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Who on earth?

I know that it turned out to make no difference to where the title ended up, but who on earth made the decision to allow the renowned Man United fan Howard Webb to referee their game against Sunderland?
He was shockingly biased towards them which was embarrassing at times, and I firmly believe that this man should not referee games that involve manchester United.
For the record, I couldn't really care a less who won the league, but if I was pushed I would probably have picked United rather than City...

posted on 14/5/12

comment by ole_1999 (U13262)
posted 4 seconds ago
the sunderland fans i encountered outside the ground afterwards told us how gutted they were that a team like city had won the league and how impressed with our support they were.
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There was about a dozen or so Man United fans came back to the club where I was drinking after the game...They were top drawer lads and lasses, and we have arranged a reunion there next season.....
As I stated in the OP, I have no grudge at all with Man United, but I was shocked that Webb was allowed to referee this game giving his deserved reputation.

posted on 14/5/12

webb should have sent bramble and bardsley off. he was extremely lenient towards sunderland and gave them every 50/50.

posted on 14/5/12

comment by ole_1999 (U13262)
posted 7 minutes ago
webb should have sent bramble and bardsley off. he was extremely lenient towards sunderland and gave them every 50/50.
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I take it that this remark is meant to be tongue in cheek?

posted on 14/5/12

not at all. webb had a shocker.

posted on 14/5/12

comment by ole_1999 (U13262)
posted 1 minute ago
not at all. webb had a shocker.
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In the fact that he didn't physically score for you!

posted on 14/5/12

if you like.

posted on 14/5/12

Your team gave us the easiest away game for some time... Maybe you should be wondering why your players can't get themselves up for a big game.

posted on 14/5/12

comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin (U2958)
posted 1 minute ago
Your team gave us the easiest away game for some time... Maybe you should be wondering why your players can't get themselves up for a big game.
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I'm not arguing that point, apart from that it wasn't really a big game for us...But that doesn't change my opinion regarding Webb and Man U...

posted on 14/5/12

Before the match I wanted United to win the league, because I believe that the way 'City are funded is completely wrong ( the same as in Chelsea's case ) which contrasts to the way that 'United are self-funding based on generating their own revenue, because of their world-wide acclaim . . . . but as the match progressed I changed my opinion to think that I wouldn't mind 'City winning just that I could say " that'll teach you " - directed at Howard Webb

He didn't even try to hide his obvious biase

'ole_1999' is obviously joking, Al, trying to wind you up . . . . not many people are that stupid

posted on 14/5/12

Welcome to the bitter world of Ole.

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