Monday
Just about got over yesterdays result. We had Ya Ya and Kolo Toure (African Nations Cup? Why every two years, and why not played in the summer?) Barry, Balotelli, Dzeko all out so why reduce the experience and competitiveness by not playing Joe and Clichy?
Pre match South stand area was cut off for Blues who had to circumnavigate to get to the East and West stands but I didn’t witness the shenanighans usual on the Ashton New Road though being an afternoon kick off (not night match) helped. Superb programme produced incidentally.
Rags scored with their first attack, against the run of play, Kompany sent off, our 5th player to be sent off this season whilst other teams barely get a card. What’s going on? What a difference from the Cup game in 1955 when City players pleaded with the ref not to send off Chilton – Rooney, later Welbeck, disgracefully trying to influence the ref. Conspiracy, Nigel Gregory, reckons to balance the fact we have loads a money. Some rules need a complete overhaul.
Second goal, as already pointed out, Nige (De Jong not Gregory) should’ve done better. Third goal came from a poor clearance from Pantillimon, and there were other decisions Foy got wrong – a 2nd pen for united and Jones has soon got into the rag lying mode when he tapped his chest after blatantly handling near the end. If I remember right Foy reffed at Notts County last year and gave us eff all. Bastard.
So a reverse of the 6-1 looked possible at half time, and whilst we all tried to console ourselves with thoughts of the 4-3 at Spurs, a drubbing looked on the cards. Thankfully Bob rallied the troops, and we nearly did it, with greatr response from City fans. Not THAT bothered to go out of the Cup, as we’ve bigger fish to fry, but would have preferred to go out to anyone but them.
Losing Kompany is a massive blow, and I can’t see us winning the appeal.
Dave
I was attending a 100th Birthday party so had to miss the match. Watched it this afternoon and have to say I dunno how Peter Reid didn't smack Keane at the end. What a disgusting exhibition of sour, petty spite. A total arsehole.
ReplyDeleteI think the appeal would have been heading for a win if it was a less high-profile situation. It's all very well saying he got the ball with both feet off the ground, but that is entirely legit if the incoming United player isn't there yet. If Nani comes in 2 seconds after Kompany and hurdles him there isn't a foul. If Nani gets there at the same time as Vinnie then yes it's a foul and a red.
ReplyDeleteBut Nani has enough time to see he's not winning the tackle and jump over the now-prone Vinnie and indeed does so in order to come around the back and compete for the ball, not to avoid the tackle. It should be a no-brainer appeal win, but the appeal will be lost because the FA want to hold this absurd line that two-feet-off-the-ground = a red card. And they don't like to see refs being undermined in a very public way.
Were this to have been a wrong sending off in a Wigan vs Norwich game, the red would be withdrawn.
How many times do you watch a big game on TV and a defender commits a bad foul in the first few minutes. Not only does he get away with a warning (Martin Skrtl last week), but quite often the commentator praises the ref for showing common sense.
ReplyDeleteApart from Kompany and funnily enough Boyata last season, I can't think of any other occasions when the ref has stuck rigidly to the letter of the law.
I'm sure we'd all feel much happier that it wasdn't a stitch up had Giggs been red carded for the far worse tackle he committed on Aguero. Giggs' tackle was two footed, from behind and he seemed to wrap his legs around Aguero too. The M(U)EN claims that Silva, Balotelli and Dzeko are all doubtfull for Wednesday's game.
ReplyDeleteThere's unwritten missive that no punishment of any sort can be handed out to Saint Ryan as the poor love has had such a hard time from the nasty media recently. Also a sending off could interfere with his future knighthood.
ReplyDeleteSo Kompany's appeal has been turned down and he will miss both Liverpool games, Wigan and Tottenham. Why didn't the FA give him an extra game ban for having the nerve to appeal, another forn being Belgian, another for having a number 1 haircut, another for playing for Manchester City and one for good luck. They are C**ts the lot of them. Rooney kicks an opponent and has his ban reduced by one game and the basis of the appeal is that he's Wayne Rooney, the worlds best player.
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