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
Filed Under Refs | 7 Comments
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
Filed Under Refs | 6 Comments
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
Filed Under FA Cup, Managers, Refs | Leave a Comment
Regular readers will know Left Back is no fan of Graham Poll but he makes sense here.
Apr
11
Graham Poll should be suspended
Filed Under Idiots, Premiership, Refs | 1 Comment
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 [...]

