Beni
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Didn't know if I should of created this in General or Spurs Chat, but thought as it affects us I will put it here, Mods feel free to move if requird.
Today is another example of another poor display by the Ref and Linesman, and it's not the first. Its not even marginally wrong, its embarassing how clear it was that he was in his own half.
Call me a conspiracist, but this same linesman flagged everything in the 2nd half that were marginal offside for our forwards, yet in the 1st half all of the marginal ones for them (Defoe offside in lead upto their equalizer, and Fletcher was offside for his chance that he should of scored) he didn't put his flag up, and just seemed so eager to let everything go Sunderlands way compared to ours.
Foy has previous with us, as mentioned by others, with Adebayors disallowed goal against Stoke in 2011, and we have a history of bad decisions.
Now, I have been saying this for years, the officiating in this country is corrupt or make decisions based on biased judgement. Refs will like football to want to be a ref, and all will have a favourite team which they will disclose to the FA, meaning they cannot ref a game involving their supported team. It doesn't stop Refs dislike for clubs though, I mean I support Tottenham, but I hate Liverpool, but because I have no affiliation with Liverpool, if I was a ref, it wouldn't be forbidden for me to ref a Liverpool game and this possibly would cloud any 50/50 decision to sway heavily to 1 side.
This isn't about a 'Poor Tottenham, everyone is against us" thread, as I am sure many clubs get their their fair share of poor decisions that are being discussed on their forums right now. Like Newcastles blatant penalty for handball today against Southampton that wasn't given, that would have earnt Newcastle a draw.
Whether you agree with me about the corrupt/biased officials or not, surely there is an agreement that the officiating in this league is really bad and could be vastly improved or aided in their decision making. I am not saying every decision can be right, and I do have sympathy with refs with certain decisions, as the game is so quick, and is hard to have eyes everywhere and they don't have the luxury of slowed down replays etc. So what do we do about it? Just accept it...
I really can't see why in the modern era, with the technology available to us, we haven't moved the the game forward for video technology. I am not saying bring it in for every decision, as it possibly would slow the game down. But for every big decision, like the award or non award of a penalty, you could challenge. To view a replay of a tackle, that in refs eye could be a red card. After a goal is scored, whether their was an offside or infringement in the build up.
I personally like the idea that, if a sides manager doesn't agree with a certain decision, they have a certain amount of challenges during a game, that they can use to challenge a decision, where it would goto independent officials in the stand to override or agree with the Ref.
This, in my opinion won't slow the game down, as most of these challenges would come once the play is already stopped i.e After a goal is scored and being celebrated, the award and waiting for the penalty to be taken, waiting for a player to leave the field if red carded.
I have added a poll to get your thoughts
Today is another example of another poor display by the Ref and Linesman, and it's not the first. Its not even marginally wrong, its embarassing how clear it was that he was in his own half.
Call me a conspiracist, but this same linesman flagged everything in the 2nd half that were marginal offside for our forwards, yet in the 1st half all of the marginal ones for them (Defoe offside in lead upto their equalizer, and Fletcher was offside for his chance that he should of scored) he didn't put his flag up, and just seemed so eager to let everything go Sunderlands way compared to ours.
Foy has previous with us, as mentioned by others, with Adebayors disallowed goal against Stoke in 2011, and we have a history of bad decisions.
Now, I have been saying this for years, the officiating in this country is corrupt or make decisions based on biased judgement. Refs will like football to want to be a ref, and all will have a favourite team which they will disclose to the FA, meaning they cannot ref a game involving their supported team. It doesn't stop Refs dislike for clubs though, I mean I support Tottenham, but I hate Liverpool, but because I have no affiliation with Liverpool, if I was a ref, it wouldn't be forbidden for me to ref a Liverpool game and this possibly would cloud any 50/50 decision to sway heavily to 1 side.
This isn't about a 'Poor Tottenham, everyone is against us" thread, as I am sure many clubs get their their fair share of poor decisions that are being discussed on their forums right now. Like Newcastles blatant penalty for handball today against Southampton that wasn't given, that would have earnt Newcastle a draw.
Whether you agree with me about the corrupt/biased officials or not, surely there is an agreement that the officiating in this league is really bad and could be vastly improved or aided in their decision making. I am not saying every decision can be right, and I do have sympathy with refs with certain decisions, as the game is so quick, and is hard to have eyes everywhere and they don't have the luxury of slowed down replays etc. So what do we do about it? Just accept it...
I really can't see why in the modern era, with the technology available to us, we haven't moved the the game forward for video technology. I am not saying bring it in for every decision, as it possibly would slow the game down. But for every big decision, like the award or non award of a penalty, you could challenge. To view a replay of a tackle, that in refs eye could be a red card. After a goal is scored, whether their was an offside or infringement in the build up.
I personally like the idea that, if a sides manager doesn't agree with a certain decision, they have a certain amount of challenges during a game, that they can use to challenge a decision, where it would goto independent officials in the stand to override or agree with the Ref.
This, in my opinion won't slow the game down, as most of these challenges would come once the play is already stopped i.e After a goal is scored and being celebrated, the award and waiting for the penalty to be taken, waiting for a player to leave the field if red carded.
I have added a poll to get your thoughts
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