Referee Watch

[AKBapologist]

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/did-referee-mike-dean-celebrate-louis-sahas-tottenham-goal-v-arsenal/

http://gifsforum.com/images/image/wtf/mini/what_is_this_sht_picard.jpg

[Flavs]

:lol:

wtf is he doing?? the river dancing motherfucker

[Olivier's xmas twist]

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/did-referee-mike-dean-celebrate-louis-sahas-tottenham-goal-v-arsenal/

http://gifsforum.com/images/image/wtf/mini/what_is_this_sht_picard.jpg

What a corrupt piece of shit but we knew that of dean, this is the same guy who blew the whistle in the cc soon as Brum scored the winner.

[Marc Overmars]

He was checking to see if the ball went over the line.

[Fist of Lehmann]

He certainly has a brief spastic episode.

Couldn't say what that signifies though.

[Cripps_orig]

He was checking to see if the ball went over the line.Pretty much

[LDG]

He was checking to see if the ball went over the line.

Yeah, I think so.

Dunno why he's waving his hands about like John Inman though....

[Syn]

He's an awful referee. And, as usual, he called a major incident wrong yesterday that could have ended up costing us a crucial game. We wouldn't have blamed him. The media wouldn't have blamed him. The focus would've been on Arsenal getting beaten in an important game, again.

BUT I thought that - one thing he did very well was not fall for Adebayor/Modric's playing-for-the-foul tricks. If you watch it again, you'll see the number of times Vermaelen and Koscielny made powerful challenges and won headers from Adebayor and intercepted forward passes by - what was made to look like 'going through the back of the player'. They were legal challenges, but just a bit physical. The referee rightly let play go on. Though I question if he would've been so lenient if the game was at White Hart Lane.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Pretty much

So he's not corrupt then?

[Cripps_orig]

So he's not corrupt then?No

[Fist of Lehmann]

Also if we're bashing Dean, the Koz booking when he headbutt some guy in the nuts was farcical.

[Cripps_orig]

Also if we're bashing Dean, the Koz booking when he headbutt some guy in the nuts was farcical.Surely thats a red then? :unsure:

[Cripps_orig]

Also Parkers first yellow was a joke

So if Dean was shit, he was shit for both teams

[Syn]

Surely thats a red then? :unsure:

Do you honestly not remember the incident or are you just being a dick?

http://arsenalist.com/video/?id=xp2jt1

Exactly 7 minutes in. Is that a red card?

[Letters]

Do you honestly not remember the incident or are you just being a dick?

...you know who you're replying to, right?

[Cripps_orig]

Do you honestly not remember the incident or are you just being a dick?

http://arsenalist.com/video/?id=xp2jt1

Exactly 7 minutes in. Is that a red card?Ive only seen what they showed on MOTD tbh

Just thought that headbutting someone was a clear red card in the rules of football

Il watch the video and see how it is

[Joker]

No, the poor decisions that Dean made on the whole impacted against us. For example, the penalty was never a penalty, and Modric should have been sent off in the second half for a second yellow. Moreover, I don't see any issue with Parker's 2 yellow cards. In fact, he could have got a straight red for his stamp on Vermaelen. I'm not saying he's deliberately crooked, but he was not equally shit for both teams.

Don't forget that Friedel should have conceded a penalty for pushing Walcott from a corner (perhaps Theo should have fallen over to make it look worse) Even Gibbs' penalty appeal looked close, although I can understand why that wasn't given.

[Syn]

No, the poor decisions that Dean made on the whole impacted against us. For example, the penalty was never a penalty, and Modric should have been sent off in the second half for a second yellow. Moreover, I don't see any issue with Parker's 2 yellow cards. In fact, he could have got a straight red for his stamp on Vermaelen. I'm not saying he's deliberately crooked, but he was not equally shit for both teams.

Agreed.

On the Bale incident, the assistant ref - and, well, Bale, should be equally to blame. Graham Poll is spot on here: http://www.espnstar.com/football/premier-league/news/detail/item760973/Graham-Poll-lambasts-Bale-dive/

edit: Well, actually he's not spot on. But he's right about Bale being a diving prick.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

...you know who you're replying to, right?

:haha:

[AKBapologist]

Oh, and I'm sure i've all seen this:
http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/08/21/revealed-the-table-that-shows-arsenal-and-blackpool-were-cheated-last-season-210801/