red card…..end of!

Ferguson is hanging on to his past glories by his fingernails , it wasnt even a yellow card 😡 😡 😡

The hatred between City and United reached an all time high today , the sooner Ferguson the old **** is gagged and banned the better the English game will be ! 😉

6 – 1

A red card…….. Rules is rules. 😀

The game has gone so soft its unbelievable, how can players give their all for their team when decisions are made like this, what about the Giggs tackle, spoilt the game completely , I support none of these teams but City would have murdered Utd but for the red card

@mauler7 wrote:

The game has gone so soft its unbelievable, how can players give their all for their team when decisions are made like this, what about the Giggs tackle, spoilt the game completely , I support none of these teams but City would have murdered Utd but for the red card

Well said mauler7 😎

The saddest thing of all United fans are gloating tonight even though 4 Utd players including Rooney surrounded the ref after Kompany won the ball cleanly …… i have now lost any tiny thread of respect left for Rooney as a player and a person after all the indiscretions he has made both on and off the pitch . United are a shadow of the team and club they once were and worst of all now resort to “gutter” tactics to gain an advantage . United are in decline , that is for all to see ….. i sincerely hope Liverpool smash them at Anfield in the next round.

As for the Ref he was pathetic all match, the Refs in general have been shambolic in the premier league this season for most teams !

Sorry for going on but i have been drinking all day !

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IIRC Utd were already in the ascendancy. The dismissal. In the past nothing would have happened but today yes, sending off. The rules / interpretation are indeed crazy. I was brougth up for example on the premise that anybody on the pitch is interfering with play re offside etc. Alas times have changed.

City will win the Premier League but Utd will keep them honest as I think will Spurs too. City will always be noisy neighbours successful or unsuccessful.

Big tie next round for Utd

Many fans were an absolute disgrace. What a wonderful society 🙁

No way was it a red card,not even a yellow.Nani wasnt bothered about the tackle but that bloody Rooney chased the ref to get him sent off.Giggs tackle from behind didnt even get a yellow.Must be another ref in fergie`s pocket 😡

A two footed tackle is a red card offence. Studs where showing and he lunged in. If the United player had not bailed out of going for the ball. There would have been broken bones! Does not matter that he got the ball. It was a potential leg breaking tackle. If that tackle was on one of your teams players. You would be screeming for a red card!

The Giggs foul was not from behind. It was from the side. Should maybe have been a yellow card but you see fouls like that in every game and its 50/50 if a card is shown or not.

City where losing when Kompany was sent off. So, cannot see how United where going to get murdered. It was 3-0 at half-time. United took there feet off the gas in the second half and that allowed City back in to the game! Was still a good game to watch.

Im an Everton supporter so have no love for either team.

It makes me smile when people say BUT he/I got the ball. Getting the ball is not the be all and end all if you make a bad tackle or hurt another player to get it. Football is soft now compared to the past but a two footed challenge has always been frowned upon past and present.

Very impressed by Mancini’s tactical know how re playing with 10 men.

trueblue is spot on, a two footed challenge is a straight red card if you go by the rules of the game

@TrueBlue wrote:

A two footed tackle is a red card offence. Studs where showing and he lunged in. If the United player had not bailed out of going for the ball. There would have been broken bones! Does not matter that he got the ball. It was a potential leg breaking tackle. If that tackle was on one of your teams players. You would be screeming for a red card!

The Giggs foul was not from behind. It was from the side. Should maybe have been a yellow card but you see fouls like that in every game and its 50/50 if a card is shown or not.

City where losing when Kompany was sent off. So, cannot see how United where going to get murdered. It was 3-0 at half-time. United took there feet off the gas in the second half and that allowed City back in to the game! Was still a good game to watch.

Im an Everton supporter so have no love for either team.

