The Ref

[Foreverinbluedreams]

I tend to agree Hazy that we are a touch soft in this regard but there's a fine line between sticking up for yourself and becoming a bunch of whining, cheating twats.

[patrickblue]

What a load of sanctimonious rubbish We would have drawn if he or his assistants did what they're paid for and penalised Skrtyl for punching the ball away from Garcia's head in the box.

That's the point, it's all ifs and buts. If they had spotted Skrtel, if they had penalised Vinnie, etc. etc.
We lost the game. I didn't hear Pellers whinging about how it was the refs fault, in fact he came out and said the very opposite.

That isn't the point at all. There are no ifs and buts. The officials didn't do their job correctly.
The point actually is that you are being holier than thou and accusing everyone who disagrees with you of refusing to accept faults in City's game and "taking the easy way out" as you so sanctimoniously put it.
No-one is suggesting that City played a perfect game or the only reason we lost is because of poor refereeing decisions (or at least I'm not, and I've not seen anyone else doing so).
This thread is about the referee, which is why it's entitled "The Ref", and anyone who can say that was even an adequate performance by the officials needs to go to specsavers.

[Beefymcfc]

a level playing field would be nice, I think Liverpool got a massive slice of refereeing bias.

Garcia's yellow was just ridiculous, but flanagan when through the back of Milner with excessive force and all we got was a throw in. Things like this are simple decisions, its not in the box its in the middle of the pitch and in clear view, he bottled it.

Spot on fans of Liverpool and the manager are working the whole package, Louis this , Sunday was back to the 80's the Koop roars then the ref bends over, we have never had refs collapse like Sunday that twat did as required and our team just took it, nice at Anfield on a day like that, we had it in Napoli and Madrid, soft underbelly, if Vieira was captain Clatenburg would have never gone as far as he did.

To be honest, we've gone the complete opposite on this and instead of complaining to the ref with the player, our fans now tend to tell our player to shut the fuck up and get on with it.

It's not just the team who are nice, it may actually stem from our crowd. I remember the days when we used to be hostile and berate the ref/oppo players etc but now we just seem to pick on our own.

A club full of softies, that's what I'm thinking.

[Hazy2]

a level playing field would be nice, I think Liverpool got a massive slice of refereeing bias.

Garcia's yellow was just ridiculous, but flanagan when through the back of Milner with excessive force and all we got was a throw in. Things like this are simple decisions, its not in the box its in the middle of the pitch and in clear view, he bottled it.

Spot on fans of Liverpool and the manager are working the whole package, Louis this , Sunday was back to the 80's the Koop roars then the ref bends over, we have never had refs collapse like Sunday that twat did as required and our team just took it, nice at Anfield on a day like that, we had it in Napoli and Madrid, soft underbelly, if Vieira was captain Clatenburg would have never gone as far as he did.

To be honest, we've gone the complete opposite on this and instead of complaining to the ref with the player, our fans now tend to tell our player to shut the fuck up and get on with it.

It's not just the team who are nice, it may actually stem from our crowd. I remember the days when we used to be hostile and berate the ref/oppo players etc but now we just seem to pick on our own.

A club full of softies, that's what I'm thinking.

Maybe the sign " this is Anfield fuck that the ref and City rolled up tummy tickled, NEXT, Jose will say fuck this, Vieira would have gripped the ref.

[Original Dub]

What a load of sanctimonious rubbish We would have drawn if he or his assistants did what they're paid for and penalised Skrtyl for punching the ball away from Garcia's head in the box.

That's the point, it's all ifs and buts. If they had spotted Skrtel, if they had penalised Vinnie, etc. etc.
We lost the game. I didn't hear Pellers whinging about how it was the refs fault, in fact he came out and said the very opposite.

That isn't the point at all. There are no ifs and buts. The officials didn't do their job correctly.
The point actually is that you are being holier than thou and accusing everyone who disagrees with you of refusing to accept faults in City's game and "taking the easy way out" as you so sanctimoniously put it.
No-one is suggesting that City played a perfect game or the only reason we lost is because of poor refereeing decisions (or at least I'm not, and I've not seen anyone else doing so).
This thread is about the referee, which is why it's entitled "The Ref", and anyone who can say that was even an adequate performance by the officials needs to go to specsavers.

Exactly. Well put.

[Rag_hater]

Why do some people not accept responsibility for their own actions and need a scapegoat.
Why do we treat referees so differently from other people, so often?
When a team plays in a match, it faces multiple challenges. If it accepts and overcomes
the challenges, it will win. If it does not overcome the challenges, it will lose.

[patrickblue]

Why do some people not accept responsibility for their own actions and need a scapegoat.
Why do we treat referees so differently from other people, so often?
When a team plays in a match, it faces multiple challenges. If it accepts and overcomes
the challenges, it will win. If it does not overcome the challenges, it will lose.

This is like a broken record.
Read the post immediately above yours (the quote and reply).

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Why do some people not accept responsibility for their own actions and need a scapegoat.
Why do we treat referees so differently from other people, so often?
When a team plays in a match, it faces multiple challenges. If it accepts and overcomes
the challenges, it will win. If it does not overcome the challenges, it will lose.

So what does it do to the challenges when it draws?

Referee's are treated differently because they're wankers, haven't you heard the song?

[Rag_hater]

It seems to upset the brainiacs on here a lot when I quote somebody wrong (so I am trying to keep it to a minimum), and the stuff about the song seems to be the thing I think is wrong with attitude of the crowd. Most refs are probably shit but I think the game would be far worse without them.

