That lino infront of the East Stand, in the second half was was ****. He didn't even signal for a foul, even though it was infront of him. Twat!
Has he changed his name since Burnley 2008 then? "Not that it made much difference, as were about to see the Mike Riley show. Riley has presumably heard the idea that if the referee has not been noticed then he’s had a good game but clearly has no truck with it. I thought he’d done well up to this point, keeping play moving and letting the crowd watch the players not the officials. He’d undoubtedly let stuff go, both Folan and Campbell had been kicked by Steven Caldwell and elderly fat-arsed git David Unsworth on the few occasions they had got near them. It’s hard not to think that this bothered the miss-firing Folan more than Campbell and the big man perhaps sought his own retribution. But Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, and bible-totin’ Caleb should remember that you don’t **** with the Lord on that sort of thing. Anyway, following more good Garcia work that resulted in a corner we all saw Caldwell lying down in the area. I had no idea how he had got there but the referee was in no doubt and Folan was given the gate. Caldwell was then given a yellow, I couldn’t say why. Given that we are always told how difficult it is to play against 10 men, I watched hopeful that we might hit double figures but sadly Riley evened it up almost immediately. Campbell high-stepped across the half-way line and brushed faintly against Caldwell before falling over. There didn’t seem to be a lot in it but Caldwell knew the way of the wind and was already wandering off as Riley ran towards him brandishing a second yellow. The man in the middle was only just playing himself in. In Burnley’s only real chance of the night Cole headed against the bar and the ball was scrambled away for a corner. As everyone jostled for position we saw a Turf-ite lying prone. Okocha was stood over him and Riley presumably had not seen it as he rushed over to his linesman for advice, said linesman, given that he had not flagged, having presumably not seen it either. So, predictably, following their hurried conversation, Okocha got our second straight red. The fun still wasn’t over as Joey Gudjonsson got a second yellow, perhaps for moaning that they should have a penalty – as the ball was out for a corner I think the referee was right not to give that, but I may be wrong about that - perhaps for laughing out loud at the fun of it all. I didn’t think Gudjonsson had been the player fouled, who undoubtedly and mystifyingly had received a yellow, but again I may be wrong about this as it was getting a little hard to keep up. But 9 v 9 it now was, rare enough anyway, but four sendings off in four separate incidents is new to me. Perhaps Riley got them all right. But to referee one half as though you’re going to let the game flow and then one half as though you’re going to jump on every transgression you spy is unfair and incompetent. And stupid. There was not a bad tackle in the game. It’s remarkable to think that Folan and Okocha will get the same punishment as Martin Taylor for a tackle that could not only have ended Eduardo’s career, it could also have ended his time as a man with a foot attached to the end of each leg."
You do realise I am on about the Premier League clash where Burnley got the softest penalty ever, Geo had that free kick wrongly disallowed and when he was also sent off?
Incorrect stat as far as I can see. Boateng sent off against Blackburn. (0-1) Fagan sent off the following game vs West Ham. (0-3) Boateng sent off again two games later vs Arsenal (1-2, Brown's last game) I think we all remember Altidore vs Sunderland. And then obviously Sagbo. 5 in 15.
Mendy was sent off against West Ham on November 21st 2009. Geovanni was sent off against Burnley in October so its a bad stat. We had 6 that season but even if you count Sagbo it wouldnt be 6 in 15 games.
He did get a lot wrong but it worked both ways. Turner should have had a penalty but if he did get it Sagbo wouldn't have nutted anyone as that was immediately after so we'd have had 11 men all game. He gave some ridiculous free kicks in midfield against us. One particular one he missed an obvious foul on Koren and then immediately gave one against Livermore which led to him being booked for complaining about him missing the initial foul. He certainly didn't win the game for us though.
This is all your fault. You said that Burnley game. The one in 2008 was the one which came to mind when Riley sent off four players and ruined the game. You're talking about that other Burnley game in in 2009.
You were the only person who didn't know which match I was on about, so i've done nowt wrong. It's your own fault...
That game? I can only assume you are all having a gay orgy at your house and posting on the same computer, hence you all know which 'that game' you are on about....
It's regularly mentioned on here as the worst refereed game we ever played in, a gay orgy was not required to know which game was being referred to, for most of us it was obvious.
In the last 13 games of the 2009/10 season, we had Altidore, Fagan and Boateng (twice) sent off. So with Sagbo thats 5 in 15.
This must be the same bloke i heard whinging on the way back to Prinny Ave. He said their tactics as "just not being Norwich" whatever the **** that means. He also, said if they don't beat the next winnable match v Stoke then it's a long season for them and the best part of the day was the fish & chips. Whatever floats his boat i suppose.
From your display yesterday, I'd say you've a lot of work to do to believe your comments. The truth is, you played against a 10 man team for over an hour and couldn't undo our defence. Sour grapes won't improve your performances--hard work may ! Had we had 11 men for the 90 minutes, it could have been a different outcome. taking your comments on board, however I'll look more closer to your results in future to see if you CAN improve. Then maybe a bit of humble pie should be the order of the day
