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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby CrimsonGunner11 » Mon Dec 04, 2017 5:05 pm

Mark Clattenburg: I allowed Tottenham to self-destruct against Chelsea in 2016

Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg says he "allowed Tottenham to self-destruct" when he refereed the 2-2 draw with Chelsea in May 2016 as Spurs conceded the title to Leicester.

Spurs needed to beat Chelsea to retain any hope of winning the league.

Clattenburg says he "went in with a gameplan" so he could not be blamed by Tottenham for losing the title.

He booked nine Spurs players in the bad-tempered match, but now says he could have sent off three players.

Chelsea and Tottenham received record fines from the Football Association following the game, while Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele was banned for six games for violent conduct against Chelsea's Diego Costa.

Speaking to NBC's Men in Blazers podcast, he said: "I allowed them [Spurs] to self-destruct so all the media, all the people in the world went: 'Tottenham lost the title.'

"If I sent three players off from Tottenham, what are the headlines? 'Clattenburg cost Tottenham the title.' It was pure theatre that Tottenham self-destructed against Chelsea and Leicester won the title."

Asked if he helped to "script" the game, he replied: "I helped the game. I certainly benefited the game by my style of refereeing.

"Some referees would have played by the book; Tottenham would have been down to seven or eight players and probably lost and they would've been looking for an excuse.

"But I didn't give them an excuse, because my gameplan was: Let them lose the title."

Clattenburg took charge of the Euro 2016 final, as well as that year's Champions League and FA Cup finals.

In February, he left his job as a Premier League official to become Saudi Arabia's new head of referees.

Clattenburg says he had to change his style of refereeing when he took charge of European matches.

"The English style of refereeing is different," he added.

"I had to referee differently when I went into Europe because none of the top players in Europe would accept some of the physical contact that went on in the Premier League - but that was the theatre, that's what people loved.

"They love a tackle, they don't want it punished."


Source: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42219327
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby GoonerAlexandre » Mon Dec 04, 2017 5:26 pm

That article is disturbing tbh.

It also confirms what I thought of the NLD. The intensity created by Arsenal fans meant that Dean favoured us in any decision where he had any doubt, so no one could blame him for any loss or win.

It means that fans can pressure referees
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby Zedie » Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:48 pm

GoonerAlexis wrote:That article is disturbing tbh.

It also confirms what I thought of the NLD. The intensity created by Arsenal fans meant that Dean favoured us in any decision where he had any doubt, so no one could blame him for any loss or win.

It means that fans can pressure referees


Come on mate. This has been the case for generations. You think if someone from our end threw a severed pigs head onto the pitch after the first missed penalty (rojo on lacazette) mason wouldn't have given the other two?

Refs are only human and feel the pressure. Dean sacrificed the NLD so now he gets a clean slate for the next arsenal game he sabotages because the consequences of his reffing in that Chelsea game meant he had to miss out on loads of our games.

He starts afresh now.
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby GoonerAlexandre » Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:04 pm

Zedie wrote:
GoonerAlexis wrote:That article is disturbing tbh.

It also confirms what I thought of the NLD. The intensity created by Arsenal fans meant that Dean favoured us in any decision where he had any doubt, so no one could blame him for any loss or win.

It means that fans can pressure referees


Come on mate. This has been the case for generations. You think if someone from our end threw a severed pigs head onto the pitch after the first missed penalty (rojo on lacazette) mason wouldn't have given the other two?

Refs are only human and feel the pressure. Dean sacrificed the NLD so now he gets a clean slate for the next arsenal game he sabotages because the consequences of his reffing in that Chelsea game meant he had to miss out on loads of our games.

He starts afresh now.

Refs are not meant to be pressured. When Mitrovic was sent off against us, the Newcastle fans bayed for a red card every time we touched one of their players. The ref that day didn't give in.

It all sounds funny but had Spurs scored and won 3-2, and Leicester subsequently collapsed (Unlikely), then the decision not to give them a red card could have decided the title. We definitely would have finished behind Spurs had they won
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby matelot » Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:05 pm

They cheat and they dive,
They cheat and they dive,
Tottenham Hotspur,
They're into round five..
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby Zenith » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:50 pm

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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby GoonerAlexandre » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:01 pm

Zenith wrote:

Shouldn't he have been at home watching his beloved Arsenal in the Champ-

Oh.
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby Nuggets » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:28 pm

We won't be laughing if they win the CL :(
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby Ach » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:39 pm

Brit awards still take place?

Haven't heard about them since Spice girls ruled the world. What a band.
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby Zedie » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:30 pm

Nuggets wrote:We won't be laughing if they win the CL :(


Lol ok mate
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby Nuggets » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:55 pm

Zedie wrote:
Nuggets wrote:We won't be laughing if they win the CL :(


Lol ok mate

Stranger things have happened. :(
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby SuperJackyWilshere » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:10 pm

Zenith wrote:


Hahaha!

This isn't the first time either. He takes a dig at Spurs every chance he gets :rofll:
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby Tubbs » Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:25 pm

Out of CL hehe hopefully last time we’ll see them in CL ever!!.
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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby SuperJackyWilshere » Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:30 pm

We did indeed.

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Re: The Let's all laugh at Spurs Thread

Postby elkanofan » Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:52 pm

Allegri needs to be our new manager.

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