Clattenburg

[Kenneth]

Threatened to break Clattenburg's legs apparently.

[Shaggy]

It was Terry who threatened to break his legs?

This is absolutely mental. Football's a joke.

[TheElephantMan]

Clattenburg using the N word doesn't sound feasible to me, if this is the allegation then in my opinion it sounds like pure fabrication.

[Reece]

Classy club as always.

[Kenneth]

The association of black lawyers made a police complaint.

[Phoenix07]

The association of black lawyers made a police complaint.

I'd like to make a police complaint about their name.

[Vermilion]

So what do people think? Did he call him a ni**er? Hard to believe, but unbelievable if true.

Unbelievable if true eh ? You take some bloody convincing Kenneth.

[Lee]

It's quite staggering really.

Chelsea have done this sort of thing before, haven't they?!

I think I'll wait for more information before voicing an opinion as I just can't get my head around a referee abusing a player.

[MrMichael]

Clattenburg using the N word doesn't sound feasible to me, if this is the allegation then in my opinion it sounds like pure fabrication.

IF that's what the allegation is then it does indeed sound bizarre and tough to believe.

The association of black lawyers made a police complaint.

I don't get it. How can any person or organisation who are completely unconnected to an event complain to the police about something? Surely it should be down to Mikel / whoever at Chelsea, or at least someone in the ground or watching on tv who can say they can lipread and saw it? All this group have to report is what they've read third hand in the media, they probably don't even know exactly what is alleged to have been said?

[Vermilion]

One thing i'm sure of, the recent past, and the handling of events by the powers that be, has done little to advance the cause of anti racist campaigners, imo.

It's been one long cluster****, by all involved.

[TheElephantMan]

Obviously we don't know anything really at this stage, but assuming Clattenburg said something which could be misconstrued as racist abuse then the FA have a problem. If Clattenburg said something blatantly racist then the FA still have a problem because it sounds like it's one man's word against another. The FA have already established precedents for these instances and they have to be seen to be consistent. This is all very interesting anyway.

[Kenneth]

Unbelievable if true eh ? You take some bloody convincing Kenneth.

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[Kenneth]

Obviously we don't know anything really at this stage, but assuming Clattenburg said something which could be misconstrued as racist abuse then the FA have a problem. If Clattenburg said something blatantly racist then the FA still have a problem because it sounds like it's one man's word against another. The FA have already established precedents for these instances and they have to be seen to be consistent. This is all very interesting anyway.

[tsb]

****ing football. What a ****ty pantomime it has become.

[Vermilion]

Thinking about it, i lost count of how many times during the Suarez saga that we heard things like....'People don't make allegations like this up and then go public'.