Martin Atkinson

[blue wine]

as a ref myself, i can say that he had a very bad game.

the scum should of had 2 yellow cards in the first 2min. the rules are always the same doesn't matter how many minutes have been played.
he lost control of the game, his body language was all wrong, thats why every player almost lost it with him after every decision.
stopping yaya break though.
got small decision wrong witch can have a big impact on a game.
not sending of tevez and letting fergiscum trying to get him sent off.
there were a lot of things today that wasn't good enough

[Blue Since 76]

as a ref myself, i can say that he had a very bad game.

the scum should of had 2 yellow cards in the first 2min. the rules are always the same doesn't matter how many minutes have been played.

Thing is, if you give the first one in a derby, it'll end up about 9 a side. Therefore you'll always get away with one if you do it early enough. The rags knew that and did it. We're still too soft. We should have tested RVP's injury record with a bone cruncher early on. No studs up or off the floor type that could result in a red, but something to see how fit he really was.

We made very few derby style challenges and that cost us the game more than the referee.

[bobby brows]

Failed to book Rooney for his first cunt foul

Or his second

No one else would have lasted 90 minutes!

Can't blame the ref though

[Ted Hughes]

I thought he tried very hard to let the game go and although he made many mistakes but overall he had a decent game. He could have given a pen against Kolo , he should have sent Carlos off so it certainly wasn't all one way with the errors.

I have greatest of tespect for you DH. But that is tripe. Pulling play back to book Rooney is a prime example.

I was gutted and angry like we all were with that one but he blew because he thought Yaya had lost the ball and he was going to book Shrek.He underestimated Yaya could toe the ball past whoever. Just a mistake for me and one of those things.

I thought he got plenty wrong but it was far from one way.

Agree with the last bit. Thought he was pretty incompetent and came close to losing the game for a while, but I don't think it was biased, just poor.

I would agree. Not bias, just sheer crapulence.