No Kompany Tomorrow Night
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It helped that we aimed them all straight at him.
I thought this was well written to be fair to Kompany.
The Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, who will serve a four-match ban after losing his appeal against the red card he was shown in the FA Cup tie with Manchester United, has written of his "genuine concern" about the implications of the decision.
Kompany was sent off for a challenge on United's Nani, in which he won the ball, but went in two-footed and off the ground.
The Football Association's independent regulatory commission used video evidence to consider Kompany's claim of wrongful dismissal, but stood by the referee Chris Foy's verdict that the challenge represented serious foul play.
Writing on his Facebook page, under the title "A Moment of Reflection", Kompany explained his decision to appeal, and wrote of his fear of an "unprecedented wave of red cards" in future.
Kompany wrote: "I appealed because I obviously completely disagreed with the interpretation of the officials on the day but that happens in football and we move on. I wonder though if we are now going to see an unprecedented wave of red cards on match days because we sanction 'if's' and 'maybe's'?
"Are we going to look back at video evidence for every single challenge that goes unnoticed by the officials, look at different scenarios and potential outcomes of what could have been considered a good tackle and then sanction it?
"Players and managers are starting to expect more sending offs from referees and I think it's for the wrong reasons. My understanding is that English football prides itself on the hardness, the fairness and the tradition of its game. That is why hundreds of millions of people tune in to watch Premier League football and English referees have always been a key factor to that success in my opinion.
"So I don't agree with people saying that referees in this country aren't doing well as I think they are the best in the world. Hopefully common sense will prevail again in the future and I for one hope not to see consistency in sending offs and suspensions when the intent of a player is to win the ball.
"I'd like to add to this that I waited for the suspension to be confirmed before making any comments on the matter as I didn't want to give the impression that I was using the media as a tool to benefit my own personal agenda in this case. I'm not speaking on behalf of the club or anybody else, this isn't me defending myself, this is just me raising a genuine concern.
"If football fans decide I'm wrong in raising these concerns then I will have no problem in accepting the fact that times are changing again for our game."
The Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, who will serve a four-match ban after losing his appeal against the red card he was shown in the FA Cup tie with Manchester United, has written of his "genuine concern" about the implications of the decision.
Kompany was sent off for a challenge on United's Nani, in which he won the ball, but went in two-footed and off the ground.
The Football Association's independent regulatory commission used video evidence to consider Kompany's claim of wrongful dismissal, but stood by the referee Chris Foy's verdict that the challenge represented serious foul play.
Writing on his Facebook page, under the title "A Moment of Reflection", Kompany explained his decision to appeal, and wrote of his fear of an "unprecedented wave of red cards" in future.
Kompany wrote: "I appealed because I obviously completely disagreed with the interpretation of the officials on the day but that happens in football and we move on. I wonder though if we are now going to see an unprecedented wave of red cards on match days because we sanction 'if's' and 'maybe's'?
"Are we going to look back at video evidence for every single challenge that goes unnoticed by the officials, look at different scenarios and potential outcomes of what could have been considered a good tackle and then sanction it?
"Players and managers are starting to expect more sending offs from referees and I think it's for the wrong reasons. My understanding is that English football prides itself on the hardness, the fairness and the tradition of its game. That is why hundreds of millions of people tune in to watch Premier League football and English referees have always been a key factor to that success in my opinion.
"So I don't agree with people saying that referees in this country aren't doing well as I think they are the best in the world. Hopefully common sense will prevail again in the future and I for one hope not to see consistency in sending offs and suspensions when the intent of a player is to win the ball.
"I'd like to add to this that I waited for the suspension to be confirmed before making any comments on the matter as I didn't want to give the impression that I was using the media as a tool to benefit my own personal agenda in this case. I'm not speaking on behalf of the club or anybody else, this isn't me defending myself, this is just me raising a genuine concern.
"If football fans decide I'm wrong in raising these concerns then I will have no problem in accepting the fact that times are changing again for our game."
Articulate footballer shocka.
That is very well written.
Personally i thought carrol did quite well against city, but Kompany's defending was stellar. I think we'll see a lot more joy if we play in the same manner. If not from carroll scoring then from second balls after he's got his head to it.
We played in balls into the right area and we got men into the box in numbers. That's what we've been missing a lot of the time.
We played in balls into the right area and we got men into the box in numbers. That's what we've been missing a lot of the time.
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Personally i thought carrol did quite well against city, but Kompany's defending was stellar. I think we'll see a lot more joy if we play in the same manner. If not from carroll scoring then from second balls after he's got his head to it.
We played in balls into the right area and we got men into the box in numbers. That's what we've been missing a lot of the time.
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I thought it was a disgracefully poor performance. He switched off a few times (which seems to be his trademark) and he got an arial masterclass by City's defenders who made him look like the guy from the old Mr Muscle adverts. Up the pitch, Dzeko was bumping our defenders off the ball and using his strength to make life difficult for our defenders. Meanwhile Carroll did nothing to knock their back line out of their stride.
I had been defending Carroll but that performance was an epiphany for me. He can't even consistently deliver the minimum requirement, which should be using his physique to make a nuisance of himself.
Personally i thought carrol did quite well against city, but Kompany's defending was stellar. I think we'll see a lot more joy if we play in the same manner. If not from carroll scoring then from second balls after he's got his head to it.
We played in balls into the right area and we got men into the box in numbers. That's what we've been missing a lot of the time.
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I thought it was a disgracefully poor performance. He switched off a few times (which seems to be his trademark) and he got an arial masterclass by City's defenders who made him look like the guy from the old Mr Muscle adverts. Up the pitch, Dzeko was bumping our defenders off the ball and using his strength to make life difficult for our defenders. Meanwhile Carroll did nothing to knock their back line out of their stride.
I had been defending Carroll but that performance was an epiphany for me. He can't even consistently deliver the minimum requirement, which should be using his physique to make a nuisance of himself.
It is when they want it to be. When they just want to bandy a few headlines around and jump on the latest bandwagon, they go to the other extreme. Basically they want to have their cake and eat it, which is what this self-serving cr@p from Brewin is really about.
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