**** me, even Graham Poll's making sense: "They are so inconsistent on what they charge and what they don't. "What's the matter with transparency? Balotelli is certain to my mind to get a four match ban whereas Joleon Lescott is free to play. "I do not believe there's a bias in the FA but I do believe there's inconsistency."
Apparently Webb has said he did not see the incident but after reviewing the footage decided it did not merit a red card, so no charge! And that just reaffirms the fact that Webb is incompetent, inept and way out of his depth and should not be refereeing in the PL, let alone internationals.
I live in Spain, and had to try and defend that twat about his handling of the world cup final. No easy task, I can assure you. The Spanish were furious about his handling of the game, and his lenient treatment of some of the Dutch fouls.
I didn't blame Webb for the farcical World Cup final. The Dutch were (ironically) clogging everything that moved, but the Spanish were diving all over the place. He should've sent the lot of them off.
Not the way the Spanish saw it. Nor me. The chest kick by, I think, Boateng was one of the most blatant red cards you're ever likely to see.
De Jong, surely? Another City player, coincidentally. Is there something about these money-grabbers that they just don't give a **** about the rest of humanity?
Yep, it was a blatant red card. The Spanish spent the entire tournament diving, though. Barcelona do it a lot, but Spain are worse. Nobody can tackle them, because they go over as soon as an opposition player is anywhere near them. This resulted in Chile being reduced to 10 men, for example: [video=youtube;AIw0FITYSSc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIw0FITYSSc[/video]
You'd have thought that he's said that he didn't see it. I'd love to know what he thinks happened with Lescott, though.
i agree with Stan Collymore... it's ok banning Ballotelli after the match..but it is Spurs who suffered due to the ref's incompetence so what is their recompense? pointless banning that twat for 4 games when what he did during the actual match still stands.....what is the recompense for the team that was cheated?
I'm glad that Baloteli has been charged for his violent conduct. Thugs like him and Suarez do not belong in the beautiful modern English game.
Webb couldn't have seen it, watch the vid, he's looking at the ball as it spun up, for that split second it was still in play so he should be looking where its going, Parker didn't foul so why would he continue to look at them? When he turns his head back to SP and MB the stamp was done.
Was obvious he'd get charged because Redknapp was moaning about it and the FA wouldn't want to piss him off by not taking action because then he might reject the england managers job when he gets offered it after the euros
'moaning' about it? what a ****in numpty you are i tell you whats moaning..when Iniesta scored a wonderful goal in injury time to send you ****s packing in your own back garden and half your team led by Drogba had the biggest sissy fit ive seen on an evening
