Respect The Referee (Chris Foy) Yeah, Right!

By all accounts Mancini went into the ref's dresing room at half time and spoke to Foy about the red card. Foy, so I believe said he thought he'd made a mistake in sending off VK. Not sure if its true but if it is then perhaps the card might be rescinded, should the club decide to appeal.

there's no other "Vital site" that's nearly as depressing as this one! Almost daily there's an article about how unlucky Man C are, how your results were affected by a refereeing "conspiracy" etc. Why not wake up and accept that you're the luckiest bunch of supporters around? Picked from decades of total obscurity, sold by a Thai "business man " (who Amnesty International want jailed -on good evidence), and partially sold to a group of ruthless Arab oil merchants who have spent more on players than any team in history!?!/! (Whilst the Thai eile from justice still retains a 10% interest!) . The rules state clearly that two footed tackles are banned, and dangerous play is decided by the ref, you don't have to make ANY contact to qualify. The idea being; "let's stop the dangerous tackles BEFORE they break the legs"! See how long this post stays on the site lol

what if he won the ball with two footed tackle and player also tackled would that be a red, also you cant tackle like that its hte rules for every so no sympthy, look what adam done to bale

The Horses Mouth not sure where you get your information from. Thaksin doesn't own anything in Man City anymore. The last 10% was bought out when his money was frozen by the Government that was put in place by the military coup that overthrew him, an illegal act, which they made sure nothing could be done about by placing it in the New Constitution, also called the Charter. As to Amnesty-International wanting him gaoled i am not so sure that they are right on that. They call for lots of things, but that doesn't make them right. I am not sure by a long shot what your "good evidence" is ! Having said that what is it to do with this game !! I don't think Andy Townsend and Martin Tyler are City fan's but just watching the game back neither seem to think it was a red card. I doubt your post will be removed btw it's not a red site that removes non-fawning posts.

have to say, you guys were ROBBED. Chris Foy is probably the WORST referee in the Prem. Three shocking decisions in our game against Stoke cost us dearly. In a modern world where Football has become more than ' just a game ' It's a multi million pound ' business ' , where peoples livlihoods are on the line, and hnge on ' critical ' decisions by the likes of Foy. The guy should be given his P45 ASAP, and told to find ' alternative means of employment ' p.s. is he closset ' red-nose' ??????????

Surprise surprise. Foy has dicked Chelsea, Spurs and City so far this season. Remind me again who Manure's main challengers are?

i'm a Villa fan and agree that Foy was very poor today. you at least deserved a replay. the red card was nonsense, obviously it may have something to do with the stupid rules we have today, he could of faced criticism if he didn't send him off, although it is ridiculous that it was a red card. he got the ball, everybody was fine. he didn't even really go in with his 2 feet together straight towards Nani's legs, which players often get sent off for doing. both feet did leave the ground, but 1 was more used to hook the ball away and the other foot wasn't really doing anything, it was just in the air, there was no danger of it catching Nani. It's stupid really. You also should of had a penalty for Jones' handball, but then Utd could of also possibly had another penalty. You deserved at least a draw though.

Fergie got his rotation spot on today, leaving out Harold Webb and bringing in Chris Foy, all chance you had today was lost after 11mins, the guy is a joke, but he will be back in the thick of it again, to can be sure of that, he will be the first person on the team sheet i look for in future games we have. The tackle was a yellow card if anything, he made no contact with the player, played the ball, but Rooney got your man sent off, getting in the ref's face...

These English referees will soon make me hate football. How on earth is Chris Foy still officiating such important games? Why? It's beyond me. Feck me, how can the FA still judge him as competent enough while THEY CLEARLY RECEIVED the tapes of the mistakes he made in the QPR-Chelsea/Stoke-Spurs matches? I'm a Chelsea fan by the way. He absolutely ruined our game against QPR within 29 minutes by giving one of the softest and most ridiculous penalty I've seen in my life and one red card for a foul for which it would have actually been exagerrated to give a yellow! And when the feck was that? 30 minutes after City destroyed United at Old Trafford. You just had to see his face during the game damn, he was almost smiling when he threw his cards at us. And don't tell me I'm biased because I'm a Chelsea supporter. QPR made 17 fouls and we made 17 fouls - we conceded a penalty, 2 red cards and 9 yellow cards from these fouls while QPR were awarded 2 yellow cards. What the hell? Stoke Spurs? Even worse. Handball on Etherington's first goal, three stonewall penalties turned down for Spurs and when Kaboul complains - and rightly so - he gets a yellow and who then gets sent off for one of the softest challenges you'll ever see. Today he ruined what was potentially the game of the season, you just had to watch the first ten minutes ffs, end to end stuff. 12 minutes and he decides to send Kompany off for a fair tackle. His feet weren't high, he won the ball with his right foot and then his left foot came into the mix, and he didn't jump, how on earth is that a red card. Referees are having way too much influence in today's football it's just incredible. The FA really has to revise their referees standards because it's unacceptable. Feck me every matchday, every week end it's the same story. Always a referee in the spotlight. If it's not Howard 'I love United' Webb, it's Chris 'I love United' Foy. If it's not Chris 'I love United' Foy it's Andre Mariner. If it's not Andre Mariner it's Martin Atkinson. If it's not Martin Atkinson it's Mark Clattenburg. If it's not Mark Clattenburg it's Phil Dowd. If it's not Phil Dowd it's Mike Dean - fire them all ffs and promote other referees they can't be worse than that.

Very good article btw, I couldn't have put it better myself Mancitygal4eva.

Nice one Mancitygal4eva. :)

Wincezd at some of the treatment you have had Worbo. See you a week tomorrow night!

Lovin the solidarity Chris Foy is a hom. a superhuman hom

Changing the subject a tad. Anyone else delighted when 'tough tackling,quiet lad,all-round-good-egg' Scholes came on? Turned the game in our favour instantly! Lets hope pig-headed Ferguson plays him a lot more this season. Our secret weapon!

No one will be satisfied until there is quick-fire video technology. That will make United and Liverpool fans unhappy though, as they seem like the two most well protected teams in the league. Liverpool play some horrendously dirty football with elbows and stamps galore but very little gets punished.

Great article and excellent comments. We all know that nobody at the FA wants to see City make a serious challenge and one way of getting at City is to make them short-handed. Maybe we should train with only 10 men. Foy's application of the laws of the game were not in the spirit of the laws of the game. And as for horses mouth - please demonstrate where in the referees chart it refers to "two footed tackles" because it doesn't. The term "two footed tackle" is too vague to represent a "law".

Spot on Ped re "two footed tackles", some people on here obviously haven't made themselves aware of the rule. They seem to have got their football education from Sky's moronic punditry team with their idiotic claim of ' two feet, he has to go '.

let's put it another way. If Jones or Smalling had made that challenge the press would be hailing "Fergies Fleglings", calling them future England captain and talking about their genius incessantly. Repeat ad nauseum.

First up Niteworlok, fair play to you for applying common sense in regards the tackle. Secondly on the money issue, you may not have spent what we did on transfers but your outlay on wages over the past 2 decades is colossal in comparison to City's yet I never hear this spending being discussed. And finally, I don't believe any ref is in Slur's pocket but I do believe that because of the profile of your club and Slur's influence on the general perception of football in the UK means these weak minded referees are more inclined to give in to the pressure from your club and their players and that is why we see U*d getting more favours than most.

Whinge whinge whine whine, Now you start to understand how we have had it for the last 5 years.

Hold you heads up high lads - was a damn fine comeback you lot staged, but it still could have been an scoreline - and still not in your favour.....