But the problem is that EVERY 2 footed challenge simply is not a sending off – end of!
Nearly every tackle made has studs, blades, or moulds showing and thats a fact, weather they are dangerous is another question and if you have ever kicked a ball you would know that.
Currently the FA instruct referees to invoke a red card for two footed challenges as they are studs up. It does not matter if you win the ball, the current FA stance dictates that the ref issues a red.
This is wrong – as Vincent Kompany’s tackle today shows.
The FA should change this decision to INCLUDE the refs judgement at any given time and tackle, thats were the problem currently lies.
The current directive is the same if 2 feet are off the ground, or along the ground – theres a huge differance.
Kompany’s tackle was a fantastic challenge, but the ref had no choice.
Anyway, dont you think that Rooney got him sent off? have a look at the replay, there was 2 Man u players, one of which was Rooney showing 2 fingers to the ref, indicating a 2 footed challenge, plus another Man u player who i could not make out? I think they influenced the ref in a big way.

@Dodge wrote:

@mauler7 wrote:

The game has gone so soft its unbelievable, how can players give their all for their team when decisions are made like this, what about the Giggs tackle, spoilt the game completely , I support none of these teams but City would have murdered Utd but for the red card

cant remember any city fans moaning about this sending off no contact

Well said mauler7 😎

The saddest thing of all United fans are gloating tonight even though 4 Utd players including Rooney surrounded the ref after Kompany won the ball cleanly …… i have now lost any tiny thread of respect left for Rooney as a player and a person after all the indiscretions he has made both on and off the pitch . United are a shadow of the team and club they once were and worst of all now resort to “gutter” tactics to gain an advantage . United are in decline , that is for all to see ….. i sincerely hope Liverpool smash them at Anfield in the next round.

As for the Ref he was pathetic all match, the Refs in general have been shambolic in the premier league this season for most teams !

Sorry for going on but i have been drinking all day !

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cant remember any city fans moaning about this sending off no contact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTyPd5oqqg

or mancini waving for red card against liverpool

To the letter of the law it was a red, the question is if the law is right for it to be the case 100% of the time?

A bigger joke is this Respect thing, I thought only the captains were to approach the ref? Still, it’s something Man U have done for as long as I can remember.

looks like those who have played the game agree with a red card

Manchester City 2 – Manchester United 3 (Extended)

Paddy whether you win the ball or not whether or not you hurt the player on that occasion the two footed tackle is banned because of the career ending injuries it can lead to. It is a no no to anybody who has played or plays the game. The potential consequences of a two footed tackle are truly sickening.

most of you must of watched the game with blue glasses on,there was an incident in the second half where at least 6 city players surrounded the ref. 😀

That was red card end of!

Off the floor and two footed, if it was against any other player than a United player you’d all be saying it was a sending off.

Theres players and managers from all premiership teams signalling and encourging referees to book/send players off not just United, Rooney shouts to the Referee pointing out it was two footed and theres uproar.

Mancini did it last week which you City fans seem to of forgotten.

two feet off the ground studs showing all of them, lunging in on another player running at speed . the lad is lucky he didn’t send nani to hospital. dodger my friend if you want to play with the big boys you have to learn too lose with dignity. leave the rose coloured specs at home, and try not to post when pissed. you were beaten by a better team on the day, i cannot remember all this crap when evans was dismissed for a tackle that a 4 year old would,nt fell over for, in the league game. both players were dismissed for challenges that the governing body instruct referee,s to send players off for. however in the bigger picture i wonder how those racist koppites will receive mr Evera when he next visits anfield at the end of the month. the world will be watching even their U.S.A. fan club aka the K.K.K.. lolololol

wasnt that the ref who did the spurs game a few weeks ago?
if it was, worst performance by a ref ive ever seen!

We only hate Man Utd !

With a passion 😉

What about the ref that let frank lampard off for his horror tackle, coz franks not that sort of player? Where was the letter of the law then?
The fact is any tackle or coming together can injure or break a limb, ask henrik larson, still on youtube but not for the faint hearted The question I think Is was their intent to cause harm, no.

It’s a blatant red card

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cast your mind back a few years 😉

ronny ronaldo dives in at maine road or the eehore stadium cant remember which, anyway ronny that well known tackler ronaldo dives in two footed and misses both ball and player by at least 3 feet. sent off. no argument. did we make a fuss??? did we weep all over the morning papers??? did we cry like baby,s on the telly or radio??. not at all we took it like the champions we are, on the chin. citeh could learn from that and stop bleating like girls. you can spend as much as you like on players but you have to learn dignity in defeat.

