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Predictable. Whoever threw the bottle at Arteta is in big trouble. A milk carton splattered a member of United’s training staff, not Mourinho as reported.No doubt the FA will try and even things up unfairly but what were Mourinho and United players and training staff doing in and around the away dressing room?

Separately Sky focusing on a so called dive by Jesus trying to get him banned for two matches. Hererra’s dive was ‘dealt with’ by a yellow card supposedly. What a fucking farce.

Why does this happen every week with the retrospective diving bollox?

Action is only taken if a player is deemed to have successfully deceived a match official. Jesus didn't deceive Oliver, nothing to see here.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Why does this happen every week with the retrospective diving bollox?

Quite rightly they are trying to cut it out of the game but they are, as usual, applying it wrongly and not consistently. We, sadly, have had a couple of players going down too 'cheaply' in recent weeks.

INCIDENT: Gabriel Jesus went down in the United box despite no contact from either Herrera or Chris Smalling, though the City forward saw his attempt to win a penalty go unpunished.

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Not a penalty, but not a yellow.

DERMOT SAYS: This is absolutely right. Michael Oliver was on his game right from the start - it was a masterclass. [It's not a yellow] because there was a little bit of contact. We have to be careful with a number of simulation acts over the last few weeks, and what we're looking to do is punish the ones which are clear acts of simulation. There is contact, but it's not a penalty. The player goes into him. It's similar to the Herrera one.

No doubt Maureen has 10000% leaked this incident to try and deflect away from the defeat.

I’m just glad we’ve got players that will give it some back. Thankfully Hart wasn’t there putting his arm around half the United team whilst our staff were bleeding.

What we are being told by MSM :

“Allegedly” Maureen knocked on our dressing room Door, demanded we show respect by being quiet, stop celebrating ending their 40 game unbeaten run, and equalling a Premiership record of 14 consecutive victories. As well as going 11 points clear at the Top of the League. You don’t do this at the Swamp apparently.

“Allegedly” the Eye Gouger was some how soaked in milk, water, (a shame it wasn’t piss ).And our coach Arteta received a cut Eye during some sort of altercation 100% instigated by the Eye Gouger. :

I couldn’t help myself; I went and visited Rag Café to read some of their fans opinions on Maureen actions. All I can say is “Wow” how the Tables have turned. Talk about being sore losers, and having a small club mentality. General consensus over there Maureen was right to demanded we stop celebrating our history making win at the Swamp. Maureen, and the Rags, really are prefect match for each other.

Rather than knocking on our dressing room door looking to cause trouble. The Eye gouger should have been doing an inquest in to why the Rags are such cowardly “BOTTLELESS” bastards where it really matters, on the football pitch. Classless on the football Pitch, Classless off the football pitch.

Disgraceful manager, and disgraceful fans.

1 Billion people globally saw the Rags for what they are yesterday,a Dinosaur, 11 cowardly spineless, shithouses, who were bossed,and bitcherised on their own patch for 90 + minutes by City. They are and their narcistic manager are an embarrassment to football

Were the 'Disgraceful Goals' comments aimed at us or his own team?

Beefymcfc wrote:Were the 'Disgraceful Goals' comments aimed at us or his own team?

Makes you wonder Beefy.

The Eye Gouger mouth is like a weeping abscess ,ever time he opens his mouth only poison comes out.

I think he has lost the plot.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Why does this happen every week with the retrospective diving bollox?

Action is only taken if a player is deemed to have successfully deceived a match official. Jesus didn't deceive Oliver, nothing to see here.

Just deceiving a match official is not enough to get retrospective action - the deception also has to gain an advantage. The FA rule is

SUCCESSFUL DECEPTION OF A MATCH OFFICIAL
• The FA can take retrospective disciplinary action in situations when a referee
has been deceived by a clear act of simulation (such as a dive or feigning
injury), and as a direct result, the offending player’s team has been:
– awarded a penalty; and/or an opposing player has been dismissed
from the field of play (where the act of simulation led to a straight red
or caused one of the two cautions that led to the dismissal).
• Players run the risk of being banned retrospectively where such an incident
is caught on camera.
• In accepted or proven cases of simulation or feigning of injury, a player will
receive a two match suspension.

So all this about the FA taking a look at Jesus, Delph and Fernandinho recently is pure bollocks and journalists should know better (especially Mark Chapman and the MOTD producers).

Having said that I wish that City players would cut it out as:
- it diminishes our magnificent achievements,
- it gives the haters a reason to hate,
- refs are suspicious and aren't awarding pens we should have,
- we're not very good at it.

Good spot mate.

In other news the FA have asked City and United for their accounts of yesterday’s fracas. Two very different accounts!

If I'd been in Maureen's shoes, I'd of got into the dressing room told them all to shut up and listen to us celebrating and ask "Each one of you, listen to that and what you could have done to shut them up?" But no, let's act like spoilt brats

zabbadabbado wrote:1 Billion people globally saw the Rags for what they are yesterday,a Dinosaur, 11 cowardly spineless, shithouses, who were bossed,and bitcherised on their own patch for 90 + minutes by City. They are and their narcistic manager are an embarrassment to football

We call them rags because we wipe the floor with them!

Lev Bronstein wrote:If I'd been in Maureen's shoes, I'd of got into the dressing room told them all to shut up and listen to us celebrating and ask "Each one of you, listen to that and what you could have done to shut them up?" But no, let's act like spoilt brats

Which is just what Ferguson would have done.

According to Marca a member of City’s technical staff ( Arteta?) told Ibra: “ You talk a lot but you move little’ Great stuff!

According to Marca a member of City’s technical staff ( Arteta?) told Ibra: “ You talk a lot but you move little’ Great stuff!

It is clear that Mourinho started the row and the scum players escalated it. What sort of sanctions could the FA impose for violent behaviour? It seems the thrower of the bottle at Mourinho may not be provable if it is just Mourinho's word against the City dressing room's.

Going by the BBC article and reading between the lines both sides seem to be playing it down - I would be surprised if the FA did anything about it.

Awful lot of crying over spilt milk.

Some years ago in the Keegan era, we somehow managed a behind the scenes look into the city changing room on match day . Anelkas two pair of boots and kit lined up nicely !

We weren’t able to look at the visiting teams room , as was explained, the area is handed over to the opposition very early in the day for them to control, check out and make ready for their team. So to speak, it becomes their total responsibilty for the day and should be left as it was found.

Made sense to me , the game being so financially important these days .

Maureen must know he needs permission to enter the oppositions changing room.