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Probably because he knew it would be a pointless complaint, the referee most likely blew 5 seconds early. We could have played another 10 minutes and we didn't look like creating a decent chance

 

Homer

He failed at being funny.

 

The difference is he has questioned the referee's integrity.
You can say 'I didn't agree with some decisions today'. You can't say 'The referee was biased towards the home team'.

 

Maybe one of the hotels employees is a Carlisle fan, there are no other football clubs up there so quite possible it was something that came from a member of the hotel staff ?.

 

Rahic has gone mate.

 

Fair play to MH. He could have made a big deal about the referee blowing early on Saturday, but he kept his mouth shut. I'm sure those inside the club won't have been happy about it but they've not talked about it in the media.

 

That didn’t happen when we stayed up against Liverpool in 2000!!!! They cleared the pitch before restarting play.

 

Complain about it and you just sound bitter, unfortunately. Like Simpson did after the first leg. Bizarrely, the best time to complain about the referee is when you win. People seem to take notice then.

 

I told you he’d had his bottom smacked!

 

What happened to freedom of speech.If every manager who complained about the ref.got charged,they would have to set on more staff at the EFL.

 

Although Carlisle deserved to win. I personally think the way their management and fans behaved was pretty poor all around.
Especially the childish fireworks and car horns outside our team hotel at 3 am in the morning.
Are we such a good football team that they had to resort to this.
If i was the ELF i would with hold any monies due to them from the playoff's.
If we can be held responsible for fans with flares in a pub in Rochdale, they should also be held to account.

 

How naive were we to allow our hotel location to get out?
Hopefully we've learnt our lesson.

 

Is this a parody account or are you being serious?

 

Deadly serious.
I do not want our football to change into the crazy antics that get on in other leagues around the world.
England 1970 world comes to mind, trying to keep players awake all night and arresting the captain over a stolen watch.
Its a bloody game, when all is said and done.

 

There was also a rather large team bus parked in the car park. The clues are there if you look for them.

 

Simpson will get fined for his comments after the first leg. Nothing happened on Saturday that you wouldn't expect to see.
In fact Carlisle fans were pretty tame. Barely heard them in the Second Half.

 

Right so you think Carlisle the club should be held accountable for something that went on in the middle of the night and nowhere near their stadium? Absolutely bizarre post.

If we want to talk about misbehaving fans then we should be looking far closer to home with the way some of our lot have behaved this season. We lost fair and square. Time to move on.

 

Premier League clubs can afford to book out very expensive hotels that are used by teams every week. It's well known where a lot of teams will stay but these hotels have triple glazed windows and blackout blinds like the hotel where Southampton stayed in Liverpool before their game against Everton this season. It's impossible to stop as all it takes is 1 person seeing them enter the hotel. If it can happen to teams like PSG and Chelsea it can happen to anyone.

 

I am pretty sure i saw blue flares going off on Saturday. All clubs have this type of element among the fan base.
I just do not want to see it at football , or around the game. It brings nothing in my eyes, and i am sure we have and will receive fines for our so called fan's behaviour.
I do not know what the answer is, i just dont want us to creep back to the 70's and 80's, where all football fans were seen as some kind of pariah and locked behind fences or made to join a membership to attend games, as was proposed.
I don't drink, but we are the only sport that is not allowed to ,whilst watching the game and being forced to sit down at a certain level of the game.
Football should be an enjoyable family day out, not spoiled by the mindless few.