@Smed wrote:

wasnt that the ref who did the spurs game a few weeks ago?
if it was, worst performance by a ref ive ever seen!

It was indeed the same ref as in the Stoke v Tottenham game the other week!

Herbie me old mate ………

It is obviously clear that in your old age you have been brainwashed by Mr bullsh!t himself Sir Whisky Nose as it is him bleating that Kompany should be banned for 4 matches , now maybe 5 after City,s appeal . Gutter tactics prompted by Ferguson and Rooney !!!!!

Nani ffs goes down like a girl if the opposition only look at him …….. he stayed on his feet and even chased back and carried on playing after Kompany won the ball. Uniteds tactics are a disgrace and your a club in decline and cant hack it 😉 Ferguson,s time is almost up and bringing back Scholes (who was shocking last season) shows how desperate your club has become !

Take your frustations out on the Glazers who are bleeding MUFC dry ! 😉

the ref yesterday

Kompany sent off
Welbeck booked
Nani Booked
Ferdinand booked
Evra booked

Was he Luis Suarez?

Last week i watched the Wolves Chelsea game and saw a man who should have been sent off passing to another man who shouldnt have been on the pitch either to score the match winning goal.
It’s an absolute joke the ref yesterday sent Kompany off which was questionable at best and then got two penalty descision wrong both of them stonewalls one for United and one for City.
Its a real shame that people seem to always finish up talking about the decisions made instead of what a good game it was.
Tecnology should be rescueing this squalid game from the doldrums but it’s not because the old gits in charge of it refuse to impliment it.

dirkdiggler, Lampard should have been sent off last week but he was not playing in the City V United game this week. Kompany made a very bad tackle and was sent off correctly for it.

Are you ‘armchair’ footballers? :rolleyes: A two footed challenge is reckless and endangers other players. Luckily, Nani does not meet the challenge in a full blooded manner. Some would say he went into the challenge upon him like a nancy boy. A very sensible player! His passive, evasive response potentially saved his season/career.

Anybody who plays or has played this game knows that two footed challenges are a no no and deserve dealing with harshly. What did others want. The Man U players to belt the living daylights out of Company? Engage in a full on brawl?

The referee made the decision. Unfortunately, every referee is an individual and that results in inconsistency. Personally, I think the authorities should be doing more post match to redress inconsistency.

@Dodge wrote:

Herbie me old mate ………

It is obviously clear that in your old age you have been brainwashed by Mr bullsh!t himself Sir Whisky Nose as it is him bleating that Kompany should be banned for 4 matches , now maybe 5 after City,s appeal . Gutter tactics prompted by Ferguson and Rooney !!!!!

Nani ffs goes down like a girl if the opposition only look at him …….. he stayed on his feet and even chased back and carried on playing after Kompany won the ball. Uniteds tactics are a disgrace and your a club in decline and cant hack it 😉 Ferguson,s time is almost up and bringing back Scholes (who was shocking last season) shows how desperate your club has become !

Take your frustations out on the Glazers who are bleeding MUFC dry ! 😉

You Sir are the most deluded poster i’ve ever come across on these forums, you seem to totally dismiss all of you own teams indiscretions and bemoan about Uniteds. It’s the exactly the same went you talk about the current government and Labour.

pressure getting to you dodger christ you,ve got 4 months left. :rolleyes: best order lots of Valium. fact. two feet off the ground, with studs showing is a red regardless of what occurs after the tackle. just ask ronny. 😀 kompany,s been getting away with it all season and you know it. 😉

For the avoidance of doubt, does anyone SERIOUSLY think it deserved a red card or are they just on the wind-up?

Even the most vehement (albeit intelligent) Man U fans that I know acknowledge that it should not have been a sending off. Nani did not even appeal for a foul, let alone a red card! There was a very similar tackle in the second half by Nigel De Jong and the ref did not even give a free kick (which was the correct decision).

Foy’s was one of the most inept refereeing displays I have ever seen at that level.

