Fergie must be delighted every time he sees that deferential twat down to ref his games.

And as for the FA, it's quite ridiculous how they're terrified of the Sky 4 ? I don't know why anyone expected any other outcome from today's news.

Bias by refs has been rife in Scotland for years and Rangers/Celtic get lots of favoured decisions... this is also in Spain where Barcelona and Real Madrid get gifts too. It's pandemic and always favours the so-called bigger clubs..

I agree that Rooney should have been censored by the FA and Clatters should be banned from Premier League games... BUT, I repeat, I was never a fan of Dunc and he was a liability whenever he played... he was worse than Rooney!!

The consistancy just isn't there with these elbowing incidents which are now seen in every game under the pretence of ''accidental''. Usually it is a form of retaliation for something comitted earlier or just a way of getting to a more skilful opponent.

I have said many times my concerns over the constant clutching and grabbing in the penalty areas during dead-ball situations whereby most referees do nothing. Why do we have the advantage of a fourth official if it is not used to help clean up the game?
The referee cannot handle all the dirty tricks on his own. The authorities are ultimately to blame.

The reaction of Phelan on MotD was spineless and shameful. In fact he represented Man Utd perfectly. A once great club have been dragged into the gutter by a fine football manager but an utterly appalling man. It actually makes me proud that John Magnier and his team brought this guttersnipe well and truly to heel..

I'd love it!!

"What happened there Waz?"

"Well, some granny just ran out the crowd and wacked that schoolboy looking centre-half who hasn't let me score yet with her handbag, but just so people don't think you're scared, I'll let you book me."

"Wow, cheers Waz... can I have your tie-ups as well?"

Liverpool won their trophies without foreign players and so did we before the Premier League came into being. The problem is, the media only recognise what has happened since the Premier League was formed and no-one ever mentions Man Utd went from 1967 until 1994 without winning the league title.

I'm proud to be a real scouser and proud of our city's achievements. Incidentally, the first Pals battalions in the 1st World War were volunteers from LIVERPOOL.

Perhaps distance diluted the effect but any success to do with the word Liverpool was associated with LFC, any misbehaviour became a scouser thing ? we were included in that alright.

Far more perceptive than I thought.

The deliberate punch, elbow or studs-up tackle has to be eliminated from the ''beautiful'' game and the authorities inside and out of the sport have been remiss for years.

How can the league now act against Rooney under the present stipulations seeing how Clattenburg has dealt with the matter? This would set a brand new precedent as surely Clattenburg cannot say anything different than what he claimed he booked Rooney for?

When he has seen the tape, he has to say 'Oh, that's a bit more than I first thought from my angle', Rooney is dealt with by FA and everybody is happy (apart from SAF and that cunt lying evasive cunt Phelan).

It's so easy to get right. Why did Clottenburg and the FA fuck up??? Why is he so devoid of being able to say "I missed the real deal, did not see it" and dealt with it appropriately ? when he so obviously didn't ? but just plain and simply admit my eye didn't catch all that was eventually revealed on film. It doesn't fuckin hurt.

Surely the FA or Premier League or BGO or whatever they are called must now see he is either incompetent or too big an opinion of himself to admit an honest error.... Fuck Me.

I will just sign off by saying that we have got to pressurise the powers that be into admitting they cannot keep the incompetent, cheating, twisty-mouthed, lying cunt from officiating (if that's what he actually does) at Goodison.

Bill will be made up, a guaranteed sell out stadium to vent our overdue spleen at the useless twat.

Rant over!

Then we read that a P&D board and its parent association in the eastern states were successfully sued by a victim of a repeat offender. The compensation pay out, including medical costs, loss of income etc came to several thousand dollars and that was just for an amateur.

If the same was to happen in England you would very quickly sort out the 'bad' buggers. As for the offender in the above case, his very next caution resulted in a lifetime ban.

Then there is the ban on tackling... for god's sake, it's a contact sport where good tackling was an attribute in years past, a skill.

Lastly there are the referees, their inconsistancy, bias and inability to control a game (other than red or yellow cards) is just a joke.

Dirty play should be stamped on by referees with video help if need be but, right now, the emphasis is wrong and the game is suffering because of it.

The long-term problem with the rules here is that now the FA are saying they cannot act further. So why have an FA ? why not just let the refs run the game?

I saw a similar incident at our home game with Bolton last season when Kevin Davies deliberately elbowed Jags in the head when the ball was in the other half. The cameras didn't see it, nor the ref, and to be honest hardly anyone in the ground either but I did. Jags shrugged it off and owned Davies there after. I got the impression though that Jags accepted it as part of the game.

Now the FA have failed to act again, perhaps that's the case?

The person who you thought ran and kicked someone was Leeds full back Willie Bell who committed one of the worst tackles I have seen in 50 years when he almost cut Derek Temple in half as he was going past him.

I think it was just after this tackle that the ref took everyone off, as he thought the crowd was about to riot.

Everton were a very strong outfit then and could look after themselves if needed, but Leeds were a different kettle of fish, quite prepared to use every underhand trick in the book to intimidate the opposition and the ref.

I don't know if there is any footage of this game, but look at Leeds cup replay against Chelsea, in around 1970, then double it for what happened that day at Goodison.

As regards the Rooney incident, if the ref said he saw it but did not send Rooney off, then he is either a cheat or incompetent ? another example of star struck referees, who give carte blanche to the likes of Gerrard, Carragher, Rooney, Ferdinand, Lampard, Cole... amazing that they are all also England players.

If Cattermole had done the same thing, 6-game suspension without doubt.

How he never sent Kuyt off for the assault on Phil Neville on the bye-line still rankles with me, besides allowing Carragher to wrestle Lescott on a couple of occasions in the Shite's penalty area, during a corner kick.

So nothing surprises me with this bent official, and how the league can justify not putting him in charge of any of our fixtures since that day says it all to me.