He was half way to the ground long before Rojo got close to him.
What does that have to do with him being awful today though? He also isn't the reason I had a wank this morning but that also has nothing to do with Atkinson being a dreadful ref.
Not a chance that's a penalty. If a player shot the ball at smalling and it hit his heel and bounced in to his elbow that was tucked in by his torso you would NEVER argue that was a penalty
Agreed. His record of fecking us over is staggering. Not today though imo
Even if its not a foul I'm pretty sure he was offside.
Rojo pulled out and Payet moved his leg to make some contact
Because he's a spineless little gimp who didn't want to make a decision either way.
Agree. Incompetence ran both ways today, clearly. We were lucky that our goal stood.
I am. To me, it seemed he used to relish upsetting Fergie. Looks like one of those referees who thinks it makes him look 'strong' to give decisions against United. He's been that way for as long as I can remember him being a Premier League ref. If he never took charge of another United game I'd be delighted.
This thinking is dangerous imo. From the refs standpoint it was a very tight decision. Would have been harsh to send him off unless he was absolutely certain it wasn't a penalty. Hard to see how he could have been
Payet could even have been sent off immediately when he got his yellow card because he booted the ball away in frustration.
Disagree,
Disagree. I think he's the worst along with Friend.
Clattenberg, Marriner and Dean say hello.
Is he that terrible with every team or is it just us though?
Just watched the replay in the match day thread, I'm still not sure. The block happens before Martial strikes the ball (though I do see it as two players coming together, not a foul for me). As Martial does strike the ball forward, which is only when an offside decision could be made, I wouldn't consider Schweinsteiger to be involved in the play. He doesn't motion towards the ball.
I genuinely think Atkinson has been consistently worse than all of those referees. Mike Dean is a bit card happy but he at least tends to dish it out equally. Atkinson is anti-United.Clattenberg, Marriner and Dean say hello.
Actually, most of the refs in this country are utter shite and love the attention.
I have no idea. He dives, doesn't get a second yellow and then goes down super easily 2 minutes later to win the free kick. FORGET THAT THOUGH, let's spend 15 minutes discrediting United's goal instead.Payet should have been off for the dive yet somehow the WUM's on TV saying it was a pen
It's ridiculous, all I hear from pundits is how it's a contact sport and players go down to easy.
He's just blocked off the keeper, it is all the same play and he has affected it in an offside position. Randolph is now on the ground because of Schweinsteiger, making him involved in the play.
The post I was responding too was trying to rationalize that West Ham could have gotten a pen for the Payet dive. He said that most refs would probably have given them a pen even though it was a dive thus excusing Atkinson for not giving Payet his second yellow. The same applies for the West Ham handballs. Agree with them or not, there are definitely many refs that would have given a pen.
It was a dive but the replay also showed slight contact. Therefore the decision was marginal. We were lucky it wasn't a pen imo as many refs would have given it.
