Manchester City v Spurs - Sky Sports 1 - 4:15pm

SlickRic

City were on the end of a lot of bad decisions, and that, in reality, made the difference.

That penalty give was frighteningly bad. The game would've likely ended 0-0 without that.

It's like Clattenburg wanted the game to open up, so just gave a penalty.

Paully D

Paully D wrote: »

Kompany to be shown a card (7/2, SkyBet).

Good man Vincent.

blueser

SlickRic wrote: »

City were on the end of a lot of bad decisions, and that, in reality, made the difference.

That penalty give was frighteningly bad. The game would've likely ended 0-0 without that.

It's like Clattenburg wanted the game to open up, so just gave a penalty.

I still can't fathom out why he gave it, to be honest. It was a shocker of a decision. We get that one given against us, yet we were denied a nailed on penalty in the game against Everton a few weeks back for the Stones foul on Sterling late on. They say the big teams get all the decisions. Take it from me; we don't.

Pacing Mule

blueser wrote: »

I still can't fathom out why he gave it, to be honest. It was a shocker of a decision. We get that one given against us, yet we were denied a nailed on penalty in the game against Everton a few weeks back for the Stones foul on Sterling late on. They say the big teams get all the decisions. Take it from me; we don't.

Maybe Spurs are the bigger team now

blueser

Pacing Mule wrote: »

Maybe Spurs are the bigger team now

They're certainly the better team (emphasis on "team"); the table doesn't lie.

SEPT 23 1989

I thought city played well maybe i was watching a different match

Andersonisgod

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I thought city played well maybe i was watching a different match

For sure. Up until the penalty decision it was a gutless display, you'd have thought Spurs were the home side with all the title winning experience. Then caught out for the winner with the same problem they've had for years; the turnover of possession.

Left Back on the Bench

blueser wrote:

I still can't fathom out why he gave it, to be honest. It was a shocker of a decision. We get that one given against us, yet we were denied a nailed on penalty in the game against Everton a few weeks back for the Stones foul on Sterling late on. They say the big teams get all the decisions. Take it from me; we don't.

Whinge whinge bloody whinge.
Yid army.
Ye had yer chance when ye equalised, we were all over the shop, but yer multi billion pound team couldn't work hard enough to keep us down. I hope pep brings ye all the happiness in the world☺☺☺

KingdomYid

Very lucky pen in fairness but I could not give a fcuk. This is Tottenham's time to shine, COYS!!!!!! TO DARE IS TO DO.

Shanotheslayer

Left Back on the Bench wrote: »

Whinge whinge bloody whinge.
Yid army.
Ye had yer chance when ye equalised, we were all over the shop, but yer multi billion pound team couldn't work hard enough to keep us down. I hope pep brings ye all the happiness in the world☺☺☺

Go back to your own forum. Only showing up this season when yous aren't bottlers

TheCitizen

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Go back to your own forum. Only showing up this season when yous aren't bottlers

Where is the spurs forum?

monkey9

TheCitizen wrote: »

Where is the spurs forum?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=837

TheCitizen

monkey9 wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=837

I know this has been asked before, but why did Spurs threads end up in a different forum?

monkey9

TheCitizen wrote: »

I know this has been asked before, but why did Spurs threads end up in a different forum?

Apparently there used to be a mod who was a Spurs fan and he set up their own forum.

davycc

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Go back to your own forum. Only showing up this season when yous aren't bottlers

this main soccer forum, is our forum just as much as it is yours love

Hammar

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Go back to your own forum. Only showing up this season when yous aren't bottlers

I'm sorry, I'm finding it hard to take such abuse from a fan of a club which hasn't been relevant since 1986 :pac:

KaiserGunner

Just looking at the Spurs forum and it's quite busy. The soccer forum would be a lot more interesting if they had to post here IMO. Especially as they are in the title race!

Liam McPoyle

monkey9 wrote: »

Apparently there used to be a mod who was a Spurs fan and he set up their own forum.

Was it not a case that it used to be a social group and when the decision was made to get rid of them all (social groups) the active ones were all transferred into hosted forums?

