Wayne Rooney assault on MacCarthy.

[The Dude Abides]

I read somewhere a while back (may have been that ex-ref that does the blog, Winter?) that refs in general are very, very reluctant to get involved in any rocking of the boat because they get NO support from either the FA or the PGMO. And in fact are often undermined by them.

 

The line of thought being if you (FA/PL/etc) are not going to stand up against, for example, Ferguson, then why the hell should I put myself out there as a target to have my career wrecked.

 

The PL can't get him to interview with the BBC. The FA can't stop him getting other managers to pull loaned players from teams that have pissed him off.

 

Why would clattenberg fight the good fight. For the sake of a principle no-one else cares about?

 

It's bollocks though, all he needs to be doing is his fucking job, not "fight the good fight". If he sees a deliberate elbow, he sends him off. If he doesn't, then he comes out afterwards having seen the incident and say he would have sent him off had he seen it. It's not hard, and it's the minimum we should expect.

 

What can Ferguson really do to him? It's pathetic.

[Caramac]

 

Bout time a gif showed up, the fucking thug.

[piscinin]

It's bollocks though, all he needs to be doing is his fucking job, not "fight the good fight". If he sees a deliberate elbow, he sends him off. If he doesn't, then he comes out afterwards having seen the incident and say he would have sent him off had he seen it. It's not hard, and it's the minimum we should expect.

 

What can Ferguson really do to him? It's pathetic.

 

Who was the ref whose career stagnated after pissing off Ferguson? Never got any big games for a while.

[betterman]

Just make it sweeter when we beat them on sunday.

[WaltonRed]

Defo brown envelope job

[R.A.La]

Who was the ref whose career stagnated after pissing off Ferguson? Never got any big games for a while.

 

Clattenberg.

[Randy Marsh]

What a shower of shite. Spineless, toothless, gutless, cowardly, corrupt bastards. He should have been given 6 games for that. What a joke of an organisation. Every word Rafa said about that cunt was right. He plays English football like a fiddle.

[King Emlyn]

[betterman]

Least we know what constitutes an elbow, and what two players coming together are for Sunday. Really hope some of our players give him at least the same.

[Lario]

Wonder what would happen if McCarthy brought an assault charge against Ears?

[lifetime fan]

The 'biggest' cunts in this are our turd of an excuse media.

 

When o fucking when will just one hack grow a set of fucking bollocks and ask that piss headed cunt an 'honest' question instead of getting on bended knee and sucking him of?

 

The beeb hardly went overboard about the decision, 'he'll be in trouble for that', but the drunken old cunt refuses to talk to them anyway despite them paying his club millions upon millions of pounds so what the fuck do they have to be scared of?

 

That prick on SSN (who dare not cross their puppet master) is telling everyone how Slur played this 'blindingy' after he comes out and attacks the press before they've written a word about that fucking disgrace of a granny shagging cunt.

 

The written press are no better and often far worse. I'd expect Reade to make a comment next Saturday, how many others though?

 

You have those fat fucks sat around a table every Sunday morning joking about which one of them was allowed to grace Slurs presence that week for his press conference.

 

What a card Slur is.

 

The fucking bridge rules.

 

Useless cunts the lot of them.

[betterman]

Hartson held no punches on MOTD2 last night. He called it as it was.

[lifetime fan]

Hartson held no punches on MOTD2 last night. He called it as it was.

 

He did and fair play to him, the prick refuses to talk to the beeb though so what have they got to worry about?

 

When will someone grow a set and ask the cunt live on air an 'honest' question.

 

This fucking myth about the hair dryer treatment fucks me off no end as well. The guy is a fucking drunken pensioner, if the cunt wanted to get in my face and scream abuse and act the bully bring it on, I'd fucking love him to do it actually.

[betterman]

Wonder what Jim Beglins view on it was?

[Nathanzx]

hopefully there'll be a lot of articles tomorrow reacting to the FA and Clattenburg's decision that a sneaky forearm smash to the side of a lad's head when he is not looking is not worthy of a card...if there isn't a lot of media pressure of the FA to punish Rooney tomorrow then we may as well give up

 

the disgusting old man uses reverse psychology by saying Rooney will be electrocuted and then the media say "oh no you don't fergie, we'll keep quiet about this one, you're wrong about us"...are that they effing pathetically dumb and subservient?

