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What's bothering me is, why can the decisions be in our favour, I understand how sh*te refs are but it's always f**king against us.

Mainly because Mourinho didn't mention that one, he didn't mention the minute, I don't know why. That was worse than the Ivanovic one because Kurt fell down really awkwardly due to that twat kicking him in the air.

Come on Daze I don't buy that Moss gave everything in our favour at all. We were also denied a blatant penalty that game, the officiating has been absolutely sh*te with us lately. It has gotten worse since the Southampton away game I think.

All the referees are great, it's just Jose moaning, I can't see an issue with the refereeing as of late.

I would of been absolute livid if a Chelsea player got sent off the way Matic did, but nevermind eh.

https://twitter.com/ParkedTheBus/status/569496164560728064 I quite honestly don't see how that's not a red card offence like Matic's was.

I don't have any confidence on this game anymore, just have a bad feeling about it, I think Spurs have got our number here.

Just seen it and I honestly don't see how they aren't comparable, if Matic was a red card offence why isn't that one? He blatantly pushes the player over.

Could anyone post a video or something please? I would like to see that.

In a different scenario we would have crushed them if they had a man sent off regardless. I think Mourinho is highlighting each point as a scenario were if it did happen, we would have won the game comfortably, and that's just for each point not every point. If we had gotten one of those penalties I think we would have won it, if Barnes had got sent off at any one of those moments I think we would have won it. That's the main point I feel.

Well isn't it obvious? Mourinho is speaking out about these decisions. We have been unfairly treated with referee decisions it's actually bizarre. And I'm one for judging fairly, I didn't complain in the Sunderland game last season I put that down to us, I don't usually buy conspiracy theories either still don't but I'm not going to deny the refereeing against us has been shocking. Just look at the penalties ratio to how many we should have gotten. It's amazing how we are top of the league. I agree with Mourinho speaking out, someone has to, the F.A. are happy with not rescinding the ban and leaving it as it is, that shouldn't be the case we should have a strong case of appealing here I think.

Why are we missing the Kurt Zouma incident? I thought that was worse than the Ivanovic one, I actually thought Kurt was injured.

This isn't a player with a poor disciplinary record, if it was Ivanovic, Costa or even worse someone like Joey Barton you would tell them they seriously need to stop being provoked as much. Regardless of how shocking the incident was and with the little protection from the referee should I say f**k all protection from the referee you would still be disappointed in the player because we can't really know if it was overreacting or if it's the player losing his head easy again. As for Matic I guess we have to give him the benefit of the doubt here, we have never seen this from him, he is one of our most composed players if not our most composed. He's been tempted plenty of times by players he hasn't reacted, this time he did, I think it's fair to say there is a good reason for that. Not saying he shouldn't take responsibility because he damn well should but there are plenty of people to blame here, I think the referee mostly.

I know what is even the f**king logic in some people. Ivanovic has a shot on goal, player sticks his arm out, denies a good chance for us because we don't know if the shot is going in or not, so penalty for cheating. Diego Costa running into the box and it's 2 v 2, great chance to get a goal, he gets pushed over, denied a great chance, cheating from Burnley player, it's a penalty. A penalty should make up for them going against the match rules, that's your punishment, you foul someone in the box it's a penalty that's pretty obvious. Burnley knew what they were doing both times and they got away with it, happens a lot of times however unfortunately we are on the end of it yet again and this time it has came back to really kick us up the arse.

Until match of the day f**k it up. If Keown is on there you know for a fact what he is going to say.

He has a point, Matic has to keep his cool. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt though definitely, Matic has never reacted like that. He has had plenty of times to kick off he doesn't retaliate, N'zonzi was trying to pick on him because them two were the big boys, Matic didn't react to it he just got stuck in. I've never seen him lose his temper like that so for that reason alone it must have been pretty f**king bad, which it most definitely was. I still think he has to take some of the blame here, he has to be more professional regardless of getting no protection from the referee. This is why Atkinson has to be punished, he simply allowed this to go on, he didn't even have a word with that dirty bar steward who was fouling our players all game intentionally. Disgusting behaviour and mind games or not you can see why Mourinho constantly goes on about it. All I can hope is this is the last we will ever see from all this bull sh*t, it's time the F.A. actually realised the terrible inconsistency in our games. What sickens me is I already know it, Matic will keep the 3 game ban, Atkinson will have no charge, neither will that bell end when really he should be getting a serious warning.

A player we might have to rely on in the next 3 games. It's safe to say we are dropping points and I hate to be pessimistic here but the cup final? I think we are going to struggle.

That's what I thought to be honest, still though it's poor. When you're down to 10 men that's the last thing you should be conceding from, just ridiculous. That's why we have to blame ourselves, we should have put that game to bed in the first half, had plenty of chances. Doesn't help when you have a sh*t referee but that's what we have to overcome, every season we know what to expect. Referee inconsistency is massive, refs have absolute shockers, this was yet another example. But regardless the facts are actually there, the referees have been very harsh on us on compared to most teams in the league. The fact that we have two penalties all season when denied 10-11 fair ones just says something. You can't expect to get every penalty I know that but you have to at least get some, Atkinson was awful this game.

Also what the f**k was going on with that corner? From all things did we really have to concede from a f**king corner, jesus christ terrible from the team.

We will see the reaction tonight on Match of the day that should play a factor in it. f**king stupid when you think about it but the F.A. won't do jack sh*t unless people speak out about it. They would be more than happy to leave it as it is.

I'm worried having to play Ramires in the midfield I seriously am, I haven't seen a good performance from him there in a long time, he was dreadful in it this season and last season. Seems to slow the play down. We saw the results against Everton he was tragic in that position. I suppose it helps if we have Fabregas there but still, I can see us struggling. Matic is so crucial to the side it's going to be really hard getting points without him.

So we have only had 2 penalties in the league all season? Is that correct? That goes to show how poor the refereeing has been for us then, considering how many times our players have been fouled in the box.

The F.A. seem to react big on public opinions, if the the right people are against it then the F.A. might be in favour to go down that route, they have done for 90% of the decisions. It's like if Diego Costa's stamp wasn't spoken about on Sky he wouldn't have been suspended. That's how it appears to work, the more people speak out for Matic the better chance we might have of his suspension been thrown away. I'll admit I'm not that fairly confident on it but it's a rare thing to see so many people on our side.

On the positive we are getting good reactions on this, I'm reading redcafe, seems everyone is on Matic's side, also twitter seems to be on Matic's side. If we are lucky and we get more people agreeing who knows, we might get a shortened ban for Matic, something to consider. I would also like justice and get that Barnes c**t banned.

We could have been about 3-0 or 4-0 up today...