Former ref admits to lying for retrospective action...

[silkyman]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/former-premier-league-referee-mark-8760242

As I've said in the City/West Ham thread, just ditch the 'did he see it' bit. If you are going to ignore the rule, why have it?

These behind-closed-doors shenanigans invite corruption, or at the very least accusations of corruption.

(Before someone says it. Yes. Aguero deserved the ban. It's the process of his, and apparently at least one other player's ban that is in question now. And just as importantly, which players were refs NOT told to say they missed it)

 

[Christian Slater]

This revelation doesn't necessarily mean the referee in the City game was also covering up.

I don't think it matters if officials are lying in these instances. Essentially they are working towards the correct decision, so who cares if they lie? The rule should be changed to eliminate the red tape, undoubtedly.

 

[Boz]

This revelation doesn't necessarily mean the referee in the City game was also covering up.

I don't think it matters if officials are lying in these instances. Essentially they are working towards the correct decision, so who cares if they lie? The rule should be changed to eliminate the red tape, undoubtedly.

The rules should be changed to include instances where the referee saw part of the incident and dealt with it on a partial view eg by a yellow card, but where the footage shows the incident was far worse, imo.

 

[Christian Slater]

The rules should be changed to include instances where the referee saw part of the incident and dealt with it on a partial view eg by a yellow card, but where the footage shows the incident was far worse, imo.

I'd go futher and overrule a referee if he had a perfect view and made the wrong call. Players need to be justly punished.

 

[Jarv]

I thought they had changed the rule anyway so it doesn't matter if the ref saw it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24847724

 

[Jarv]

I'd go futher and overrule a referee if he had a perfect view and made the wrong call. Players need to be justly punished.

and then demote them for the following week.

 

[silkyman]

So why did the FA make a big deal about the ref not seeing the Aguero elbow?

But anyway, that's not really relevent to the accusations here as presumably they were from before 2013.

 

[Christian Slater]

Maybe because he didn't? I don't think they made a "big deal" out of it anyway.

 

[irish-stu]

They say they don't want to re referee games, what a crock, if something is severe enough and they have proof just ban the player/players involved regardless of what the ref saw or writes in his report.