Post Match as Seen by a Chav....

[loco_law]

Injudicious Finnan



I want a pair of glasses that are rose tinted that much.

[Dhav]

I have to say that was one of the dullest match reports I've ever read. Who the hell gave that guy a job writing?

[kop-al-74]

I have to say that was one of the dullest match reports I've ever read. Who the hell gave that guy a job writing?

Yep,it all seemed one tone.

Still,i expected it to be worse than it actually was.

[Dhav]

Yep,it all seemed one tone.

Still,i expected it to be worse than it actually was.

Yep, certainly monotonous.

Here's one of the better pieces I've read on Sunday's events, off some American blog thanks to a Newsnow link. Very pertinent


Ref's apology to Liverpool means nothing
Posted by Brant Parsons on Aug 21, 2007 4:07:00 AM
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I'm sorry.

Is there a phrase in the English language that holds less credibility than that one?

I'm sorry.

Used by all sorts of people, from kids forgetting to put their toys away to murderers on death row, it's a phrase that becomes instantly hollow the moment that it is mouthed.

I'm sorry.

Rob Styles didn't actually mouth those words to Rafa Benitez and Liverpool, but he did reportedly make a personal apology to Benitez and had his own "I'm sorry" statement:

All referees enter into matches hoping not to make any mistakes but understanding that they may happen, what none of us want is for any mistake to potentially affect the result of the match. Yesterday, in mistakenly awarding a penalty, I accept that I may have affected the result of the match and for that I apologise.

May have affected the result?! How about played a major role in the biggest match of the young season for those considered in the title race.

I already have a sickening suspicion that the points lost by Liverpool and gained by Chelsea will come back in some storyline later on this season. And mind you, I am not a fan of either club, but Liverpool got hosed on Sunday.

Styles allowed himself to be bullied by Chelsea players, who took a chance at every whistle to berate Styles with an army of petulant Blues players.

If you get a chance, watch a replay of the match. Each time a whistle was blown against Chelsea, you could expect a few of them in the face of Styles, bitterly crying like an infant that just woke up from his sleep hungry.

And it doesn't matter the call or where on the pitch it occurred. You'd be safe gambling the title of your house that if the whistle goes against Chelsea, that Ashley Cole will be in the face of the ref complaining along with a handful of his teammates.

I don't care what people might say about the effect of this behavior. When you constantly complain to somebody on something, eventually you are going to cloud their judgment and when Florent Malouda went sprawling across the box like an Olympic diver, in Styles' beaten mind it was most certainly a penalty.

I'm sorry.

So that's what Liverpool ends up getting. An apology. A public statement made to try and quiet the growing grumble of a football public that is tired of the officials in its game ruining outcomes because of their own ineptitude.

I'm sorry.

If you really want to be sorry, stand up to the whiners of Chelsea and every other club that might get in the officials face too often. If Ashley Cole comes charging across the pitch to offer his opinion on a decision the ref was 20 yards closer to then he, book him for dissent. If he does it again, toss him from the match.

It's time now for refs to stop apologizing for past mistakes and instead apologize for not taking care of the infantile acts of players on the pitch that precede these calls. I understand that there are times when a call might rub a team the wrong way and a few questionable comments might be made, but when it becomes so ingrained in a club's character that there is complaining after each and every single call against them, then it becomes an epidemic.

Styles' apology to Liverpool will mean nothing in the long run. He'll return to officiate another game and Liverpool will move on and begin preparing for Sunderland on Saturday.

But if the season ends and the two points lost by Liverpool and point gained by Chelsea have an effect on the final table than it will take more than just the most overused phrase in the English language to make it better.

I'm afraid that 'I'm sorry', just won't be enough.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/spo...pology-to.html

[Joe King]

What a rubbish match report. They made out that the Chelsea players weren't fouling but blame it on the wet grass. ****ing grow up Chavs

[tommyg]

I was ****ing outraged when maureen came out after the match and said 'my team are a naive one' . yeah ****ing right.

[Redlife]

"Injudiciously slammed into..."




I'm pretty sure Finnan had put the brakes on and was stationary when Malouda crashed into him. :whatever:

[Jas]

Yep, certainly monotonous.

Here's one of the better pieces I've read on Sunday's events, off some American blog thanks to a Newsnow link. Very pertinent


Ref's apology to Liverpool means nothing
Posted by Brant Parsons on Aug 21, 2007 4:07:00 AM
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I'm sorry.

Is there a phrase in the English language that holds less credibility than that one?

I'm sorry.

