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I know nobody else cares but is there still any doubt in Blues minds that those in power dictate how games end?

I don’t think games are decided before a ball has been kicked. There’s no way the officials have that much influence. That’s not to say individual referees influence decisions which are crucial to the games because it’s clear they do. But if a side makes enough clear chances and converts a good number of them then there’s not a lot a referee or linesman can do to directly change a games course.

The Derby game on Saturday being a case in point. The referee didn’t award a penalty or a yellow against Young early doors which he could easily have done. But we overcame that and got the two goal lead and with better finishing could have gone into the break four or five goals to the good and its game over. The rags then got back into the game but none of their goals were dodgy, just down to poor defending. Yes we should have had a penalty with Young being sent off but the point remains that we were in control and our own shortcomings contributed to the defeat more than the officials

They cant dictate how games end, but they can damage us and clearly that has been done.

Just want to add I do not think UEFA will ever let us anywhere near a CL final.

First Champions League Leg, a German referee, managing a game with a German manager.

Second Champions League Leg, a Spanish Referee, managing a game with a manager wearing a yellow ribbon, a Catalan separatist, wanting a free Catalonia away from Spain.

Agenda ?

still no doubt from me that there's no fix in.

i saw nothing last night that made me think it was fixed. i saw a shite referee that is card-happy and likes to make it about it--a Spanish Mark Clattenburg, if you will--but nothing about him made me think he had an agenda of his own and/or from UEFA.

I've voted yes, only because it's a black and white choice given.
There should be several shades of grey there too.

I think NB is fairly spot on, but I also think we probably underestimate the psychological damage being done to our players, having to constantly deal with a perception of unfairness or just blatant cheating. I my self have called out some as being weak minded, but I think perhaps this cheating does take it's toll on them.

Would Cloughie be so meek and tolerant about it ? Mal ? Bacon ? Would they f*k !
Pep should be bitching his gob off about this at EVERY press conference, wih video footage to PROVE IT.
NO MORE MR. NICE GUY ! Nice guys get shat on by these SCUM. Fined ? OK, pay the fine , then rant about it again and again EVERY FRIGGING TIME. The club can afford the fine , and every time we highlight it , with video footage, the elephant in the room gets BIGGER AND BIGGER .

Yes , only at the highest level where all the huge money and power is to manipulate the outcome of certain games where there is a lot at stake for certain clubs versus other certain clubs . It will only be blown wide open when a “whistle blower” speaks out but the tv companies , UEFA the FA etc pay former players / managers etc handsomely to keep to the hymm sheet rig draws refs to ref to what they are told . Pretty sure all these said people who earn a living in the corrupt world of football have to sign a confidentiality agreement aswell ?

We need Stormy Daniels to BLOW ..,........,.........................
The Whistle

We now know that referees are told to change their statements and that PiGMOL pay a 'Retirement' payout as long as the referee keeps quiet about what went on through the years they were there.

Makes you think, doesn't it?

To call Atkinson et al prostitutes is an insult to prostitutes ; these WHORES don't sell their body they sell their SOUL.

phips wrote:still no doubt from me that there's no fix in.

i saw nothing last night that made me think it was fixed. i saw a shite referee that is card-happy and likes to make it about it--a Spanish Mark Clattenburg, if you will--but nothing about him made me think he had an agenda of his own and/or from UEFA.

So, mate, you think that in the last 3 games where every decision went against us, and for them, that the ref just 'made a mistake'?

I wonder what you thought about all those horrendous challenges earlier in the season, or the sending off of Walker etc?

I want to say it is a fix. I was convinced they are trying to get a final between Barcelona and Real, but there were some weird decision against the catalans also last night which I never saw in the past.

I reckon City and Paris Saint Germain, with their owners and money, are trying to break the G8 (or is it G14) and maybe those fucks do not want that.
Since we broke into the UCL in 2011, we had two groups of deaths, two times we faced Barcelona in the last 16, then PSG, so one of us would had been out, also a game when we got a penalty, remember? Then Madrid. On the other hand, PSG had it worst than us, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real, us. I fail to remember an easy opponent in the knockouts, even if they won their group or not.

On the other hand, for the competition, if Real wins it again will be bad. Bad for business.
I still don't think Liverpool have the power behind the curtains to win, do they?

