Well, yeah, it is a forum. Why can't you talk about poor refereeing? And, of course, highlighting it means I'm 'crying'. Well done. Maybe you should return to reasoning more on your intellectual level. "you're a man city fan! Lolzz!". Muppet.Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
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intellectual on internet football forum?
yes you are cwying cos the horrible man didnt give us our penalties
pat on the back for the knobhead here
Or in general. SuperHutton in goal yesterday.
Agree with Syn here 100%
If you can't see the pattern in the shit standard of refereeing then you are deliberately ignoring it, because it's blatant and right under your nose. Anyone who thinks that Whitehead dive and the resulting free kick wasn't sinister needs to look again. I'm not saying Whitehead did anything beyond the standard type of cheating we see week in, week out. Of course cheating in itself is a form of corruption, but that's not the complaint. The fact Foy gave the free kick is what's notable. That was a message to Wenger, shut up, sit down, if I want to cheat I'll do it right in your face and there's nothing you can do about it - not a damn thing. For Foy to be so confident to cheat in this manner is an indication of how much backing these incompetent and corrupt wreckers get from the FA.
There has also been a sustained campaign of denying us penalties. This is in contrast to a sustained campaign of awarding Utd penalties for the slightest of incidents. I mean you can see that right? And you can see the effect it has had on the table. We should have had 10-12 more penalties than have been awarded, in just the last few months alone. Clear penalties, 100% certainties, denied. They get given against us quick enough though. Same infringement, the exact opposite outcome. Then you watch the pathetic Ashley Young in action, or the ridiculous Gareth Bale. If these things evened out as suggested you could say it was simply bad refereeing. But they don't even out. Far from it. The "mistakes" are consistent and always flow in the same direction.
But it's not the just the big decisions. For years the refs have been booking our players for sneezing, thereby penalising the competitive edge to our game. Then the media chimes in and calls us weaklings who "don't like it up 'em". Hard to be a tough guy with your hands tied. Yet the opposition is allowed to kick us all over the pitch. Sure, yesterday Stoke had one player booked early. But you know that player is not going to be booked again unless he does something crazy. Whereas our lads are on eggshells for 90 minutes because every mistimed tackle, every little incident goes into the book. We often end up being awarded as many or more yellows than an opposition that has kicked lumps out of us. Or time wasted the game to death. Or kicked the ball away - remember that outrageous bit of cheating that saw RvP sent off against Barca? That's just plain undeniable cheating designed to influence the outcome of a football match.
Does this cheating and corruption cost us? Yes, in fact there are studies to show this. Has it cost us titles and trophies? Doubtful because we're outrageous bottlers. But that shouldn't be used to excuse corruption.
These are not excuses. They are observations of what lies in plain sight. And smaller clubs than Arsenal might complain about us and say we get the breaks against them. That can be true too. There's clearly a pecking order, probably based on revenues, gambling, general prestige. Is it organised? Not officially maybe, it's a peer driven thing I suspect. All the commentators and pundits and writers and talking heads together with the authorities driving this mega millions industry with hype and bullshit. The corruption has become institutionalised and is viewed as normal, standard, a part of the game. And the fans seem to buy it in the main. They do the "evens itself out" thing and keep on harping it even when the facts show the opposite. It's part and parcel of the game and I would think the main reason why technology is so fiercely resisted.
Or it's just highly incompetent refs who are influencing the outcome by mistake in a billion dollar industry. Just like other industries that allow incompetents to call the shots. Believe that if you want but it's a bit silly.
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That's because your team has a ton of money and that buys a lot of influence.
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Not sure I'd call it "crying", but the number of red cards we picked up in comparison to the number of reds our opposition didn't was absolutely scandalous.
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Fuck off, or come and have a go if you think you're hard enough. Come on then! COME ON!!!!Big clash here between 2 posters who have never crossed paths.
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City fans moaning there's a shocker.
But what is wrong about talking about how woeful the refs have been If you don't like it just don'y join in.
Are we not allowed freedom of speech on here?
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