The words “letter of the law” have been used a preposterous number of times on this thread to justify Foy’s decision. Can someone please enlighten me as to where in the “letter of the law” it states that a two footed tackle is a straight red without exception?

I thought that the test as to whether any tackle, two footed or otherwise, merited a straight red related to “excessive force”. If this is correct, it is a completely subjective decision by the referee, and in this case, one that he got wrong.

Well he’s lost his appeal today…. Although after the incident with the wolves player losing his appeal i dont see how Kompany was ever going to get off.

@Gary wrote:

For the avoidance of doubt, does anyone SERIOUSLY think it deserved a red card or are they just on the wind-up?

Even the most vehement (albeit intelligent) Man U fans that I know acknowledge that it should not have been a sending off. Nani did not even appeal for a foul, let alone a red card! There was a very similar tackle in the second half by Nigel De Jong and the ref did not even give a free kick (which was the correct decision).

Foy’s was one of the most inept refereeing displays I have ever seen at that level.

He got what the challenge deserved. The authorities agreed.

I just saw that too, Steve (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16492841.stm). Staggering. The test for the appeals panel is whether or not Foy made an “obvious error”. If the error was not obvious to those on the FA commission’s panel, they are not fit to continue on said panel.

Here is a brilliant summary of the incident:
“It was a diabolical sending off… the person to blame is the referee. I know it was a two-footed challenge but it wasn’t violent or malicious. It was a yellow card at the worst”
Former Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty on BBC Radio 5 Live

Allan_Marsden, if you really think that and are not on the wind up, do you think it was an injustice that De Jong was not red carded for his (very similar) tackle in the second half?

I wonder how many of you would be saying it wasn’t a red card if it was against there player and team. Not many……..

@JohnC wrote:

@Dodge wrote:

Herbie me old mate ………

It is obviously clear that in your old age you have been brainwashed by Mr bullsh!t himself Sir Whisky Nose as it is him bleating that Kompany should be banned for 4 matches , now maybe 5 after City,s appeal . Gutter tactics prompted by Ferguson and Rooney !!!!!

Nani ffs goes down like a girl if the opposition only look at him …….. he stayed on his feet and even chased back and carried on playing after Kompany won the ball. Uniteds tactics are a disgrace and your a club in decline and cant hack it 😉 Ferguson,s time is almost up and bringing back Scholes (who was shocking last season) shows how desperate your club has become !

Take your frustations out on the Glazers who are bleeding MUFC dry ! 😉

You Sir are the most deluded poster i’ve ever come across on these forums, you seem to totally dismiss all of you own teams indiscretions and bemoan about Uniteds. It’s the exactly the same went you talk about the current government and Labour.

If you are a Tory supporter and a “bandwagon” Man Utd fan from some far flung village in the UK no where near Manchester then i am glad my posting irritates you , it gives me a sense of achievement ! Oh , and the post was meant for my mate Herbie (it says Herbie at the top !) so how deluded are you replying to someone elses message ? 😉

Carpmagic and Gary have hit the nail on the head …….. i dont think any Man City supporter expected Kompany,s red card to be recinded , the FA have backed all the referees this season even though their performance levels and decision making have been abysmal in many cases …… how can Lampard stay on the pitch and score the winner and others get straight reds and get 3 or 4 match bans ? The game is in serious trouble 😉

@Dodge wrote:

If you are a Tory supporter and a “bandwagon” Man Utd fan from some far flung village in the UK no where near Manchester then i am glad my posting irritates you , it gives me a sense of achievement ! Oh , and the post was meant for my mate Herbie (it says Herbie at the top !) so how deluded are you replying to someone elses message ? 😉

Carpmagic and Gary have hit the nail on the head …….. i dont think any Man City supporter expected Kompany,s red card to be recinded , the FA have backed all the referees this season even though their performance levels and decision making have been abysmal in many cases …… how can Lampard stay on the pitch and score the winner and others get straight reds and get 3 or 4 match bans ? The game is in serious trouble 😉

Sorry to disappoint you but you don’t irritate me, you’re the one get all bent out of place ranting and swearing like a moron on a fishing forum.

