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Moyes to be charged over Clattenburg remarks

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1 month and nine days since openly criticising Mr Clotenbburg.. it would appear the FA finally taken notice.. Conveniently , the FA official who was present during DM',s post match conversation with the Referee has lost lost his memory and apparently "cant recall exactly what was said". This of course has nothing to do with SAF also being charged over his remarks concerning the same hapless official..???
Terry Maddock, Liverpool     Posted 27/11/2007 at 10:14:32

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Eugene McLoughlin
1   Posted 27/11/2007 at 09:45:47

I think Moyes and Ferguson should go together on this and condemn Twattenburg !!! It is absolutely ridiculous to charge Moyes!!! I can't believe it! This is going to rake up more bad feeling as I am utterly disgusted by this and it really makes me question the whole enjoyment of supporting the mighty Blues - Football is becoming (if not already) a corrupt plaything for sugar daddies and I for one am seriously questioning my love!
John Ballinger
2   Posted 27/11/2007 at 10:30:53

In the aftermath of the Clattenberg derby I was stunned by the directness and vociferousness of Moyes?s justified reaction to events. At the time I remember thinking: " I'm sure he's trying to get the FA clowns to bring this whole thing out into the open, so that he can have his day in court ".

I, for one, think he should go in there armed with as much video support, mysterious evidence he referred to at the time, legal backup, etc, as possible and show up the RS Clattenberg for what he is.

With the FA in total disarray over the England?s ineptness, and the fat spanish waiter about to be sacked by his Texan ranch bosses - now is the time for a " small ", sensibly run, increasingly successful English club like ours to stand up in public and bring the whole G14, top-4 bias thing into full focus

Joe Black
3   Posted 27/11/2007 at 11:20:34

What's the betting Moyey's would have been ignored if SAF hadn't spoken out???!!
Harry Keogh
4   Posted 27/11/2007 at 11:34:05

Why wait this long to come up with the charge? Has it got something to do with Fergie having a go at the weekend over the same ref? Cant let Fergie get way with it without charging Moyes? Idiots.
Ed Casey
5   Posted 27/11/2007 at 11:31:05

Bloody right they implied that he was motivated by bias. I'm sorry but Clattenberg not being allowed to ref in a prem game for a week and then business as usual is just not good enough. His stewardship of that game was beyond terrible and it is correct that his integrity has been questioned.

I think there is a fundamental injustice that refs have no incentive to perform well because they know that if anyone speaks out against them it is they that will get punished. An issue that the FA needs to look at.

Bringing the game into disrepute - the FA are the only ones guilty of that!

Robin Byrne
6   Posted 27/11/2007 at 14:28:17

It looks to me like the FA have waited for the hubbub and furore to die down, let the memory fade a bit in peoples (i.e. the media) minds and then charge Davey when he might not get the same level of support. Either that or Fergie complained that why should he be charged when Moyes wasnt.
Either way I think Moyes will be relishing to have his chance to put his point of view directly to the FA and see if they can justify Clattenburgs decision making in being influenced to send Hibbert off, failing to show Kuyt a red card for a two footed off the ground lunge, and failing to give a stonewall penalty in the last minute.
Keith Harrison
7   Posted 27/11/2007 at 11:51:37

Lets hope the charge can eventually be heard by an independent body (FIFA or European Court) to confirm:- a) Clattenberg was totally biased. b) The F A are inept and should to a man be sacked.

Somehow don't think it will happen though.

Shaun Sparke
8   Posted 27/11/2007 at 12:18:46

So it has taken the FA 5 weeks to decide to throw a charge of improper conduct at David Moyes. I am not alone in thinking that this may have been prompted by the charge made against Alex Ferguson over the weekend who criticized the same referee.

Why has the FA suddenly decided that now is the right time to bring Moyes in line? I suspect that Ferguson and his advisors have pointed to the words that Moyes said regarding Clattenburg and cried foul. Is this really the way for the FA to manage its own affairs? If they thought that there was not a grain of truth in the comments attributed to Moyes then they should have acted straight away and not waited for such a long time after to make such a stupid and untimely trumped-up charge.

I would like to ask the FA if any action has been taken against Clattenburg for improper conduct? I hope that Everton defend Moyes to the hilt on this one, show the FA video evidence of the game and defy the FA to defend the decisions that Clattenburg made. When they spurt the usual doctrine of you should never criticise a referee through the media no matter what the provocation. Moyes should ask them politely what course of action he has to take the next time a referee takes advice from Steven Gerrard on whether a player should be shown a yellow or red card in future!

The FA in the country are a complete joke, it is run by a bunch of morons, the same morons who appointed Steve Mcclaren as their ?first choice manager? after being turned down by Phil Scholari. God help the national team with this bunch of muppets in charge.

Martyn Valentine
9   Posted 27/11/2007 at 13:10:44

Improper conduct???!! Did any of them see Clattenburgs performance? That was the utmost in improper conduct not Davie's response!! I hope he appeals against the charge and presents a video of the game as his defence!

Also a bit ironic that he's hit with this 48 hours after Sir Alex had a pop at the same muppet and got sent to the stands! If it takes the codgers at the FA a month to bring a charge don't hold your breath for a new national team manager!

