****City v Burnley Official Match Thread****

[zuricity]

They've not even shown when the ball went over. It looked like it went in when he took it out of Bravo's hands, yet we still don't know!

This is the first time this happens with the hawk eye replay.

Edit: showed it now. why so late?

There is no need to show anything . If the ball crosses the line it sends a signal to the ref. The ref is so bad that he can't even confirm this.

There is no need for discussion. So the fact that the ref had to consult the linesman is worrying to me.

[nottsblue]

Big game for Iheanacho today. Shame he has Sterling on the left and Navas on the right to supply him.

Agree.
I don't think the chances he gets to start are with the correct personnel and formations to thrive, but let's wait and see.

Very hard to tell how we'll play from one game to the next.

Hope I am wrong but I can see a very trying afternoon for the lad. He will get kicked to fuck by their centre halves and have very little to work with. He will be the first sub after about an hour and Aguero will come, KDB will start to play and Iheanacho will look like he's wasted another chance when it's not on a level playing field.

Why doesn't he give him a run WITH Aguero, especially at home v the side with the worst away record in the division?

Agree again NB.
I actually don't think Nacho's touch and football speed of thought is up to what Pep is trying to use him for, but I firmly believe that in most other teams he would already be seen as the top striking prospect in the league.
He has an instinct to arrive in the six yard area at the right time in front of his marker.

Play to his strengths and he'll score shitloads in any team.
I don't think Sterling on the left works. I'm probably one of the few left however that thinks Navas on the right is not nearly as bad an option as it's made out to be.

Don't know how this one will play out, but kind of agree it could be another tough afternoon for Nacho. Let's hope he gets an early goal.

Not far wrong there. Shame for Iheanacho though, 45 minutes isnt great

[Beefymcfc]

Good win all things considered, but Lee Mason has just set the gold standard for how to be a biased, incompetent referee.

Taylor and mason should be investigated. It's corruption and nothing less.

It makes it more painful having plastic cunts like phips mocking us as it happens.

Fucking troll.

I read the trolling at half time in the ground and was really disappointed to see it again. It's not acceptable and I don't understand why it continues, mate. Am I missing something?

The game? Oh I don't know where to start. But we won.

It just puts the shit cherry on the shit cake when trolling is allowed on the board.

He's having fun with it now. Calls city "they" and mocks us as we're being shafted by bent officiating.

Quite simply please fella's, we, as a group of regular posters don't bother to log in until he's gone.

Although even I've got to the end of my tether with him, as it's so obvious, do we really want that?

It's hard to ignore as I read near enough every post on here, and I also understand why he does it (acting like a woman/man scorned), but at some point it just spoils the board. And I'm there now. Do I find somewhere else?

[Slim]

Still trying to figure out how Navas keeps getting starts.

Would much prefer moving Kev out wide, letting him drift into spaces and playing two strikers.

[london blue 2]

Sky pretending they don't know why pep would be furious. Bullshit they don't. Awful reffing.

[john@staustell]

Sorry mate but Ian was shit, end of. Hence only 45 minutes.

Age is not relevant.

[Moonchesteri]

Talksport laughing at Bravo.

Well, isn't everyone?

For once I can't blame them

[Moonchesteri]

Pep interview on twitter

Pep seems like he's fuming!

[HailNerdQueen]

Talksport laughing at Bravo.

Well, isn't everyone?

For once I can't blame them

Yeah, I don't think anyone can really defend him now.
I wanted to give Bravo an honest shot, but week after week...
he's fucking disgraceful.

[zuricity]

Hats off to the team for overcoming those odds. It must have been fucking infuriating to have a referee that blatantly bent officiating.

That takes some performance.

It shouldn't ever have to be like that though.

And that for me is 100% why people like Sergio and Fern end up kicking off with players because they're getting no support from the refs after getting kicked up and down!

No, you mean the refs choose not to give support to players being fouled and kicked, shoved , mauled .. etc

[Slim]

Hats off to the team for overcoming those odds. It must have been fucking infuriating to have a referee that blatantly bent officiating.

That takes some performance.

It shouldn't ever have to be like that though.

