Mike McCurry

Those decisions (or lack of them) have caused a great deal of debate this weekend.

Here's the video of the key incidents in Saturday's match. Thanks to Todders on the Scotland board for the link.





And Pepe's view?


The penalty: An absolute stonewaller

The offside: It looked marginal. If I had been running the line I'd have probably flagged it for offside as well(just before having a massive heart attack ) .

The headbutt: Absolutely blatant. How McCurry managed to miss it is beyond me



Anyway Mike's now given his version of Saturday's events on this link from the BBC


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/7393800.stm




I have to say that I feel for Smith regarding Cousin. Walter lost the opportunity to offload him in January for a very handsome profit. His attacking options are very limited so he HAS to play the Frenchman even though he knows he's a liability.

Immo's view?

(with all necessary kudos to the genius Arsene Parcelie (genius username an' all ) on KDS)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/1729193.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2438919.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/4088257.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/6226555.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7215941.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jan/06/match.dundeeunited


United had offered nothing in response by the time Ferguson doubled Rangers' advantage, but they seemed to be very badly treated by McCurry over the goal.

When Burke crossed from the left, two Rangers players were clearly offside and standing in front of the United goalkeeper when Ferguson glanced the header to McLean's left. The linesman flagged for offside, the referee made the award and then, possibly as a result of a protest by the home players, decided to consult his assistant. The outcome was an unfathomable change of mind that allowed the goal to stand.

Mike McCurry is a cunt, a cheating cunt at that

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2734719.stm
Celtic almost paid the price in the 12th minute after referee Mike McCurry had harshly penalised Bobo Balde for a foul on Eugene Dadi.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/2642719.stm
The SFA confirmed on Thursday that Celtic midfielder Alan Thompson will miss the club's first three SPL matches after the winter break...his booking for dissent by Mike McCurry in the tunnel immediately after the 1-1 draw at Pittodrie on 2 January has pushed him over the disciplinary points barrier.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/5325212.stm
Celtic had a strong penalty claim turned down just before the break when Vennegoor of Hesselink was brought down by Diamond, but referee Mike McCurry waved aside the protests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7051963.stm
Booked: Boruc, O'Dea, Kennedy, Naylor, McGeady, Donati, Brown, Jarosik, McDonald.

Referee: M McCurry

Just a few stories from a quick search of one site.

From what I've seen on the telly, and at close quarters, McCurry is no' very fair.

But he's nice to the players. I saw him saying 'Nacho, Nacho, Nice Goal' when I was watching, and others commented on this as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmegl3PJdc

Here's a shot of a referee admiring Allan McGregor's kung fu technique. Fukkin Hearts player had the nerve to claim he'd been booted in the guts, no foul of course.

Guess the ref. "Nice goal nacho" McCunty.

btw Immo, you missed this little gem from your Observer piece:

"It was not the only seeming injustice to have been visited on the tangerine shirts during that first half. Ferguson escaped censure over a late, scything tackle on Willo Flood, while, soon after, Darren Dods, the visiting centre-half, was shown a yellow card for a much more innocuous, less dangerous, barge from behind on Daniel Cousin."

"Nice Goal Nacho" helping keep Barry's scarcily credible season without a single league booking...

"We knew they would do it - and they did"

Full-time evil genius

Part-time Unseen Fenian Hand

I miss ole Sutty

Absolutely no-one is talking about Celtic these days

Can't bleeev this hasn't been bumped



How very apt

Immo wrote:Can't bleeev this hasn't been bumped

He was bumpin' something!

The McCurry 'unfaithful' story was well known to the press (okay then, the Record) at the time of the Ibrox match, but was being held back until he retired from refereeing (if that's what he actually did).
Crazy that the paper wanted to protect his refereeing career from embarrassment, yet were quite happy to heap humiliation on the ministry!

...and also their willingness to draw a veil over his membership of the Black Order of the Orange Lodge. ;)

They bought the story

It musta had a bitta that in it

(Any woman with the safe and secure knowledge that she had the stoopid kant over a barrel would use it - no doubt )

"We buy it - We bury whatever bits we want"


What a beautifully (alliterative?) pluralistic model for a free press

And...

... in other news,


Tooth Fairy rallies after installing new PR agency

Rash claim from incumbent Santa Claus

"James Stewart ate my dog - and that Dickie Attenborough was a fat poof"

Hunday Times exclusive reveals that the "so-called" Kristallnacht was the work of a tiny minority of Chelsea-based thugs/yobboes/hooligans-which-the-game-would-be-much-better-off-without.

"Civilised" world breathes huge sigh of relief

(SFX - WANKY MUSIC)

After the break...

(BUY MORE STUFF YA BASTARDS _ YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!!! )


...new footage of Loosely Lowhang's "Edinburgh" as she leaves a taxi somewhere...

...sometime recently...

Who gives a fuck to be honest.

You cunts stopped caring about three years ago dintcha

bewlay wrote:Absolutely no-one is talking about Celtic these days

OK Bewls, let's talk about Celtic's third league title in a row, during an eight year period that we've dominated (Rangers having scraped two jammy last minute wins in 2003 or 2005).

If you'd rather discuss Rangers, maybe the Manchester riot would be a good place to start. How about the remarkable fact that those 42 arrested (you know the guys described by Martin Bain and the Laptop Loyal as English casuals etc etc) all had Scottish addresses (usually in the murkier parts of Glasgow and Fife)?

Or maybe we should just discuss Stenhousemuir?