Premier League - Video: The Whistle Blower

the answer to this pathectic question is NEVER as­ fottballers are suposed to be men NOT OVER PAID VER­ RATED ACTORS THAT CRY IF SOMEBODY GO's OVER TO THEM­ AND SAYS BOO

When should Ref's show red ? When the team has­ nothing to do with the local area, like Man U for­ example.
It's an American owned team with a­ Scottish Manager and nearly all foreigners playing,­ cheating and acting.
It bears no relation whatsoever to­ Manchester and is basically plastic football.
I support­ grass roots REAL football by supporting a local team­ with a local manager and local players. I don't­ live miles away from my team and I go to all the­ matches. Many so called supporters never go to watch­ who they say they support !

The referees have not kept up with the game, they need­ full time training until there standard is as good as­ the football they are refereeing,at the moment they are­ not fit for purpose.

The fouling sods are going to do a dive at the­ slightest contact anyway............ so give them­ something that merits their acting skills ;-)

am sorry here they have gone and shown clips of the­ lower side teams in the league making them out as the­ dirty teams with the dirty players, this happened on­ match of the day they show all lower teams but no­ challanges from players from bigger teams which did­ happen, what about the Scholes challange on M.Davies­ which was at waist height which he got a kick in the­ balls when Scholes was no where near the ball why­ don't they show them challanges and ask why the ref­ doesn't send them of???? i will answer that­ it's because it's all bias and they don't­ want to bad mouth the so called top 5 because they are­ pictures as so perfect and they don't do owt wrong,­ these types of things piss me of cos if it aint about­ United, City, Chelsea, Liverpool or Spurs it means­ it's nothing because theres only 5 teams in the­ premier league not 20!!!

david r it sounds like u want football to be a non­ contact sport

Simple fact of the matter is that with everyone­ countless moaning about how red cards, yellow cards are­ dished out, and should there be technology in place to­ help out referees; controversy is good. Most fans will­ not admit, but its something to talk about, to get­ passionate about.

Supporters will get vexxed if the­ decision goes against their team, but with that said,­ if that element of the game goes, the game will become­ more like cricket. Not completely, because cricket to­ me is mind numbinley slow but more like it. Let asks­ the third empire...

Human error (to an extent) make­ the game more enjoyable to watch. Now goal line­ technology, nothing but thumbs up from me!

I've sat here watched the video of the tackles and­ also read all the comments made by people, as a referee­ and also a fan of football i don't like to see­ challenges like that in any game let alone the premier­ league. But from my point of view as an official I­ think the Yakubu challenge was a yellow not red and the­ Norwich one should of been red not yellow, the others­ the officials got right in my eyes! As for needing­ technology I agree for goal line but not for anything­ else because Referee's do a good job it's just­ the fact for the viewing public things get blown out of­ proportion, things like this happen every week in local­ leagues but because you don't have cameras or­ pundits things done get all hyped up when a challenge­ is made or anything else that's not in the context­ of the laws of the game. Also people who watch football­ or play football all have a slightly different take on­ things but the three people who work as a team to run a­ game of football are always the one's that get­ scrutinised for there decision making, when they get­ things right no one will praise them but as soon as­ they make a mistake everyone will be on there backs for­ it.

A Profesional manager once told me we don't cheat­ we just bend the rules

As we know the officials are talking to each other all­ the time through link up e.g. ref to fourth official et­ al. The fourth official either remains in proximity of­ managers to restrain them (should he/she have to?) and­ therefore doesn't offer video support from­ sidelines we would therefore need a fifth expert who­ can review and has a set period of (40 seconds­ whatever) to produce an accurate response to the­ referee. If he can't then within time restraint­ then ref has had time to make his/her call by­ timeout. This would also keep players of his back as­ they will be expecting a video response.

