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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28700 Posts
April 10 2023 15:54 GMT
#2041
Nothing crooked about the Robertson incident, just terribly unprofessional.
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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-04-10 16:01:19
April 10 2023 16:00 GMT
#2042
Yeah its nothing to do with sporting integrity, it is just that linesman "had enough" of being abused all half and snapped, but you can't do that, as much as sometimes players deserve it lol.

What the play should be, is if Robertson really annoying him, tell the ref and get him booked, not elbow him in the head!
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sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18481 Posts
April 10 2023 16:31 GMT
#2043
Crooked is Spurs - Brighton
DropBear
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia4371 Posts
April 11 2023 04:16 GMT
#2044
On April 10 2023 21:29 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2023 20:49 evilfatsh1t wrote:
On April 10 2023 20:41 Jockmcplop wrote:
On April 10 2023 17:03 evilfatsh1t wrote:
you cant have a zero tolerance policy against harassment and then allow for officials to constantly make the mistakes they do. some of the decisions that are made are just sheer incompetence, and considering the impact referees have over results and the larger football ecosystem, they rightly deserve their fair share of criticism when they make stupid calls.

its one thing to condemn death threats and such, another to attempt to protect them from all criticism entirely.

I haven't seen loads of headlines and sheer insane outrage about Salah missing a penalty.
Its the same thing.

....thats not even close to being the same thing.

the far more practical and realistic approach is to just improve the financial package of being a referee. the idea that referees could and should be shielded from all criticism is a pipe dream. its better to just make it worth their while rather than advocating for something thats never going to happen.

That might work too. I thought PL referees would be millionaires like the players they have to babysit, but turns out that a PL referees makes around 70k a year (between salary and game commissions). It's not a bad wage, but considering half the players make more than that in a single game, it's worth considering redistributing a bit more of the TV money to the referees rather than the clubs...

Shit is that all they make? No wonder noone wants to do it.
Sucker for nostalgia
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6975 Posts
April 11 2023 07:48 GMT
#2045
lol PL is such a shitshow with Refs and VAR.
If VAR was at least decent, they could make all the decisions there and use the ref only as middleman. That way they wouldn't have to take as much shit from players and media
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Melliflue
Profile Joined October 2012
United Kingdom1389 Posts
April 11 2023 07:56 GMT
#2046
On April 10 2023 20:49 evilfatsh1t wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2023 20:41 Jockmcplop wrote:
On April 10 2023 17:03 evilfatsh1t wrote:
you cant have a zero tolerance policy against harassment and then allow for officials to constantly make the mistakes they do. some of the decisions that are made are just sheer incompetence, and considering the impact referees have over results and the larger football ecosystem, they rightly deserve their fair share of criticism when they make stupid calls.

its one thing to condemn death threats and such, another to attempt to protect them from all criticism entirely.

I haven't seen loads of headlines and sheer insane outrage about Salah missing a penalty.
Its the same thing.

....thats not even close to being the same thing.

the far more practical and realistic approach is to just improve the financial package of being a referee. the idea that referees could and should be shielded from all criticism is a pipe dream. its better to just make it worth their while rather than advocating for something thats never going to happen.

I don't want to stop all criticism of officials. I want to stop the abuse from players and managers. Every game the referee will be surrounded by players. Most games sombody will touch the referee to stop them walking or turning away. In other sports you can get immediately sent off for (intentionally) touching an official. Football accepts intimidation of officials.

And I do think Salah missing a penalty is the same thing. His penalty wasn't saved, he missed. That was sheer incompetence, and it had an impact on that match and possibly the whole title race. We expect the officials to be perfect but accept that players are only human. We very rarely give officials credit when they do well but they receive an incredible amount of abuse when they make mistakes (and often receive abuse from players and managers when making a correct decision).

Finally, the players (and managers) make it very hard for the referees to do their job. Arsenal players were exaggerating injuries throughout the first half against Liverpool. (A player went down early in the second half but the ref let play go on until the ball went out, when the ref spoke to Odegaard, and miraculously Arsenal players stayed healthy afterwards.) When Liverpool were awarded a penalty, 5 Arsenal players surrounded the referee.