Mods have never had the ability to set up actual forums.

Quazzie

Business Cat wrote: »

Was it not a case that it used to be a social group and when the decision was made to get rid of them all (social groups) the active ones were all transferred into hosted forums?

Mods have never had the ability to set up actual forums.

No. That's the excuse for the Chelsea forum.

There is an Arsenal social group, but surprisingly we never got a forum.

It wasn't a mod that set up the Spurs forum, it was an Admin.

Oranage2

Well done city, announcing a new manager mid season. Manage doesn't care, players don't care even though they could still win the league, not now anyway!

TheCitizen

Quazzie wrote: »

No. That's the excuse for the Chelsea forum.

There is an Arsenal social group, but surprisingly we never got a forum.

It wasn't a mod that set up the Spurs forum, it was an Admin.

Why though? They seem to be the only club with their own forum or that don't have a regular thread on the soccer forum pages. Did they get a hard time from fans of other clubs?

monkey9

It's a pity that forum exists because it takes traffic away from here. I only recently heard Chelsea got their own one. I was wondering why there was a decrease in Chelsea match threads.

Shanotheslayer

Hammar wrote: »

I'm sorry, I'm finding it hard to take such abuse from a fan of a club which hasn't been relevant since 1986 :pac:

If you think that's abuse you need to re-evaluate your opinion of the word abuse mate.

Deise Vu

There is some crazy stuff being spouted by Pellegrini and some fans on here. In the first City match Spurs got two offside goals but so was City's only goal out of the 5 that were scored. In City's last match Sterling crossed a ball that was a foot over the line for a goal. Yesterday, Sterling threw himself at the cross, jumping in the air and turned his back on the ball, sticking his left arm out. The ball struck his arm and the ref gave a very harsh, but hardly totally unforeseen penalty. In the first half, when Rose had dived in, if he had turned his back and the ball had struck his arm, would City have been saying: "fair play, ball to hand, play on"???? After City equalised, they had 15 minutes in front of an up-for-it crowd to get the winner. Instead Spurs scored a beautiful goal at the other end.

Get over it lads.

Deise Vu

Deise Vu wrote: »

There is some crazy stuff being spouted by Pellegrini and some fans on here. In the first City match Spurs got two offside goals but so was City's only goal out of the 5 that were scored. In City's last match Sterling crossed a ball that was a foot over the line for a goal. Yesterday, Sterling threw himself at the cross, jumping in the air and turned his back on the ball, sticking his left arm out. The ball struck his arm and the ref gave a very harsh, but hardly totally unforeseen penalty. In the first half, when Rose had dived in, if he had turned his back and the ball had struck his arm, would City have been saying: "fair play, ball to hand, play on"???? After City equalised, they had 15 minutes in front of an up-for-it crowd to get the winner. Instead Spurs scored a beautiful goal at the other end.

Get over it lads.

It didn't hit his arm

Deise Vu

Deleted User wrote: »

It didn't hit his arm

I have seen all the action replays and, in my opinion, the ball struck his elbow. The ref has to make an instant decision. My advice to anyone playing football trying to block a cross is to face it with your arms by your side like Rose did. Don't jump up in the air and pirouette with you arms swinging as a consequence and then be shocked if the ref gives a penalty.

Flint Fredstone

Deise Vu wrote: »

I have seen all the action replays and, in my opinion, the ball struck his elbow. The ref has to make an instant decision. My advice to anyone playing football trying to block a cross is to face it with your arms by your side like Rose did. Don't jump up in the air and pirouette with you arms swinging as a consequence and then be shocked if the ref gives a penalty.

I don't think it hit his elbow at all so he could have been doing the funky chicken mid air for all the difference it makes. You don't get penalised for intent when it comes to handball.

Deise Vu

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

You don't get penalised for intent when it comes to handball.

Really? Please enlighten us.

I have said already it was a harsh penalty but far from the worst I have seen. If you want a master class in bad reffing have a look at the Spurs Stoke game a few years back where Chris Foy missed about 4 Spurs penalties and sent off Kaboul for two yellows one of which was making binoculars gestures at the ref. Highly unprofessional of Kanoul but perfectly understandable. Even Merson was busting his hole laughing at the ref.

