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[dc89]

Damn it Mario. Just get your shit together for once.

 

[Meier]

Very poor dribbling by Mario..

And then the nasty foul. Sigh.

 

[Hixx]

Fuck off Balotelli you thug.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Fuck off Balotelli. Cunt.

Spoiler

Wayne Rooney

 

[Willkiller]

Fuck that was nasty

 

[Fëanor]

Send that fucking cunt off the pitch.

 

[ElyrionX]

No card at all? LOL WTF?

 

[Facism]

disgusting, thuggish challenge from Bastardteli

 

[Az]

Wow, at least a yellow for that.

 

[vall03]

what? no card?

 

[Vivalaraza]

That should be a straight red. Horrible challenge and he meant every bit of it.

 

[Choc]

Atkinson will get creamed over it

its a yellow at least.

and again a referee creates his own problems. PLayers will think its open slather now and the challenges will escalate, just you watch.

Stupid little mistakes like this cause major issues later in games. Its drilled into us over and over again

 

[Kyoufu]

Ballotelli doesn't belong in this league.

 

[Plasma]

Not even a yellow or a FK, disgraceful.

 

[DominoKid]

So theres ballo's moment of madness.

Now lets see his moment of brilliance

 

[Bo-Locks]

This is the best I've seen Arsenal play all season.

 

[Stubo]

That was absolutely awful, not even a yellow ref? Good luck explaining that one later...

 

[panty]

Game ban after the match, you heard it from here first.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Reina leans forward head first: Violent conduct, 3 match ban
Balotelli nearly breaks Song's leg with a petulant 'tackle': Nothing

 

[SunhiLegend]

Awful foul

 

[offshore]

I suspect Martin Atkinson will be having a week off from Premier League refereeing.

 

[Gareth Bale]

I told you Balotelli was as much of a cunt as Tevez

 

[Kyoufu]

Funnily enough, it was a City player who broke Ben Arfa's leg last year.

 

[Choc]

im not saying he is a shit referee in general but did you guys know MA required special dispensation to referee the Premier League this season and requires it again next season

its because he is over 45. FIFA rules mandate retirement at 45 from top tier but the FA's can over-rule if the clubs agree.

 

[Judderman]

That GIF hurts to watch.

 

[Maklershed]

Still catching up from yesterday and watching Stoke/Wolves game. It must be so nice as a winger to have a guy like Crouch looming head and shoulders above everyone in the center to cross in to.

 

[Kyoufu]

when United win the title, Mancini only has himself to blame for signing the likes of Ballotelli.

 

[Willkiller]

Funnily enough, it was a City player who broke Ben Arfa's leg last year.

De Jong!

 

[Choc]

Awful foul

yeah seeing it retrospectively, thats a red card. Easily.

Fuck man atkinson would have just lost about 50 points on the assesors sheet over that, will be very hard for him to score a pass now.

 

[Scum]

God, that's nasty, Balo. Now watch him score...

 

[Az]

Mancini should stick with the Aguero - Dzeko combo. Nothing much else there.

 

[Heppell]

Is that going to be a ban under review?

 

[Stubo]

That GIF hurts to watch.

So much this, argghh!

 

[DangerousMali]

RVP doesn't score when he wants.

Only if vermaelen lets him

 

[Choc]

Is that going to be a ban under review?

Yep. 3 matches kthxbi.

 

[Vivalaraza]

The FA can't take action if Atkinson says he saw that right?

Should be a 3 game ban.

 

[sneaky77]

That GIF hurts to watch.

yeah I am surprised he didn't just break his leg

 

[Meier]

Absolute wasted chance. Terrible decision by Mario.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Still catching up from yesterday and watching Stoke/Wolves game. It must be so nice as a winger to have a guy like Crouch looming head and shoulders above everyone in the center to cross in to.

Crouch's headers are pretty rubbish though in general, and he often gets fouls called against him for no reason

 

[Jeff Albertson]

Balotelli may be out for the season after this game now

Edit it looks like his leg breaks in the gif, lucky it didn't

 

[Hixx]

Is that going to be a ban under review?

Depends what Atkinson puts in his review. If he saw it there's nothing the FA can do. Or so they say.

edit: Balotelli has something on his undershirt... 'You..' Wonder if we'll see it.

 

[ElyrionX]

when United win the title, Mancini only has himself to blame for signing the likes of Ballotelli.

I'm glad he's managing City. So utterly inept.

 

[Choc]

Clarification.

If the referee takes ZERO action (not even a foul) in a match, the FA can review video footage

they will do that, and Mario will be gone for 3 matches.

 

[bjaelke]

Telli mad.

 

[FootballFan]

shit Balo could have scored there.

 

[Kyoufu]

City with possession? Holy shit.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

My God if Balotelli had scored there...

 

[offshore]

Dammit, Balotelli.

 

[dc89]

Trollotelli almost scored there! Then lashed out at the post. Needs to calm down.

 

[Heppell]

Yep. 3 matches kthxbi.

Yo choc do you ref in the A League? You said before you are a referee in the national league.