[Burt]

It seems to upset the brainiacs on here a lot when I quote somebody wrong (so I am trying to keep it to a minimum), and the stuff about the song seems to be the thing I think is wrong with attitude of the crowd. Most refs are probably shit but I think the game would be far worse without them.

Ref's are supposed to be "Professionals" and are paid quite well to do their job correctly. When they don't................it fuckin pisses people off big time.

It isn't too much to ask for them to do it constistantly is it?

[Original Dub]

It seems to upset the brainiacs on here a lot when I quote somebody wrong (so I am trying to keep it to a minimum), and the stuff about the song seems to be the thing I think is wrong with attitude of the crowd. Most refs are probably shit but I think the game would be far worse without them.

Ref's are supposed to be "Professionals" and are paid quite well to do their job correctly. When they don't................it fuckin pisses people off big time.

It isn't too much to ask for them to do it constistantly is it?

Of course it isn't.

We have highlighted Pellegrini's mistakes in the match. We've highlighted Kompany's mistakes in the match. There was other bad decision making on the team, particularly in the first half... so al the mistakes have been accounted for.

It just happens that the most influential guy on the pitch made the biggest mistake of the match.

And that shouldn't be highlighted?!

Sometimes I despair.

[PeterParker]

What more can you say?

[Rag_hater]

It seems to upset the brainiacs on here a lot when I quote somebody wrong (so I am trying to keep it to a minimum), and the stuff about the song seems to be the thing I think is wrong with attitude of the crowd. Most refs are probably shit but I think the game would be far worse without them.

Ref's are supposed to be "Professionals" and are paid quite well to do their job correctly. When they don't................it fuckin pisses people off big time.

It isn't too much to ask for them to do it constistantly is it?

Like OD said,Pro's fuck up a few times a game yet their mistakes are not picked out nearly half as much as the man in black.I think that is wrong

[Ironpot]

QUESTIONABLE CLATTENBURG
Mark Clattenburg's appointment for this game was spun as a snub for Howard Webb in some quarters, when Webb has been an erratic official since the infamous 2010 World Cup final. Webb is also risibly reviled by Liverpool supporters for his perceived bias towards Manchester United, although Clattenburg, too, has a history with Liverpool that stems from taking advice from Steven Gerrard to send Tony Hibbert off in a 2007 Merseyside derby.

His performance at Anfield was execrable. Edin Džeko and Daniel Sturridge were both denied obvious penalties while Luis Suárez should have received a second yellow card for cheating. Pablo Zabaleta's trip on Sturridge came after the Suárez incident in what was the clichéd evening-it-up decision by a referee who also missed Martin Skrtel's handball inside his own area in stoppage-time.


Says all you need to know - courtesy of the Huffington Post!

[Foreverinbluedreams]

QUESTIONABLE CLATTENBURG
Mark Clattenburg's appointment for this game was spun as a snub for Howard Webb in some quarters, when Webb has been an erratic official since the infamous 2010 World Cup final. Webb is also risibly reviled by Liverpool supporters for his perceived bias towards Manchester United, although Clattenburg, too, has a history with Liverpool that stems from taking advice from Steven Gerrard to send Tony Hibbert off in a 2007 Merseyside derby.

His performance at Anfield was execrable. Edin Džeko and Daniel Sturridge were both denied obvious penalties while Luis Suárez should have received a second yellow card for cheating. Pablo Zabaleta's trip on Sturridge came after the Suárez incident in what was the clichéd evening-it-up decision by a referee who also missed Martin Skrtel's handball inside his own area in stoppage-time.


Says all you need to know - courtesy of the Huffington Post!

Sturridge one wasn't a penalty, thought it was in real time but when I saw the replay it was a fantastic tackle from the Zabman.

[Rag_hater]

Don't think it is right to pick out mistakes using replays when the actual incident has to be decided upon in real time.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Don't think it is right to pick out mistakes using replays when the actual incident has to be decided upon in real time.

Ah but we regular Joes aren't standing on the pitch within yards of the incidents, we don't have the same vantage points as a ref has and we haven't been trained to spot these incidents in real time.

[Rag_hater]

Don't think it is right to pick out mistakes using replays when the actual incident has to be decided upon in real time.

Ah but we regular Joes aren't standing on the pitch within yards of the incidents, we don't have the same vantage points as a ref has and we haven't been trained to spot these incidents in real time.

Most of what is complained about is done by pundits using replays ,for me football should accept what cricket has done and use tech.
It's about time football got hawkeye and whatever else is available.

[Hazy2]

I get refs make mistakes, I just think theref let us down as was allowed to by weak players who no what is going on. Suarez was taking the piss.

[zuricity]

Ah but we regular Joes aren't standing on the pitch within yards of the incidents, we don't have the same vantage points as a ref has and we haven't been trained to spot these incidents in real time.

Indeed. Suarez jumping at Clichy and sticking his arse into his side knocking him to the floor, is a foul . At that time it wasn't certain that Sterling would go ahead and score. Clearly Clattenberg can be seen waving it on from less than two metres away . What was he thinking ?

The other week Yaya pulled a soton player back and was rightly booked for his stupidity.

It isn't just about dirty tackles. It's like when the players raise their arms shield the ball trying to let it run out of play. That is obstruction.

Who knows what Suarez was shouting at the ref when he verbally abused him umpteen times.