Premier League Thread

Exactly.

 

WBA have an early red card against Citeh. McAuley

 

Ref ****ed up again. It was Dawson who should have been sent off. Yet another weekend refs get put in the spotlight. Also should it have been a pen?

 

One word FIFA: technology!

 

City 1-0

 

If he intended to send off Mcauley, it should have been a pen.

Don't think it was a clear goalscoring opportunity anyway.

 

This red is exactly my point about the Matic challenge on Mane last week. A strict referee may have pulled out a red for denying a goal scoring opportunity. For me today's one is a nailed on red he just sent off the wrong player. The Matic one could easily had been a red too since Mane was about to pull the trigger

 

Absolutely. Been saying it for years. It's been technologically possible since the first instant replay machine, around 50 years ago. It's been cheap enough for the past 10-15 years.

 

1-0 Wham. Sakho

 

West Ham 1-0 Sunderland Sakho

 

Adam Johnson getting destroyed by West Ham fans

 

I see that Tony Pulis has called for instant review of referee's decisions. He's got a point hasn't he..?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32002859

My viewhas always been that games should be refereed at the highest standard possible. Donkey's years ago that had to be the 3 officials, because there was nothing else fast enough to help. Now there is and it has been possible and affordable for at least a decade or more. It's only the intransigience of FIFA who want to stick to their pure game. Well if that's the case why do we have 7 subs on the bench, for example..?

In 2005, Urs Linsi, then general secretary of FIFA, said:[21]
Players, coaches and referees all make mistakes. It's part of the game. It's what I would call the "first match". What you see after the fact on video simply doesn't come into it; that's the "second match", if you like. Video evidence is useful for disciplinary sanctions, but that's all. As we've always emphasised at FIFA, football's human element must be retained. It mirrors life itself and we have to protect it.

I do see his point about the human element. But clubs will not stand for the imperfect human element much longer, when it can potentially cost them millions in income and prize money, and when there is an electronic assistant with much better eyesight just waiting in the wings to be consulted.

 

Jesus has anyone seen Pearsons comments on Mike Dean "he's the most arrogant man i've ever met"

Surely a charge coming his way... Pearson starting to crack?

 

I've got a couple of Nigel Pearson post match interviews from his time as Saints manager and although he looks calm there has always looked an element of extreme self control, as if he wants to say something more. That's not hindsight, I thought so way back when.
Subsequent interviews I've seen and heard have not changed my opinion. I think the stress is getting to him. If it isn't then he's a good actor at making it look at though it is. I still think he's a good manager though, on the whole.

 

Oh, Lloris got clattered as well.

 

I've never liked Pearson and to be quite frank, he's been a massive prick all this season.

 

He really is a....one isn't he? Not reputed to be a terribly nice chap I don't believe.

 

For some reason I thought Arsenal beat Newcastle 3-0 today. I did them a disservice. They actually competed. Doesn't help when the chairman is entirely happy with the way they are.

 

Huh, didn't know we've hit the woodwork the most.