Knew this thread was getting bumped, he hasn't had the best match but we can't blame him for today.
Anyone who does is clutching at straws.
Anyone who does is clutching at straws.
Martin Atkinson
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Cost us a few times this season too, absolute wanker who thinks he's above himself.
The player who literally should have been sent off for diving 2 minutes before scored their goal?
Let's not blame the refs for the crap play on the pitch. Atkinson is not the one who is still keeping LVG as manager of mufc.
We're shite enough without things being made even tougher by shite refs.
Wanker
I love these threads.
Huh? The goalscorer shouldn't have been on the pitch.
A ref who HATES Man Utd. HATES us! Every 50/50 goes against us.
I will blame Atkinson for this. It's pathetic game from him and he deserves all the abuse he will get.
The same ref who could of given a penalty also, that incident could of gone either way.
The player who literally should have been sent off for diving 2 minutes before scored their goal?
Still not completely sure about the penalty. From one angle I thought it looked like Rojo might have hit him.
If it was a dive, then of course he should have been sent off but to be honest most referees would have probably given the pen, so we can hardly claim he cost us the game.
If it was a dive, then of course he should have been sent off but to be honest most referees would have probably given the pen, so we can hardly claim he cost us the game.
Howard Webb praising the hell out of him during commentary.
Is there any point of his opinion/analysis? He ALWAYS protects his refereeing staff and rarely states they got a decision wrong.
Coward.
Is there any point of his opinion/analysis? He ALWAYS protects his refereeing staff and rarely states they got a decision wrong.
Coward.
Well he could have given a penalty, but he'd then made two mistakes and not just one.
Angle I saw seemed clear. Dive. Clear yellow..
tidy day out for him, bottled an obvious dive, gives a soft free kick that they score from, and just a yellow for that lunging 2 footer
You don't think most refs would have given us a pen for the Reid handball?
He hasn't had the best game but as I said, he isn't the reason we are in 5th and out of virtually every competition.
He isn't also the reason why we wouldn't have champions league football next season.
Well, I wouldn't personally. Looked clear-cut on first glance but seeing as it bounced from leg to elbow and he had his arm quite close to his body, it would have been a bit harsh I think.
Also, Fellaini (as always) could easily have been sent off after 30 minutes. Elbowed a West Ham player in the face prior to his yellow. Been a crap game from Atkinson but don't think it's more than 60-40 in West Ham's favour.
He threw himself into an unnatural position with his elbow out. The ball was still traveling towards goal when it hit his elbow. Reid created the situation for the ball to hit his hand and thus it should have been a handball imo. Way different than the 1 or 2 times it hit Ogbanna as the ball hit him while he was standing still and didn't have his arm out.
He missed Schweinsteiger blocking off Randolph too so he hasn't really favoured anyone. Just been absolutely useless.
Spot on, but it's easy to use him as a scapegoat for yet another inept performance from us.
Another superb decision, corner apparently.
Shocking for both sides as Martial goal should not have stood.
He's taking the piss now. Seriously shit ref
Awful ref. Saved us today by allowing Martial's goal and not giving the Payet penalty
I don't usually complain about refs, but today was a really bad day for them.
Most inept performance ever 
Jesus christ.
Jesus christ.
At 0-0 he should have sent off Payet for a dive so he fecked us over.
Seriously clueless, regardless of the result today.
Funny guy
I used to think a few years ago that he was deliberately biased towards Chelsea but it's clear he's far too incompetent for it to be on purpose. He's just completely inept, he didn't really help either team he just made continual errors for both sides.
Not giving the Payet penalty? That was a blatant dive!
Got the penalty right IMO. I thought it was nailed on in real time. Couldn't believe it wasn't given. I can't see the contact Webb is talking about in the replay. Clear dive.
Not sure about Martial's goal. Hard to say if it's an intentional block from Schweinsteiger. He's not even looking where the goalkeeper is.
Sadly, for the games sake, the only thing he got right today was the directions to Old Trafford.
I wish someone would just smash the twat in the face. Like really knock a few teeth out. How can a professional ref get so many decisions wrong when they were right in front of his eyes.
Twatkinson. The bell ends and Webb on BT Sport saying BFS fouled the keeper for our goal...pathetic.
I think the main hate to him is not just from today, but everything comes out now from us because he's done this many times before when being the ref in United games.
Need another replay. Looked like there may have been contact. A lot of those are given.