*Official* English Football Season 2012-13

[Pothas]

That's a smeller from the ref, clear contact there.

Don't really like this clampdown on diving, makes game-changing decisions out of molehills.

yeah and I swear that half the time when they do book someone for diving they get it wrong.

Im all for banning players when they feign injury and the like but the sort of situation we saw today is so much more difficult to call.

[Uppercut]

If they want to clamp down it has to be retrospective action. Otherwise they'll damage games like they did today.

I'd rather they just did nothing because diving is mostly just pretty funny but I'm in a pretty small minority.

[Uppercut]

Seeing it again, Torres's first yellow looks a lot like a red. Bit of a De Jong.

Actually I'm not sure. But both the SS pundits think it's a red.

[Ikki]

Did they confirm it was called offside? I'd assumed it was a foul against Coates.

Me too, could easily give that foul in the box. If they try and backtrack by saying it was a foul when they originally gave the offside that stinks even more.

Assistant flagged motioning offside, not a foul.

[The Sean]

Seeing it again, Torres's first yellow looks a lot like a red. Bit of a De Jong.

Actually I'm not sure. But both the SS pundits think it's a red.

I thought at the time he was pretty lucky to stay on, but it was probably 50/50 between a red and a yellow.

Makes his eventual red fractionally more legit though.

[Eds]

Seeing it again, Torres's first yellow looks a lot like a red. Bit of a De Jong.

Actually I'm not sure. But both the SS pundits think it's a red.

Yeah, definitely a red for mine. As Neville said, though, that just means the ref's got both Torres decisions wrong.

[The Sean]

Looks pretty awful there TBH.

[GIMH]

Hard to judge things like that from a still, IMO.

Not that I'm defending it, just saying.

[Cabinet96]

Breaking news: Chelsea have made a formal complaint, accusing referee Martin Clattenburg of using inappropriate language to two of their players.

[flibbertyjibber]

Breaking news: Chelsea have made a formal complaint, accusing referee Martin Clattenburg of using inappropriate language to two of their players.

You're off not allowed then?

[cpr]

Its all right, so long as Clattenberg apologizes after spending a year denying it.

[grecian]

Oh good another race row

[Pup Clarke]

Takes alot for me to laugh with Suarez.

[Scaly piscine]

Breaking news: Chelsea have made a formal complaint, accusing referee Martin Clattenburg of using inappropriate language to two of their players.

Must have used words with three or more syllables in them.

[wpdavid]

Given how much abuse the refs take from the players, my first instinct is to side with Clattenberg. It's like one or two of the brats in my workplace who spend their lives giving their teachers absolute hell and then whine like crazy when said teacher gives them anything less than complete 'respect'. That being said, if it was racial then he'll need to go. Obviously.