bringing it to the attention of the media during his interview because if he hadn't you can guarantee it would have just been glossed over.

[feedthegreek]

the reason kompany saw red and johnson didnt was because johnson is english.according to a journo on talkshite.

[Ted Hughes]

That really is a strange one. Johnson looks like he's trying to 'do' Lescott. That's a really nailed on red card 9 times out of 10 tbh. If Vinny had been sent off for that one, I wouldn't have complained, just called him fucking stupid, which applies to Johnson there. What was he thinking ?

[Beefymcfc]

I can't believe we couldn't break 10 men down last night after the sending off of Johnson.

[Dazzacity]

Horror tackle !! It almost sends me into a rage how the bitter fookers where I live defend the ref with the Kompany challenge, just because they want us to fail. Its like I cant have a proper honest football convo with anyone anymore. I wonder what they will say about the Johnson challenge.I think a bigger deal would have been made of it if it was in the earlier stages of the game.

Fookin 'king kenny' sayin he didnt see it.Why the fook dont they set up a monitor in these interviews and then show them there and then. See what they say to that.

It annoys the hell out of me how our last 4 defeats have been down to bad decisions.

Chelsea-blatant pen not given
Sunderland-goal miles offside
Rags-take ya pick of the bunch
And last night, granted it was right at the end and wouldnt have changed the result, still could have helped us out in the secind leg and still leaves a bad taste in ya mouth.

[gillie]

SSN have had Dermot Gallagher on and he said the Johnson tackle was iho a straight red card.

[branny]

SSN have had Dermot Gallagher on and he said the Johnson tackle was iho a straight red card.

At least he is consistant.

[branny]

If VK hadn't been sent off I doubt anyone would have bothered about Johnson's tackle. Neither warranted a red and after the Milijas decision I didn't expect Kompany's to be overturned. Foy has made two cock ups recently that have been highlighted in the press (Stoke v Spurs and the Lampard yellow against Wolves). The press coverage has obviously cranked up the pressure on him and as soon as Shrek has run up to him shouted "2 footed" his arse has gone and he's shown the red. The FA have closed ranks in support of Foy and we've been the victim of a shite decision that 99/100 would not be given. We'll see a lot more tackles of this kind go unpunished than those that are before the seasons out.

[bigblue]

Mr gerrard acting a cunt towards Mancini:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16512668.stm