The­ frustration watching City v Utd, then City v Liverpool­ is consistancy but not just with opinions of diff­ referees but same referee being consistant within a­ game. If a referee is going to make a statement of­ reckless hardline red card after 11mins then he has an­ obligation to maintain it. There is nothing more­ frustrating for a fan than seeing their own player sent­ off and then 10mins later a clear bookable offence not­ being given. The second half between City & Utd­ would have been even more exciting with Evra off for­ two yellows after 48mins.

Johnson's tackle on­ lescott the following Wednesday was worse than the­ Kompany tackle on the Sunday but I wouldn't have­ sent either of them off. So neither I assume would­ Wednesday's referee.

30/40 seconds delay is a­ small price to play with the high money stakes and tv­ coverage of today's game.

Remember, it is what the referee sees ( or does not)­ and not the endless replays that you get from cameras­ that invite these debates.

Simple - a 4th Official with video reply.

If shirt-pulling was a red card offence, most games­ would be finished by half-time.

load of rubbish

Too many ref's are scared to take hold of a big­ game. Too many times the big clubs "get away"­ with it and the smaller clubs get stung. There has to­ be consistency. It all started with Kompany against­ Man U - it looked a good tackle until you saw the slow­ motion and realised that it was reckless and could have­ snapped a leg. However a few days later Johnson does a­ worse tackle and makes contact with a City player yet­ gets nothing.

I feel the same about shirt pulling in­ the box...happens every game and should be a penalty -­ very few given. If the refs get firm and consistent­ then the Premier League will become the best.

Hounding­ the ref? Showing the imaginary card? Stamp it­ out........the players get paid £100K + a week....lets­ see some proper football!!

Sin Bins & camera evidence to the ref will happen­ in football in the near future (Sebb Ballater RIP)­ because all footballers are taught to (cheat) do their­ best to undermine their opponents and gain an advantage­ from the ref,.
Batteries have already gone flat on real­ time telly and the poor linesperson has had to change­ their flag.
Technology is already on the pitch.­ Football boots with how many metres have you run
Dont­ deny it guys whatever team you play for or support, you­ know it goes on.
The worst thing you can do these days­ in my opinion is to play the Race Card. Keep it clean­ and entertain to the best of your abillity.
If your­ naughty, your sins will follow you to You tube! ­
This is a starter!

'The late thierry­ henry'

Re 18 caeserthegiza "It's not about­ technology, it's about­ having officials who are­ unbiased and have the b*lls to­ give a decision.­ Obviously when you have people like­ Howard Webb­ reffing a game you aren't going to get­ any­ fairness, like in the World Cup final, he allows a­­ karate kick by De Jong that everybody saw to go­­ unpunished by a red."

Howard Webb did let a red­ card offence go unpunished, but the reason for it he­ explained very clearly after the game: he hadn't­ had a good enough view of the incident, and so from his­ perspective could only give a yellow card as he only­ thought a high challenge had occurred - it was only­ AFTER the game, when he saw television replays, that he­ realised he had made a mistake (as anyone is liable to­ do). It absolutely IS about having technology, it is­ NOT about having biased referees without "any­ fairness". Webb gave interviews and explanations­ after the match, in all of which he very explicitly­ stated that had he seen de Jong's foul as all those­ watching on TV had he would have sent the Dutchman off.

How about a sin bin for dangerous tackles. surely a­ team wouild not want to lose more than one­ player.
elbows do a lot of damage, as do high tackles­ and two footed tackles.
How about 15 min sin bin to­ start with??

15. It's not about technology, it's about­ having officials who are unbiased and have the b*lls to­ give a decision. Obviously when you have people like­ Howard Webb reffing a game you aren't going to get­ any fairness, like in the World Cup final, he allows a­ karate kick by De Jong that everybody saw to go­ unpunished by a red. Your example of Schumachers­ assautl on Battiston in 1982 only proves my point.­ There was no way the ref didn't see it but he still­ didn't send off the goalie or even give a­ freekick!! Same with the Lampard goal in 2010.­ Everybody saw it, about 70 cameras but NO decision­ given. Even when they see it on monitors they will not­ make the decision.

What constitutes a sending off? Usually depends on­ whether it is for or against Utd.....