Declan Brown
10   Posted 27/11/2007 at 14:13:45

Davey, get the 2nd half of that game on video / DVD, before they ask any questions, make them watch it and highlight Clattenberg's favouring of Liverpool, ask the FA to explain to Moyes what the hell Clattenberg was playing at?

If this gets wiped under the carpet then it's telling the rest that the ref's are allowed to favour the Big 4.

Clattenberg is a cheat, end of, there's no debate on it, he's a red, he was on their recent summer tour. Davey, i beg you, just don't back down. Stand and fight your ground. Stand up for us and our good supporters who were cheated that day.

This better not be a whitewash. Hopefully Sir Alex's comments also shed some favourable light on our / Davey's cause.

Declan Brown
11   Posted 27/11/2007 at 14:36:26

Everton win 7-1 and within days Moyes is charged by the FA about remarks made well over a month ago? Sir Alex has a go at the weekend and within days he’s charged.

The anti Everton bias can be so nakedly blatant at times.

Brian Barwick runs the FA, he’s an out and out Red, Rick Parry a former head honcho on the Premier League committee, it’s just sickening isn’t it?

What else can you say?
Tony Cornmell
12   Posted 27/11/2007 at 10:38:21

It looks like Davey is going to be the whipping boy when the FA didn't take any action when he first voiced his opinion. As the nation agreed whole heartedly with the injustice done to our team. So punish Moyes then Fergie has no come back. It just shows the lack of guts and backbone at FA adquarters No wonder the national team is a shambles. with the lack of leadership at the top of our game. So sorry Davey.
Tony Williams
13   Posted 27/11/2007 at 15:25:41

Bit of a joke really isn’t it.

I remember thinking at the time that Moyes is being a bit risque but then we saw all the pundits and the writers in all the media backing him up, obviously the Fat Spanish Waiter didn’t yet he calls Lescott a cheat and not a pip out of the FA.

I honestly think that SIr Alex’s solicitors have turned around and said why can Moyes get away with it and I can’t, because let’s be honest he has a case but only in Battenberg’s ineptitude, both Evra and Davies should have been red carded but he shit out.

No surprise that the FA are run by a Red Shite is there.

Why has it taken over 5 weeks?

If I was Moyes I would be tooled up with a DVD of the game and every paper and every interview with the pundits on all the Footy shows completely proving he was justified in his comments..................and then accept the punishment, as the FA will never back down even though they are wrong and full of shithouses
Patty Beesley
14   Posted 27/11/2007 at 15:46:20

Perhaps Davey should take an extract from Stevie G?s autobiography with him which states and I quote :

"As Captain, I view refs in a different light. It?s handy to build a decent relationship with a ref, to get him on Liverpool?s side. I?m quite cynical about that. Its gamemanship. A right decision in the 90th minute may go my way if I?ve spent all the game being friendly to the ref. He?s only human.

An official like Poll or Clattenburg is likely to be more sympathetic if I work with them"


Fits our game to a "T" doesn?t it?
Tony Grimes
15   Posted 27/11/2007 at 17:28:53

This is what pisses me off about the English FA, its like the old gentury, you know like ?we can do what the fuck we want? pompus load of snobs I cant even be arsed wasting my fingers typing. The end of the day they will side with some incompent wanker who cant even see a blatent pen when it is is front of him and that other prick Kyet with his kung fu kick ah fuck it waht is the point even giving an opinion you just need to look at the video.
Rich Pemberton
16   Posted 27/11/2007 at 17:56:18

I wouldn?t get too over-excited about Fergie being involved and it doing us a favour.

I suspect having lost the Bolton game that certainly helps one of Manure?s main rivals back into the title race, Fergie would do anything to suggest that the RS Clattenburg is biased. The best way to do that is to get a partner in crime like Moyes to back up his story.

He only cares about Manure and himself and he would seem far more justified in his actions with the derby game also up as evidence and fresh in the mind.

I?m sure he must have engineered Moyes now getting charged, although you have to say it is very strange that the FA didn?t do anything at the time as Moyes was clearly in breach.

They?ll prob both just get a fine or something.
Mike Cleave
17   Posted 28/11/2007 at 16:24:55

I just hope that Moyes turns around and asks the FA to launch a formal investigation into Twattenburgs blantant bias, and the fact he didnt send of Kuyt for a 2 footed lunge....etc
Glen Strachan
18   Posted 28/11/2007 at 22:10:22

What is happening back in dear old Blighty these days ?

How can Arry Redknapp be down the nick while a cheating Scumball like Clattenburg walks the streets............to date , at any rate a free man ?

Hopefully Fergie and Moyse can get their good strong case together and go for that cheating rat.

I suppose clattenburg's confession is too much to hope for.........yeah ?

Men with bias in their hearts should never be part of a football set-up worthy of the name so let us forget about demotion or suspension for Clattenburg.

He should be expelled from all levels of football for ever.

Without integrity a referee in any sport is nothing.....................................this man must be hounded out of football and the stink of his presence for even one more game will be just too much.


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