Sergio ban?

[Mikhail Chigorin]

I wonder if our national broadcaster will notice this story at all....

They'll probably adopt a policy of 'masterful inactivity'.

[Mase]

Is anyone actually surprised at Halseys admission? It's obvious the referees are pointed into a certain direction

Not surprised at what he's said, rather that someone's actually admitted it. It's fantastic. Good on him. Rat Boy 1 seems to be getting a lot of attention put on it as well so fair play to him for that. The guys a prick and I hate him, just like he hates us, but you've got to respect someone that stands up for what's right.

I don't hate him at all. Fantastic commentator and seems like a genuinely decent human being...now that he's not pulling on their top week in and week out.

Life is more than football.

Cheers

That's correct. But at the moment we're on a football forum, so we'll talk football.

Whilst we're talking about football, I'd say Neville is a good pundit. He's a terrible commentator though - "..he's on the edge of offside".

I'm sure if you were in the away end at OT when Neville wasn't on the pitch as the fourth went in when we lost 4-3 when Hughes was in charge and Nevs decided to run half the length of the pitch from the bench to celebrate specifically in front of the City fans you'd hate him to.

Hate is not a good look.

Depends who you are. Henry Rollins has pulled it off well for his whole life.

[johnny crossan]

I wonder if our national broadcaster will notice this story at all....

They'll probably adopt a policy of 'masterful inactivity'.

indeed, and not to be confused with blatant bias in favour of their perceived demographic targets of course

[Hazy2]

Refs are invaluable to the game at a lower level, when they get to the top of the tree, they are part of a game played by bent cunts, who decide if the ref gets his role in there game.

[South Stand Balti]

I don't blame the refs or the bent fuckers in the establishment for Aguero's ban. I blame that utter, utter, utter tw@ Quinn. Judas with long legs. Sky did us......but it's a sad day when you start to like rat boy more than an ex blue.

[johnny crossan]

Well this piece of incontestable match rigging has finally crept on to the BBC website- let's see if Ratboy's prediction that the story is too big to bury comes true


http://bbc.in/2c3uBMD

[Justified logic]

The PGMOL denying it happens rather than saying "This is serious allegation, tell us more and we'll investigate" suggests... corruption is sanctioned and rife? Surely not?

More from Halsey in the Sun:

re-mark-able Revealed – the exact moment Mark Halsey was overruled by referee chiefs and told to LIE

Top ref exclusively tells SunSport that he SAW the incident involving Blackburn's Steven NZonzi - but was told to say he had missed it

MARK HALSEY revealed the exact incident when referee chiefs ordered him to LIE.

The former Premier League official was told to say he did not see a clash involving Steven Nzonzi against Stoke in 2011 — despite wanting to stand by his original decision.

That meant Nzonzi, who played for Blackburn at the time, was slapped with a three-match ban instead of carrying on playing.

Halsey, 55, said: “I saw the incident between Steven Nzonzi and Ryan Shawcross and was happy it was not a red card.

“Then, when the assessor came in, he said there was no problem and that I’d refereed very well.

“On the Monday we had our get-together with referees at Warwick University and I was told, ‘Look at this’ and I was still happy with the decision.

“I was told to expect a call from the FA compliance department, which I duly got.

“When I got the call I said I was still happy — but they said my bosses weren’t happy. I was under pressure to say I hadn’t seen it.

“I was furious but no matter what industry you are in, you do what your bosses say.
“So he was charged and got three matches.”

Halsey said: ““I know it goes on because other referees have told me.

“Nothing can happen because nobody can say anything publically as a referee.

“But I suspect it does go on. There are outside influences on different situations.”

And Halsey, in his autobiography Added Time, compared his own situation with Nzonzi to when Wayne Rooney was banned for swearing at a TV camera during a match at Upton Park in 2011.

Halsey wrote: “I was in the same boat as Lee Mason that time when Wayne Rooney swore into a TV camera in a game at West Ham.

