I dont believe it either mate, its the only type of stats I have seen around it though.
ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"
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I dont believe it either mate, its the only type of stats I have seen around it though.
TheBlueGibbon
Player Valuation: £40m
I note they haven't actually done any statistical analysis to see whether the differences are actually statistically significant, instead the journo has basically just said, LOOK IT'S DIFFERENT.
Librarian
Player Valuation: £70m
Wow, this is the kind of scrutiny you get when you don't give decisions to Liverpool. It says that they've taken their que for this 'study' from major league baseball, which is a hint at who might have prompted this article. No wonder they have the most Pens this season and indeed the most penalties in the history of the Premier League. Referee's know that what Mourinho says about LFC media bias is bang on and consequently that it doesn’t pay to mess with them.
Have never seen this happen to any official after any of our games.
Que soft early pen in front of the Kop next weekend.
Clint Planet
Utter Cad.
If Webb bottles the decisions, it should even out for everyone over time. Totally different to him being an evil South Yorkshire Policeman hellbent on vengeance.
Et tu Mark Antony!
toffee matt
Player Valuation: £60m
Minimeister
Player Valuation: £35m
Didn't Brenda whinge about not getting a penalty around X-mas time and then they've had one in every match since?
Their crying makes me laugh but at the same time the thought that they actually believe they're hard done by makes me doubt there of this world yet again.
Their crying makes me laugh but at the same time the thought that they actually believe they're hard done by makes me doubt there of this world yet again.
ScouseBlueBoy
Player Valuation: £15m
The comments on the Telegraph blog are hilarious, my fave being "unjustified hatred of Suarez".
Deluded morons at best - lying vermin at worst.
Deluded morons at best - lying vermin at worst.
AggieToffee
Player Valuation: £1m
It just boggles my mind how they (and other teams for that matter) can get away with blatant referee manipulation. At the same time, the way that legitimate refereeing mistakes are just glossed over doesn't make sense to me either. Over here in the states in the NBA, NFL, MLB (everywhere but the MLS ironically), etc. is ANYTHING that sounds like questioning the integrity of the refs is said by a player or coach they get slapped with a pretty hefty fine. At the same time, referees are under a pretty stringent review/assessment program. If they start screwing up, they get demoted down from heading a team or even to the minor leagues. It just seems so damned avoidable and fixable, and yet no one in the FA, UEFA, or FIFA seems to give a crap.
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just testing how to multi quote tbh
tsubaki
Player Valuation: £90m
Some shockers there, especially that Brisbane vs Perth one. I think even kopites would question their team getting a decision like that.
efcfanwirral
Player Valuation: £30m
I'm so glad we aren't playing them in the cup - at least arsenal aren't likely to have the ref onside for that game!
Classic quote from a Red talking to Man U fan in the comments thread from that link
"Yes it's true that Lpool have had more in total - but that SO isn't the point.
It isn't the total number of penalites that makes the difference, Rupe - it's having crucial, game-deciding penalties awarded (or not awarded) in key, pivotal games.
You only have to cheat your way to a relatively small number of penalties - as long as they are the important ones."
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