Mark Clattenburg

[Esky]

1) Klasnic's first was clearly offside.
2) Cohen's committed two cynical fouls (plus many others) and only received the one yellow.
3) Bellamy's first yellow was a great mystery.
4) The defender made no contact with the ball whatsoever - and only with the player - as Bellamy was sent.

One out of four might be understandable. Two out of four even. Four out of four though and all sense of diplomacy should be thrown out the window - he was fucking awful and shouldn't be given another Premiership fixture for a very long time now.

5) we wern't good enough to beat a relegation threatened team, and not for the first time.

Undoubtedly. We were shocking for much of the game and there's no hiding from it. Still, for this thread alone, the above stand true imo.

[Goataldo]

Clattenberg has to be corrupt to make the sorts of decisions he makes.

After booking Bellamy and sending him off for being fouled, he then watched Micah Richards get fouled as he slid off the pitch, not once but twice (missed tackle from behind then hauled to the floor) and rather than punish the offender, had a word with Richards for being angry about it.

Massive tosser.

[Grob]

get to the fucking jobcentre clatterbang. you tossbag.

Sums it up.

This man has ruined so many football matches.

Mind you as bad as he was, todays game didnt really require for our players to make life as difficult for themselves as they did either.

[bluej]

1) Klasnic's first was clearly offside.
2) Cohen's committed two cynical fouls (plus many others) and only received the one yellow.
3) Bellamy's first yellow was a great mystery.
4) The defender made no contact with the ball whatsoever - and only with the player - as Bellamy was sent.

One out of four might be understandable. Two out of four even. Four out of four though and all sense of diplomacy should be thrown out the window - he was fucking awful and shouldn't be given another Premiership fixture for a very long time now.

5) we wern't good enough to beat a relegation threatened team, and not for the first time.

But that's not what the thread is about is it?

Terrible performance from a dodgy, dodgy man.

[Vhero]

The worst referee since Graham Poll!

Their off-side goal, the fact that Cohen comitted about 6 fouls before being booked, booking Bellamy for a dive when the Bolton player obviously made no contact with the ball, sending Bellamy off.

He should be demoted, again!

The goal wasn't offside it was spot on Sylvino deflected it mate. I know we try to stick up for our own players and I agree the ref seemed pretty fucking bent today especially sending Bellamy off but the deflection played the ball onside.

[Tokyo Blue]

Clattenberg has to be corrupt to make the sorts of decisions he makes.

Hypothetically speaking. If an interested party wished to, how can I put it, secure the result of a football match for whatever purpose, how would be the best way to go about it?

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

The worst referee since Graham Poll!

Their off-side goal, the fact that Cohen comitted about 6 fouls before being booked, booking Bellamy for a dive when the Bolton player obviously made no contact with the ball, sending Bellamy off.

He should be demoted, again!

can't really fucking disagree.

I'm still so fucking pissed off.

[Blue Toy]

The worst referee since Graham Poll!

Their off-side goal, the fact that Cohen comitted about 6 fouls before being booked, booking Bellamy for a dive when the Bolton player obviously made no contact with the ball, sending Bellamy off.

He should be demoted, again!

can't really fucking disagree.

I'm still so fucking pissed off.

Don't be Antti. Arsehole shit refs are all part of the reason why we love football.

[Wonderwall]

The Bellemy sending off showed was an absolutely appalling decision. I hope we appeal it.

Agreed. I think we'd be in with a good chance of having the booking rescinded if somebody with an ounce of sense looks at the incident.

i thought you could only appeal a straight red card ?

I believe that is correct.

You can't appeal yellow cards, just like TV replays can't be used to change decisions on instances seen by the ref in a game like the City v Arsenal game oh hang on.......

the rags recently appealed a yellow for one of their twins that was booked by mistake and it was overturned and given to the other twin. So they must be able to be appealed against.

[Wonderwall]

The worst referee since Graham Poll!

Their off-side goal, the fact that Cohen comitted about 6 fouls before being booked, booking Bellamy for a dive when the Bolton player obviously made no contact with the ball, sending Bellamy off.

He should be demoted, again!

The goal wasn't offside it was spot on Sylvino deflected it mate. I know we try to stick up for our own players and I agree the ref seemed pretty fucking bent today especially sending Bellamy off but the deflection played the ball onside.

the goal was offside by 3 yards. it may have a slight deflection but it maintained its direction and was a clearly offside as there was NO SECOND PHASE

[zuricity]

The worst referee since Graham Poll!

Their off-side goal, the fact that Cohen comitted about 6 fouls before being booked, booking Bellamy for a dive when the Bolton player obviously made no contact with the ball, sending Bellamy off.

He should be demoted, again!

