Was it the worst decision of the season? The only one I think comes close was another one against us. The failure to award a penalty in the home game against Watford.
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...but we aren't the only casualties of that howler.
I know it's only notional but had Chelsea not picked up 3 points that day, Arsenal would got the Champions League spot and Chelsea the Europa League.
Was it the worst decision of the season? The only one I think comes close was another one against us. The failure to award a penalty in the home game against Watford.
Its a very good illustration of how a seemingly isolated incident can have ramifications far further and more important to some people than might be imagined.
Perfect example of the ripples made by dropping a pebble in a pool of water.
....or a butterfly fluttering it's wings in a Brazilian jungle.
Our goal to win at home against Brighton was pretty bad. I firmly believe that Chelsea result would have inspired us and Brighton would have shit themselves.
Flip it around though and without that win against Brighton maybe we never get close enough to test them.
For me the non award of the penalty home to Watford was the worst of the lot. Ref has clear sight of it, not far from him and its nailed on. He actually saw it far closer than I did and decided not to give it. Least with Chelsea the linesman didn't get himself in the right position to have a choice to make.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the comedy penalty at Old Trafford last weekend. Can you imagine Warnock's reaction if a penalty like that had been given against City in a game that had something riding on it? Oddly, he didn't complain about the quality of the officials at Manchester.
The point is that the dodgy penalty at Old Trafford, the, marginally, offside winner against Brighton and Gunnar getting away with the sort of penalty area wrestling hold that are commonly committed on our captain against Chelsea were the only occasions where a major match affecting decision went in our favour - the only time we had the "rub of the green" (the reversed penalty against Huddersfield should not be counted because it ensured that the correct decision was made).
Off the top of my head, I can think of a dubious penalties against us for Bournemouth and Newcastle, a very strong claim for one at Everton, an obvious one against Watford, a whole host of decisions which went Chelsea's way, what happened at Burnley and fouls on Morrison in the penalty area by Liverpool and Fulham players as instances where we had justifiable complaint against the performance of match officials.
If our home results had been better against Burnely, Huddersfield, Leicester and Newcastle , these decisions would not be such a talking point .
If my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle...
No wait not in this gender neutral era.
Yes, it was the correct decision, the initial contact was made outside the penalty area as I recall. As for the other incidents you mention I cannot recall them, but are you seriously claiming that decisions have evened themselves out over the course of the season as the cliche goes as far as City are concerned because, believe me, they haven't.
Its all irrelevant.
But lets face it only the most anti Cardiff people would even try to put forward an argument that things evened out.
No, I'd say City definitely had the rough end of the stick on balance, but a lot of the decisions people (including yourself) now claim were certain fouls/penalties were actually debatable at best, while a number of similar incidents immediately got forgotten because they went in Cardiff's favour. You've proved that in this thread. For instance, even Warnock said Arsenal should have had a first half penalty!
As for the Huddersfield thing, you're having a laugh. Every pundit who reviewed it on TV thought it was a blatant penalty, and there's a reason for that. City definitely got away with one there.
I’m not anti-City all. On the contrary, although I’m no longer a supporter as such, I was very keen for the club to stay in the Premier League. However, the pro-City bias some exhibit when discussing issues like refereeing decisions is laughable. There is seldom any balance.
Of course weve had decisions in our favour but its been commented by plenty of independents about the shockers weve had. Even Adrian feckin Durham has gone on about it.