11 Dec 2017 16:08:09
watching highlights of the game again. we had a stone cold penalty and also some fouls by city players which were deliberate and professional fouls and he never carded anyone.

Not making excuses but the ref was poor.


1.) 11 Dec 2017
11 Dec 2017 17:02:32
On paper we had an attacking team, in the first half we sat back and our defenders hoofed the ball up the field. Not near good enough,
I don't think the ref was the problem.


2.) 11 Dec 2017
11 Dec 2017 18:55:04
Agreed Leahy. To blame the ref sounds like an excuse. We did not deserve anything out of the game and we got what we deserved.


3.) 11 Dec 2017
11 Dec 2017 20:55:01
Sorry, Shahram. if you're talking about the Herrera dive, then I suggest you get a new pair of spectacles, mate. Stone cold dive, and a part of his game along with rolling around the ground like he's been shot by a sniper, that I really don't care for.


4.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 04:08:00
Standard Pep team approach. Cynical fouls against you on the edge of your own box are very rarely carded, even though they are clearly cynical. If you think back his teams have always done this and got away with it. This gives a huge benefit to overloading players around the opposition's box and is a major element of City's defense.

It's like the old belief that Italian/ German defenders are all brilliant. They just foul and get away with it. Chris Smalling does the same today, but we don't call it good defending!

{Ed001's Note - it saves him having to bother to teach them how to defend though and makes him look like the messiah.}