FYI i live in Manchester and have been a season ticket holder since the 80’s and i don’t support any political party.

Talking of bandwagon fans i see City are finally getting close to filling their stadium it’s only took a load of money and a dozen prima donnas.

@JohnC wrote:

@Dodge wrote:

If you are a Tory supporter and a “bandwagon” Man Utd fan from some far flung village in the UK no where near Manchester then i am glad my posting irritates you , it gives me a sense of achievement ! Oh , and the post was meant for my mate Herbie (it says Herbie at the top !) so how deluded are you replying to someone elses message ? 😉

Carpmagic and Gary have hit the nail on the head …….. i dont think any Man City supporter expected Kompany,s red card to be recinded , the FA have backed all the referees this season even though their performance levels and decision making have been abysmal in many cases …… how can Lampard stay on the pitch and score the winner and others get straight reds and get 3 or 4 match bans ? The game is in serious trouble 😉

Sorry to disappoint you but you don’t irritate me, you’re the one get all bent out of place ranting and swearing like a moron on a fishing forum.

FYI i live in Manchester and have been a season ticket holder since the 80’s and i don’t support any political party.

Talking of bandwagon fans i see City are finally getting close to filling their stadium it’s only took a load of money and a dozen prima donnas.

So the fact i am lifelong Man City fan irritates you on a forum gives me great pleasure …… thank you for confirming that 😉 Now you just keep giving your hard earned season ticket money to the glazers like a moron wont you :p :p

PS JohnC some of my closest lifelong mates / workmates are lifelong Man United season ticket holders ……..

and my brother is very rich ……… he owns 6 seats in his very own bit of the Etihad Stadium 😎 😉 X

@Dodge wrote:

@JohnC wrote:

@Dodge wrote:

If you are a Tory supporter and a “bandwagon” Man Utd fan from some far flung village in the UK no where near Manchester then i am glad my posting irritates you , it gives me a sense of achievement ! Oh , and the post was meant for my mate Herbie (it says Herbie at the top !) so how deluded are you replying to someone elses message ? 😉

Carpmagic and Gary have hit the nail on the head …….. i dont think any Man City supporter expected Kompany,s red card to be recinded , the FA have backed all the referees this season even though their performance levels and decision making have been abysmal in many cases …… how can Lampard stay on the pitch and score the winner and others get straight reds and get 3 or 4 match bans ? The game is in serious trouble 😉

Sorry to disappoint you but you don’t irritate me, you’re the one get all bent out of place ranting and swearing like a moron on a fishing forum.

FYI i live in Manchester and have been a season ticket holder since the 80’s and i don’t support any political party.

Talking of bandwagon fans i see City are finally getting close to filling their stadium it’s only took a load of money and a dozen prima donnas.

So the fact i am lifelong Man City fan irritates you on a forum gives me great pleasure …… thank you for confirming that 😉 Now you just keep giving your hard earned season ticket money to the glazers like a moron wont you :p :p

PS JohnC some of my closest lifelong mates / workmates are lifelong Man United season ticket holders ……..

and my brother is very rich ……... he owns 6 seats in his very own bit of the united Stadium 😎 😉 X[/qu

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cant even sell tickets at home for a semi final against liverpool mate got this email 🙂

From: Gavin Makel
Date: 10 January 2012 12:54
Subject: EXCLUSIVE Carling Cup Semi-Final Ticket offer (Manchester City v Liverpool)
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This exclusive offer comes at £5 per ticket for those under 16 and for every 5 tickets purchased you will receive a complimentary adult ticket. We here at Manchester City understand that parents play a pivotal role in the running of junior football clubs and would therefore like to extend this offer to the families of young players currently registered with a junior football club from your league.

In order for you to take advantage of this offer all you need to do is reply to this email with the following information:

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In response to the stupid post above, you ever seen barca’s ground for a cup game.

@andy cranes mate wrote:

In response to the stupid post above, you ever seen barca’s ground for a cup game.

yes but that holds about 100,000 not 48,000 and city are selling tickets for £5 and £10

and liverpool have got about 9,000 tickets

My point exactly, barca’s tickets are also as cheap, they also have a massive fan base compared to city’s. Your lucky to get 20,000.