And that for me is 100% why people like Sergio and Fern end up kicking off with players because they're getting no support from the refs after getting kicked up and down!

No, you mean the refs choose not to give support to players being fouled and kicked, shoved , mauled .. etc

Silva was fouled hard late on, I mean contact to the knee and through him hard.

Ward was on a yellow and should have been sent off for it. What was the result?

Mason ran over to get Silva off the pitch despite him receiving attention from the physios. If I was seeing it right, he wouldn't let him rejoin until he ran to the sideline as well and still after barely giving them 30 seconds(and two of our subs happening at the half), managed to add 5 minutes to the end of the game.

[zuricity]

We should bombard the fa with tweets and the like to high light the fact that we as fans are fucking sick to death of the cheating, the same to radio 5 live and motd. Thousands and thousands of them so it becomes so bad they actually start to answer them honestly

No, you should seriously look into how the Fuck the FA got set up and whether it constitutes an illegal organisation. Because i am at a loss to see how some of these cnuts got to be in charge of football.

Rugby doesn't tolerate this shit. Neither does Cricket.

[Mase]

Pep interview on twitter

Pep seems like he's fuming!

I'm loving watching that. He's absolutely raging. Just like us! Good. He sees it now.

He's said the most he can say there without actually getting himself in trouble.

I hope he'll actually talk to the FA privately and say what he wants to say. It wouldn't be hard at all for City to put something together to show them about the standard of refereeing toward us. Not hard at all.

[Vantage]

Pep interview on twitter

Pep seems like he's fuming!

Interviewer was shit stirring but let's see what happens when Pep goes full Hulk...

[Slim]

Pep interview on twitter

Pep seems like he's fuming!

I'm loving watching that. He's absolutely raging. Just like us! Good. He sees it now.

He's said the most he can say there without actually getting himself in trouble.

I hope he'll actually talk to the FA privately and say what he wants to say. It wouldn't be hard at all for City to put something together to show them about the standard of refereeing toward us. Not hard at all.

He should have said, "it's difficult to play when it's 10 against 12...err, I mean 11."

[zuricity]

Hats off to the team for overcoming those odds. It must have been fucking infuriating to have a referee that blatantly bent officiating.

That takes some performance.

It shouldn't ever have to be like that though.

And that for me is 100% why people like Sergio and Fern end up kicking off with players because they're getting no support from the refs after getting kicked up and down!

No, you mean the refs choose not to give support to players being fouled and kicked, shoved , mauled .. etc

Silva was fouled hard late on, I mean contact to the knee and through him hard.

Ward was on a yellow and should have been sent off for it. What was the result?

Mason ran over to get Silva off the pitch despite him receiving attention from the physios. If I was seeing it right, he wouldn't let him rejoin until he ran to the sideline as well and still after barely giving them 30 seconds(and two of our subs happening at the half), managed to add 5 minutes to the end of the game.

Yep I saw it that way too slim, but this is getting embarrassing. Are these dcikheads at the FA so stupid to think everybody can't see this garbage ?

[freshie]

Fabulous goal but Sterling should donate his week's wages to charity for that atrocious dive.

He tripped up over thin air haha. Still touched it for the assist

Commentator said he stubbed his toe. Nice man.

Amazing goal

I didn't see it as a dive

I did. What a fanny

[Mase]

Fabulous goal but Sterling should donate his week's wages to charity for that atrocious dive.

He tripped up over thin air haha. Still touched it for the assist

Commentator said he stubbed his toe. Nice man.

Amazing goal

I didn't see it as a dive

I did. What a fanny

It is clear on the replay he catches his toe in the turf and going at the speed he was running it sent him down. He didn't throw his hands in the air and appeal for anything.

Let's not turn in to Liverpool fans eh!

[Beefymcfc]

Sky pretending they don't know why pep would be furious. Bullshit they don't. Awful reffing.

Was on a stream so didn't see the aftermath, what did he say, and then papered over for the agenda?

[bigblue]

Sky pretending they don't know why pep would be furious. Bullshit they don't. Awful reffing.

Looking at it again, was a clear foul on Bravo. Not great (or even good) keeping by him, but also a very very clear foul. Can understand Pep's anger 200%.

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