“No referee would have sent him off for that but Lee came under pressure to report that he hadn’t seen it but would have given a red card if he had seen it.

“That way, as in my case, the FA could take retrospective action.”

Halsey last night told SunSport that refs are under enormous pressure to fall into the line of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL).

And that the wall of silence from officials means they cannot speak out.

The ex-whistler, 55, was debating with fans and pundits on Twitter about Sergio Aguero‘s retrospective suspension for an elbow on West Ham’s Winston Reid.

Former England defender Gary Neville used the word “corrupt” on Twitter and called for action.

But Halsey reckons refs are now in the same impossible position that he faced when Nzonzi was in the dock.

Halsey said: “I was furious, I didn’t want Steven Nzonzi charged. I was not happy.

“I’m honest but what can you do when the management tell you to do something?

“You can’t speak out but you should not be put in that situation anyway.

“It’s obvious why they do it, as some get charged and others don’t.”

[nottsblue]

This could get very messy. PGMOL will call out Halsey to back up his statement. It will come down to he said she said. If it ever looked like going to court the power of PGMOL will sadly win out, Halsey just couldn't go alone against them.

What it hopefully will do us make people wake up and realise it's not just UEFA and FIFA who are corrupt, but also our own organisations and broadcasters. Whether they make changes will remain to be seen but this should be the last time we get fucked over in such a blatant way.

[johnny crossan]

This 'explosive' Sun exclusive about to be rolled around the Sunday Suppository - my finger is poised above the record button

[Beefymcfc]

This 'explosive' Sun exclusive about to be rolled around the Sunday Suppository - my finger is poised above the record button

I eagerly await the white noise.

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

I think Martin Lipton is the hack I hate the most. What an odious little toad.

[johnny crossan]

I think Martin Lipton is the hack I hate the most. What an odious little toad.

faux foam-flecked fallacies for fools
all clubs think the media is biased against them = media bias doesn't exist

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

If we did what he suggested, the game would be heading to the courtroom

[Mase]

“It’s obvious why they do it, as some get charged and others don’t.”

[Beefymcfc]

“It’s obvious why they do it, as some get charged and others don’t.”

Who said that mate.

Ps. Shouldn't this be a separate topic with Halsey's comments?

[Dameerto]

Well this piece of incontestable match rigging has finally crept on to the BBC website- let's see if Ratboy's prediction that the story is too big to bury comes true


http://bbc.in/2c3uBMD

I saw this yesterday - I was about to mention it, then they changed it to 'told to lie' claims - now they've changed it back.

[Mase]

“It’s obvious why they do it, as some get charged and others don’t.”

Who said that mate.

Ps. Shouldn't this be a separate topic with Halsey's comments?

Halsey mate. Says it all really if the refs can see why they're being asked to lie!

[Mase]

This could get very messy. PGMOL will call out Halsey to back up his statement. It will come down to he said she said. If it ever looked like going to court the power of PGMOL will sadly win out, Halsey just couldn't go alone against them.

I'd like to hope if that happened City would say to him 'use out Lawyers at no cost to Halsey and anything he needs they can help with.

[Beefymcfc]

“It’s obvious why they do it, as some get charged and others don’t.”

Who said that mate.

Ps. Shouldn't this be a separate topic with Halsey's comments?

Halsey mate. Says it all really if the refs can see why they're being asked to lie!

When he written his book a lot of this came out, but not in exact words. There was plenty in there but, as usual, it was mainly swept under the carpet.

The truth is that nobody wants to know. The media who make their living off this won't bite the hand that feeds them and we still have fans who don't believe that the cards aren't stacked in favour of what the big outlets want.

[KinkyKinkladze]

I may get slapped down for this but big respect to Neville for not letting this lie. Seems most of football and the media have tried to ignore this since it first arose yesterday morning, but even today Neville has questioned pgmol's statement.