@andy cranes mate wrote:

My point exactly, barca’s tickets are also as cheap, they also have a massive fan base compared to city’s. Your lucky to get 20,000.

barcelona first round 56,480

second round 64.124

😉

@boss bait wrote:

@andy cranes mate wrote:

In response to the stupid post above, you ever seen barca’s ground for a cup game.

yes but that holds about 100,000 not 48,000 and city are selling tickets for £5 and £10

and liverpool have got about 9,000 tickets

Would that be the Carling Cup where Man Utd got beat by Div 1 side Crystal Palace in the quarter final at a half full Old Trafford ? 😉 😀 😀 😀

6 – 1 😀

@Dodge wrote:

@boss bait wrote:

@andy cranes mate wrote:

In response to the stupid post above, you ever seen barca’s ground for a cup game.

yes but that holds about 100,000 not 48,000 and city are selling tickets for £5 and £10

and liverpool have got about 9,000 tickets

Would that be the Carling Cup where Man Utd got beat by Div 1 side Crystal Palace in the quarter final at a half full Old Trafford ? 😉 😀 😀 😀

6 – 1 😀

yes that will be the one with 54,000 there @ £45 not £10 will still be more than city and yours is a semi against a big team

city got a billion pound team not even shown in a pub

best ticket prices but no one’s turning up

city are a massive club

edit

just found out city ticket office staff in They’re in Manchester College trying to knock out semi-final tickets for tomorrow…£10 a pop

http://twitpic.com/85l6vr

they said Form an orderly queue, there’s enough for everyone.

manchester is blue 😀

@boss bait wrote:

@andy cranes mate wrote:

My point exactly, barca’s tickets are also as cheap, they also have a massive fan base compared to city’s. Your lucky to get 20,000.

barcelona first round 56,480

second round 64.124

😉

So like you said, half full. What’s your point?

@andy cranes mate wrote:

@boss bait wrote:

@andy cranes mate wrote:

My point exactly, barca’s tickets are also as cheap, they also have a massive fan base compared to city’s. Your lucky to get 20,000.

barcelona first round 56,480

second round 64.124

😉

So like you said, half full. What’s your point?

not 20,000 and about 200 away fans and just checked barca website tickets 91 euros not £10 thats the point

I for one as a neutral cant fault city’s support,i remember when they were in the 3rd division,late 90s & still averaged 30,000+,Leeds averaged around 25,000 likewise my club Forest again in the 3rd div,mind you we seem destined to go back & we wont average that this time :rolleyes: .City fans deserve their new found success,its always easy to support a winning side,alot of City fans will have witnessed the bad times,im personally chuffed for those fans who now seem on the verge of seeing some great times ahead.I remember that woman who used to ring that bloody bell,drove me mad at maine rd & at the city ground when City visited come to that,is she still going strong?.

Well he lost his appeal today …. Long after the incident with the player loses his appeal of wolves, I do not see how Kompany was never down.

gary :rolleyes: you are missing the point as usual . referee,s have been telling players at every game that two feet off the ground in any tackle is a straight red. what was foy supposed to do cheat. it matters not who says it is or it is not a red . the referee calls the shots and no one can deny kompany had both feet with all studs showing when he made that tackle. without TV replays and a couple of hours to annualise the tackle the lad foy had to make a decision based on what he saw .hindsight is the pundits best weapon. citeh and there supporters should turn there bile on the stupid prick who made the tackle in the first place , and left his team with 10 men. lots of money and much like liverpool no class. now ive just heard there is a massive toy sale with loads of disused prams for sale at the eehore stadium saturday. :p trouble is there all painted blue 😉

@Dodge wrote:

So the fact i am lifelong Man City fan irritates you on a forum gives me great pleasure …… thank you for confirming that 😉 Now you just keep giving your hard earned season ticket money to the glazers like a moron wont you :p :p

PS JohnC some of my closest lifelong mates / workmates are lifelong Man United season ticket holders ……..

and my brother is very rich ……… he owns 6 seats in his very own bit of the Etihad Stadium 😎 😉 X

It doesn’t matter who i’m paying my money too as long as i get to see them play and ay them Glazers have made us the most valuable club in the world for the seventh consecutive year. We’ve also got the biggest annual turnover of any club ever and thats with the debt.

