That Penalty Decision

[Ted Hughes]

Yes the referee was a joke for both sides but I am baffled that anyone would think he should have given a penalty against Nasti for standing his ground.Never ever would that be given which is basically what Gary Neville said at the time.

I want to know exactly what Mancini was so angry about that he didn't turn up for the post match interview.

For Nasti, it definitely wasn't a penalty for him standing his ground. However, the arm out and around Fellaini probably was, but it couldn't be seen by the ref.

As for the post-match interviews I think it's a disgrace was any manager avoids the press following a defeat. After a convincing win, fine, let the assistant take the credit and the glory. But after a bad result to send someone else out to explain what went wrong is disgusting.

It all depends what your thoughts on Mancini are. If your an outer then it's a disgrace, if you're an inner then it is understandable.

Personally, I'd have fucked 'em off as well. I'd have been fuming with that performance and the refereeing decision would've sent me over the edge.

Reference him fucking off to Italy, is this correct? If he did, surely it was planned or did he just fuck off to Yoko Ono airport and stand in the queue?

I'm an inner but I think it's out of order when Ferguson dodges the press & doesn't have the balls or can't be arsed to turn up, so I don't see why I should bend over for Mancini when he does it.

[Beefymcfc]

Yes the referee was a joke for both sides but I am baffled that anyone would think he should have given a penalty against Nasti for standing his ground.Never ever would that be given which is basically what Gary Neville said at the time.

I want to know exactly what Mancini was so angry about that he didn't turn up for the post match interview.

For Nasti, it definitely wasn't a penalty for him standing his ground. However, the arm out and around Fellaini probably was, but it couldn't be seen by the ref.

As for the post-match interviews I think it's a disgrace was any manager avoids the press following a defeat. After a convincing win, fine, let the assistant take the credit and the glory. But after a bad result to send someone else out to explain what went wrong is disgusting.

It all depends what your thoughts on Mancini are. If your an outer then it's a disgrace, if you're an inner then it is understandable.

Personally, I'd have fucked 'em off as well. I'd have been fuming with that performance and the refereeing decision would've sent me over the edge.

Reference him fucking off to Italy, is this correct? If he did, surely it was planned or did he just fuck off to Yoko Ono airport and stand in the queue?

I'm an inner but I think it's out of order when Ferguson dodges the press & doesn't have the balls or can't be arsed to turn up, so I don't see why I should bend over for Mancini when he does it.

Now't wrong with that mate but I wouldn't like to see someone like Cooper giving it the big'en regarding the end of the title race, especially knowing that Mancini wears his emotions on his sleeve. It wouldn't have been pretty.

Platt's head though, it seems to be a soothing influence.

[Ted Hughes]

Bob is always flirting with Cooper in the pre match interviews though, so it's only right he stands up when it goes wrong.

I thought they were contracted to do it ?

Presumably Ferguson didn't oblige so they let it slide for everyone rather than upset him.

[Beefymcfc]

From Premier League Owl.

Lee Probert demonstrates the art of spineless refereeing (Everton vs Man City)

Football, at any level, is full of refereeing mistakes, and that’s an accepted albeit frustrated part of the game.

Yesterday, however, Lee Probert’s decision not to award Manchester City a penalty late in the second-half wasn’t an error, it was an act of cowardice – and that should never be tolerated at this level of the game.

The bigger point here is that Everton, regardless of that decision, very much deserved to win the game at Goodison Park and had City nicked a late equaliser it would have been thoroughly unjust – I don’t want to lose sight of that, but at the same time Probert’s performance can’t be allowed to pass without comment.

That Marouane Fellaini handled Carlos Tevez’s long-distance drive is indisputable, as was his position in the penalty box when he did so. Probert saw the handball, saw where it occurred, and failed to point at the spot. Had the play continued, and had Probert indicated that the Belgian – in his opinion – hadn’t handled the shot, then the referee’s decision could reasonably be bracketed as ‘just another mistake’ around a contentious rule in the game.

That wasn’t the case though; he saw everything perfectly, and ducked making the correct decision. That’s really not acceptable from a Premier League referee. Giving a free-kick outside the box was the soft option; it was a way of recognising the foul but of avoiding the big decision.

