The Rob Styles thread

[badpiggy]

to be honest i think that referees are under an awful lot of pressure and i don't begrudge them the odd mistake. teams need to be good enough and psychologically strong enough to overcome these ineveitable human failings.

a few things in relation to today though:

the penalty mistake was absolutely outrageous. i can't recall as laughably bad a decision. given the referees absolutely perfect position to see it it actually makes it infinitely worse. this guy does not have what it takes mentally to ref top level football. he should never referee another premiershp game on the basis of that one decision. what would any professional body think watching that? it is gross incompetence.

i have a bit more sympathy for the yellow card ****up. chelsea make refereeing close to impossible. they endlessly surround referees for blatantly obvious fouls and incidents. when one walks away another one takes his place in the referees face. they come from all over the pitch to do this. and none moreso than lampard and terry. this is not random - this is coached or at the very least loosely orchestrated

i have yet to see a liverpool/chelsea game where lampard doesn't lash out. at alonso particularly and he did it again today.

malouda will fit in perfectly there. a whining, diving cheating ****pig.

why was drogba not booked for sarcastically appaluding the ref?

gotta finish with apositive - torres fills me with hope. he is a really classy footballer and he's well up for the physical side.

[Johnny]

to be honest i think that referees are under an awful lot of pressure and i don't begrudge them the odd mistake. teams need to be good enough and psychologically strong enough to overcome these ineveitable human failings.

a few things in relation to today though:

the penalty mistake was absolutely outrageous. i can't recall as laughably bad a decision. given the referees absolutely perfect position to see it it actually makes it infinitely worse. this guy does not have what it takes mentally to ref top level football. he should never referee another premiershp game on the basis of that one decision. what would any professional body think watching that? it is gross incompetence.

i have a bit more sympathy for the yellow card ****up. chelsea make refereeing close to impossible. they endlessly surround referees for blatantly obvious fouls and incidents. when one walks away another one takes his place in the referees face. they come from all over the pitch to do this. and none moreso than lampard and terry. this is not random - this is coached or at the very least loosely orchestrated

i have yet to see a liverpool/chelsea game where lampard doesn't lash out. at alonso particularly and he did it again today.

malouda will fit in perfectly there. a whining, diving cheating ****pig.

why was drogba not booked for sarcastically appaluding the ref?

gotta finish with apositive - torres fills me with hope. he is a really classy footballer and he's well up for the physical side.

Good post mate.

[AFII]

They think it was a clear penalty on Chelseas homepage....what a surprise

But then play switched to the other end and Finnan injudiciously slammed into Malouda as Wright-Phillips's pass was coming his way. It was inside the box and in front of the referee.

[Morph]

Rafael Benitez was annoyed with Rob Styles' penalty award for Chelsea which cheated Liverpool out of victory at Anfield.
"I think it was a mistake, it's unbelievable," fumed the Reds boss after the 1-1 draw.

"How can you make this decision? How can you change a game like this, unbelievable? It's clear, if he watched the video he'd understand why we're so disappointed.

"I feel we had some good chances against a good team. The game was under control. But these kind of decisions you cannot explain. Maybe he was under pressure all the time but I'd prefer not to say too much.


"I think for us its a positive performance. We showed character quality and had chances against a good team. We need to see if we can continue this over nine months."

http://www.lfconline.com/news/loadne...TMNW&id=349104

oh right i can see where he was talking about bribes now

[Johnny]

They think it was a clear penalty on Chelseas homepage....what a surprise

injudiciously

[AFII]

oh right i can see where he was talking about bribes now

but I'd prefer not to say too much.

[Kenneth]

to be honest i think that referees are under an awful lot of pressure and i don't begrudge them the odd mistake. teams need to be good enough and psychologically strong enough to overcome these ineveitable human failings.

a few things in relation to today though:

the penalty mistake was absolutely outrageous. i can't recall as laughably bad a decision. given the referees absolutely perfect position to see it it actually makes it infinitely worse. this guy does not have what it takes mentally to ref top level football. he should never referee another premiershp game on the basis of that one decision. what would any professional body think watching that? it is gross incompetence.

i have a bit more sympathy for the yellow card ****up. chelsea make refereeing close to impossible. they endlessly surround referees for blatantly obvious fouls and incidents. when one walks away another one takes his place in the referees face. they come from all over the pitch to do this. and none moreso than lampard and terry. this is not random - this is coached or at the very least loosely orchestrated
i have yet to see a liverpool/chelsea game where lampard doesn't lash out. at alonso particularly and he did it again today.

malouda will fit in perfectly there. a whining, diving cheating ****pig.

why was drogba not booked for sarcastically appaluding the ref?

gotta finish with apositive - torres fills me with hope. he is a really classy footballer and he's well up for the physical side.

Just have to apply the rules, book the ****ing lot of em.

[Redlife]

i have a bit more sympathy for the yellow card ****up. chelsea make refereeing close to impossible. they endlessly surround referees for blatantly obvious fouls and incidents. when one walks away another one takes his place in the referees face. they come from all over the pitch to do this. and none moreso than lampard and terry. this is not random - this is coached or at the very least loosely orchestrated

i have yet to see a liverpool/chelsea game where lampard doesn't lash out. at alonso particularly and he did it again today.

malouda will fit in perfectly there. a whining, diving cheating ****pig.

why was drogba not booked for sarcastically appaluding the ref?

Good post. Their antics today made me think of Mourinho's Porto side who were equally disgraceful.

[Kenneth]

but I'd prefer not to say too much.

Hmm

[Lee]

Andy Gray is slaughtering the ef on the TV now, good man Andy Gray, first time I have ever said that.

I was saying that to me housemates 'Loook loook, even Andy Gray's saying it's not a penalty, and he hates us...!'

[marcus50bucks]

The card was for Terry my arse. How the **** can you mistake Essien for Terry. One's black and the other is white. :whatever:

[Johnny]

The card was for Terry my arse. How the **** can you mistake Essien for Terry. One's black and the other is white. :whatever:

So your saying it was a black and white decision then?????

[Morph]

but I'd prefer not to say too much.

don't be daft mate, the reason he's saying that is because he doesn't want to get in trouble with the FA for criticising a refereeing decision, managers say that line every week, and they don't mean 'i think he was bribed'

[Joe King]

He's a ****ing ****. If he refs us again it better be against the Scum and give us a soft decision, thats the only way he can be forgiven!

[Adair]

A manc on 606 said it wasn't a penatly.....