Exactly. Xhaka decision was wrong, in my opinion, but at least it didnt cost them points.
GRAHAM POLL: Mark Clattenburg gives nothing to a side once their fans turn on him
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How this self-worshipping twit can be defended by anyone is beyond me. This is the ref who has racist allegations against him ffs. He is supposed to be fair as a ref. But the FA are impotent in this case
what is it with these idiotic Chelsea fans? The decisions Chelsea have been given against United borders on match fixing. And they have the audacity to go to 1 match where everything didn't go their way.
The 2 yard offside goal at Old Trafford to wrap up league right in front of linesman comes to mind.
The offside non foul they got by that that Atkinson also springs to mind. The grabbing of Ronaldo around the throat in the penalty area is also another example of ludicrous decisions.
And only last week thigh high studs up challenge was a clear red.
Yeah true but would he have got a second yellow for it? No feckin chance.
The thing about football is its subjective, thus open to interpretation and bias.
On Sat Darmian was touched so went down, most commentators argued not enough for a penalty which may be true. But if that was a united defender they would be arguing what does he expect when he sticks his leg out. His stupidity cost United a penalty.
In a big, high-pressure game with players and managers doing everything they can to get one over and win the game, I'm sure the ref and linos will get some decisions wrong. It's all part of the game and is annoying but if you're mature about it you realise that the officials have a near-impossible job that will piss somebody off every time.
Moaning about conspiracies is silly. Mike Deane is a cnut but I've seen games involving us where he's been excellent.
So he cheats , pure and simple.
Bullshit, crap refereeing is the problem.
No, he cheats according to an appalling ex ref, so anything but pure and simple.
As Spurs fans we know that we aren't ever going to get much from the officials, so we generally just get on with it as it's the norm.Let's see which of our resident Arse or Spurs fans will pissed at him after the derby
Is there anything more glib than fans getting overtly riled at refs? It's the first resort in the blame game; it only serves to assuage a team's own inadequacies. Puts the attention elsewhere. Indeed, this glibness is taken to new heights when a ref is accused of hating a particular club - with highly selective evidence used to prove why this is the case. It's all a load of confirmation bias nonsense.
Fans of all clubs do it and it's utterly boring - including this non-story.
Fans of all clubs do it and it's utterly boring - including this non-story.
fair enough.
I'm personally not moaning about conspiracies. I just think he got the Herrera red wrong and think he's a massively over rated ref.
Just seen the penalty that Clattenburg gave Besiktas tonight in the CL. Very similar to the incident when the ball struck Michael Keane's arm on Saturday and a penalty wasn't given. Cnut.
Anyone know the last time Clattenburg gave United a penalty?
That's a bit below the belt, wasn't the case dropped?
Yes, he's been cleared off of it apparently. But as the law enforcer of the game you're expected to focus on the game not the players.
Also this gem,
"You are very different now, since you've played for England - you never used to be like this."- to Lallana.
You're blaming him for being wrongly accused of racism?