Mark Clattenburg

[Tom]

[cobain]

If I don't count yesterdays' game, I always though Mark Clattenburg is the best ref in the country. I've seen him as a referee in many Chelsea and Scum matches and I can safely say that HE IS THE ONLY REFEREE IN THE COUNTRY who will stand up to those küntz - that means Rooney will get carded for shouting at him, Drogba will get booked for diving etc. I think he is the only referee in the Premiership who actually has cojones.

Hats off Mark, you da man!

[kewellnthegang]

Peter Reid being a classic bitter.

in barca last year a few lads were goin off it when we seen them at the ground

they had given monkey heed reid a bit of banter and he called them murderers

hate the prick

as for the ref

shaded benni for man of the match

and what goes round comes round

even stevie thought he had a good game .... why else shake his hand as he
walked off......

[dww]

Yeah looking at it yesterday it was a pen. My mate was behind the goal and said that lescott pushed backwards to make them both go down. Maybe that's what the ref thought.

Thats how I saw it at first - sort of a 60/40 pen, more likely to be given than not but Lescott was backing in. The more I see the replay the worse it looks but I still think there is an element of Lescott not trying to get to the ball which would have put doubts in my eyes.

I know it benefited us in the end but I don't think Clattenburg had a good game. He is however a good ref in general.

[Morph]

I know it benefited us in the end but I don't think Clattenburg had a good game. He is however a good ref in general.

having watched the match about 3 times now I think he had a pretty decent game, both pens for us were bang on and red card offences and were given as such

of their two penno claims, i've not seen a pundit yet say the finnan one was a pen (appart from gray but he doesn't count), the Carra one was differen't opinions were definitley divided on it, Lescott did seem to make more of a meal of it, but the ref was well placed to see it.

The only terrible mistake I thought he made was only giving Dirk a yellow for leaving the ground with his kung fu tackle, the only saving grace was that he tried to pull out of it, but by the letter of the law it should have been a red.

All that taken into account, it was a Derby and maybe he always had the intention of letting things fly a bit, knowing it was going to be a heated match and in all honesty it wasn't a dirty like some derbys i've seen.

[Kaip]

I'm always better the following day Passion does tend to get the better of me on match days. I may have to hide the keyboard next sunday.

please do