I’m not contesting that officiating a game at this level isn’t difficult and isn’t intimidating, but if a referee hasn’t got the balls to make a proper decision at a hostile ground, then he shouldn’t be employed in that position.

Probert had sent Steven Pienaar off earlier in the game, and had also made a string of decision which had upset the home fans, and evidently felt unable to make one more. I understand that, but equally I can’t tolerate it.

Not good enough.

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Owls can't type.

[City64]

Bent. Whether we deserved anything out of the game or not, it was straight-forwardly bent. And I bet the twat had a good night's sleep last night. Had he done that to the rags (as if) he'd have been having nightmares.

This for me.

Another baffling thing bugging me this morning is the fact after reading half a dozen morning papers ranging from the Times to the Mirror each reporter has agreed it WAS a stonewall penalty BUT Fellaini handled the ball from 5 yards inside the box to 1 yard ? Good job none of them cunts are linesmen then ? Fuck me what was the linesman doing anyway ................

The world is fucking corrupt !!!!!

[Beefymcfc]

Bent. Whether we deserved anything out of the game or not, it was straight-forwardly bent. And I bet the twat had a good night's sleep last night. Had he done that to the rags (as if) he'd have been having nightmares.

This for me.

Another baffling thing bugging me this morning is the fact after reading half a dozen morning papers ranging from the Times to the Mirror each reporter has agreed it WAS a stonewall penalty BUT Fellaini handled the ball from 5 yards inside the box to 1 yard ? Good job none of them cunts are linesmen then ? Fuck me what was the linesman doing anyway ................

The world is fucking corrupt !!!!!

It did look a bit dubious, didn't it ;-)

One thing I don't get is when it is said that a team didn't deserve anything out of the game and use it as justificaion for an incorrect decision. What has deserved got to do with the outcome of a game?

We may as well just play a game and have a vote at the end, a bit 'Strictly Come Dancing'ish'. That way we can way up all the incidents and make an informed decision and pay 50p to establish the winner. That'd sort the FFP problem out.

At that moment, the referee decided the outcome of the game. He is supposed to be the arbiter of the game, viewing each incident as it comes, not the judge and juror deciding which team deserves to win. Or, in this case, the latter may have been appropriate.

[City64]

Bent. Whether we deserved anything out of the game or not, it was straight-forwardly bent. And I bet the twat had a good night's sleep last night. Had he done that to the rags (as if) he'd have been having nightmares.

This for me.

Another baffling thing bugging me this morning is the fact after reading half a dozen morning papers ranging from the Times to the Mirror each reporter has agreed it WAS a stonewall penalty BUT Fellaini handled the ball from 5 yards inside the box to 1 yard ? Good job none of them cunts are linesmen then ? Fuck me what was the linesman doing anyway ................

The world is fucking corrupt !!!!!

It did look a bit dubious, didn't it ;-)

One thing I don't get is when it is said that a team didn't deserve anything out of the game and use it as justificaion for an incorrect decision. What has deserved got to do with the outcome of a game?

We may as well just play a game and have a vote at the end, a bit 'Strictly Come Dancing'ish'. That way we can way up all the incidents and make an informed decision and pay 50p to establish the winner. That'd sort the FFP problem out.

At that moment, the referee decided the outcome of the game. He is supposed to be the arbiter of the game, viewing each incident as it comes, not the judge and juror deciding which team deserves to win. Or, in this case, the latter may have been appropriate.

Absolutely Beefy.

And another thing , imagine the the outcry and aftermath if the same thing had happened to the rags ....... fuck me the world came to a standstill after Micheal Jackson got sent off verus Madrid the other night .......

[Blue In Bolton]

One thing I don't get is when it is said that a team didn't deserve anything out of the game and use it as justificaion for an incorrect decision. What has deserved got to do with the outcome of a game?

Absolutely agree mate. We were obviously not that great and decisions went against both teams throughout the match but had the penalty been correctly awarded and we had scored I would have fancied us to go on and win the match. Especially if Probert would then have sent Fellaini off for his second yellow for deliberate handball.

