Ted Hughes wrote:It was the keeper's ball & should have been an easy take but Given made a right fucking mess of it allowing a bloke to get his head higher than he could reach with his hands. Pathetic keeping.
Luckily for Given, the geezer had his arm over his shoulder & made contact. Whenever that happens refs give a foul, wrongly imo but they do, so there's no reason it should be any different just because it's City.
I've seen enough now to form the opinion that we need a keeper who dominates the box if we're ever going to win the PL. Given's a great keeper but he's useless in that department & it's asking a lot of the defenders to win every ball in every game for a whole season. It's simply not going to happen.
Well said Ted, that's my argument too, the goalie always gets the rub when players bundle into them and Wiley reacted the same as most refs (remember Urs Meier and the Portugal England game ?) same thing. Goal looks good but goalie is impeded.
I also agree about Given. I think Mancini would replace him tomorrow if he could.
I simply cannot believe he asked to have his studs changed in the first half ! what on earth was that about ? How long has he been playing football ?