Crossie wrote:Bias, however I dont want to be a moaning fuck about it. With our 11 players last night, we should have no difficulty in getting a goal from normal play.
Those 11 players are no better than the sum of their parts. We are missing something that other, lesser teams have. Leicester have it, Bournemouth have it, fucking Stoke and West Ham have it.
I hate to say it again, but we need some passion and drive, some players who love the club, who have something to gain from putting in 100% every game, busting their balls.
We don't have a single player at the moment who walks off that pitch and almost collapses in the dressing room.
They all assume they should walk over all opponents. Its simply not the case and the fault causing reason for all this is the manager. It is his job to motivate the players, make them play as a team and show 100% effort.
Nigels Tackle wrote:the refs aren't cheats, they are just shit
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Nigels Tackle wrote:the refs aren't cheats, they are just shit
That's my line of thought with just a touch of the anti City concern thrown in.
Not 100% sure it's actually anti City but it seems to me refs see certain players and the way they go down and just don't give things they should. The Navas one was a surprise as he has no previous I can recall whereas the Sterling one might well have been down to him falling over a lot and the ref just deciding he has done it again. Thus a preconception that we are told refs don't have but we know they do.
There was also the Aguero one recently which was a sonewaller to for me and bearing in mind Aguero isn't a diver you might expect to get.There was an instance last night where Mori was all over Kun in the box and he stayed on his feet despite being put off by the challenge. The ref saw it all but as he stayed on his feet with the ball he let play go on ven though his control was limited.
Had he gone down who knows (most would have)
Original Dub wrote:If it was incompetence, then we would be getting at least an almost even share of the spoils.
Original Dub wrote:Here's a genuine question for you all - when was the last time we gained points because a referee handed them to us?
carl_feedthegoat wrote:The controversial incident was reviewed by former Fifa referee Gallagher on Sky Sports News this morning, and he was unequivocal in his verdict.
"I don't know why he hasn't given it," said Gallagher. "It's a foul, he just hasn't identified that Stones has gone in, he's not got the ball, he's taken his legs.
Tokyo Blue wrote:Original Dub wrote:If it was incompetence, then we would be getting at least an almost even share of the spoils.
Definitely this.Original Dub wrote:Here's a genuine question for you all - when was the last time we gained points because a referee handed them to us?
You are not going to get an answer to that question from the "other side", OD. You may recall you, me and Beefy have been asking for over ten years. I will try to answer you, though, in the interests of fairness, which is all I am after really.
I think the penalty Adam Johnson "won" v Fulham at home in the snow game was the last one. Yes, we scored two more without reply, but that certainly changed the course of the game. It is the only one I can remember and it was four years ago. For perspective, three decisions deciding games the other way have happened in the last eight days.
Alioune DVToure wrote:[What's equally annoying as the lack of penalties is the increasing number of posters coming out with all this 'if you don't see this/agree with me, you're a complete dick/retard/idiot' nonsense. I thought the board was a bit better than that. The whole point of websites such as is to have a discussion and entertain the views of others, not to sling shit at fellow blues because you can't stand their not agreeing with you.]
carl_feedthegoat wrote:Alioune DVToure wrote:[What's equally annoying as the lack of penalties is the increasing number of posters coming out with all this 'if you don't see this/agree with me, you're a complete dick/retard/idiot' nonsense. I thought the board was a bit better than that. The whole point of websites such as is to have a discussion and entertain the views of others, not to sling shit at fellow blues because you can't stand their not agreeing with you.]
Sorry , but some fans, whether ours or others, that cannot see the blatant fuckign obvious time after time are a complete set of DICK TITS and deserve being slagged off.......... trying to justify the unjustifiable is just plain fuckign stupid.
Alioune DVToure wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Alioune DVToure wrote:[What's equally annoying as the lack of penalties is the increasing number of posters coming out with all this 'if you don't see this/agree with me, you're a complete dick/retard/idiot' nonsense. I thought the board was a bit better than that. The whole point of websites such as is to have a discussion and entertain the views of others, not to sling shit at fellow blues because you can't stand their not agreeing with you.]
Sorry , but some fans, whether ours or others, that cannot see the blatant fuckign obvious time after time are a complete set of DICK TITS and deserve being slagged off.......... trying to justify the unjustifiable is just plain fuckign stupid.
Don't see the point personally. And it's obviously not obvious if that's not how they see it.
We've had a batch of shit decisions, yes, and Stretford and Liverpool have always got a shitload of favourable decisions at home. Perhaps it's something to do with them being the two clubs with the biggest support; the law of averages would dictate that they have the biggest number of referee fans as well.
I don't take issue with people claiming bias amongst officials - it certainly exists to some degree and I think our knobhead neighbours get more than their fair share of refereeing 'help'. What irritates me is the pointless, furious mudslinging and name-calling in the threads on this board at the minute. It just kills it and puts people off bothering to post.
It's entertaining when we've got something worth falling out about (e.g. Hughes/Mancini in/out) but it's so unnecessary to argue over whether or not you perceive there to be organised refereeing bias. Nobody's going to win that one.
carl_feedthegoat wrote:a forum where everyone eats cucumber sandwiches and then wanks each other off in the bathroom afterwards
Alioune DVToure wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:a forum where everyone eats cucumber sandwiches and then wanks each other off in the bathroom afterwards
Just searched for this on google but nothing came up. And they say you can find any niche on the internet.
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