referee chief keith hackett plans to meet mourhino!why?
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I think that if he is meeting him to explain how referee's are apllying the laws of the game....it should be a meeting between all the premiership teams and not just one!! I smacks of a fix to me......we'll see in the coming months if things start going Chelski's way be suspicious.
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J'opterai pour autre chose !\nLe lundi 21 juin 1982, lors du match France - Koweit à Villadolid, Alain Giresse marque un quatrième but pour la France et les joueurs koweitiens entraînés par Carlos Alberto Parreira se ruent vers l'arbitre contester le but ; le président de la Fédération Kowétienne de Football, frère de l'Emir se mêle de la chose ordonnant aux joueurs de quitter la pelouse !\nL'arbitre du jour, le soviétique Miroslav STUPAR décide d'annuler le but !!!!!!\nJe crois que cet acte a dû lui coûter sa carrière, il a été radié par la FIFA !!!!\nIl aurait laissé les Kowétiens quitter le terrain laissant les instances concernées prendre des sanctions contre la Fédération Kowétienne.\nPour moi, c'est la faute la plus grave commise par un arbitre.
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Considering he is German - expect him to still be there. Bad calls against the USA have no bearing on FIFA's execs. NOw imagine he was officiating a German match and made that PK call...
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Yes, actually already there are  cards for refrees, i can send you two matches that the refree was given yellow card and also red card , the issue is that he was not meant to be given by any outsider since his the judge, but sometime if the refree is really concern about his deed ,he hand over the card to any of the players of his choice mostly the captain of one of the team that he likely offend, and he will be given a card , if his given a yellow the game can continue with him, but if his red card he need to just leave the game and one of the last man will continue as a refree, attached is the game like that or i Will send you the particular script of the games with the referee out, just send me your e-mail address,
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Baby Bofo is right.\nBut I doubt he will be playing in Germany.\nIf my memory doesn't fail, a couple of years ago, he was receiving bad comments from the Brazilian fans in the press and he refused the Captain's stripe during a practicing game.\nSince then, he is not called to join the Brazilian National team in International competitions.
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Oh there IS A LOT OF CONSISTENCY.  We don't understand it YET but there is a lot of purpose in all ll those seemingly crazy decisions.  I predicted, two days before the Portugal Holland match that there would be 8 yellow cards and 4 red cards .I was wrong on the yellows... there were 16, not only 8.  --- Referee had a job to do only he did it badly and not in accordacnce with whoever instructed him to act that way.  I read that Figo has never had a red card in his career that Deco has never had a red car.Costinha has never had a red card, so what happend IN THAT MATCH ?  English hero of 1966 Bobby Charlton said and I quote him "IT IS LOVELY TO PLAY AGAINST THE PORTUGUESE, THEY JUST GET ON WITH IT AND DON'T CHEAT OR DIVE !" So what happened against Holland ?  What happened is that is it is all been decided that England will wint the World Cup.  The whole thing of Football is beginning to stink.
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Praise the Lord...divine intervention in relation to the referee's mentioned. More should follow. I think Fifa have reacted for two reasons. 1) To save face. They have been abysmal. The ultimate responsibility lay at their feet. They have been embarrassed into acting on this problem. 2) It has gone too far. Some referee's cannot control the ego's and power that come with the privilege of having the centre in such an important world wide tournament. They wanted their 15 minutes of fame. They got it and now their well deserved plane tickets home, hopefully never to be given the responsibility again.\n\nNo I don't think he makes the English look bad. It is not their fault. It was his game and his decision how he chose to control it. He failed miserably. But so have many other very experienced referee's.\n\nI do not have anything against English people. They are no different to any of us. Passionate about the game and love to support their sides. We all have our share of biased supporters and all have times when we as people as well as our country re their football, perform or offer less than we are capable of.\n\nHe did have one good moment in the cup...he left it.
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SYDNEY FC are standing by their man, with coach Terry Butcher now looking more likely to see out the season after Sunday night's grinding draw against Perth Glory at Aussie Stadium.  While some sections of Sydney's smallest crowd of the season jeered the coach, others offered warm support.\n\nBenito Carbone could soon be on a plane back to Australia after offering to work within Sydney FC's shrinking budget in a bid to help save the job of embattled coach Terry Butcher.
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Yes bring on a European Coach, hopefully italian or english. :)
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"What a GREAT question" 'my man'... I have been saying this for ages!\nIt seems that FIFA and the English FA, just simply don't care and have forgotten what's 'MOST IMPORTANT' in football... 'the FANS'!\nFIFA come up with all these new (ridiculous) laws, determined to ruin 'our beautiful game' and really they should be looking at, how competent their officials are.\nThe 'black-mark' of this world cup (for many of us), has been, really competitive exciting matches, being ruined by 'over- zealous officials and NEW pointless FIFA guidelines!\nThe way you stop this is easy... but takes a lot of unity; between fans around the world.\nYou simply DO NOT go to watch your country; play live... take away their income... and they will start to listen!\nThe 'Football Association in England, appointed a new national team coach (of which about 5% of fans, actually wanted), without listening to any feedback... When an element becomes that powerful/obnoxious... you have to take away the sources that gives them such autonomy and a state of monopoly??? MONEY & SUPPORT... Only when we make such a stand... will we see a change!!!
