: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:39 pm  

Pretty much right Enfield. Well done. Have another star for your club badge.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:45 pm  

Ski wrote:

Pretty much right Enfield. Well done. Have another star for your club badge.

Have I hit a nerve?

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:47 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

Gerrard made a two footed challenge in the Chelsea game and never got a red, however people don't bring it up all the time.

Ronaldo has got away with 2/3 instances and I don't deny it. He also should have had penalties which have not been given.

TBF every team has been a beneficiary of and on the receiving end of some very dodgy decisions by referees and the FA this season.

It's safe to say that the "respect" campaign lasted all of two/three weeks, after that it was back to the old ways.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:54 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

It's safe to say that the "respect" campaign lasted all of two/three weeks, after that it was back to the old ways.

Not everybody is hammering the refs....

West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola:
"We have to understand the referee is a human being and can make mistakes. He needs our support. You can have a bad day but we need to support them as they are here to help the game.

...taken from the BBC website.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:16 pm  

spooky wrote:

Not everybody is hammering the refs....



...taken from the BBC website.

Zola is to be applauded for his attitude towards referee's. The decision Cole received last night was disgraceful and for Zola to speak the way he did after the match speaks volumes for the man.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:20 pm  

keithcun wrote:

People don't bring Rooney elbowing up all the time, or how he manages not to get sent off when constantly abusing referees.

Flipper doesn't post negative links abou Man U or their players, but is the first when it concerns Liverpool. Such is life.

Personally, other than the odd one or two on here, this forum has lost any form of debate these days.

At least you can have a debate with the likes of Enfield, yourself, Dontknowwhyibother, Nemanja, Ian and a few more, the rest, such as Mark are only interested in one line put downs that offer nothing to a forum.

But, hey ho, it's a free world.

We could probably bring up various players and make points about what they get away with when compared to other players. I would agree its not fair when one player gets done for a petulent kick and another gets away with it but lets be honest we never get consistency from the refs of the FA and these types of discussions will still be happening 5 years from now.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:24 pm  

keithcun wrote:

People don't bring Rooney elbowing up all the time, or how he manages not to get sent off when constantly abusing referees.

Flipper doesn't post negative links abou Man U or their players, but is the first when it concerns Liverpool. Such is life.

Personally, other than the odd one or two on here, this forum has lost any form of debate these days.

At least you can have a debate with the likes of Enfield, yourself, Dontknowwhyibother, Nemanja, Ian and a few more, the rest, such as Mark are only interested in one line put downs that offer nothing to a forum.

But, hey ho, it's a free world.

I love irony and your obsession with me,also you are again proving that you're memory isn't as great as you think it is, your always good for a correct transfer fee though keith...that's when the clubs get them wrong of course.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:28 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

We could probably bring up various players and make points about what they get away with when compared to other players. I would agree its not fair when one player gets done for a petulent kick and another gets away with it but lets be honest we never get consistency from the refs of the FA and these types of discussions will still be happening 5 years from now.

Let's face it, the inconsistency is not just simply the 'subjectivity of the rules'. It's all also due to the incredible amount of pressure that managers, like Ferguson andc Wenger, put on officials. Ferguson will even 'go to town' on an official sometimes when he surely knows there was nothing wrong with the way the match was officated. He sometimes does it to protect his players. Meanwhile, these refs are getting slated in the press, receiving death threats and the likes. Good ole Fergie and his mind games, eh? What a guy

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:35 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

Zola is to be applauded for his attitude towards referee's. The decision Cole received last night was disgraceful and for Zola to speak the way he did after the match speaks volumes for the man.

He's a classy guy. The other managers should take note.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:42 pm  

Ski wrote:

Pretty much right Enfield. Well done. Have another star for your club badge.