and It's Michael again...

Funny you should mention three yellows, he has admitted since retirement that he was influenced by certain managers. The very definition of a shit referee.

so they have always been shit? or used to be? got better and are now shit again? when were you happy with them? Never?
 
Ok, we seem to have a definition issue here: in refereeing Cheating will be when you purposely make a wrond call, knowing the opposite is true, with the intent to favor one side over the other. Makeup calls are a form of cheating.

Poor refereeing on the other hand is when you make a call thinking it's the right call, but in fact it is wrong, and you missed it because of your poor positioning, communication or just bad luck.

Most refs fall into the latter category, not the former.

So by your own definition Clattenburg is a cheat, thank you.
 
no it is cheating, because as a referee you don't guess to give a decision. If you don't see it, you don't give it unless you inherently want to give it for some reason. If the police acted like that they'd end up like South Yorkshire Police...
Making a wrong call and not seeing it are not one and the same. The brain is a tricky organ. It fills gaps all the time in your perception. Most refs believe they saw what they saw. Ssometimes I see one thing and replay confirms I was wrong. I didn't guess it, I thought I saw it. This happens all the time. So refs make mistakes like that all the time.
 
so they have always been shit? or used to be? got better and are now shit again? when were you happy with them? Never?

Haha, calm down dear. Like with anything you've some good, some bad but with this current crop the good are well outnumbered.
 
So by your own definition Clattenburg is a cheat, thank you.
If you believe he makes calls purposely tobfavor another team, sure. But I don't see that. He makes mistakes. And I've seen him both make mistakes against us and in our favor.

Anyway, how did I end up in a ref argument? I care so little about these guys. I think they are mostlt irrelevant to the final outcome
 
Making a wrong call and not seeing it are not one and the same. The brain is a tricky organ. It fills gaps all the time in your perception. Most refs believe they saw what they saw. Ssometimes I see one thing and replay confirms I was wrong. I didn't guess it, I thought I saw it. This happens all the time. So refs make mistakes like that all the time.

and some don't see it and still give it. or see it and don't give it.
 
Haha, calm down dear. Like with anything you've some good, some bad but with this current crop the good are well outnumbered.

So we are almost back to my opinion. Some good some bad and if they are not corrupt (which I do think anyone rational can think they are) then it evens itself out. Finally!
 
If you believe he makes calls purposely tobfavor another team, sure. But I don't see that. He makes mistakes. And I've seen him both make mistakes against us and in our favor.

Anyway, how did I end up in a ref argument? I care so little about these guys. I think they are mostlt irrelevant to the final outcome

Your last two lines sum it up. Who cares? Only miserable old farts probably with e cigarettes who are negative.

"Oh we have got bloody dean today!" - he will give us nowt! Oh clattenburg - he's a twattenburg. That calibre of dickhead.
 
Your last two lines sum it up. Who cares? Only miserable old farts probably with e cigarettes who are negative.

"Oh we have got bloody dean today!" - he will give us nowt! Oh clattenburg - he's a twattenburg. That calibre of dickhead.
You seem to be extra irritable today mate. Everything ok? Wedding stress getting to you? :-)
 
You seem to be extra irritable today mate. Everything ok? Wedding stress getting to you? :-)

It is actually. It's making me ill. Hating it. How 12 hours of your life can cost this much and be this much hassle is a joke. Might not turn up. She has booked a six foot flower with our initials now for the stage. Another 350 quid. I have only got one mate - and that's fantasy island and I have never met him.
 
It is actually. It's making me ill. Hating it. How 12 hours of your life can cost this much and be this much hassle is a joke. Might not turn up. She has booked a six foot flower with our initials now for the stage. Another 350 quid. I have only got one mate - and that's fantasy island and I have never met him.
Sounds like everything's going swimmingly. Haha!
 
What's this nonsense that Dean "tried to help us out a little on the final day 4 years ago" against QPR?

Complete bollocks. Just sounds like a rag narrative to take credit away from our comeback.

5 minutes added time was on the conservative side for the amount of time wasting and stoppages. Not having that he "helped" us, at all. Complete bollocks.
I don't agree for one minute that he tried to help us in any way. But, imagine if it had been the other way round and the rags had scored two in injury time to win it, what would you have thought about him then?
 
If you believe he makes calls purposely tobfavor another team, sure. But I don't see that. He makes mistakes. And I've seen him both make mistakes against us and in our favor.

Anyway, how did I end up in a ref argument? I care so little about these guys. I think they are mostlt irrelevant to the final outcome

You said the Sterling handball decision was poor refereeing in one post, then said "made up calls" are cheating in the next. How is the referee giving a decision that has been proved not to happen poor refereeing? It's not, it's cheating, yet you don't want to admit it because you'll have to admit you're wrong and Dax777 couldn't possibly ever do that as we've seen in other threads.
 
I genuinely think the referring in this country is first class. I don't go to the match to watch the referee and think over a season decisions even themselves out.
The standard now is an absolute fuckin joke,I would be embarrassed if I was their employer !
 
Can't remember the Sergio one off top of my head but going back to 2014 kind of sums up the amount of decisions that do actually go in our favour.
Exactly. Like the refs, I bet you didn't purposely forget. It just so happens humans are wired like that. We remember unfavorable experiences a shitload more than we do favorable ones. But wouldn't it be unfortunate ID someone thought you were lying or cheating coz your memory has moved it sideways?

:)
 
Exactly. Like the refs, I bet you didn't purposely forget. It just so happens humans are wired like that. We remember unfavorable experiences a shitload more than we do favorable ones. But wouldn't it be unfortunate ID someone thought you were lying or cheating coz your memory has moved it sideways?

:)

Or if you purposefully avoided answering certain questions which would end up with you contradicting yourself!! :)
 

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