It’s worst squad we’ve had in 20 years and were still winning things. Lets give it a few years and see if your still winning, City are another Chelsea in the making………………..

@Gary wrote:

Allan_Marsden, if you really think that and are not on the wind up, do you think it was an injustice that De Jong was not red carded for his (very similar) tackle in the second half?

Gary. Yes I do.

I played the game to a decent level, was offered YTS Terms etc (not good enough to make it though IMO BTW). My father had brief spells with breaking into the first team at Blackburn / Burnley). We were both dirty bastards on a football field, behaved disgracefully. I take no pride in that but I understand perfectly what is and what is not allowed re tackling. Football is in the blood.

A two footed challenge is a career killer, every pro knows it is a no no. The reason the challenge did not hurt Nani is because he looked after himself, cowardly some would say. Get a ‘hard man’ with possession and a two footed challenge does what it intends to do.

Kompany is no angel.

IMO the greatest problem is that for example Frank Lampard was not punished post match for his recent challenge and the referee marked down for failing to deal with it.

Every decision in every match is subjective BTW. Hence why we get inconsistency. Ideally we reduce that inconsistency but it will never be eradicated. Post match the PL / FA should be picking up the worst decisions and rectifying them by citing players.

Fans? No different to other fans but strewth how embarassing are many fans. The behaviour of many city fans at the ground was pathetic.

FWIW, I think City will win the PL this season. I do not think they are as good as many would like to believe, likewise other PL clubs this season. Champions League shows that. Good luck to city BUT it will take 2 decades of sustained success before they become a truly great club. Other than brief periods city have no been a successful club. You cannot change your history overnight. Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal IMO remain at the summit of British football with City joining Chelsea in trying to create something long lasting and change their culture and reach that summit.

Unless Cleverley come through as a fully fledged centre midfielder, I think Utd need a world class central midfielder. Perhaps two.

Manchester City are missing a few things lately. One’s a title. Two’s Kompany and three’s a crowd 😀

Anyone see the Johnson tackle on tonight? Not even a yellow. Joke.

@andy cranes mate wrote:

Anyone see the Johnson tackle on tonight? Not even a yellow. Joke.

yes bad tackle but kompany did one worse and in blue tinted glasses it wasnt even a
yellow so make your minds up you cant have it both ways either a bad one or not

DEFINATE RED . no question it cost citeh the match. :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p refs never send scousers off :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p just heard that all the toys found outside the eehore stadium are being sent to Romania. the Romanian prime minister is hoping for citeh,s fortunes to change as he already has enough toys from sunday,s game . poor old bobby manc looks ill, so please let him have some cash :rolleyes: couple of hundred million should tide him over till the summer. 😉 :p

Johnson was a clear red IMO.

The game is in crisis ……

We now have players too scared to tackle and the game has become non contact 😮 😮 😮

Glad MCFC now have time off until next monday . It will be interesting which teams have players sent off this weekend ………

My guess is NOT ONE player will be sent off making MCFC,s and Kompany,s injustice even more infuriating.

The game has become a joke ! 😡

dear oh dear dodger your beginning to sound like a hard done by scouser lol :p :p :p :p :p :p

@herbie wrote:

dear oh dear dodger your beginning to sound like a hard done by scouser lol :p :p :p :p :p :p

Title odds as of tonight ….. Ladbrokes

Man City 4/7

Man Utd 11/4

Spurs 7/1

and United could be 3 rd after this weekends results 😉 :p :p :p

Keep dreaming and taking the tablets herbieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ! :p

@alicewatson wrote:

Well he lost his appeal today. Long after the incident with the player loses his appeal of the wolves, I do not see how Kompany has never been down.

Another spambot!

Identical post to eddiecrosby dated 10 Jan 2012 23:07 on this thread.

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