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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #165 on: January 18, 2014, 08:49:58 PM »
Not sure the ref was but easily the best signing since Fergie signed Howard Webb. Villa tackles promptly booked but nothing to temper persistent Liverpool fouling in good areas.

Holt better than I thought. Weimann let himself down with decisions in the final 3rd but got into better positions.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #166 on: January 18, 2014, 08:50:01 PM »
By far the most important thing today was the performance, much much more important than the difference between 3 points and 1.

I've not seen the match bar the goals, but it sounds like we were way, way more convincing, and that's exactly what we needed.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #167 on: January 18, 2014, 08:50:30 PM »
I'm struggling to understand why people are saying you can;t blame the ref for the pen.  First off he was directly behind the incident, and the view from the camera at the far end - similar to his view but further away - clearly showed there was little or no contact and certainly not enough to warrant a swan dive.  Second, unless he's been living on a distant planet for the last two or three years, the ref would know, like everyone else does,  that Suarez is a cheating diving c**t. Thus any going to ground by that clown should be treated with the utmost suspicion and scepticism, unless you are 1500% certain he was fouled. But as usual with the SKy pet teams the refs are all too ready to give anything when they go to ground against one of the "making up the numbers" brigade. 

If you have ever been a referee you will know the ref could not be blamed. Without video evidence he gave the decision. You can't think Suarez is a diving cheat - you have to judge what you see. The fact that he took no further action against Guzan means there was some doubt in his mind. If he had not given the pen and there had been contact he would had been crucified and sent to league 1.

Some refs are up themselves - I don't think this one today was. Had it been one of the prima donna refs we would have lost today. If you want me to name names I will.

1. First, how do you know I've never reffed? 
2. If there was some doubt he should not have given a game changing decision. 
3. If he had got it wrong by not giving it it's no different to getting it wrong by giving it. Wrong is wrong whatever the decision.  I don't see how you can differentiate and say one is acceptable and one deserves demotion, that's nonsensical.
4. He didn't give what he saw. He couldn't have done because he gave a foul when there was clearly no foul, as countless replays have proven.  He gave what he thought he saw, or he gave what he wanted to see and he did so because Suarez is a convincing cheat and/or Liverpool are on of the elite.  A professional referee should have taken Suarez's nature into account, but that probably didn't suit his (or the premier league's) agenda.
5. The fact he took no further action against Guzan is, to me, the ref's admission that he gave a very dodgy decision.  It was certainly not a red since a goalscoring opportunity was not on the cards as Suarez had knocked it wide away from the goal and out of play.   But almost any ref would have given a yellow in that situation if they genuinely believed enough contact had been made to make the player go down.   

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #168 on: January 18, 2014, 08:50:50 PM »
Yeah that Guzan is a stupid match loser.   Get rid.

Not what I said (or think), but OK.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #169 on: January 18, 2014, 08:51:07 PM »
No.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #170 on: January 18, 2014, 08:51:35 PM »
I'd rather be mid table than have to resort to that to get results, I honestly would.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #171 on: January 18, 2014, 08:53:47 PM »
I'm struggling to understand why people are saying you can;t blame the ref for the pen.  First off he was directly behind the incident, and the view from the camera at the far end - similar to his view but further away - clearly showed there was little or no contact and certainly not enough to warrant a swan dive.  Second, unless he's been living on a distant planet for the last two or three years, the ref would know, like everyone else does,  that Suarez is a cheating diving c**t. Thus any going to ground by that clown should be treated with the utmost suspicion and scepticism, unless you are 1500% certain he was fouled. But as usual with the SKy pet teams the refs are all too ready to give anything when they go to ground against one of the "making up the numbers" brigade. 

If you have ever been a referee you will know the ref could not be blamed. Without video evidence he gave the decision. You can't think Suarez is a diving cheat - you have to judge what you see. The fact that he took no further action against Guzan means there was some doubt in his mind. If he had not given the pen and there had been contact he would had been crucified and sent to league 1.

