Who's the bastard in the black.

[Arl arse]

Fuckin Refs.

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3772116/Mark-Halsey-claims-Premier-League-referees-governing-body-told-claim-hadn-t-seen-controversial-incidents-matches.html

[jimmycase]

Steve Gerrard's favourite ref apparently!

[moof]

Colour me surprised.

[Strontium]

The first two sentences are legit. Where's the source for the second part of the quote?

[jimmycase]

Oh and he doesnt like mike riley, head of the pgmol. Halsey that is not Gerrard (although he may not like riley as well!).

[Strontium]

The first two sentences are legit. Where's the source for the second part of the quote?

 

Mark Halsey @RefereeHalsey

@mackemcafu2 @richardajkeys Paul I have been in that situation when I have seen an incident and been told to say I haven't seen it

9:38 AM - 2 Sep 2016

 

Mark Halsey @RefereeHalsey

@lee_greenhalgh1 @FA to be Fair to the FA Lee it's not them, it comes from with in the PGMOL

10:01 AM - 3 Sep 2016

 

 

The rest of it is an invention.

[The Maca]

It must be difficult to remain impartial as a ref

Let's face it if any of us were refereeing we would be wanting to try and influence any result which would benefit LFC

 

With all the money in the top Leagues across Europe I've always wondered why refs aren't brought in from abroad (Europe obviously) and our top refs don't ref in Germany, spain, italy etc

 

To hear that they are being instructed by PGMOL is another thng altogether though

[Russ Atmosphere]

The incidents where they investigate whether the ref sees it or not, only seem to be ones that pass a certain threshold of press interest, so they aren't fairly punished across the board anyhow.

[Trumo]

If what Halsey claims is true, then English football's disciplinary system at the highest level is a combination of the referees' governing body telling its employees to falsify their reports in order for the game's governing body to go ahead and press charges which more than 99% of the time are made to stick regardless of the validity of the accused's case.

[jimmycase]

I liked Halsey as a ref. Always thought he was fair enough not like atkinson, mason and one or two others like the twat working for sky now who you always thought were just itching to show a red card to our players while letting the oppos kick shit out of us.

 

He has had it in for riley in particular since he was forced out of the game and he's been quite vocal over his treatment.

[an tha]

when you have the people running the league saying things like this:

 

“It’s a double-edged sword,” Scudamore told Bloomberg. “When your most popular club isn’t doing as well, that costs you interest and audience in some places.”

 

That of course was about the mancs when they were struggling - so a quiet word with refs to ensure that the audiences they are worried about are happy is no shock is it.

 

As soon as money took over totally Premier League football stopped being a sport and became a business and with that comes the need to make masses of cash, grow the business, open up new revenue streams etc. and with that comes people behaving in a dishonest manner.

[lifetime fan]

They get worse every year.

 

Never used to mind Steve Dunn, he owned a newsagents just around the corner from where i used to live and was down to earth and a good laugh.

[sir roger]

How do you influence how many corners or throw ins you give ?

[lifetime fan]

Pretty sure the second part of that quote is bollocks.

[jimmycase]

How do you influence how many corners or throw ins you give ?

 

i dont know.

 

Its always puzzled me how the ref or lino can give (or not give) a corner in some situations when its hard to tell who touched it last. Do they guess?

[Arl arse]

Pretty sure the second part of that quote is bollocks.

Yeah, I've searched for his original quotes and can only find the first part on his Twitter feed. Some have said that the second part is from a later deleted tweet, but I've not seen any evidence for that.

[Remmie]

Why on earth would anyone want to be a referee? Right up there with parking attendant, Bouncer and Police officer in jobs I would least want to do.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Why on earth would anyone want to be a referee? Right up there with parking attendant, Bouncer and Police officer in jobs I would least want to do.

It's their ticket out of Yate.

 

[Hades]

This is only a surprise to the very dim. I can't believe I used to pay good money for this shit. 

[magicrat]

I didn't mind Halsey, He made an effort to work with the players and didn't try to make the game all about himself. Webb on the other hand .....

[Lario]

If you look at the Aguero incident last week, from the "main" camera angle, it looks like the ref is looking straight at it.

But it's easier for him to say he didn't see it and let the FA be the bad guys for banning Aguero for the Manc derby.

[ZonkoVille77]

I've said it before and will stand by it until I die. At LEAST 3 of yernited's titles were due to ref favourites. Football is rotten

[VladimirIlyich]

i dont know.

 

Its always puzzled me how the ref or lino can give (or not give) a corner in some situations when its hard to tell who touched it last. Do they guess?

Yes,absolutely.

If unsure they will just give the least controversial decision,the defending team. This is not bias though,its human nature.

[Plev]

Not sure about Halsey being a good ref. Think it was his last season, but I remember a game he did of ours against the Mancs, and it was one of the worst refereeing performances I think I've ever seen.

[The Golden Eel]

Not sure about Halsey being a good ref. Think it was his last season, but I remember a game he did of ours against the Mancs, and it was one of the worst refereeing performances I think I've ever seen.

Yes, I remember there was a reason I disliked him but couldn't pinpoint it exactly. Was it the time Shelvey was sent off?