Used by all sorts of people, from kids forgetting to put their toys away to murderers on death row, it's a phrase that becomes instantly hollow the moment that it is mouthed.

I'm sorry.

Rob Styles didn't actually mouth those words to Rafa Benitez and Liverpool, but he did reportedly make a personal apology to Benitez and had his own "I'm sorry" statement:

All referees enter into matches hoping not to make any mistakes but understanding that they may happen, what none of us want is for any mistake to potentially affect the result of the match. Yesterday, in mistakenly awarding a penalty, I accept that I may have affected the result of the match and for that I apologise.

May have affected the result?! How about played a major role in the biggest match of the young season for those considered in the title race.

I already have a sickening suspicion that the points lost by Liverpool and gained by Chelsea will come back in some storyline later on this season. And mind you, I am not a fan of either club, but Liverpool got hosed on Sunday.

Styles allowed himself to be bullied by Chelsea players, who took a chance at every whistle to berate Styles with an army of petulant Blues players.

If you get a chance, watch a replay of the match. Each time a whistle was blown against Chelsea, you could expect a few of them in the face of Styles, bitterly crying like an infant that just woke up from his sleep hungry.

And it doesn't matter the call or where on the pitch it occurred. You'd be safe gambling the title of your house that if the whistle goes against Chelsea, that Ashley Cole will be in the face of the ref complaining along with a handful of his teammates.

I don't care what people might say about the effect of this behavior. When you constantly complain to somebody on something, eventually you are going to cloud their judgment and when Florent Malouda went sprawling across the box like an Olympic diver, in Styles' beaten mind it was most certainly a penalty.

I'm sorry.

So that's what Liverpool ends up getting. An apology. A public statement made to try and quiet the growing grumble of a football public that is tired of the officials in its game ruining outcomes because of their own ineptitude.

I'm sorry.

If you really want to be sorry, stand up to the whiners of Chelsea and every other club that might get in the officials face too often. If Ashley Cole comes charging across the pitch to offer his opinion on a decision the ref was 20 yards closer to then he, book him for dissent. If he does it again, toss him from the match.

It's time now for refs to stop apologizing for past mistakes and instead apologize for not taking care of the infantile acts of players on the pitch that precede these calls. I understand that there are times when a call might rub a team the wrong way and a few questionable comments might be made, but when it becomes so ingrained in a club's character that there is complaining after each and every single call against them, then it becomes an epidemic.

Styles' apology to Liverpool will mean nothing in the long run. He'll return to officiate another game and Liverpool will move on and begin preparing for Sunderland on Saturday.

But if the season ends and the two points lost by Liverpool and point gained by Chelsea have an effect on the final table than it will take more than just the most overused phrase in the English language to make it better.

I'm afraid that 'I'm sorry', just won't be enough.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/spo...pology-to.html

After the game on Sunday I sent a Chav supporting mate of mine a text just as a laugh, thought I'd have a bit of banter with him, the conversation went something like
"we were robbed big style today" to which my Chav mate replied.......
"I think you deserved to win but I'm sure you didn't say the ref got it wrong in UCL semi when Kuyt fouled a Chelsea player so that Agger could score. Today we benefitted as you did then but I don't recall Chelsea fans saying we were robbed. Strong words which only get used when you think you have been hard done by. I believe Gerrard dived last year to win you 3 points this time last year(I think he was referring to the Sheff Utd game) with the same ref, did you rob the other side? I suppose that was different because it was Gerrard cheating. At least Malouda didn't dive to get it. Sorry mate but facts are facts"
I replied somewhat diplomatically.............
"I'm sure both tems have benefitted from dubious pen decisions in the past but you have admit the decision by the ref today was a paticularly horredous one, ok Malouda didn't dive, instead he appeared to throw himself at Finnan and if you want to talk about goals being scored with the aid of a foul by a teammate dare I mention JT & Barca"
His reply to this was somewhat incredulous.............
"I was replying to your use of the word robbed and gave an example of how you seem to use it sellectively, I gave the example of a Liverpool case last year when you wouldn't have used it, as for Malouda he dummied the ball by jumping and his momentum caried him forward. You can't jump and not go forward can you? Again I think you have it wrong to say he threw himself at Finnan, as I said you deserved to win but I'm not sure it wasn't a penalty as Finnan made contact with the player not the ball, he simply got caught out by the dummy"

So there you have it folks from a Chav fan who I've known for nearly 25 years who himself played football to a very good amateur level so you would think he would know what he was talking about, it was a penalty and Malouda dummied the ball

[sean_lfc]

He is a ****ein thick **** of a supporter, if I may be so humble.

