The Budweiser FA Cup

[Lineker]

Blimey, that was a cracker from young Leicester loanee Ben Marshall. 4-2. Cracker of a game this.

[Lineker]

Raul Meireles gets a 5th for Chelsea.

[lanky316]

This is pretty funny now, "Torres back to his incredible best!" yes because two on the break against a lower league team is his best. He's certainly looked better since scoring but let's not get carried away.

[Gareth7]

Blimey, that was a cracker from young Leicester loanee Ben Marshall. 4-2. Cracker of a game this.

He's signed with Leicester permanently.

[Lineker]

Good for Leicester then!

And it's pretty harsh to call Leicester and the Championship 'lower elague'.

[stokeriño]

"Fernando Torres, he scores when he wants."

[lanky316]

The things is, with regards to Leicester they are a lower league club. Unless the Championship is the same/higher level, however you want to paint it that's something that can't really be argued is it?

[Lineker]

Anyway.

1-0 Liverpool; Suarez.

[MDK]

The things is, with regards to Leicester they are a lower league club. Unless the Championship is the same/higher level, however you want to paint it that's something that can't really be argued is it?

A goal is a goal. It's about the same as scoring against Wolves, Wigan or Villa

[Lineker]

1-1. Crouch!

Wasn't a corner though. Officials ballsed that up.

[MDK]

Crouchy!

[lanky316]

Reina moaning because didn't bother to run round player standing there. Players don't HAVE to move out of the way to make it easy. Nice header 1-1.

[Gazz]

Reina moaning because didn't bother to run round player standing there. Players don't HAVE to move out of the way to make it easy. Nice header 1-1.

Shotton had his arms out behind him, all he had to do was link hands and Reina would have been forced balls deep up his arse.

I hate Stoke.

[MDK]

I like Stoke >_>

[Adam]

Officials having a 'mare here, nothing new. I would LOVE to have a sit down chat with the people who deem a lot of these referees/assistants good enough to officiate at the top levels, I really would.

Edited March 18, 2012 by AdamDRFC

[therockbox]

Kevin Friend has always been awful. I know the standard of refereeing in the league is pretty poor anyway, but he takes the piss.

[MDK]

Why don't you two guys become officials?

[Matt]

Officials having a 'mare here, nothing new. I would LOVE to have a sit down chat with the people who deem a lot of these referees/assistants good enough to officiate at the top levels, I really would.

What's the alternative? Having tossers like Nigel Miller refereeing in the top flight? Complain about the Premier League refs all you want, you know as well as I do that the Football League ones are much worse.

[Adam]

Officials having a 'mare here, nothing new. I would LOVE to have a sit down chat with the people who deem a lot of these referees/assistants good enough to officiate at the top levels, I really would.

What's the alternative? Having tossers like Nigel Miller refereeing in the top flight? Complain about the Premier League refs all you want, you know as well as I do that the Football League ones are much worse.

Fair point, although today's ref Friend is one of the greatest examples of the poor ones we've had.

And MDK, don't worry, I'm in the process of trying to become one. Not that I ever buy into the "you can't do it any better so don't say anything" argument anyway.

[Liam]

Wasn't there a report fairly recently saying that referees get something like 95+% of decisions correct (might have been specifically looking at linesmen, can't remember)? People will always moan, but yeah, I can't see many of those moaning who'd do a better job.