Flint Fredstone

Deise Vu wrote: »

Really? Please enlighten us.

I should have been clearer. You do not get penalised for intent alone when it comes to handball. You have to make the contact.
You can swing a thump at the ball and you'll get away with it as long as you don't hit it.

Deise Vu

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I should have been clearer. You do not get penalised for intent alone when it comes to handball. You have to make the contact.
You can swing a thump at the ball and you'll get away with it as long as you don't hit it.

But if you jump up in the air doing the the highland fling surely it shouldn't come as a major surprise if the ref thinks you handled the ball?

Flint Fredstone

Deise Vu wrote: »

But if you jump up in the air doing the the highland fling surely it shouldn't come as a major surprise if the ref thinks you handled the ball?

Of course you run the risk but if it doesn't hit your arm and the penalty is given it doesn't mean it was the correct decision.

blueser

Deise Vu wrote: »

There is some crazy stuff being spouted by Pellegrini and some fans on here. In the first City match Spurs got two offside goals but so was City's only goal out of the 5 that were scored. In City's last match Sterling crossed a ball that was a foot over the line for a goal. Yesterday, Sterling threw himself at the cross, jumping in the air and turned his back on the ball, sticking his left arm out. The ball struck his arm and the ref gave a very harsh, but hardly totally unforeseen penalty. In the first half, when Rose had dived in, if he had turned his back and the ball had struck his arm, would City have been saying: "fair play, ball to hand, play on"???? After City equalised, they had 15 minutes in front of an up-for-it crowd to get the winner. Instead Spurs scored a beautiful goal at the other end.

Get over it lads.

If you're going to go down that route, what about the stonewall penalty we didn't get for Stones' tackle on Sterling in the league game at our place a few weeks back? or the penalty we didn't get at Goodison in the s/f for the Mirallas tackle on Navas? Or the two Everton goals that night that could well have been chalked off for offside?

KingdomYid

blueser wrote: »

If you're going to go down that route, what about the stonewall penalty we didn't get for Stones' tackle on Sterling in the league game at our place a few weeks back? or the penalty we didn't get at Goodison in the s/f for the Mirallas tackle on Navas? Or the two Everton goals that night that could well have been chalked off for offside?

Yep officials make mistakes its all part of the game. It has always happened and will always happen. The final scoreboard is all that matters, however frustrating that might be.

TheCitizen

Deise Vu wrote: »

There is some crazy stuff being spouted by Pellegrini and some fans on here. In the first City match Spurs got two offside goals but so was City's only goal out of the 5 that were scored. In City's last match Sterling crossed a ball that was a foot over the line for a goal. Yesterday, Sterling threw himself at the cross, jumping in the air and turned his back on the ball, sticking his left arm out. The ball struck his arm and the ref gave a very harsh, but hardly totally unforeseen penalty. In the first half, when Rose had dived in, if he had turned his back and the ball had struck his arm, would City have been saying: "fair play, ball to hand, play on"???? After City equalised, they had 15 minutes in front of an up-for-it crowd to get the winner. Instead Spurs scored a beautiful goal at the other end.

Get over it lads.

Have you not got your own forum to be going to?

You can say what you like about swings and roundabouts, that should never have been a pen for Spurs. Big break for Spurs, plenty of time for breaks to go the other way between now and the end of the season.

Deise Vu

TheCitizen wrote: »

Have you not got your own forum to be going to?

You can say what you like about swings and roundabouts, that should never have been a pen for Spurs. Big break for Spurs, plenty of time for breaks to go the other way between now and the end of the season.

Trust me when I tell you all Spurs fans are all hoping the breaks finally even out this year.

Left Back on the Bench

TheCitizen wrote:

Have you not got your own forum to be going to?

People talking about clubs own forums taking away from the soccer forum but when we come on here we're told go back to it!!!!!

Loads of games left, lots and twists and turns and being a spurs fan i usually just hope for the best but expect the worst.