[donpisci]

I think it shows how stupid every Chelsea fan (no offence to your mate) is if even after the referee has come out and said it wasn't a penalty, the referees association have dropped Rob Styles because of that decision, that they still believe it was a penalty!

[badpiggy]

Yep, certainly monotonous.

Here's one of the better pieces I've read on Sunday's events, off some American blog thanks to a Newsnow link. Very pertinent


Ref's apology to Liverpool means nothing
Posted by Brant Parsons on Aug 21, 2007 4:07:00 AM
Discuss This: Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) | Linking Blogs | Add to del.icio.us | Digg it
I'm sorry.

Is there a phrase in the English language that holds less credibility than that one?

I'm sorry.

Used by all sorts of people, from kids forgetting to put their toys away to murderers on death row, it's a phrase that becomes instantly hollow the moment that it is mouthed.

I'm sorry.

Rob Styles didn't actually mouth those words to Rafa Benitez and Liverpool, but he did reportedly make a personal apology to Benitez and had his own "I'm sorry" statement:

All referees enter into matches hoping not to make any mistakes but understanding that they may happen, what none of us want is for any mistake to potentially affect the result of the match. Yesterday, in mistakenly awarding a penalty, I accept that I may have affected the result of the match and for that I apologise.

May have affected the result?! How about played a major role in the biggest match of the young season for those considered in the title race.

I already have a sickening suspicion that the points lost by Liverpool and gained by Chelsea will come back in some storyline later on this season. And mind you, I am not a fan of either club, but Liverpool got hosed on Sunday.

Styles allowed himself to be bullied by Chelsea players, who took a chance at every whistle to berate Styles with an army of petulant Blues players.

If you get a chance, watch a replay of the match. Each time a whistle was blown against Chelsea, you could expect a few of them in the face of Styles, bitterly crying like an infant that just woke up from his sleep hungry.

And it doesn't matter the call or where on the pitch it occurred. You'd be safe gambling the title of your house that if the whistle goes against Chelsea, that Ashley Cole will be in the face of the ref complaining along with a handful of his teammates.

I don't care what people might say about the effect of this behavior. When you constantly complain to somebody on something, eventually you are going to cloud their judgment and when Florent Malouda went sprawling across the box like an Olympic diver, in Styles' beaten mind it was most certainly a penalty.

I'm sorry.

So that's what Liverpool ends up getting. An apology. A public statement made to try and quiet the growing grumble of a football public that is tired of the officials in its game ruining outcomes because of their own ineptitude.

I'm sorry.

If you really want to be sorry, stand up to the whiners of Chelsea and every other club that might get in the officials face too often. If Ashley Cole comes charging across the pitch to offer his opinion on a decision the ref was 20 yards closer to then he, book him for dissent. If he does it again, toss him from the match.

It's time now for refs to stop apologizing for past mistakes and instead apologize for not taking care of the infantile acts of players on the pitch that precede these calls. I understand that there are times when a call might rub a team the wrong way and a few questionable comments might be made, but when it becomes so ingrained in a club's character that there is complaining after each and every single call against them, then it becomes an epidemic.

Styles' apology to Liverpool will mean nothing in the long run. He'll return to officiate another game and Liverpool will move on and begin preparing for Sunderland on Saturday.

But if the season ends and the two points lost by Liverpool and point gained by Chelsea have an effect on the final table than it will take more than just the most overused phrase in the English language to make it better.

I'm afraid that 'I'm sorry', just won't be enough.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/spo...pology-to.html

that's an excellent bit of writing. i remember when the scum got in trouble for a load of them surrounding a ref a few years back. chelsea do this every game for every decision and the league does nothing about it. they've got something totally wrong in their thinking on referees. they seem to think that the ref having pretty much the final say gives him more authority on the pitch. the opposite is the case. cheats - like mourinho and his teams - need to know that if the ref misses something that there is a review panel who can take retrospective action. it doesn't matter if this can't really work outside of the top tiers - it can work where there's most at stake.

i've never really bought into hating man u as i'm not from liverpool and have no connection to the city aside from my nearly 30-year long support. but i hate chelsea with a passion that surprises me. they are the real scum and they prove it before, during and after every game they are involved in. actually it's mourinho that is behind all this as his players exemplify his own personality and ethos with the constant diving and intimidation of referees. they even do it - through mourinho - before and after games. history will record mourinho and his teams as the opposite of everything sport is supposed to be about.