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I see the FA scheduled us to play Newcastle on Saturday at 12:30pm after playing a CL semi on Wednesday yet schedule City to play Saturday evening after a Tuesday match. 

I always thought that corruption would never happen in England, that somehow we are above it but I’m not sure anymore. We would look at other European leagues and feel that would never happen in England. It always takes some brave reporter wanting to make a name for themselves that exposes the corruption and how high it goes. Don’t count on sky as they just churn out corporate cr@p under the guise of news and I’m sure they are part of it. At some point someone will investigate deeply and probably find that it goes all the way up the line and the PL will come crashing down. So many decisions when ManUre were in the ascendancy were highly suspect, so many decisions have gone in favor of City, including them blatantly flouting FFP rules and getting away with it. It’s not sour grapes and in a season refs make mistakes and things even out but it’s not hard to spot patterns and when one team benefits from refereeing mistakes season after season it takes a fool not to question it. And the fact there is no reporting about this makes me feel this goes high up the line.

I am sure that in time we will find out that some titles teams like City won were tainted. There is too much money in football for a ref to make 50-100k per year and not think bigger. Not all refs I’m sure, but if someone offers them 1,000,000 to make mistakes in favor of a particular team over the course of the season, there will sure as sh1t be someone willing to take that offer. If a team is willing to pay 150 million for a player to help win them the league, then why would they not be willing to pay 100k to a ref to help secure the victory. Owners like Abramovich, the PSG owners, City’s owners have all make a living through corruption, why do we now think that they own a football team they wouldn’t.

The way things are geared nowadays it would be shocking if there was no corruption not shocking if there was. VAR just makes it all the easier.

English football is full of corruption and has been for a long time. Remember Fat Sam & Redknapp fiasco, Fictitious Chinese criminals buying Derby and even the owners with no morals allowing Clubs to be bought by unsavoury types. None of them Saudis would be in that league only for the other clubs voted to allow it and then they moan about the money they spend. The cheating of the accounts is another problem with the likes of city and manure spending what they want without impunity.

As fans we are the ones with the morals but what is the point when owners etc just do what they want. They obviously don't care if other clubs are cheating or where the money is coming from so why should we. If they can look the other way then surely we can to!! They all allow this to happen and all we do is whinge so, if its good for the goose!!

The whole world is corrupt anyway!! 

Just read this 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.liverp ... 242786.amp

The only thing it should be used for is in an instance of serious foul play and the rest of the game left to the officials on the field.

What do ye think about the blue cards ?

It's just another tool to be abused imo and should be scrapped before it even gets off the ground.  You can just picture it now, certain players should get red but will get blue instead. There will be no consistency either.

red till i die!! » Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:38 pm wrote:What do ye think about the blue cards ?

It's just another tool to be abused imo and should be scrapped before it even gets off the ground.  You can just picture it now, certain players should get red but will get blue instead. There will be no consistency either.

I agree, they can’t even manage watching slow motion and come up with the right result, just another thing to infuriate the fans.

It's just another excuse because they can't get the players to behave!
I'd upgrade yellow cards to 20 minutes in the sin bin and a red card would be an immediate one point deduction. Players would change their behaviour overnight.

They should introduce a black card for referees that consistently make glaring mistakes, that should most definitely include var officials. Why they don’t face repercussions I cannot understand. Referees should get punished for their mistakes like players do. They should make it like a driver’s license, points for mistakes then when you hit that threshold you’re gone.

Don't know anyone in favour of it tbh but they will introduce it anyway.  Imo the last thing the game needs at the moment is more confusion.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/david-coote-liverpool-premier-league-34083739

What every Liverpool supporter already knew

Bit more on Coote:

https://x.com/TheRedmenTV/status/1855971737596318099 THIS IS THE VIDEO OF HIM CALLING JK A CNT !!

Absolutely amazing that the man was so incredibly arrogant and stupid enough to allow somebody to film that conversation and he has the audacity to call Jürgen Klopp arrogant.

Source: Empire of the Kop @empireofthekop
Four key decisions given against #LFC by DavidCoote

Van Dijk's season-ending injury - no red card for Pickford - Coote VAR
Mane given offside to win the derby - Coote VAR
Odegaard handball at Anfield - not given - Coote VAR
Salah fouled by Bailey - no foul - Coote referee

The list just goes on and what with Kavanagh and Tierney involved in the Rodri handball failed penalty decision against Everton which allowed City to win the game. That debacle possibly cost us the league !!