More generally, strikers are running in weird directions and throwing their legs out so there will be contact, when they will fall to ground and hope for a penalty (I'd put Jota's penalty in this category, he wasn't trying to play the ball he was playing for a penalty). Players also throw themselves to ground exaggerating an injury hoping an opponent will be sent off (eg Kane).

Players make life difficult for officials. I want to make life better for them. Then maybe we get more people wanting to be a referee and therefore we get better officiating.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18481 Posts
April 11 2023 08:04 GMT
#2047
I will agree 100% that refs should be free from abuse during a match.
But managers should be able to criticize mistakes from refs after a match. If they were wrong -> punishment to managers. If they were right with their criticism refs need to explain how that mistake happened and why VAR didnt help.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 11 2023 08:56 GMT
#2048
On April 11 2023 16:48 Harris1st wrote:
lol PL is such a shitshow with Refs and VAR.
If VAR was at least decent, they could make all the decisions there and use the ref only as middleman. That way they wouldn't have to take as much shit from players and media

That is how i thought it was going to work, make the decisions on tv and the guys in middle just helps out.
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MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1301 Posts
April 11 2023 09:27 GMT
#2049
If you want to see how referees should be treated then look to rugby union.

Robertson should be banned for several games for touching an official.
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6975 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-04-11 12:29:51
April 11 2023 12:26 GMT
#2050
Looking at some American sports numbers:

NBA: 250.000 $ - 550.000 $ / year https://boardroom.tv/how-much-nba-refs-paid/
NHL: 165.000 $ - 360.000 $ / year https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/sharks/how-much-are-referees-nhl-paid

Also check out rules 39 & 40 in the nhl rulebook
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18481 Posts
April 11 2023 15:07 GMT
#2051
Is there anyone here who believes foden is better than saka?

I am only asking because they have the same net worth
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 11 2023 15:11 GMT
#2052
I am still on the lines of Foden is better, looking at the stats its pretty close but Foden plays way less than Saka. Plus Foden has "done it" for like 3 seasons now? Whereas Saka this is first real season of potency, all be it a good one.

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/player-comparison?player0Id=32989&player0isActive=1&player0compSeasonId=418&player1Id=14805&player1isActive=1&player1compSeasonId=418
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18481 Posts
April 11 2023 15:14 GMT
#2053
Saka has done it for several seasons now...
gTank
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria2584 Posts
April 11 2023 15:54 GMT
#2054
On April 11 2023 16:56 Melliflue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2023 20:49 evilfatsh1t wrote:
On April 10 2023 20:41 Jockmcplop wrote:
On April 10 2023 17:03 evilfatsh1t wrote:
you cant have a zero tolerance policy against harassment and then allow for officials to constantly make the mistakes they do. some of the decisions that are made are just sheer incompetence, and considering the impact referees have over results and the larger football ecosystem, they rightly deserve their fair share of criticism when they make stupid calls.

its one thing to condemn death threats and such, another to attempt to protect them from all criticism entirely.

I haven't seen loads of headlines and sheer insane outrage about Salah missing a penalty.
Its the same thing.

....thats not even close to being the same thing.

the far more practical and realistic approach is to just improve the financial package of being a referee. the idea that referees could and should be shielded from all criticism is a pipe dream. its better to just make it worth their while rather than advocating for something thats never going to happen.

I don't want to stop all criticism of officials. I want to stop the abuse from players and managers. Every game the referee will be surrounded by players. Most games sombody will touch the referee to stop them walking or turning away. In other sports you can get immediately sent off for (intentionally) touching an official. Football accepts intimidation of officials.

And I do think Salah missing a penalty is the same thing. His penalty wasn't saved, he missed. That was sheer incompetence, and it had an impact on that match and possibly the whole title race. We expect the officials to be perfect but accept that players are only human. We very rarely give officials credit when they do well but they receive an incredible amount of abuse when they make mistakes (and often receive abuse from players and managers when making a correct decision).

Finally, the players (and managers) make it very hard for the referees to do their job. Arsenal players were exaggerating injuries throughout the first half against Liverpool. (A player went down early in the second half but the ref let play go on until the ball went out, when the ref spoke to Odegaard, and miraculously Arsenal players stayed healthy afterwards.) When Liverpool were awarded a penalty, 5 Arsenal players surrounded the referee.

