Why didn't he check the Pogba one on the screen?
Martin Atkinson
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Because he s a Leeds boy
Same reason he gifted Chelsea 3 wins against us a decade ago
We gave him the chance to show his ineptness.
How is the supporter of a rival allowed to referee us?
This cnuts not fit to ref a League One game never mind the Premier League.
Do we really need pens to beat this lot
Disgraceful
All referees have their favorite team. In case of the serious ones, it doesn't effect their performance...I ll stop here
The Chelsea fan was awful today but so were we sadly
Disgraceful performance.
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He deserves to die.
It's his last year surely although looking at him he must be lying about his age
That flying elbow to Rashford's head that wasn't even a foul might be worse than anything involved with the penalty. He was so close to it, looked at it, waved play on.
A self confessed Leeds United supporter shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a Manchester United game
I'm not moaning about the result of today's game but it beats me how that thing is still reffing top games.
He's not the reason we lost today, but what an awful decision that penalty was. The retake was ridiculously harsh too.
I know 70+ year olds that look younger than him
Jesus dude, it's only football. Cop on.
Legit not even a card, went down holding his head and no nothing not worth stopping play!
Slightly too far.
Slightly?
Has the rules on hand ball changed ? That pen decision was one of the worst hand ball decisions I've ever seen in my life . Var is ruining football it's a complete and utter farce
Ever so slightly yes.
Yeah. The new rule is idiotic. Not Atkinson’s fault tbf. Just a stupid rule change.
That's up there with one of the worst hand ball decisions I've ever seen in my life . Then that fecking var bullshit cause DeGeas heel was a cm of the line .
I don't even want to watch football anymore it's ruining the game
Leeds fan Atkinson has always been a cheat. Stand outs have been shafting us at Chelsea on numerous times, costing us the treble in 2008 against Portsmouth in the FA Cup. The initial penalty decision and the re-take were both appalling. Nothing done about Ward's elbow on Rashford's head. That fat f*ck Moss was on the VAR tonight, so every decision he was involved would go against us.
I’ll take it further, I hope he gets a paper cut right between the fingers, and then when he’s doubled over gripping his hand, he inadvertently steps on Lego.
There are some inept refs in the league that just seem to make a mess of games more often than not due to them simply being bad, but Atkinson is the only one I feel like I can say with some confidence is actually out to screw us over every chance he gets. His list of offences is getting too long now for it to be a coincidence, and he actually seems like a somewhat competent ref when I watch his games featuring other teams. At least with the shite ones there's a chance they're going to feck it up in our favour.
SAF always used to step very closely around what he could and couldn't say about refs in TV interviews in order to put pressure on them. I miss that.
Never a pen to begin with and the rerake was ridiculous.
The worst thing was that there was a similar one in the Arsenal game rightly not given.
Souness raised an interesting point....what are the chances he gives that in a full stadium?
High, always out to shaft United whenever possible. Not sure who's worse out of him and Jon Moss
He is just one of those refs that lkes the spotlight to be on him. Bit of a knob.
Would be less annoying if he applied his decisions evenly, see Pogba pen for example.
Would be less annoying if he applied his decisions evenly, see Pogba pen for example.
He's a massive thundercnut.
I also feel like if you're awarded a retake then the same player should have to take it. I'm not sure there's a rule for it, but it's a bit of an oversight if not.
He bottled the Pogba decision and pulled it back for the Fernandes foul instead, even though there was a fraction of a second between them. Easier for him to give a free kick than a penalty.
He's just a shit referee, always has been, always will be.