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hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\nBad ref. I thought the FIFA referee is better\nOr may be he must sit down under pressure and he can't remember how many yelow card did he give Simunic.\nAnd one more : YELOW but not YELOV
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I heard that poll signed autographs before the spurs-chelsea match! he just likes the limelight and is seeking attention. and he's a cheat! (and a total moron! i mean 3 bookings to 1 player? that's just stupid!)
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ummm, soccermind - I think it's a bit insulting to suggest that no-one else here understands football.... How do you know?\n\nAlso I wonder what you think of the fact that the referee has gone to the press in Germany saying that he realises that he made a mistake, having now seen the video footage.  I think that probably answers the question.\n\nFor now though, the Australians are out, after a spate of shocking refereeing decisions against them, and one for: the red card on Materazzi.  When will the bias swing from the the 'Big' Countries??
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BEIJING: Chinese TV commentator Huang Jianxiang has apologised for his pro-Italian anti-Australian rant to an audience of many millions at the end of the World Cup match between the two teams on Monday. \n\nAfter Italy’s controversial last-minute penalty, which saw them through to the quarter-finals, Huang gave vent to his love of Italian football and his disdain for an Australian team he said was packed with players who lived in Europe. His remarks sparked a huge debate in China and rumours spread through internet chat rooms all day Tuesday – that a group of Australians had protested at the foreign ministry, the Australian embassy had complained to CCTV and Huang had been sacked. \n\nThe initially unapologetic Huang, who was backed by 50 percent of voters in one online poll, reconsidered his position and a letter was posted on the website of state-run CCTV. “I am familiar with Italian football and I hoped that the Italians would gain a berth in the last eight, to make the matches more exciting, but I have mingled my feelings and the role of my job. “It is not a standpoint that a TV commentator should have. I will apologise to those fans who express their dissatisfaction.” he said. Reuters\n\n\nPenalty! Penalty! Penalty! Grosso's done it, Grosso's done it! The great Italian left back! He succeeded in the glorious traditions of Italy! Facchetti, Cabrini and Maldini, their souls are infused in him at this moment! Grosso represents the long history and traditions of Italian soccer, he's not fighting alone at this moment! He's not alone! \n\n"Goooooal! Game over! Italy win! Beat the Australians! They do not fall in front of Hiddink again! Italy the great! Left back the great! Happy birthday to Maldini! Forza Italia! The victory belongs to Italy, to Grosso, to Cannavaro, to Zambrotta, to Buffon, to Maldini, to everyone who loves Italian soccer! Hiddink ... lost all his courage faced with Italian history and traditions ... He finally reaped fruits which he had sown! They should go home. They don't need to go as far away as Australia as most of them are living in Europe. Farewell!"
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I agree\nWhy should someone send me to the world cup?\nI can only hope!!!!
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He is regarded as the top referee in the Englush Premiership, and admittedly, he is a good ref, but his performance in the Croatia Australia game leaves much to be desired. I feel he tried too hard to make a name for himself and forgot he was there to referee.  His performance shot himself on  the foot and he has missed any chance of being at the final - no ref hands out 3 yellow cards if they know what they are doing!\n\nHe certainly isnt in the same ranks as Collina, the only ref i have ever seen to be cheered on the park at a Rangers European Tie.
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To say this tournaments referees have been an absolute discrace to the game of football would be paying them a compliment. I am an Australian and I firmly believe that the refereeing in the Aus VS Croatia game was the worst anyone will ever see! The Socceroos were incredibly lucky to survive the round after he denied 2 blatant handballs in the penalty area and a spear tackle on Viduka also in the penalty area. The socceroos should have had 4 penalties, including the one they actually got. Then Aloisi scored and the ref blew for full time and did not acnoldge the goal. He also gave one of the Croatians 3 yellow cards in the one game and allowed him to continue playing! It was ridiculous!How can the referees make such mistakes when they have two more running the lines and another one on the sidelines in front of a video screen watching replays? Before that there was the one in the Aus VS Brazil game. Everytime an Aussie touched or came close to a Brazilian, free kick! But when Kewell was chopped down just outside the area, nothing! I thought the ref in the Aus VS Italy game was much better... until he gave them that penalty in the 94th minute! Even the Italian press accept that it was never ever a penalty, Niell missed the tackle, the Italian jumped over him, lost his balance and fell over! That referee ruined the game in this country just when it was taking off. He also ruined the lives of those players and broke the hearts of socceroos supporters all over the world, and I hope he feels incredibly guilty. These are only examples from Australia games. I'm positive there have been dozens upon dozens of pathetic decisions by other referees against other countries as well, and it's these idiots that are deciding who goes through and who doesn't. I know it sounds impossible, but I'm sure there are some wheelings and dealings or blackmail going on involving this tournaments refs.