BAN CLATTENBERG PETITION

[billytoffee]

petition signed and formal complaint lodged with the FA at the following link:-

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/ContactUs/Postings/2007/07/ComplaintsProcedure.htm


They are starting to look a bit conspicuous by thier silence over the whole thing so thought I would give them a prod as well !

 

[chicoazul]

Youve built it up now, I cannot sign it.

Im backing Clattenburg on this.

cowers*

 

[TX Bill]

Youve built it up now, I cannot sign it.

Im backing Clattenburg on this.

cowers*

Too late as I beat you to it about 30 posts ago. I think it got lost in the shuffle though as a red jumped on shortly after I posted it and got everyone wound up.

 

[monty]

Too late as I beat you to it about 30 posts ago. I think it got lost in the shuffle though as a red jumped on shortly after I posted it and got everyone wound up.

If Clattenberg had another eye he should [Poor language removed] well open it because the other two are red

If either of you two are doing this for a wind-up, in my book that is in very bad taste. You are entitled to your opinions, you are entitled to your actions or lack there of but you are not entitled to further enrage Blues who care passionately about what happened on Saturday because in doing so you harm not just this board but your own reputations.:angry:

 

[monty]

If Clattenberg had another eye he should [Poor language removed] well open it because the other two are red

If either of you two are doing this for a wind-up, in my book that is in very bad taste. You are entitled to your opinions, you are entitled to your actions or lack there of but you are not entitled to further enrage Blues who care passionately about what happened on Saturday because in doing so you harm not just this board but your own reputations.:angry:

Nearly 1800 on-line blues agree with this thread per the latest count

 

[chicoazul]

I have reputation?

Im a non conformist these days Monty.

Its just a different opinion to yours pal, thats all.

 

[TX Bill]

My point regarding my reply to Chico was this:

I am not "backing" Clattenberg in any way, shape, or form for his performance last Saturday. He should get a lengthy suspension, no doubt about it.

(By the way, how come no one has mentioned the linesmen as well? I would figure that they'd have some culpability.)

However Monty, I believe that a lifetime ban that this petition is asking for is not only unwarranted, it's is foolhardy to boot and that is why I chose not to sign it. If it had asked for something REASONABLE, like say a month long suspension from refeering in the Premier League, then I'd sign it in a flash.

But to say that someone should be banned for life for the mistakes that they made in a match is just plain stupid and frankly over the top. It also makes us look like we're overreacting to a situation.

Now, if it can be proven that he was on the take, that the match was rigged, or anything to that effect, well then of course he should be banned for life. That really goes without saying.

If we start asking for referees to be banned for life, where does it stop? Who decides what mistakes should just be punished by a suspension, and what mistakes should be punished by a lifetime ban from refereeing?

How many quality referees will be banned for life because of one shocker? Hell, the players can have shockers from time to time, why can't referees? Furthermore, banning a ref for life for having a bad match could have serious consequences in the future. A referee could easily make a call or not make a call knowing that there could be serious consequences if he gets it wrong. So rather than potentially make a mistake with a call, they might overlook an absolutely warranted call, and vice versa. It would be a very bad precedent indeed.

Players get yellow card accumulations before they have to sit out a match. Why can't referees get "poor call or missed call" accumulations and miss a match or two? Just wondering?

I understand passionate Evertonians are upset and frustrated. I know, I'm one of them.

If passionate Evertonians are "enraged" by my opinion, that's their problem, not mine.

But asking for a lifetime ban against a referee who has been for the most part, a consistently good referee just makes no sense at all.

 

[chicoazul]

I would have said something like above.

 

[TX Bill]

PLAGARIST

 

[loosecranks]

I didn't sign it, either. I believe Clattenberg bottled it, he was incompetent and starstruck and deserves to be censured, but I don't believe he has knowingly cheated us or accepted bribes as some have suggested. A 'lifetime ban' is out of the question.

 

[ForeverEverton]

Mr Clattenburg the most powerful RS supporter

Have e-mailed sky sports to drum up extra support for our petition.

[Poor language removed] this little cheating **** for the Liverpool bitch whore he is!!!!!!!!!!!

He is CORRUPT !!!!!!!!!

How can everyone not see this unless it is rife within the FA.

Nothing would surprise me !!!!!

 

[TX Bill]

Well ForeverEverton, you certainly hit the nail on the head when mentioning the FA.

That's really who I have a problem with.

Time and time and time again, they consistently show bias towards the "big" clubs in their decision making process.

For me Clattenberg was a one off but the FA, they've demonstrated and unbelieveably consistent level of ineptitude on a regular basis.

That's where I believe the real problems in the game lie.

 

[Dom1878]

i want him suspended for a lengthy time, and everything shows he was biased towards liverpool. Especially the fact that he toured with them before the season, and whats all this about a signed gerrard shirt?

 

[daz4matty]

Well ForeverEverton, you certainly hit the nail on the head when mentioning the FA.

That's really who I have a problem with.

Time and time and time again, they consistently show bias towards the "big" clubs in their decision making process.

For me Clattenberg was a one off but the FA, they've demonstrated and unbelieveably consistent level of ineptitude on a regular basis.

That's where I believe the real problems in the game lie.

I hear what you are saying bill but clattenburg could not have been that poor on saturday he deffo wanted scum to win,every big desicion went for them and to me he was either on the take or after gerrards arse.
If it was the other way round it would have been on the back pages every day but cos we are not in the top 4 it will get blown under the carpet,it stinks to me and i think he was on the take.

 

[TX Bill]

I hear what you are saying bill but clattenburg could not have been that poor on saturday he deffo wanted scum to win,every big desicion went for them and to me he was either on the take or after gerrards arse.
If it was the other way round it would have been on the back pages every day but cos we are not in the top 4 it will get blown under the carpet,it stinks to me and i think he was on the take.

If he was, well then he most certainly should be banned from refereeing any level for life.

Honesty and integrity are really all a referee has. We expect referees to blow calls from time to time as that's the nature of the game.

But once he sacrifices those two traits, there really isn't much left is there.

I would hope that the FA takes a hard look at the relationship between referees and clubs, especially in situations where referees are in close quarters with clubs (i.e. Clattenberg and Liverpool when they went overseas together apparently) for an extended period of time.