tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657499243050190343.post1580680561416957629..comments2023-05-20T14:29:51.951+01:00Comments on FeverPitch & Son: Spot the difference.FeverPitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259198155917635183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657499243050190343.post-9804706467616353102011-08-14T10:36:01.813+01:002011-08-14T10:36:01.813+01:00The whole incodent leves a nasty taste in the mout...The whole incodent leves a nasty taste in the mouth. What was worse (if that's possible) was Taylor denying he'd seen anything in the interview after, and Pardew as well sticking his oar in. How he can defend Barton after he did what he did is unbelievable. Fair do's Song was lucky to escape earlier, and Gervinho should not have raised his hands but if this is a so called hars man of football, i really despair. Had it been the other way round gervinho would have been heavily criticised for making so much of what amounts to a caress!<br />It will be interesting what the fa make of it tomorrow.<br />On another note i am kind of half pleased about the melee that ensued, at least it shows the boys stick up formeach other. Great pity they all shook hands with barton afterwards. I would have completely ignored him.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369306691972984192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657499243050190343.post-28824165459304317212011-08-14T08:31:36.336+01:002011-08-14T08:31:36.336+01:00What seems to happen (not just against us) is that...What seems to happen (not just against us) is that an incident occurs which fires up Barton who then is given licence to ref the game. Song was stupid, and it led to a number of incidents with Barton up in the ref's face demanding decisions go his way. Rather than the ref telling him to back off or booking him for dissent, he somehow manages to get inside the head of the official until a flashpoint such as Gervinho happens. As we saw, it was a penalty but Barton rushed into the situation and diverted attention from that decision with his baiting of our man into a silly flick at the face. The rest is history.<br /><br />How is that runt allowed to do this? Are our referees so weak-willed that a 'strong personality' on the pitch can literally distract them into making/reversing decisions? And if so, what are the linesmen for? And if so, why do we not have video referrals!<br /><br />Still, at least we kept a clean sheet :(fourstar71https://www.blogger.com/profile/17912282320117440112noreply@blogger.com