Some refs are up themselves - I don't think this one today was. Had it been one of the prima donna refs we would have lost today. If you want me to name names I will.

1. First, how do you know I've never reffed? 
2. If there was some doubt he should not have given a game changing decision. 
3. If he had got it wrong by not giving it it's no different to getting it wrong by giving it. Wrong is wrong whatever the decision.  I don't see how you can differentiate and say one is acceptable and one deserves demotion, that's nonsensical.
4. He didn't give what he saw. He couldn't have done because he gave a foul when there was clearly no foul, as countless replays have proven.  He gave what he thought he saw, or he gave what he wanted to see and he did so because Suarez is a convincing cheat and/or Liverpool are on of the elite.  A professional referee should have taken Suarez's nature into account, but that probably didn't suit his (or the premier league's) agenda.
5. The fact he took no further action against Guzan is, to me, the ref's admission that he gave a very dodgy decision.  It was certainly not a red since a goalscoring opportunity was not on the cards as Suarez had knocked it wide away from the goal and out of play.   But almost any ref would have given a yellow in that situation if they genuinely believed enough contact had been made to make the player go down.   

No. 3 it may seem non-sensical but that is how refs are judged. To keep your place on the premier list you have to try and not appear to make mistakes. A very difficult task.

95% of a ref's decisions are straight-forward. The 5% or less when you can't see exactly what happens you have to gamble. Giving a penalty in this case was the safer option. The ref will be excused as it was a difficult call.
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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #172 on: January 18, 2014, 08:54:25 PM »
Yeah that Guzan is a stupid match loser.   Get rid.

Not what I said (or think), but OK.

I don't think Mr. Green is being entirely serious here.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #173 on: January 18, 2014, 08:54:35 PM »
I'd rather be mid table than have to resort to that to get results, I honestly would.

I wouldn't to be fair. If a few dodgy pens would win us the league then I hope we sign some divers.


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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #174 on: January 18, 2014, 08:57:08 PM »
Just back. Not read the thread yet but the most pleasing thing today was the fact that for the first time in a long while we played with two full backs who both looked as though they knew how to play football.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #175 on: January 18, 2014, 08:57:45 PM »
Yeah that Guzan is a stupid match loser.   Get rid.

Not what I said (or think), but OK.

I don't think Mr. Green is being entirely serious here.

You think I was?

As I said, people are uncapable of acknowledging the shades of grey and seeing it as black and white. Obviously he's responding to the stuff I've posted by taking the piss.

Saying I think players should be vigilant around twats like Suarez does not mean Guzan is a game loser. I just want my team to win.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #176 on: January 18, 2014, 08:57:50 PM »
Can you imagine the uproar if Suarez did that at the world cup against England? The backlash would be ridiculous. The fact that he clearly slowed his run to make sure he could nick the ball and try to make contact with Guzan was evidence enough. It was in his mind as soon as he made the first touch. It's things like this that make modern day football a joke.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #177 on: January 18, 2014, 08:58:52 PM »
Good performance and point. Maybe Faulkener knows more than me and countless others after all.
;-)

On the the dive issue. For me it wasn't a pen and he should have been booked for simulation. That said if Benteke did that with the last kick of the game for 3 points I wouldn't give a flying fish.



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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #178 on: January 18, 2014, 08:58:56 PM »
  If there was some doubt he should not have given a game changing decision

I'm sorry but, you shouldn't have included that in your list of arguments because I know from experience that a referee would not give a penalty if he wasn't 100% sure in his own mind.  Irrespective of whether we think it was or wasn't, and I happen to think it wasn't, he obviously did.

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Re: Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #179 on: January 18, 2014, 09:02:21 PM »
It's so much nicer writing on here when we have played well - and been unlucky not to have taken all 3 points.

You can wind up fellow posters and look forward to further match threads when we are hopefully not worrying about the R word.

 


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