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I saw the two horror challenges by Barnes and if the referee is saying he didn't see them, can Barnes be charged after the game by the FA.
Two cowardly challenges that could have caused serious damage, the second one in particular.
AS for Maureen's conspiracy theory, the referee's have been awful for every team in the Prem at some point this season.
Maureen is very good at deflecting attention from his team's poor performances by blaming the officials.
Agree with all these points... the challenge was horrid and should have been punished - the Refs have been extraordinarily awful this season to everyone, and had Chelsea won 3 - 1 on the weekend Mourinho would have mentioned the incident (the sending off) but not dragged it out as he has. It's not pretty to watch, but neither are Rodgers pressers either 
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Mourinho is highlighting the referee's inneptitude...nothing wrong with tht. He is trying to swing things in favour of Chelsea, undoubtedly but he is highlighting how terrible refs have been and calling for video technology and tv refs to be introduces. Nothing wrong with that.
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"The best players in the world make mistakes. This gentleman [Martin Atkinson] is one of the top referees in European football, he can also make mistakes. He clearly made four important mistakes yesterday. He is like the lawyer who is consistent because he lost 15 of 15 cases. You don't want that lawyer."
"I am risking my place in the dugout for the [League Cup] final by having this discussion. I cannot go too far. But the reality is that week after week we are having these decisions . Football is football, but I think it is too much.
On the standard of refereeing in general
"The referees are trying, of course they are trying, but they are not doing well. It is not fair. That is not my opinion, that is in the eyes of everyone.
"How would I improve it? If the referee cannot see a penalty three metres in front of him, some official in front of a screen cannot miss it. If we want to protect the integrity and the honesty of referees, if we believe that mistakes - and I believe it - are because of the unpredictability of the game, then technology can help. If I was a referee I would welcome it.
"I spoke to the referee after the game. Mr Atkinson told me he didn't have the chance to see on TV the incidents. I asked him if he had any contact with people from outside of the ground - he said he had no feedback at all. He said that he didn't see any of the four incidents. He saw no reason for a penalty or a card in any of the actions." I love some of Mous speeches I think he's a funny character and has a brilliant point in this one as well. Additionally he's putting focus on him instead of the team after a disappointing result. In seriousness though, the standard of refereeing does appear to be dropping further and further.
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It's the way he goes about things though. He's demanding video technology - not because he has always thought it is better for the game, but because he thinks he needs it as proof that CHELSEA are hard done by. I can't be arsed to research, but I'd bet my nuts that there have been 'plenty' of decisions go in his favour that he was happy to let go without a mention. Many of them because of dirty Drogba's diving.
One that springs to mind is Eto's clear cut foul on Suarez at xmas 2013 which should have been a penalty in a game where he should already have been sent off. We lost that game - Eto'o scored the winner aswell! If we'd have had the 3 points that video technology would have given us we'd have been league champions. Chelsea hard done by my ar5e!!
I don't recall Mourinho demanding technology in his press conference after that game.....
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That Maureen is a tosser is to me an established fact, but some referees are certainly bigger tossers. Some mistakes are inexplicable and none of them has the guts to come out and say "sorry, I've made a mistake" even after watching replays.
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That Maureen is a tosser is to me an established fact, but some referees are certainly bigger tossers. Some mistakes are inexplicable and none of them has the guts to come out and say "sorry, I've made a mistake" even after watching replays. You know what...don't blame Mourinho, but don't blame the refs either. Not only do they have to contend with the growing number of cheats in every team but they only get a split second, from one angle to make their decision. Their doing fine.
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Mourinho is highlighting the referee's inneptitude...nothing wrong with tht. He is trying to swing things in favour of Chelsea, undoubtedly but he is highlighting how terrible refs have been and calling for video technology and tv refs to be introduces. Nothing wrong with that. I agree it's not some conspiracy among the refereeing community it's simply the game is now too fast and too over analysed it's impossible for a human being to control. They say video technology spoils the talking points and slows the game down. That doesn't happen in rugby for my mind it makes it more interesting particularly on TV.
IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD SPEAK SOFTLY - BOB PAISLEY
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That Maureen is a tosser is to me an established fact, but some referees are certainly bigger tossers. Some mistakes are inexplicable and none of them has the guts to come out and say "sorry, I've made a mistake" even after watching replays. You know what...don't blame Mourinho, but don't blame the refs either. Not only do they have to contend with the growing number of cheats in every team but they only get a split second, from one angle to make their decision. Their doing fine. Fair enough to try and find reasons for their mistakes, but they're not doing fine my friend, they're not doing fine..
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That Maureen is a tosser is to me an established fact, but some referees are certainly bigger tossers. Some mistakes are inexplicable and none of them has the guts to come out and say "sorry, I've made a mistake" even after watching replays. You know what...don't blame Mourinho, but don't blame the refs either. Not only do they have to contend with the growing number of cheats in every team but they only get a split second, from one angle to make their decision. Their doing fine. Fair enough to try and find reasons for their mistakes, but they're not doing fine my friend, they're not doing fine.. I strongly disagree. Referee's aren't worse than they were 10, 20, 30 years ago. 2 things have changed - 1) over analysis 2) cheating players I'm certain that referees got plenty of decisions wrong back in the 60s, 70s & 80s. But no one ever realised because we never saw the incidents under a microscope. At best, there would be one action replay angle - not 10 of them at 1000 frames per second. And the world wasn't full of cretins on twitter, phone ins and punditry shows taking about a single tackle for 3 hours! Get rid of the cheats in football and you get rid of nearly every debateable decision.
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Games's gotten way quicker - not to mention the tv coverage and angles.... no way in hell would I want to be a ref these days.
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