More generally, strikers are running in weird directions and throwing their legs out so there will be contact, when they will fall to ground and hope for a penalty (I'd put Jota's penalty in this category, he wasn't trying to play the ball he was playing for a penalty). Players also throw themselves to ground exaggerating an injury hoping an opponent will be sent off (eg Kane).

Players make life difficult for officials. I want to make life better for them. Then maybe we get more people wanting to be a referee and therefore we get better officiating.


This is such a great post! We should stop blaming refs for mistakes that managers and especially players force.
One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chlorate, one errant twitch...and kablooie!
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 11 2023 16:03 GMT
#2055
On April 12 2023 00:14 sharkie wrote:
Saka has done it for several seasons now...

20/21 5goals 3assists
21/22 11goals 7assists
22/23 12goals 10assists and counting

Foden
20/21 9goals 5assists
21/22 9goals 5assists
22/23 9goals 4assists

But foden plays less, he manages 28 games a season lol. But i mean to the point Saka has not "done it" for several seasons now, he is on 2 in a row at best.
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sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18481 Posts
April 11 2023 16:12 GMT
#2056
On April 12 2023 01:03 Pandemona wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2023 00:14 sharkie wrote:
Saka has done it for several seasons now...

20/21 5goals 3assists
21/22 11goals 7assists
22/23 12goals 10assists and counting

Foden
20/21 9goals 5assists
21/22 9goals 5assists
22/23 9goals 4assists

But foden plays less, he manages 28 games a season lol. But i mean to the point Saka has not "done it" for several seasons now, he is on 2 in a row at best.


He is a year younger than Foden...
has played more games than foden for club and country
Has better stats than foden, attacking and defensive
plays in a much worse team than foden
Is more of a leader than foden
Is a much nicer bloke than foden

Oh but hes black! Sorry, the most inportant trait in England
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28700 Posts
April 11 2023 16:13 GMT
#2057
Foden actually has a better goals/assist per minute this season of PL than Saka.

I think they're close enough where stating that one is clearly better than the other is pretty silly. Both are top PL players, but Foden has tougher competition.
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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28700 Posts
April 11 2023 16:19 GMT
#2058
On April 12 2023 01:12 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2023 01:03 Pandemona wrote:
On April 12 2023 00:14 sharkie wrote:
Saka has done it for several seasons now...

20/21 5goals 3assists
21/22 11goals 7assists
22/23 12goals 10assists and counting

Foden
20/21 9goals 5assists
21/22 9goals 5assists
22/23 9goals 4assists

But foden plays less, he manages 28 games a season lol. But i mean to the point Saka has not "done it" for several seasons now, he is on 2 in a row at best.


He is a year younger than Foden...
has played more games than foden for club and country
Has better stats than foden, attacking and defensive
plays in a much worse team than foden
Is more of a leader than foden
Is a much nicer bloke than foden

Oh but hes black! Sorry, the most inportant trait in England


Being 21 vs 22 isn't really a big deal. Played more games for club is pretty obviously related to playing for a less stacked team (Saka would have fewer minutes played if he was a City player and that's a fact), I don't see where his stats are much better but tbh I haven't looked in depth at those - but it doesn't hold true for goals/assist anyway, City has more squad depth but saying the team that leads after 30 games played is 'much worse' is just plain silly, I like Saka a lot but have no idea if he's actually any nicer than Foden is and I haven't seen much in terms of leadership from either. And then your final line is just what?
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Jockmcplop
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom9708 Posts
April 11 2023 16:52 GMT
#2059
Foden was better than Saka, but not anymore imo
RIP Meatloaf <3
Melliflue
Profile Joined October 2012
United Kingdom1389 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-04-11 17:20:08
April 11 2023 17:19 GMT
#2060
On April 12 2023 00:07 sharkie wrote:
Is there anyone here who believes foden is better than saka?

I am only asking because they have the same net worth

Are you talking about transfermarkt? I believe they take into account how long the player is under contract, and Saka's contract expires next year but Foden is under contract until 2027. Knowing you could potentially get Saka for free at the end of next season will decrease his transfer value.
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