[Dubaimancityfan]

One thing I don't get is when it is said that a team didn't deserve anything out of the game and use it as justificaion for an incorrect decision. What has deserved got to do with the outcome of a game?

Absolutely agree mate. We were obviously not that great and decisions went against both teams throughout the match but had the penalty been correctly awarded and we had scored I would have fancied us to go on and win the match. Especially if Probert would then have sent Fellaini off for his second yellow for deliberate handball.

I'm a 100% with Beefy. Whether we deserved to get something from this match is irrelevant. The cunt Probert blew for a handball and it was clear to the blind that Fellaini was well inside the box. That's a penalty on any day. And as for the counter argument that they deserved a penalty and their disallowed goal was a good one, neither of these 2 incidents were clear cut. In the case of the goal only Kolarov's foot might have played the striker on but that's very hard to spot by any linesman.

[Beefymcfc]

Anybody got a pic/gif of the offside call, I wasn't quite concentrating when it happened?

[Ted Hughes]

I don't understand why the lino didn't help him. correction; I do, he's a shithouse as well.

[Rag_hater]

Some of the shit people are saying on here you would think Bacon was commenting on our match.I mean it had fuckall to do with the fact that we could not score against 10 men or generally played a bit shit.The agenda has come to me now.

[Beefymcfc]

Some of the shit people are saying on here you would think Bacon was commenting on our match.I mean it had fuckall to do with the fact that we could not score against 10 men or generally played a bit shit.The agenda has come to me now.

But Carlos' shot might have found the top corner if it wasn't for that handball. How does that work?

[Rag_hater]

Some of the shit people are saying on here you would think Bacon was commenting on our match.I mean it had fuckall to do with the fact that we could not score against 10 men or generally played a bit shit.The agenda has come to me now.

But Carlos' shot might have found the top corner if it wasn't for that handball. How does that work?

Fair enough you are right we were robbed.Next year I am going to write to the Sheikh and tell him he is pissing again the wind and just give up.Everybody the whole world the media the press Uefa, FIFA,the Pope hates us,can I include you?

[Beefymcfc]

Some of the shit people are saying on here you would think Bacon was commenting on our match.I mean it had fuckall to do with the fact that we could not score against 10 men or generally played a bit shit.The agenda has come to me now.

But Carlos' shot might have found the top corner if it wasn't for that handball. How does that work?

Fair enough you are right we were robbed.Next year I am going to write to the Sheikh and tell him he is pissing again the wind and just give up.Everybody the whole world the media the press Uefa, FIFA,the Pope hates us,can I include you?

Look at you, getting your G-String in a twist. Nobody said we were robbed, we are talking about the fact that the referee didn't give a stonewall (that's a big wall that you can't fail to see) penalty.

Do you believe it wasn't a penalty or that it shouldn't have been given because 'We didn't deserve it'?

PS. The Pope's a Blue.

[Ted Hughes]

Some of the shit people are saying on here you would think Bacon was commenting on our match.I mean it had fuckall to do with the fact that we could not score against 10 men or generally played a bit shit.The agenda has come to me now.

But Carlos' shot might have found the top corner if it wasn't for that handball. How does that work?

Fair enough you are right we were robbed.Next year I am going to write to the Sheikh and tell him he is pissing again the wind and just give up.Everybody the whole world the media the press Uefa, FIFA,the Pope hates us,can I include you?

You haven't by any chance consumed a Lobster dinner recently ?

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Fair enough you are right we were robbed.Next year I am going to write to the Sheikh and tell him he is pissing again the wind and just give up.Everybody the whole world the media the press Uefa, FIFA,the Pope hates us,can I include you?

Try and word the letter a bit better than you did this post, mate.

[gillie]

Some of the shit people are saying on here you would think Bacon was commenting on our match.I mean it had fuckall to do with the fact that we could not score against 10 men or generally played a bit shit.The agenda has come to me now.

You are right we were shite but that was the biggest stonewall penalty not given this season.That's the point of this thread not conspiracy theories, Why did the ref not give the pen because he bottled it plain and simple.

[Beefymcfc]

Can't wait to see the Sunderland v Norwich game tonight on MotD, looks like there'll be some real corkers on there.