Manchester United

[Rigadon]

So he's basically admitting that United used to get favourable decisions. Absolutely unreal. He was a referee at the time FFS

Don't think Clattenburg was one of Fergie's favourites. One of the few refs (during the Fergie era) that didn't toe ('tow' - Duncan) the line.

Things have definitely been better over the last few years (i.e. favourable decisions to Utd) but this season has been a bit dodgy.

[BobTheCharmer]

Don't think Clattenburg was one of Fergie's favourites. One of the few refs (during the Fergie era) that didn't toe ('tow' - Duncan) the line.

Things have definitely been better over the last few years (i.e. favourable decisions to Utd) but this season has been a bit dodgy.

This season? Last season they had a record amount of pens.

[Rigadon]

This season? Last season they had a record amount of pens.

Interesting. Were they mainly given post the covid break?

[Chiccada]

Can't see the lads not being up for this game. Something very wrong if so. I'm confident we'll win.
Interesting to note that their form against direct rivals is shonky at best and this game is the first league away game against one of them this season, with almost half of it played.

Perfect game for us after the patchy spell IMHO.

[Roboklopp]

Yeah, let’s own these cunts.

[frank the tank]

Don't think Clattenburg was one of Fergie's favourites. One of the few refs (during the Fergie era) that didn't toe ('tow' - Duncan) the line.

Things have definitely been better over the last few years (i.e. favourable decisions to Utd) but this season has been a bit dodgy.

Didn't yer man Tomkins do a big article on the dodgy calls that fergies teams used to get?

If I remember correctly, Clattenberg was the ref the day they lost 601 at home to City. The famous Balotelli 'Why Always Me' game. Fergie laid into Clattenberg afterwards and I think M-C gave him a little back - or at least didn't bend over.

Anyway, Clattenberg didn't get a United game for something like 15 months after that. Fergie must have picked Howard Webb a lot in that time. And when he did, it was in a game against a decent team (Chelsea I think) and he gave some crazy decisions in a jammy United win.

The whole thing stinks. David Gill was on the FA board for **** sake. If that was Italian football, we'd all be joking about how the thing was rigged.

Even now, the Cavani ban recently was a joke. The FA put out new guidelines in the summer and it was clearly a 3 match ban for what he did on social media. You can argue if that was right or wrong in the particular case, but as per the guidelines, it was a 3 game ban. It took someone on here (Pinky i think) less than a day to point out those guidelines to us.......and how it was a straightforward 3 game ban. That is a fan of the game....not someone who wrote, approved or was traianed on the brand new guidelines. The FA took a few months to think it over....hummed and haa'ed for ****in weeks......and then announced his straightforward 3 game ban right before they had a caraboa cup game and an fa cup match. So effectively it was a one game ban. You telling me that is a coincidence? Is it ****.....

[Mr Pink]

Didn't yer man Tomkins do a big article on the dodgy calls that fergies teams used to get?

If I remember correctly, Clattenberg was the ref the day they lost 601 at home to City. The famous Balotelli 'Why Always Me' game. Fergie laid into Clattenberg afterwards and I think M-C gave him a little back - or at least didn't bend over.

Anyway, Clattenberg didn't get a United game for something like 15 months after that. Fergie must have picked Howard Webb a lot in that time. And when he did, it was in a game against a decent team (Chelsea I think) and he gave some crazy decisions in a jammy United win.

The whole thing stinks. David Gill was on the FA board for **** sake. If that was Italian football, we'd all be joking about how the thing was rigged.

Even now, the Cavani ban recently was a joke. The FA put out new guidelines in the summer and it was clearly a 3 match ban for what he did on social media. You can argue if that was right or wrong in the particular case, but as per the guidelines, it was a 3 game ban. It took someone on here (Pinky i think) less than a day to point out those guidelines to us.......and how it was a straightforward 3 game ban. That is a fan of the game....not someone who wrote, approved or was traianed on the brand new guidelines. The FA took a few months to think it over....hummed and haa'ed for ****in weeks......and then announced his straightforward 3 game ban right before they had a caraboa cup game and an fa cup match. So effectively it was a one game ban. You telling me that is a coincidence? Is it ****.....

When you consider that the Liverpool team and city team of the last few years have been the 2 best teams in PL history (points wise at least), the rivalry really hasn’t been as big as one might expect... noones gonna remember the rivalry the way people remember the rivalries between fergie, wenger, rafa, mourinho, etc.. even now, if we can’t win it, we’re all hoping to fock that city would, ahead of united... we hate one or two city players, and their fans are a joke... but I think a lot of us admire what pep has done, in a way that we never would have with fergie (at the time at least)- we just don’t hate them as much...

Anyway, you have to imagine that the premier league would love to have the title race between united and Liverpool- two global fanbases that absolutely ****in hate each other’s guts. Sometimes it feels like they’re given the helping hand they need to put them into that title race... it’s good for the brand... same as last season, it was good for the brand, that they snatch the CL spot ahead of the likes of leicester, who prob have a fan base about 1% the size of uniteds

[wiw]

Just look at that Man United vs Arsenal game. Proof if ever you needed it that the officiating is bent

[ChesterDave]

Rafa was right with his facts 'rant' and everyone knows it

https://twitter.com/FootyAccums/stat...97123843301378

And Fergie isn't even dead yet. Imagine the allegations when he goes.

[Harv]

Just look at that Man United vs Arsenal game. Proof if ever you needed it that the officiating is bent

The one where they systematically kicked lumps out of that invincible Arsenal side for 90 minutes? Don't think Reyes was ever the same after that game, Scholes and Neville set upon him like rabid dogs from the off.

[S-RED]

this one

https://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/a-forensic-analysis-of-mike-rileys-performance-in-man-utd-2-0-arsenal-2004/

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM747L9Wf8M[/ame]

[fabinho]

Mike Riley was an utter c*nt of a Ref. It was disgusting that he got away with this **** when officiating time and time again. The most biased ref to ever walk the pitch.

[wiw]

The one where they systematically kicked lumps out of that invincible Arsenal side for 90 minutes? Don't think Reyes was ever the same after that game, Scholes and Neville set upon him like rabid dogs from the off.

this one

https://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/a-forensic-analysis-of-mike-rileys-performance-in-man-utd-2-0-arsenal-2004/

Yeah this one. Time for the annual whinge about it

Not even 2 minutes into it and Rooney and Neville should have been booked. Ferdinand should've been sent off and a foul wasn't even given. **** me

[wiw]

Van Nistelrooy should've gone. This is unreal!

[Irishnev]

Mike Riley was an utter c*nt of a Ref. It was disgusting that he got away with this **** when officiating time and time again. The most biased ref to ever walk the pitch.

And he is in charge of the ref committee now right?