Is There Corruption By Match Officials In The Premier League

[KSE Comedy Club]

People were absolutely convinced that we had the refs on our side during the unbeaten season. They would point to the Portsmouth game other decisions that went in our favour and cry about corruption and unfairness. They would point to a penalty that their team should have won or a player that shouldn't have got sent off and make a list of 'proof'. I remember having a good laugh at those whiny, jealous and bitter fans and ask myself 'how is it possible to become THAT bad of a loser?!'.

I just hope our fans aren't going the same way.

Again I would say it was because it was us that other fans said that.

We were on our way to doin what no other team had done in PL history and win the title unbeaten. Being the underdogs, it was bound to be whinned about whenever a decision went our way.

It's never happened since.

The difference here is that fans are'nt moaning about the results of just our games, but pointing out the dodgy decisions of other games that we don't feature in.

That's isn't fans looking for blame or making excuses.

[LDG]

There have been some shocking decisions this season. "Mistakes" that we can all call from watching as live. Forget the replays.

These "mistakes" are very smelly indeed.

Like when Rooney never gets sent off.

[Letters]

This board is corrupt.

If you hadn't given me that bribe I'd have deleted that post

[Niall_Quinn]

Clever (in an, oh look, that monkey drew a picture, sort of way) article in the Daily Hitler today, I hold my nose and quote:

"Let’s finally dispel a widely-held myth. Manchester United are not awarded the most penalties in the Premier League. In fact, in the list of most spot-kicks awarded since the competition’s creation in 1992 they aren’t even in second place."

Now count the stonewall penalties that WEREN'T given, you assholes. That's what people complain about. Didn't Utd go a whole season without conceding one? And how many of their pens were obvious dives that a child could have spotted? But not a trained referee, for some bizarre reason that could be anything bar corruption because it is impossible to have that in the PL because we are British.

[-Xs-]

No corruption, they are just shit. And the FA is complicit in their shit-ness, simply because it doesn't want to lose such time honoured classics such as "You dont know what you're doing!" and "The referee's a wanker" from the repertoire of the English football crowd

[Niall_Quinn]

If it's simply incompetence in all cases, or even the majority, then why has the FA and other authorities sat on their hands (or each others cocks) and let this incompetence have such an impact? And why on earth would they be content to settle for dismissing it with a claim it all evens out anyway? If they are aware of the issue but do nothing about it then isn't that a form of corruption on their part?

Corruption isn't just taking money to influence results. Ignoring the rules because the home crowd will get angry, in other words choosing to cheat because you are afraid - that's a form of corruption. Saying you saw something when you didn't actually see it, that's lying, another form of corruption. Watching Rooney kick people and turning a blind eye. What's that? Evening the game up after making a bad decision - corruption.

The decision by Jones on the weekend can't be explained away by incompetence. He made a concious decision to act on something he can't have possibly seen and then he tried to justify it by pointing to evidence that simply doesn't exist. If it's not corruption (in the darker sense) then it's corruption in other ways. At the very least he knows he completely fucked up, but he chooses to lie about it. It's like me awarding a penalty for a foul in the centre circle. I say I thought it was in the box and that's the end of it? The FA response to this is to prevent him officiating at the top level for a number of games. But the 3 points still go to the gypos and the league table now stands corrupted as a result. Maybe they would have won it anyway, but who's to say that very obvious goal Newcastle scored and had chalked off won't have a bearing on the final outcome. We beat Liverpool to the title by a couple of goals, glad we didn't have that wanker refereeing or else one of our most glorious moments would have been wiped out.

There are remedies to all this, or at least steps that could be taken to alleviate the problem. But senior authorities in the game are against taking steps. I wonder why and it's legitimate to wonder why. And because there's more than enough evidence already on record to prove these guys are completely corrupt (in the, give them money and they'll influence outcomes, sense) I find it more logical to assume their actions in general are corrupt rather than just a series of innocent mishaps. And because they are responsible for appointing and administering the referees I don't think it is at all unreasonable to suggest their influence can extend onto the pitch itself. I'm not saying this is the case all the time or even most of the time but I'm saying it's a distinct possibility and shouldn't be dismissed so easily.

I tend to think the worst of bad people.

[Maestro]

If it's simply incompetence in all cases, or even the majority, then why has the FA and other authorities sat on their hands (or each others cocks) and let this incompetence have such an impact? And why on earth would they be content to settle for dismissing it with a claim it all evens out anyway? If they are aware of the issue but do nothing about it then isn't that a form of corruption on their part?

Corruption isn't just taking money to influence results. Ignoring the rules because the home crowd will get angry, in other words choosing to cheat because you are afraid - that's a form of corruption. Saying you saw something when you didn't actually see it, that's lying, another form of corruption. Watching Rooney kick people and turning a blind eye. What's that? Evening the game up after making a bad decision - corruption.

The decision by Jones on the weekend can't be explained away by incompetence. He made a concious decision to act on something he can't have possibly seen and then he tried to justify it by pointing to evidence that simply doesn't exist. If it's not corruption (in the darker sense) then it's corruption in other ways. At the very least he knows he completely fucked up, but he chooses to lie about it. It's like me awarding a penalty for a foul in the centre circle. I say I thought it was in the box and that's the end of it? The FA response to this is to prevent him officiating at the top level for a number of games. But the 3 points still go to the gypos and the league table now stands corrupted as a result. Maybe they would have won it anyway, but who's to say that very obvious goal Newcastle scored and had chalked off won't have a bearing on the final outcome. We beat Liverpool to the title by a couple of goals, glad we didn't have that wanker refereeing or else one of our most glorious moments would have been wiped out.

There are remedies to all this, or at least steps that could be taken to alleviate the problem. But senior authorities in the game are against taking steps. I wonder why and it's legitimate to wonder why. And because there's more than enough evidence already on record to prove these guys are completely corrupt (in the, give them money and they'll influence outcomes, sense) I find it more logical to assume their actions in general are corrupt rather than just a series of innocent mishaps. And because they are responsible for appointing and administering the referees I don't think it is at all unreasonable to suggest their influence can extend onto the pitch itself. I'm not saying this is the case all the time or even most of the time but I'm saying it's a distinct possibility and shouldn't be dismissed so easily.

I tend to think the worst of bad people.

/thread

[Letters]

It's weird how corruption always favours the best teams.
Apart from when it was us of course, then it was just us being awlsome and being the best despite all the corruption working against us
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[Letters]

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[milla]

If you hadn't given me that bribe I'd have deleted that post

I will give you some more if you bring back Cripps