Mike Riley

[kipto]

...I see this big nosed cheatn c*nt is refereeing the Man Ure Vs Liverpool game....what's the bet on a penalty for another Rooney dive?

[Rebelred]

...I see this big nosed cheatn c*nt is refereeing the Man Ure Vs Liverpool game....what's the bet on a penalty for another Rooney dive?
getting your excuses in before the game,bad sign

[kipto]

getting your excuses in before the game,bad sign

prevention is better than cure........
...but seriously riley is a joke

[Teknique]

3 seasons ago when United last won the premiership , Riley gave United something like 11 penalties!

There were calls from many quarters that he should be given a medal for his participation in that campaign

[Rebelred]

yet more excuses

[Sound]

As I've already said, if Riley refs the match Liverpool are fucked. They might as well be starting one nil down.

[kipto]

he's a c*nt end of story

[Fat Tom]

3 seasons ago when United last won the premiership , Riley gave United something like 11 penalties!

There were calls from many quarters that he should be given a medal for his participation in that campaign

and I supposes none of them were deserved.
Lads come on.
Don't cry foul before it even starts lets just enjoy the game and debate it on monday.
Hopefully there will be more to talk about than the last game FFS.

[Sound]

and I supposes none of them were deserved.
Lads come on.
Don't cry foul before it even starts lets just enjoy the game and debate it on monday.
Hopefully there will be more to talk about than the last game FFS.

I hear that! I went to the last one at Anfield- what an unmitigated load of shit. Utd were happy with a draw and Liverpool didn't have enough cutting edge to do anything about it. Yawnarama.

[Teknique]

and I supposes none of them were deserved.


Jesus wept Tom

How long have u been round these parts and u still cant spot the Wummery

[Fat Tom]

FFS Sound ye set up pretty defensively minded that day yerselves and ye were the home team.

[Sound]

FFS Sound ye set up pretty defensively minded that day yerselves and ye were the home team.

Rafa has always set us up not to concede but the team hadn't cottoned on to what he wanted in attack. So it added up to two defensively set up teams boring the living crap out of all and sundry.

[STEVIEG]

I thought it was Riley gave Liverpool the peno the last time they won at Old Trafford?
Anyway, United rarely get penalties anymore and rarely have players sent off against them either. The reason they used get so much was alot to do with the pressing game at Old Trafford but as we all know it's not so much a fortress at the moment

[Sound]

What is Mike Riley's record in Man Utd matches?

Plus: who missed out on the 21-man Old Trafford brawl of 1990? What are those trendy yellow wristbands all about? And did jazz radical Gil Scott-Heron's father play for Celtic? Email knowledge@guardian.c o.uk

Mike Adamson and Jessica Gross
Wednesday November 3, 2004


'Mike, Mike, I've got this great stat...'

What is Mike Riley's full record when refereeing Man United matches?" asks Benjamin Thomas.
With Mike Riley seemingly giving at least one penalty every time he sets foot inside Old Trafford, he was accused of pro-Manchester United bias long before his erratic performance in the Arsenal game ten days ago. But a leaf through the record books shows that United's record in matches that Riley has refereed is surprisingly modest.

According to our research, which goes to back to the beginning of the 1997-98 season, Riley has refereed 23 United games in all competitions. In that time, their record is: W13 D3 L7. Of more interest to the conspiracy theorists, however, is the fact that he has given 12 penalties for United in that time, but only three against them. And he has sent off five of United's opponents, while booking 44, as opposed to dismissing two United players - Roy Keane for raking his studs down Gustavo Poyet's leg in the 2000-01 Charity Shield, and Luke Chadwick for a professional foul at home to Liverpool in the same season - while booking 36.


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At Old Trafford, Riley's record is weighted more heavily in favour of United, though that is to be expected given that they dominate more games at home. United's record is: P14 W10 D1 L3, with ten penalties for United and one against (again Liverpool were the beneficiaries, this time when Gary Neville took Steven Gerrard out last season), and with three red cards and 26 bookings for United's opponents as against one and 14 for United.
Yet a look at the penalties Riley has given United suggest only two were truly dubious: the one against Arsenal last week, and another in a 7-1 thrashing of West Ham in April 2000 when Nicky Butt appeared to trip over his own feet as he went round the goalkeeper Craig Forrest. Many have been pedantic-but-correct decisions: in the 2002-03 season alone, for example, when Riley gave United seven penalties in five games, Everton's Alan Stubbs and David Weir, Liverpool's Sami Hyypia and Middlesbrough's Ugo Ehiogu were all penalised for shirt-tugs.

[HeeAirO]

the fella has some life of it alright....

[Rebelred]

just so we're all clear,if Liverpool lose on sunday,it is Mike Rileys fault,nobody elses

[kipto]

just so we're all clear,if Liverpool lose on sunday,it is Mike Rileys fault,nobody elses

finallly you get the point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[General Michael Collins]

If he dosnt give utd there customary penalty,no doubt Ferguson will be calling him a cheating fucking bastard.Seems he can say what he wants about referees and action is never taken against him by the wimps at the FA.

[ho chi feen]

If he dosnt give utd there customary penalty,no doubt Ferguson will be calling him a cheating fucking bastard.Seems he can say what he wants about referees and action is never taken against him by the wimps at the FA.


See, the resrt of ye are having a laugh, but this tosspot is actually deadly serious...

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[Langer Dan]

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[Rebelred]

If he dosnt give utd there customary penalty,no doubt Ferguson will be calling him a cheating fucking bastard.Seems he can say what he wants about referees and action is never taken against him by the wimps at the FA.
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