Is There Corruption By Match Officials In The Premier League

[Niall_Quinn]

You have to ask the question tbf.

Why is it that football is pretty much the only sport in the modern world that doesn't use technology to assist in following the rules of the game and getting decisions right?

Much harder to influence results if an instant replay shows what the decision should be.

Technology would cause long delays while they photoshop stuff

[GP]

You have to ask the question tbf.

Why is it that football is pretty much the only sport in the modern world that doesn't use technology to assist in following the rules of the game and getting decisions right?

Much harder to influence results if an instant replay shows what the decision should be.

Yeah, I asked that question yesterday.

Luckily for FIFA they've played their sleight of hand on that one, introducing goal-line technology that no one wanted.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Funnily enough I was watching SSN this morning, and Dermot Galagher was analysing the weekend's big descisions.

Incidentally he said that the barcodes disallowed goal was a goal. plain and simple, no debate needed. The ref got it wrong.

Then they went on about how hard it was for the ref to see everything that is going on and get all decisions right, etc, which I asked myself - Who the fuck then, is accountable?

He also said that it happens in the training camp too.

He said "if you had a room of 20 refs and they were asked to look at a penalty claim, you could guarantee that 10 would say it was a penalty and 10 would say it wasn't."

Then he said "actually if 19 said it was a penalty and 1 said it wasn't, then you would have a problem" (WTF?!?!)

Surely if everyone - players, refs, linesmen, pundits, fans, etc are all following the exact same set of rules that are set out for the game, then 19/20 calling a decision the same should be the proper outcome?

All this shit about it 'being down to interpretation of the rules, or what the ref thinks at the time' is an archaic load of shite.

I would prefer incidents in games being called correctly and talking points be about how the game was played, how well x player played, how good the goal was, etc, than 'was it a red card? was it a penalty'

Or 'Once again the ref influenced the result'

[Niall_Quinn]

Then he said "actually if 19 said it was a penalty and 1 said it wasn't, then you would have a problem" (WTF?!?!)

Yes, a big problem because it would all be even more obvious.

[Letters]

Yes / thread

Why would you bother watching if you thought that?

And when we were at our best were the refs in our pay, or does that only work when we're not at the top?

[KSE Comedy Club]

Yeah, I asked that question yesterday.

Luckily for FIFA they've played their sleight of hand on that one, introducing goal-line technology that no one wanted.

Yeh, too true.

Everyone was calling for goal line technology - (really?)

Then we get peaches like our game against chavs - Lampard hits the crossbar and the ball lands about a metre and a half away from the line - 'lets see on hawkeye if that was goal or not'

[KSE Comedy Club]

Technology would cause long delays while they photoshop stuff

[GP]

Why would you bother watching if you thought that?

And when we were at our best were the refs in our pay, or does that only work when we're not at the top?

Come on now.

You can't honestly look at some of the dodgy decisions that are made and think it's all on the level.

And please don't say they even themselves out.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Why would you bother watching if you thought that?

And when we were at our best were the refs in our pay, or does that only work when we're not at the top?

We've never had the refs under our influence.

we were just too good at the time and everyone hated us even more because of it.

[Marc Overmars]

Why would you bother watching if you thought that?

And when we were at our best were the refs in our pay, or does that only work when we're not at the top?

Wenget for the brown envelope that allowed Pires to win his penalty against Portsmouth.