After the game....................
"I don't understand how it was a penalty, or how Dean Moxey could have got out of the way of it. I had three players right behind him.
"It's going to be a long hard season for me with these people (referees). I had this with Blackpool. Certain clubs get fouls and others don't. Tottenham will feel that if they play Man United.
"Do I think I would have got that at Tottenham? No I don't. I just want a bit of fairness. I want a foul like anyone else would have got one.
"I've got a horrible taste in my mouth after that."
Ollie, it was a pen! One of those 'unfortunate pens' but a penalty all the same. And equally we had some luck with free-kicks etc so give the ref a break bud.
As for the rest of the game I thought we did ok tbh. We were lucky to only finish a goal down and on any other day it may have been 3/4. First game out of the way and here's hoping our strike force of a 40yr old veteran, an Arsenal flop and a young chap from the lower leagues rattle a few in this season
........and Wilbraham of course
Up the Palace
You're English not French Ollie!
posted on 18/8/13
Thanks for that - hope he scores on his next outing.
posted on 18/8/13
You and me both!
posted on 19/8/13
Should have started Chamakh and Williams, changed the game when they came on, Wilbrahimovic was poor! only a header to his game!
Gayle played out of position no?
posted on 20/8/13
Wilbraham is good at holding the ball up. The plan was for him to hold it up and offload it to Gayle and Dobbie who were attacking on the wing. It was just unfortunate for him that Dobbie didn't move at all! I think Gayle looked nervous in the first half as well
I though Gayle would have played as a lone striker. He looked better when he ran towards the goal instead of towards the corner flag
posted on 22/8/13
I don't want to add to Ollie's conspiracy but last night Ivanovic elbowed an Aston Villa player (probably worse than that Taylor against Man City) and the ref saw it but no red card.
John Terry hand balled in the box - no penalty.
I'm not saying it's because they are Chelsea (although we know what happens to refs who don't agree with them) but shouldn't there be a clear rule such as if the ball touches a player's hand in the box it's a penalty regardless? Now we've FINALLY got goal line technology hopefully they can sort these issues out
posted on 22/8/13
"I don't want to add to Ollie's conspiracy theory......but I will...."
Didn't see the Chelsea match but I did see a clear penalty award in our one.
I haven't spoken to anyone about the Spurs game that didn't think we played well so it's a bit of a shame that Ollie's rant and subsequent disciplinary have taken a little bit away from that.
Onwards and hopefully upwards!
posted on 22/8/13
I don't want to add to Ollie's conspiracy theory......but I heard referees pre-plan these decisions in Area 51. They also shot JFK and were to blame for 9/11 and the economic crisis. Notice how none of the big clubs have gone into administration?
The truth is out there
posted on 23/8/13
http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/78911
78911st article. Spooky
posted on 23/8/13
So it is possible then that referees were responsible for the hoax moon landing? All that nonsense about astronauts and it was really referees in those space suits!
I don't want to even consider who might have flashed that blinding light in the face of Henri Paul in the Alma tunnel !
Spooky man ....
posted on 10/6/14
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608026575978366348&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0