So 3 awarded is the real figure, its hardly the refs fault they missed. Then add to that the fact that as the most successful team over that period, at home. The ball doesn't spend so much time in the penalty area. it is still a little low I would say that when there is doubt they will tend towards the big teams, but the idea we're intrinsically favoured is rubbish. People want to see it.
I'd rather not trawl through every United match of the last 15-20 years but that Cantona goal against us in our relegation season would not have happened against any other club. I'm not saying referees go out to favour big sides but it's in their career interests to be in the good books of the more important and influential managers.
So the evidence is infact your impression, Thought so. From what i've seen of people who have trawled though games we would have won the title last year decision adjusted. Go figure.
Alright perhaps evidence was the wrong word but it's undeniable that the big sides get the rub of the green and as the biggest side United get it more than the rest, in general. Those studies that claimed United were actually really hard done by were very subjective and seemed to be constructed with the sole agenda of proving United were overly sinned against.
F**k off you ******! You present this as fact. How would you know? Do you have the evidence that it would not have happened with anyone else? you come here and state a lot of bullsh*t and pretend to discuss. All you are doing is f**king wumming.
Yes I am old enough to remember it. Typical WUM. Just denigrate the other guy as being too young. is your board too boring ? You seem to spend more time here than on the Chavs one.
Why would a Chelsea fan have the username of Watford_R? Was there a controversial Cantona goal as well in a Chelsea relegation season? I'm well aware that you are actually old enough to remember the season, but your original response belied your advanced years.
Totally agree. United are the biggest beneficiaries with Arsenal/Chelsea/Liverpool all a close joint 2nd. Factor in the reputation of referees and consequences of failing in the big games. When Frisk and Ovrebo ballsed up those Chelsea v Barca games their names, address and email were published on the Internet the next day. They received thousands of death threats forcing the latter to retire. One bad game (or two in the case of Ovrebo) now means even at a tender age they will now never referee on such a stage again. Now if that had happened in the Europa League group stage or even knock out between say Basle and Wisla Krakow far less publicity would be generated. Clettemburg didnt ref an Everton game for 5 years after his major errors in a Merseyside Derby back in 2007. United are a massive club and a global brand, comfortably the biggest in the UK with well over 300m viewers watching each of their games, getting decisions wrong in their games will mean you never ref a high profile game again. Referees are just like players, they want to be on the biggest stages applying their trade. I'm sauté you could speak to fans of 20-25 other clubs at least who have been robbed at Old Trafford due to dubious refereeing, but against us it won't matter, Atkinson is living proof of that
It wouldn't though, we all know it. I can say with near certainty that no other team would have been awarded BOTH of the penalties you had against us at the Bridge or the penalty you got against us OT. The 2 offside goals i could just about take as they were marginal errors made by a linesman, and offside is not subjective and it isn't the decision of a referee. Drogba's offside goal was replayed every hour on SSN for about a week running and what followed was hate filled anti-Chelsea/pro-United propaganda completely ignoring the fact Macheda blatantly handled the ball into the net and we had a stonewall pen turned down at 1-0. Totally overshadowing the fact Chelsea against all odds went to OT and totally outplayed United and won fairly. When you give a decision against Unitd you have to think twice, I'm not sure that's the case with the other clubs
Maybe he just wants to broaden his horizons and actually try to debate. Just because his opinion differs from yours that isn't to say he is Wumming, he is here to express an opinion as am I. It seems it's okay for United to moan about ABU "conspiracies" (which I must admit There is evidence to support this, particularly in areas outside Manchester where United fans are densely populated as much if not Moreso than the local sides) but when we also express an opinion which is shared by many neutrals and even people with little or no interest in football watching from afar apparently it's wrong
Lots of people to speak to but the debate is normally quite healthy here when certain one-eyed people don't get involved.
