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Moaninho: 'It's all a conspiracy'
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Chelsea probably get their fair share of big decisions at the Bridge anyway, so no point moaning.
Anyone else expecting a Keegan like rant if Chelsea don't take advantage or loose ground in the next few games?
it's all a big conspiracy!
As LeicesterLuke says, these things even themselves out. We've had penalty decisions not go our way this season as well - Ronaldo getting booked for diving against Lille springs to mind, when he was clearly fouled.
You reckon?
I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen Terry get away with handball in the box. He was basically exempt from handball last season. Not to mention the amount of times you see him (and others) wrestling people to the ground during set plays.
Yeah, would say so.
Don't get me wrong, Chelsea and the rest get dodgy decisions too. The bit that pisses me off is that all the opposition managers and pundits shrug it off as one of things that happen, big teams playing at home getting most of the 50/50 decisions, but why should they get away with it? Referees are there to do a job, if they can't do it impartially or are easily swayed by the home crowd then they should fuck off.
Is it just big teams that get the decisions at home though?
I think stats have shown that home teams get favourable decisions, but it's across the board, not just the big teams.
People go on about the number of penalties awarded to big teams, and how little are given against, but maybe it's due to the fact that because the big teams spend most of the time in the opposition half, they will force more penalties in their favour, and less against.
The referees aren't great in the league for sure, but I don't think they're biased. Just incompetent.
Why should it be like that though?
Spineless referees are the bane of my life, really. If the ref isn't sure about a decision it's probably easier just to give it to the home team cause otherwise he'll have X amount of people booing and calling him a horses arse. Or worse if you dare give anything against Rangers or Celtic. Natural human instincts maybe?
Yea, you're right.
Some referees are spineless and bottle it for big decisions against the home team.
Could be natural human insincts to protect themselves. I think perhaps more of the money in football should go to training referees but it's difficult to see how you could make them better. It's a shame that great refs like Collini had to retire because of stupid age rules. He wasn't afraid to give big calls.
I don't think referees are ever going to be able to get it right all of the time. Perhaps replays should be used, but it would only break up the game. Like if a ref is convinced it wasn't handball and plays on without replay, then it turns out it was handball, well that would be more controversial than what happens even now.
After the Newcastle game I thought he was going to break down in his post-match interview. He seems to be under alot of strain at the moment, which is interesting as it's his first season here where he's had a bit of competition and pressure - can he handle it?
Now ahead of the Liverpool game he is sniping at Benitez and saying Liverpool have only really had 3 or 4 games since the turn of the year. He says Liverpool are in a much better shape. I think he's getting his excuses in, because Chelsea are playing fucking awful, and Liverpool could easily take them if they play in any way well. Mourinho doesn't like this pressure, and instead of all this petty sniping, he should concentrate on the football and embrace the challenge.
As for rectifying the dodgy decisions - well I wonder if they take into account trivial things like poor free kick decisions high up the pitch which eventually lead to a goal, or a dodgy throw in or corner, or an undeserved booking which forces a player to change their game. Lots of decisions can have an impact on a game, no matter how trivial, so it's impossible to rectify them by means of a table. What consitutes dodgy as well? People say United shouldn't have had a penalty against Middlesborough back last year, but by the rules of the game it was a penalty, so you can't really say it's dodgy (even though people like to).