Premiership 2007/08

[therockbox]

OH FUCKING HELL.

[Liam]

Bwahah, Alan Green is still going.

'Heads will get together, and there will be a logical explanation....and all those who watched it, have been listening to it, everyone else....we'll have got it wrong!'

[therockbox]

I'd just love them to make Styles watch his non-yellow to Essien then hear his explanation.

[cmb211087]

If these two refs today, never ref another premiership match, I will be happy, some shocking decisions

[therockbox]

Another match where the referee is the talking point, shocking.

[Big Red Fury]

The only thing I could see on that yellow card was that after he showed it, he pointed towards Terry. I'm almost 100% positive that we will hear that as the explanation when all is said and done. As far as the penalty, it was a bit soft, but I can sort of see the case for why you might make the call. That being said, it was harsh and maybe Liverpool deserved better. All that matters is that Chelsea have not gotten 3 points and that we are top!

[therockbox]

The only thing I could see on that yellow card was that after he showed it, he pointed towards Terry. I'm almost 100% positive that we will hear that as the explanation when all is said and done. As far as the penalty, it was a bit soft, but I can sort of see the case for why you might make the call. That being said, it was harsh and maybe Liverpool deserved better. All that matters is that Chelsea have not gotten 3 points and that we are top!

Edited August 19, 2007 by therockbox

[Matt]

Liverpool got screwed there... Essien should've been off and no way in god's name was that a penalty, he was stood 2 yards away. Also Chelsea were about 5 yards back for a freekick but got away with it because the referee didn't even look.

Edit: How anyone can justify that penalty is beyond me, Malouda jumped into Agger, that was clear from the referee's angle, Malouda never even appealed for the penalty.

Edit 2: He'll still have to do a report, so we'll find out eventually.

Edited August 19, 2007 by - Matt -

[therockbox]

They've just shown a replay of Essien's yellow. He points and says "go away" whilst holding up the yellow. No mention of Terry at all.

Edit: Rafa is absolutely furious.

Edited August 19, 2007 by therockbox

[Matt]

The only thing I could see on that yellow card was that after he showed it, he pointed towards Terry. I'm almost 100% positive that we will hear that as the explanation when all is said and done. As far as the penalty, it was a bit soft, but I can sort of see the case for why you might make the call. That being said, it was harsh and maybe Liverpool deserved better. All that matters is that Chelsea have not gotten 3 points and that we are top!

Well by that reasoning Terry should've been off then. He showed a yellow card twice, the first to Terry the second to either Essien or, at least by your reckoning, to Terry again.

[therockbox]

Styles not booking Essien.

[cmb211087]

Ha! Wtf? How can he say that he didn't fuck up there?

[Matt]

Well he's obviously booking Torres... from behind :blink:

[IAceI]

Dan, if you read this, we should have put that bet on we discussed on MSN. We'd be millionaires

[Jack_Attack]

I'd like to raise a point and read other people's opinions on it. At some point all of us have watched footy at home and swore at the useless ref, and today is no different. There are far too many match-changing refereeing desicions that go wrong each week. But do you think that if one of us was reffing a Premiership match, we'd be able to make desicions which we see to be so obvious on TV or in the stadium?

My own opinion on this is that the great majority of refs ARE shit, and some can't keep up with play adequately enough. Others are too indimidated by players, or too strict, or too easily conned by divers. There are a lot of reasons. I think that if an average bloke (with passable eyesight and the ability to run enough to keep up with play) went and refereed a top flight game there would be a lot less bullshit.

Edited August 19, 2007 by Jack_Attack

[Thomas]

The only thing that can save him was if it was an indirect free kick, since he'd then be supposed to raise his arm like that (he could say he forgot the card was in his hand or whatever). I can't remember what the foul was though, so.... was it?

[Matt]

Descent from Chelsea players, there was no foul but they were moaning Torres should've been booked for diving, which he didn't, he just ran into Ben Haim (I think it was).

[Sam]

Which then resulted in the Chelsea team crowding around the ref in typical Chelsea fashion. If that's the Ben Haim incident wasn't Styles booking Terry for the first time? I remember Andy Gray saying how the Chelsea players especially Terry shouldn't be crowding around the referee.

Also Styles wasn't going to give a free kick for Torres running into Ben Haim (so he shouldn't) it was the Chelsea players going mad and going on at him that prompted him to give the free kick apparently for dissent.

[Thomas]

Descent from Chelsea players, there was no foul but they were moaning Torres should've been booked for diving, which he didn't, he just ran into Ben Haim (I think it was).

[Sam]

I'm sure he was booking Terry or Ben Haim or just anyone. There was a point in the game where his card was glued to his hand.