[moof]

PGMO Statement

Professional Game Match Officials General Manager Mike Riley has come out in support of referee Mark Clattenberg.

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Mr Riley has released the following statement with regard to an incident*involving Wayne Rooney and James McCarthy in Saturday's Barclays Premier League match between Wigan Athletic and Manchester United, a match*in which*referee Clattenberg officiated.

 

PERIPHERAL VISION

Mr Riley said: "Mark took the correct course of action with this incident. Match officials are trained to prioritise following the ball, as that's where the greater majority of incidents are going to take place. However, we also do a lot of work around the area of peripheral vision to be aware of anything that might potentially happen off-the-ball.

 

"In this incident Mark was following play but caught sight of two players coming together and he awarded a free kick because he believed one player had impeded the other. We should be clear that Mark did nothing wrong in officiating this incident as he acted on what he saw on the pitch."

[Stu Monty]

PGMO Statement

Professional Game Match Officials General Manager Mike Riley has come out in support of referee Mark Clattenberg.

*

 

Mr Riley has released the following statement with regard to an incident*involving Wayne Rooney and James McCarthy in Saturday's Barclays Premier League match between Wigan Athletic and Manchester United, a match*in which*referee Clattenberg officiated.

 

PERIPHERAL VISION

Mr Riley said: "Mark took the correct course of action with this incident. Match officials are trained to prioritise following the ball, as that's where the greater majority of incidents are going to take place. However, we also do a lot of work around the area of peripheral vision to be aware of anything that might potentially happen off-the-ball.

 

"In this incident Mark was following play but caught sight of two players coming together and he awarded a free kick because he believed one player had impeded the other. We should be clear that Mark did nothing wrong in officiating this incident as he acted on what he saw on the pitch."

 

Right. So he didn't see, and deal with, the elbow then.

 

It isn't hard.

[Trumo]

The original statement.

 

PGMO Statement

Professional Game Match Officials General Manager and bit-part actor on Spongebob Squarepants Mike Fucking Riley has come out in support of referee Mark Over-The-Line Clattenberg.

*

 

Mr Riley has released the following statement with regard to an incident*involving English national treasure Wayne Rooney and James That-Jock-Bastard-Masquerading-As-A-Paddy McCarthy in Saturday's Barclays Premier League Dave Whelan rollover between Wigan Athletic and Manchester United, a match*in which*referee Clattenberg officiated.

 

PERIPHERAL VISION

Mr Riley said: "(Skid)Mark took the correct course of action with this incident. Match officials are trained to be blind fucking halfwits lacking any sort of vision, never mind peripheral, as that's where the greater majority of incidents are going to take place, outside their blinkers. However, we also do a lot of work around the area of peripheral vision to ignore anything that might potentially be detrimental to the good standing of His High Eminence Lord Sir Alex of Ferguson.

 

"In this incident Mark was picking his arse just outside the "D" but caught sight of two players coming together, got a stiffy and he awarded a free kick because he believed one player had impaled the other and might want a cuddle afterwards. We should be clear that Mark did nothing wrong in officiating this incident as he acted on what he was told to see on the pitch."

[WaltonRed]

I dont even know how he missed it

[Ashberry]

I find it hard to see any difference between this and Zidane headbutting materazzi in the 2006 world cup final. Least we know its just the english FA that are completely incompetant.

[Trumo]

I find it hard to see any difference between this and Zidane headbutting materazzi in the 2006 world cup final. Least we know its just the english FA that are completely incompetant.

 

The fourth official used video evidence to inform the ref, and then they covered up how they arrived at the - albeit correct - decision to send Zidane off, by saying the referee's assistant called it. If they'd said exactly how they'd arrived at the decision, the French FA would have been tearing strips off FIFA.

[RobbieOR]

[Trucker Paddy]

Mark Clattenburg was stopped from refereeing by the FA for over a year while he was sorting out financial difficulties not long ago, this whole thing stinks, he's either corrupt or incompetent, IMO it's the former

[Ashberry]

 

Is this Babel's most recent tweet?:lol:

[lfclad_4eva]

This is fucking bollocks everyone in the country knows he should have a ban. Yet he gets off, I tell you what when slur alex goes, united won't get any luck any gifts and it won't be a coincidence. Also the way he elbowed him could have done awful damage. Cunt.