I'm no conspiracy theorist, but this says alot... judge for yourself. ...here's Mike Riley's refereeing record for the last five games he has officiated at Old Trafford: 05/04/03 – Manchester United 4 Liverpool 0 Manchester United awarded two penalties. Silvestre booked. Three Liverpool players booked and one sent off. 04/01/03 – Manchester United 4 Portsmouth 1 Manchester United awarded two penalties. No Manchester United players booked. Two Portsmouth players booked. 07/10/02 – Manchester United 3 Everton 0 Manchester United awarded one penalty. No Manchester United players booked. Two Everton players booked and one sent off. 03/09/02 – Manchester United 1 Middlesbrough 0 Manchester United awarded one penalty. Veron booked. Two Middlesbrough players booked. 06/03/02 – Manchester United 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0 Manchester United awarded one penalty. Keane booked. Three Tottenham players booked and one sent off. That's six penalties in five games for United and none for their opponents. Three Manchester United players have been cautioned as opposed to 12 visiting players. Three visiting players have received red cards, while no United player has been sent off. Manchester United have gone on to win all five of those games, scoring 16 goals and conceding but one…
He hates Bolton Wanderers, everytime he officiates one of our games he sends someone off. Riley is a tosser.
just on Sats game: Diouf was lucky not to be sent off, I thought. Gerrard got his yellow after a bunch of verbal warnings. Silvester probably deserved his yellow. The disallowed goal - I thought it was good. Hyppia was the last man back. Scholes was definetly impeded in the box. which of these (and in the other games) do you think were bad decisions?
Read my thoughts on Saturdays match in the Liverpool column and you'll see what I think...I didn't argue about much. I don't even know if I saw the other ones or not...I was posting that more as a joke than anything, although the pattern can't be denied.