To echo Mourinho's words....

[Jamo Martinez]

Got to be honest, I thought it looked like Osman was going down before contact was made.

same here to be honest. McCarthy's looked a penalty though

 

[Minimeister]

Got to be honest, I thought it looked like Osman was going down before contact was made.

I think you need to look at the defender's actions before studying Osman's body language. If a defender dives in and gets nowhere near the ball while fouling the player, why does it matter if Osman was going down or not?

As someone has pointed out in this thread, the stoat was pointing the other way for a foul against Osman before he's even hit the floor. Just seen the Tottenham highlights and again they've gotten away with some unbelievable decisions to win a match. All we ask for is consistency.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Osman dived.

He did, Defo made the most of it, it was a foul too. Mirallas did the same last week, won a free kick too.

 

[RFUS]

It doesn't matter if Osman's looking for it. Do you think Liverpool's players weren't looking for it for their 12 penalties?

Their player makes contact with Osman -- he's sliding along, across Osman's legs -- and makes no contact with the ball. That is a penalty all day, in today's game.

It's about consistency. There is none in this game.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

It doesn't matter if Osman's looking for it. Do you think Liverpool's players weren't looking for it for their 12 penalties?

Their player makes contact with Osman -- he's sliding along, across Osman's legs -- and makes no contact with the ball. That is a penalty all day, in today's game.

It's about consistency. There is none in this game.

Give it a rest. You've just said it doesn't even itself out. Mirallas dived as won a FK last week.

 

[Rook]

The ref also missed a clear cut handball by us which if called would have ended the match.

Not excusing the refs performance, he sucked just like 90% of the other prem refs this year and its time to import in some refs in from other countries.

However Barkley, Lukaku and the rest also sucked as bad if not worse than the ref yesterday.

 

[Chang Elephant]

Got to surround the refs more, it looks as though we actually enjoy decisions going against us....which a few GOT posters appear to.

mmmmm come on big boy Mariner/Oliver/Clattenberg....stand on my tessies some more...

 

[The Mighty Quint]

12 penalties for the Sh*te, talk about handing them the title.

 

[Rook]

12 penalties for the Sh*te, talk about handing them the title.

This gets you suspended in the MLS. But what do we know about "soccer".

 

[The Mighty Quint]

I've just thought about it again, 12 Pen's is absolutely ludicrous, 12!, bloody 12!, Christ on a bike!

 

[Zatara]

One thing about mourinho is he builds a solid young spine in his teams....

Stones / McCarthy / Barkley and possibly Ledson to come in gives us a great spine --just need a keeper and a forward to add balance and youth.

 

[mawders]

Got to be honest, I thought it looked like Osman was going down before contact was made.

Thank you. He was. And the ball was going out of play. I'd have been fuming if that pen was given against us. We lost because S'ton played really well and we couldn't break them down. We were unlucky at times. If the cross into Lukaku just before HT was 6 inches lower then he scores. If his header in the 2nd half is anywhere else, then he scores. If that offside decision was not made then Gerry may have scored (although maybe not). We just need to try and win out next 2 games and get 75 points.

Unthinkably, we need a title-handing liverpool win today

 

[Jags..class]

12 penalties for the Sh*te, talk about handing them the title.

Now lets say we are using technology in the game, and the player get to view this on the big screen before making a decision, he would have not given the pen.

What I would like to see is panel of three refs in a studio, who send their decisions by Wi-Fi and the ref on the pitch goes with the result. If the ref goes to award an pen, then the three refs should vote blind, the refs are not in the same room, look at the replay and send their verdict. The ref decision can be upheld by the other three refs who have seen the replay.

 

[Khalekan]

We can talk all we like about yesterday's ref but we played crap and scored the goals which beat us ourselves.

 

[kenada_blue]

We don't bully the refs like all the teams above us do. Haven't done it for years.

Too nice. Osman shouldve been up as with all the players chomping the refs face off.

Kinda summed up the day when everyone's head went down.