Coventry City manager, Chris Coleman, was incensed last night, following his side's 1-1 draw with Bristol City at the Ricoh Arena, with the former Welsh international becoming increasingly upset that referees keep applying the laws of the game in his team's matches.
Speaking at the post-match press conference, the Coventry boss said, "We were disappointed to have that second goal ruled out for offside because if we had gone in at half time 2-0 up, we probably would have won. But referees and their assistants seem intent on giving correct decisions and disallowing goals that shouldn't really count, by the letter of the law."
The goal, which was scored by aggravating tit, Clinton Morrison, who was correctly adjudged to have been in an offside position, would have put Coventry 2-0 up in front of a home crowd which was already annoyed at being woken up by a few people cheering Leon Best's opener, in what police described as "a bit of a vociferous manner".
The Sky Blues' manager went on, "We felt the referee should have blown up for handball twice in the build-up to their goal too. I mean, nobody actually touched it with their hand, but we feel it would have been immensely helpful if the referee had given it anyway, just to help us out."
Coleman is no stranger to acting the idiot in games against Bristol City, having been sent to the stands by referee Phil Dowd in the corresponding fixture last season, after his side hadn't been awarded a penalty for no reason, when they clearly required a bit of help to get a goal.
Meanwhile, former Bristol City wingnut, Michael McIndoe, delighted his new manager with his ability to state the bleeding obvious during a post-match interview, stating, "Bristol City will wake up in the morning knowing they have been in a football match."
Brilliant.
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