justjustin Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 It was one of the worst displays of incompitence I've seen since graham "3 yellows" Poll who surprise surprise is pretty much the voice of defence but I just dont see the FA showing any more backbone than dowd and no action will be taken by them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_avfc Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 YOU **** word removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I'm sorry to keep on about this, but ive read the above about interpretation of 'moving directly towards goal' and also graham poll on radio this morning stating he probably didnt send him off as he was moving away from goal... ERM NO! vidic did get back goal side, but no matter what angle you look at it from, gabby pushed the ball past him in the exact direction of the goal and his next act was an unimpeded shot at goal if he wasnt pulled down. Blatantly heading towards goal and blatant red card. he does need to be questioned about this and suspended This is pissing me off as well. They make it sound like Gabby is heading for the corner flag. If running directly at the goal means running straight between the goalposts then a lot of Red Cards have been wrongly issued over time, and the FA are going to have lots of appeals to handle in the future. I think they are taking the rule too literally, to make excuses for a blatant mistake/cheat by the ref. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I'm sorry to keep on about this, but ive read the above about interpretation of 'moving directly towards goal' and also graham poll on radio this morning stating he probably didnt send him off as he was moving away from goal... ERM NO! vidic did get back goal side, but no matter what angle you look at it from, gabby pushed the ball past him in the exact direction of the goal and his next act was an unimpeded shot at goal if he wasnt pulled down. Blatantly heading towards goal and blatant red card. he does need to be questioned about this and suspended This is pissing me off as well. They make it sound like Gabby is heading for the corner flag. If running directly at the goal means running straight between the goalposts then a lot of Red Cards have been wrongly issued over time, and the FA are going to have lots of appeals to handle in the future. I think they are taking the rule too literally, to make excuses for a blatant mistake/cheat by the ref. In other words if Vidic doesn't bring him down, Gabby gets a clean shot at goal with Vidic on the ground AKA red card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I wonder if he will ever officiate a game down a Villa Park, this season or next. If he ever does I hope he absolutely shits himself............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexVilla Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Has anyone else considered how Owen might not have actually been on the pitch due to being subbed for a defender to score their first goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justjustin Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 i'd love to see that tool down at VP the shit we'd heap on the little c***t would be huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 1, 2010 Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2010 I think its amusing that everyone's gone totally Colin Waker over this, it was a bad decision people make them every day in all walks of life, life still goes on however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I'm thinking of emailing the FA to ask them about the refereeing of the match yesterday, doubt i'll get a response or any real explaination but I guess I'd just like to tell them what I think of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justjustin Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 considered it myself but I know Id get no response and that would just wind me up more maybe its time to lock this one and not waste any more time on fergies lil'helper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Interesting too that the Chelsea lose Beletti to suspension for the same offence, yet probably far less clear-cut, yet United keep the services of Vidic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Bickster, one decision I could understand but it was a technicality according to Poll! Just the constant bias I.e our bookings against there's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Let's organise a march on the Singaporean embassy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Penalty, penalty, he’s off, he’s off,’’ Martin O’Neill spluttered on the touchline, before adding in disbelief, “he’s not going to send him off.’’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Bickster, one decision I could understand but it was a technicality according to Poll! Just the constant bias I.e our bookings against there's! The difference here was that he clearly hadn't missed it as he gave the penalty. I could see the technical argument from Poll for not giving him a red, although I think this is BS, BUT I cannot see how he escaped without even a yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 So should Dowd be allowed to referee one of our games again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johneeboy Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Interesting too that the Chelsea lose Beletti to suspension for the same offence, yet probably far less clear-cut, yet United keep the services of Vidic. This is a good point. The situations are near identical. Perhaps the FA should explain to us fans why there is so much inconsistancy? In fact, what is worse for us is that Man City are one of the likely teams to beat us to 4th spot in the league. That game was at 1-2 at that point in the game so could have ended differently had the Dowd been the ref there! So, if the inconsistancy favoured us we could have been better placed in the league and, perhaps, won the cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Least we have Dermot Gallagher who agrees Vidic should have gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Can't wait to the fat wank comes to VP. He'll get abuse for the whole 90 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 The point is surely that on Saturday the Chelsea player got sent off in almost the same circumstances as Vidic incident (even though his tackle on Agbonlahor was even more blatant!) and Man City went on to win the game at Stamford Bridge! Vidic didn't even get a card for the penalty...and Man Utd went on to win the game with 11men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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