What is there to charge him with? He congratulated the ref, and congratulated the head of refs for all their work this season. Sure, we all know he was taking the piss, but if the FA charge him for his comments, rather than doing anything about the ****ing appalling week in week out decision making, both during and after a game that we all see, well, that says it all about the FA. I'd love to see a table based on wrong decisions being made right, goals disallowed etc. I'm sure it would throw up the odd surprise.
Jeff Winter used to do that on his website. I remember our first Premier League season we should have finished about half way.
I think he is absolutely f**king brilliant. That interview he gave was a masterclass in management of his team and media relations.
Classic Mourinho - everybody's talking about him and the ref rather than the abject display by his team. Hope the FA throw the book at him though!!
If you watch the incident in real-time it appears Altidore's standing leg is taken. Referees /Linos only get one view and one chance to make a call which they think is correct. It's a thankless task...
I would hate it if they used them. There are better solutions, such as post match reviews and heavy punishment.
Video replays would still polarise opinion in some situations. Managers, fans, pundits watch the game through their own team's colour-tinted specs. Even after watching yesterday's incident countless times from different angles, it's still unclear if it was a pen or not. I suppose if there is any doubt it has to be 'play on'
It would still give a better chance of getting the decision right if video was used. The only problem would be is if the ball didn't go out of play. The official could still make a decision in a few seconds though.
This exactly. Boring old nonsense that's fooling nobody. It was a nailed on penalty as well, anyone says different is talking out of their arses. Shearer is so anti Chelsea/ Mourinho he's been tipping them all season to win the league and the reason? He thinks Mourinho is the best manager in the league. Some people should think before they post such bollocks.
I wouldn't want constant stoppages like in rugby, but in the case of a penalty or a red card, the players and ref always spend so long bickering about it that the 4th official could have reviewed the incident from every angle and gone down the tunnel to make a cup of tea before play resumes, so I see absolutely no issue in using technology for these decisions as it wouldn't damage the flow of the game at all.
Eyup, you whiney little one season Premier League wonder. Your post was, as usual, poorly composed & included what can only be described as the thoughts of somebody who is new to the game. (or a ******ed child) Firstly it's "referee", thick ****. Secondly, all games are decided on the referee's decisions. Thirdly, it's "maybe". Double thick **** with brass knobs on. Fourthly, how can you review all penalty decisions? Would these reviews be of decisions that the referee has already given? What about the ones he misses? How many times would the game need to be stopped? When would you stop the game? What would happen if the defending team broke on the counter & subsequently scored? What's the difference in reviewing a decision inside the box rather than outside the box. Surely a foul is a foul & a dive a dive wherever it's committed. How far do we take reviews? Do we review every goal for offside? Do we use goal line technology for every boundary line? What if a ball goes out & is subsequently crossed & nodded in, no penalty, no red card & by your simpleton ideas no review. Fifthly, how would you review all red card decisions? To review them the referee would have had to have given a red already. Are you suggesting this power is taken from the referee? What about yellows? Is the referee to be trusted with yellows but not with reds? Sixthly, How would reviewing decisions give the ref the power to send off a diver? Simulation is punishable by issuing a yellow card. I'm sure it would be FIFA, in changing the rules, that would give the referee the power to send off a diver rather than an immediate review of the suggested dive. Seventhly, How will giving the referee the power via TV reviews "stop these key decisions in the first place". The decisions would still need making it would just take longer & **** up the continuity of the game that you're new to. Eighthly, who would decide when to review? Would it be a single opinion or a group opinion? Would the referee, assistants & fourth official get together, decide whether a review is necessary before watching the TV together to come to a joint decision? I've checked my last 500 posts & not one of them have the phrase "What bollocks" in them. To me this indicates it's not my standard response to any views of posters that are not CTWD affiliated. I don't know who is & who isn't affiliated to CTWD, I know some who aren't & have had some very grown up discussions with them. You really need to get away from your blind support of AA & CTWD paranoia, maybe going into your second season you should try supporting the club rather than the owner. "What bollocks" is a phrase used to simply describe a post that was your standard bollocks. Now talking of bollocks:- "For the first time, I was able to make out some of the words to these chants. Slightly embarrassed about the one with the line about "the greatest football team the world has ever seen" but the rest of the chants seemed good fun." There's only one who should be embarrassed & that young sir is yourself, embarrassed that you had not heard the words to a football chant that has been sang home & away by the majority of clubs for around 35 years. Do they not sing it at rugger? What bollocks indeed.
So the defender slid in between the attacker and the goal to block a cross from alitdonkey. Alitdonkey then slips because he is a clumsy **** and stumbles all over the defender as he falls over and you think that a penalty ?
Goodness knows what they would have done to Brian Clough these days, or do they want to stub out all people with charisma? Tell me a manager who doesn't whine, moan, protest, throw a wobbly, call it what you will or is football so staid and run by money men that actual football goes out of the window? Football needs characters, and its been a long time since I've seen the likes of Frank Worthington, Rodney Marsh, Tony Currie and their ilk, showmen who knew how to show off, nowadays all they get is moronic drones.