In fairness on the Bellamy incident, when I saw it my first thought was a dive, as he had evaded the tackle perfectly well, and only fell over comedy style on his next step when he realised he had over-hit the ball.

Bellamy should have gone down on contact, as he didnt I can sort of understand why the ref thought Bellamy was having him over.

What are you saying ? Really !! Bellamy went down on contact . An absolutely atrocious piece of refereeing...... Nothing else.

Bellamy was fouled full stop, period. .....

[simon12]

The worst referee since Graham Poll!

Their off-side goal, the fact that Cohen comitted about 6 fouls before being booked, booking Bellamy for a dive when the Bolton player obviously made no contact with the ball, sending Bellamy off.

He should be demoted, again!

The goal wasn't offside it was spot on Sylvino deflected it mate. I know we try to stick up for our own players and I agree the ref seemed pretty fucking bent today especially sending Bellamy off but the deflection played the ball onside.

the goal was offside by 3 yards. it may have a slight deflection but it maintained its direction and was a clearly offside as there was NO SECOND PHASE

Klasnic was offside when it left his boot and the ball reached its intended target ie as our friend says no second phase.

[zuricity]

When the pass left the foot of the player, Klasnic was in an offside position. Offside , end of story. No 2nd , 3rd or nth phase. The guy was offside period. A diabolical piece of Linesmanship and refereeing. Likewise Cohens awful tackle on Kompany that went unpunished.

[trueblue64]

This proves it the officials were bent,

He said: “My assistant manager (Mark Bowen) has knocked on the referee’s door and wasn’t too impressed by what was said and the excuses given.

“We are really frustrated with his performance and the performance of the other officials. The first goal is clearly offside. Why the hell they found it difficult to get that one right I have no idea.

“I also don’t appreciate when the referees coming out for the second half start making comment about who they do or do not like in my team. They might be having a laugh and a joke. I have to be careful here as we are talking about integrity.”

This is from MH.

[bluej]

This proves it the officials were bent,

He said: “My assistant manager (Mark Bowen) has knocked on the referee’s door and wasn’t too impressed by what was said and the excuses given.

“We are really frustrated with his performance and the performance of the other officials. The first goal is clearly offside. Why the hell they found it difficult to get that one right I have no idea.

“I also don’t appreciate when the referees coming out for the second half start making comment about who they do or do not like in my team. They might be having a laugh and a joke. I have to be careful here as we are talking about integrity.”

This is from MH.

If this is true then it is a fucking disgrace.

[ant london]

In fairness on the Bellamy incident, when I saw it my first thought was a dive

are you for fucking real??????

no-one is that fucking stupid/blind....are they?

[trueblue64]

In fairness on the Bellamy incident, when I saw it my first thought was a dive

are you for fucking real??????

no-one is that fucking stupid/blind....are they?

Ant some people are both, he was fouled that is a fact how anyone can say different is beyond me.

[Goataldo]

Clattenberg has to be corrupt to make the sorts of decisions he makes.

Hypothetically speaking. If an interested party wished to, how can I put it, secure the result of a football match for whatever purpose, how would be the best way to go about it?

Well if you're planning on fixing a game, I hope it's to our advantage.

I reckon one man is key to successful football corruption; the man who makes all the decisions. You get the ref onside (no pun intended), and you can do pretty much what you want. Second in line is goalkeepers. Best example i can think of having seen, is Hans Segers when he allowed Everton to stay up. Nine bob note springs to mind. Grobelaar is another one who's bent as a bag of stolen bananas, and that was proven I think.

I've heard enough rumours of Clattenbrg being as bent as a bottle of crisps to make me think it's true, and then when you see stuff like that - well I just think someone made a lot of money out of Bellers gettgin sent off. I have it on good authority that he's in cahoots with some big underground asian bookies, not to mention Thaksin. I expect abuse and derision for this but hey ho.

Someone here has alrady mentioned (t'other day) a book by Declan Hill about match fixing - I for one cannot wait to read it.

[Mase]

In fairness on the Bellamy incident, when I saw it my first thought was a dive

are you for fucking real??????

no-one is that fucking stupid/blind....are they?

Ant some people are both, he was fouled that is a fact how anyone can say different is beyond me.

Maybe his poor knees just gave way under him!

[Buffalo Soldier]

The Bellemy sending off showed was an absolutely appalling decision. I hope we appeal it.

Agreed. I think we'd be in with a good chance of having the booking rescinded if somebody with an ounce of sense looks at the incident.

I believe that is correct.

You can't appeal yellow cards, just like TV replays can't be used to change decisions on instances seen by the ref in a game like the City v Arsenal game oh hang on.......

the rags recently appealed a yellow for one of their twins that was booked by mistake and it was overturned and given to the other twin. So they must be able to be appealed against.

The only way a yellow can be appealed is for mistaken identity.