And on the local part, it is bent as could it be. What I like is that fans of other teams, that are not knobheads, see it too, and many of them support us when it comes down to the wire.

No, in my mind there is no doubt. It is bent.

PeterParker wrote:I want to say it is a fix. I was convinced they are trying to get a final between Barcelona and Real, but there were some weird decision against the catalans also last night which I never saw in the past.

I reckon City and Paris Saint Germain, with their owners and money, are trying to break the G8 (or is it G14) and maybe those fucks do not want that.
Since we broke into the UCL in 2011, we had two groups of deaths, two times we faced Barcelona in the last 16, then PSG, so one of us would had been out, also a game when we got a penalty, remember? Then Madrid. On the other hand, PSG had it worst than us, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real, us. I fail to remember an easy opponent in the knockouts, even if they won their group or not.

On the other hand, for the competition, if Real wins it again will be bad. Bad for business.
I still don't think Liverpool have the power behind the curtains to win, do they?

And on the local part, it is bent as could it be. What I like is that fans of other teams, that are not knobheads, see it too, and many of them support us when it comes down to the wire.

What happened in the Roma game mate, didn't see it?

With regard to teams going through, if Real and Bayern go through tonight (both at home, both ahead) then there'll be a representative from the 4 best leagues, and probably the 4 largest TV rights.

Beefymcfc wrote:

PeterParker wrote:I want to say it is a fix. I was convinced they are trying to get a final between Barcelona and Real, but there were some weird decision against the catalans also last night which I never saw in the past.

I reckon City and Paris Saint Germain, with their owners and money, are trying to break the G8 (or is it G14) and maybe those fucks do not want that.
Since we broke into the UCL in 2011, we had two groups of deaths, two times we faced Barcelona in the last 16, then PSG, so one of us would had been out, also a game when we got a penalty, remember? Then Madrid. On the other hand, PSG had it worst than us, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real, us. I fail to remember an easy opponent in the knockouts, even if they won their group or not.

On the other hand, for the competition, if Real wins it again will be bad. Bad for business.
I still don't think Liverpool have the power behind the curtains to win, do they?

And on the local part, it is bent as could it be. What I like is that fans of other teams, that are not knobheads, see it too, and many of them support us when it comes down to the wire.

What happened in the Roma game mate, didn't see it?

With regard to teams going through, if Real and Bayern go through tonight (both at home, both ahead) then there'll be a representative from the 4 best leagues, and probably the 4 largest TV rights.

From what I understood, they had a penalty and a red card. Also, at the end, Roma's keeper hit Pique (when Dembele tried the lob). That would had been red card, with no other changes for the italians and 5 minutes to go.
I think the penalty at Edin was right, though.

Beefymcfc wrote:

phips wrote:still no doubt from me that there's no fix in.

i saw nothing last night that made me think it was fixed. i saw a shite referee that is card-happy and likes to make it about it--a Spanish Mark Clattenburg, if you will--but nothing about him made me think he had an agenda of his own and/or from UEFA.

So, mate, you think that in the last 3 games where every decision went against us, and for them, that the ref just 'made a mistake'?

I wonder what you thought about all those horrendous challenges earlier in the season, or the sending off of Walker etc?

You could argue maybe in the rags game that Atkinson may have missed one of the incidents. But there was the handball from Young and then the studs first lunge.

You could argue last night the officials may have cocked up once. But no, it’s offside goals not given, penalties not given. Over the course of both legs you look at the decisions he ref has made and it’s not just one he may have missed - it’s loads. That’s blatant. It’s not a mistake.

Yesterday UEFA send the same Spanish ref of the Monaco home game in March 2017. How many other European refs could be designed at the place of this fuckin' bastard? One hundred? Is there still any doubt that UEFA and Mafia are just the same? #CTWD

The seedings next year will tell the same old story.

EDIT: They want money off City as well now for the UEFA Slush Fund.

Renato_CTID wrote:Yesterday UEFA send the same Spanish ref of the Monaco home game in March 2017. How many other European refs could be designed at the place of this fuckin' bastard? One hundred? Is there still any doubt that UEFA and Mafia are just the same? #CTWD

I found it strange that a German team officiated the first leg and that a Spanish team officiated the 2nd. Could be argued that the German team favoured Klopp and the Spanish team hated Guardiola.