Flint Fredstone

If Spurs win the league the Spurs forum should be closed. They can't gloat among themselves so they'll all pile in here and then we can shut the door behind them and trap them here forever.

TheCitizen

Deise Vu wrote: »

Trust me when I tell you all Spurs fans are all hoping the breaks finally even out this year.

:pac:since when have Spurs been hard done by?

TheCitizen

monkey9 wrote: »

It's a pity that forum exists because it takes traffic away from here. I only recently heard Chelsea got their own one. I was wondering why there was a decrease in Chelsea match threads.

Do Chelsea have a forum as well? Well there's a Chelsea thread in the regular forum, but there's no Spurs one, yet there seems to be a few Spurs fans on here. Curious why there's no Spurs thread in the regular forum and noone seems to know why either?

Deise Vu

TheCitizen wrote: »

:pac:since when have Spurs been hard done by?

Food poisoning? Chelsea winning Cl? you won't remember the Boaz Myhill goon show that denied us a CL spot another year but ask any Arsenal fan and he will explain once he can stop laughing at the memory..... If he can stop laughing at the memory.

And, how could I forget on this thread, no mad Arab ever wanted to use Spurs to try and make his country respectable. Or Russian oligarch.

In fairness I think Fate owes us big-time.

TheCitizen

Deise Vu wrote: »

Food poisoning? Chelsea winning Cl? you won't remember the Boaz Myhill goon show that denied us a CL spot another year but ask any Arsenal fan and he will explain once he can stop laughing at the memory..... If he can stop laughing at the memory.

And, how could I forget on this thread, no mad Arab ever wanted to use Spurs to try and make his country respectable. Or Russian oligarch.

In fairness I think Fate owes us big-time.

Just because ye've been hapless in the past doesn't mean fate owes you one:pac:

And don't come the poor little Spurs routine, as a club ye have spent fortunes, absolute fortunes for decades and for very little return.

Ye seem to have stumbled on a good one in Pochetinno, but ye've nothing yet.

Left Back on the Bench

TheCitizen wrote:

And don't come the poor little Spurs routine, as a club ye have spent fortunes, absolute fortunes for decades and for very little return.

That's one thing spurs haven't done

TheCitizen

Left Back on the Bench wrote: »

That's one thing spurs haven't done

Spurs were regarded as one of the big clubs in England before Chelsea and City came into a bit of money. They are not a "little" club punching above their weight, if anything I'd say over the years they have consistently punched below their weight as a club.

They've spent lots of money down the years for little return and still no thread in the main forum either:pac:. Very odd.

ronjo

TheCitizen wrote: »

Spurs were regarded as one of the big clubs in England before Chelsea and City came into a bit of money. They are not a "little" club punching above their weight, if anything I'd say over the years they have consistently punched below their weight as a club.

They've spent lots of money down the years for little return and still no thread in the main forum either:pac:. Very odd.

I am pretty sure that if Wenger had gone to Spurs instead of Arsenal all those years ago we would have seen two very different fates in the following years.

TheCitizen

ronjo wrote: »

I am pretty sure that if Wenger had gone to Spurs instead of Arsenal all those years ago we would have seen two very different fates in the following years.

Arsenal won the league a couple of times with George Graham before Wenger arrived. They also won the FA Cup, Cup Winners Cup and League Cup twice with him. He went to Spurs and won a League Cup.

ronjo

TheCitizen wrote: »

Arsenal won the league a couple of times with George Graham before Wenger arrived. They also won the FA Cup, Cup Winners Cup and League Cup twice with him. He went to Spurs and won a League Cup.

And grass is green.

Not relevant at all. Both teams were in an almost identical situation in 1996. I was agreeing with you that Spurs were/are a big side.

TheCitizen

ronjo wrote: »

And grass is green.

Not relevant at all. Both teams were in an almost identical situation in 1996. I was agreeing with you that Spurs were/are a big side.

Yes agreed, that's what I'm saying they are a big club but they've mostly flattered to deceive. Leicester winning the league would be the neutrals choice I reckon.