Mar

24

Mascherano red card ridiculous

Filed Under Premiership, Refs, discipline | 20 Comments

I read some funny stuff in the papers this morning about Javier Mascherano’s ‘crazed rant’ at Old Trafford yesterday, most of them seeming to ignore the fact that he only went mental after being given a red card that he didn’t deserve.
The first yellow was harsh, in my opinion, but I can see why the [...]

Dec

9

Your eyes deceive you; Ronaldo does NOT dive

Filed Under Managers, Premiership, Refs, cheats | 3 Comments

Anyone who watched the penalty given for Man Utd’s fourth goal in their win over Derby might want to remind themselves of this quote from Alex Ferguson, less than a week ago:

“The penalty incident is a result of a perceived idea of the referee that Ronaldo dives, there is no question of that.
“Ronaldo is paying [...]

Oct

22

Clattenburg: At best, incompetent

Filed Under Idiots, Premiership, Refs, penalties | 6 Comments

You could have said ‘okay, he got a couple of things wrong’, and I can, but the one in the final second is so blatant that to get that wrong on top of everything else was just incredible.
I have to question whether you can referee if you don’t see that foul on Joleon Lescott by [...]

Sep

25

Terry thinks he’s above the law

Filed Under Refs, The FA, cheats | 4 Comments

Who ate all the pies makes a good point about John Terry’s behaviour in the United v Chelsea match.
In times past we have criticised teams like Man United and players like Roy Keane for their aggressive approach to referees. Remember Keane’s vein bulging as he screamed at Andy D’Urso? However, they are nothing to Terry [...]

Sep

24

Mike Dean - Red card machine

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I was watching the United - Chelsea game yesterday hoping for a good game of football, some goals, some fights, some aggro. Unfortunately Mike Dean ensured the contest was over on the half hour when he red carded Jon Obi Mikel for a challenge on Patrice Evra.
A yellow card was as much as it merited [...]

Aug

20

Styles fobbed off on ‘lesser’ lights

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The BBC reports:
Referee Rob Styles will not officiate in the Premier League next weekend following his performance in the Liverpool-Chelsea game on Sunday.
Now, I take that to mean he’ll probably take charge of a game in the Championship or a lower league. Is that fair? Why should teams in a lower division have to accept [...]

Aug

12

Ruud Gullit is a cretin

Filed Under Idiots, Premiership, Refs | 4 Comments

Seriously, today he reckoned Reading’s Dave Kitson should have gotten a ‘double red’ card and a 6 match ban for his challenge on Evra.
Admittedly it wasn’t nice but it wasn’t a red card and if it had happened anywhere but Old Trafford it would never have been given. And what the fuck is a double [...]

Jul

13

Player grabs ref’s red card, gets it straight in his face

Filed Under Refs, U20 World Cup, funny | 4 Comments

No more to say really. Check this out. Classic. From the U20 World Cup.

May

30

Graham Poll in talking sense shocker

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Regular readers will know Left Back is no fan of Graham Poll but he makes sense here.

Apr

11

Graham Poll should be suspended

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For those of you not in the know what happened was this.
During the first half of the Charlton v Reading game on loan midfielder Alex Song hacked down Steve Sidwell and was lucky to escape with just a yellow card. He then proceeded to kick and foul his way around the pitch. At half time [...]

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