Referees/Officials

[andyhinch]

This went right over his/her head lol.

Woooooosh!

I'm not sure thinking is one of his strongest attributes tbf

 

[FantasyIreland]

This went right over his/her head lol.

Woooooosh!

We even got one of his ever increasingly annoying +1's....wow.

 

[kaz7]

I'm not sure thinking is one of his strongest attributes tbf

I think the opposite, he thinks way too much

 

[andyhinch]

I think the opposite, he thinks way too much

Just because you do something a lot doesn't arbitrarily make you good at it ;-)

 

[kaz7]

Just because you do something a lot doesn't arbitrarily make you good at it ;-)

Very true young andy

 

[Tugay One Cup]

And yet, your own logic is very weak.

It assumes that the world is likely to be corrupt absent evidence otherwise

You could obviously do with brushing up on your reading skills.

I've not stated that and you're continuing to put words in people's mouths which is a sure fire way of making yourself look a bit of a tit.

Get a fucking clue!

UEFA - very likely against a shit ton of evidence otherwise - isn't corrupt.

Dripping with irony. Ever heard of Michel Platini, the former president of UEFA? The guy who has been banned from sport for ethics violations and corruption.

I know you refute the idea of being naive but this is a business. This is capitalism. This is a sport which appoints Sam Allardyce as a national team manager. This is a profession which allowed Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina and others to pay off officials for several years. This is a business where employees have been shown many times to place illegal bets on their own teams. I could go on for days but I'm hoping that you're starting to see a bit of sense.

There's plenty of evidence (indisputable proof, actually) of corruption within the sport. The debate that less fragile minds are engaged in is whether or not the official's performance on Tuesday could possibly be yet another example.

Stick to your fairytale world of fairness, equality, candy floss and corruption only being an issue for countries like China and Russia because you won't last two seconds in the real one.

 

[aguero93:20]

We even got one of his ever increasingly annoying +1's....wow.

+1

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Are they getting worse or am I just losing it? Not just poor decisions against us but dreadful performances from the refs seems to be almost every other game in the league; am I going mad?

 

[Pam]

They're shocking. You are not going mad.

 

[Vialli98]

This was triggered by the red card in the United game?

Yeah, shocking decision that. A couple of terrible calls in the Liverpool game too. The two games I've watched today.