Penalty?

[rich47]

Was that not the worst refereeing performance you have ever seen?

[Teddy_boy]

No.How would you know if it was or wasnt the worst refereeing decision ive ever seen?

[Fanriffic]

If you're referring to the Scotland vs Cheat Republic, then yes it was a bad penalty decision by the ref. Absolutely shocking.
Football needs to move in to the 21st century and start embracing video technology to help refs make better calls on dodgy incidents.
I like a good game of football but haven't been to a match for years because I think it now offers poor value for money and I don't agree with the wages the players get.

[rich47]

I would not know teddy_boy ... that was why I was asking.

[Buenchico]

The worst refereeing performance I've ever seen occurred when the ref, after drinking at least a dozen pints of strong lager the night before, suddenly found his blood sugar levels crashing to zero and the will to live rapidly ebbing away from him.

I still feel guilty about refereeing that match! ;-)

[flobadob]

It balanced out a little though as Adam could very easily have been sent off for the full studded challenge, with a penalty included.

[ELVIS68]

I think the ref knew it as well judging by his face at the end

[bibblebub]

What about players accepting some responsibility for their cheating? Do footballers who cheat by falling over to try to win a penalty have that same attitude in the rest of their lives? Do they turn on that way of thinking when they are only on the field of play or are they inveterate cheats in the way they live their lives?

[mightyWBA]

Just seen it on the news..Blatant dive.
The Czech player is as much to blame as the Referee.
Until technology is allowed to be used I'm afraid these things will keep happening.

[Tim123]

This one was worse

http://www.jokeroo.co...rld-cup-handball.html

Also the referee of Anderlecht v Nottingham Forest in 1984

[rowanwitch]

No a certain match between Chelsea and Barcelona rings a bell

[joeluke]

Rowan....was that the match where Mourinho accused the ref Anders Frisk of meeting with Barca's coach Frank Rijkaard at half time?.....which ended up with the ref receiving death threats and quitting as a ref?

http://news.bbc.co.uk...c/chelsea/4346509.stm

Frisk was one of the best international referees in the game and didn't deserve to be hounded out of the game by 'win at all costs' Mourinho

Mourinho is now being shown up for what he is in Spain - he's a top coach but his childish petulance (poking an opposing coach in the eye recently?) smacks of being a bad loser

http://www.youtube.co...HzumA&feature=related

[Philtaz]

It was a shocking decision, as was the one at the opposite end when the Scot was fouled in the box but was booked for diving!

It is for exactly these instances of blatant cheating coupled with ineptitude by officials that has seen me lose interest in football of late and spend more time watching rugby and cricket.

The fact that the Czech player blatantly dived ought to bring about swift action and censure from UEFA and FIFA, but what do they ever do? The 'Fair Play' diatribe is a joke as there is very little evidence of it! If a rugby player acted in a similar manner he would face severe penalties from the authorities and doubtless be banned from all forms of his sport for 6-8 weeks, whereas footballing governing bodies do the square root of f**k all.

What is worse is that players obviously practice this sort of skullduggery in order to hone their technique. Why don't FIFA clamp down on them?

Furthermore, why does football in general have to remain in the dark ages in rgards to technology? It is the ONLY major sport in the world that does not use it! The argument that it would slow the game down is absolute nonsense. In the time it took for the Scotland players to protest the decision the 3rd official would have taken all of 15 seconds viewing replay footage to realise that the player had blatantly dived.

The introduction of technology in tandem with severe punishments for diving is the only way forward, yet FIFA and UEFA are about as much use as a catflap on a submarine when it comes to confronting the problem head on.


Just my two pennorth worth!