Stupid Ref

[marc71178]

****ing ********, fifa can get ****ed, i know they hate australia but this world cup has been ****ed they have cheated us out of a quarter final, we did well to get this far anyway...

Yes, I mean if it weren't for the referee missing the Cahill foul in the first game, you'd have gone home after the first round.

 

[marc71178]

Being frustrated by umpiring errors or cheating or the result of a sporting event or whatever isn't the same as jingoism or nationalism, now is it?

Except the penalty decision was by the letter of the law a correct decision.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Except the penalty decision was by the letter of the law a correct decision.

Do you ever get sick of yourself? You win, England are better. Get over it.

 

[Blaze]

Do you ever get sick of yourself? You win, England are better. Get over it.

What annoys me is that I can't put him on my ignore list because it says that he is an administrator...

 

[benchmark00]

What annoys me is that I can't put him on my ignore list because it says that he is an administrator...

LOL!!

 

[Adamc]

Sorry marc71178 is a moderator/admin and you are not allowed to ignore him or her.

 

[Robertinho]

Except the penalty decision was by the letter of the law a correct decision.

Prove it.

 

[Buddhmaster]

Poofta = good language

 

[Cloete]

What annoys me is that I can't put him on my ignore list because it says that he is an administrator...

Yeah that's pretty annoying.

WIll have to ask James about this because, quite simply, Marc is a complete annoyance who has no administrative control at all.

 

[James90]

Go easy on the guy. Surely there's nothing wrong with picking and choosing what possible decisions could have gone what way to make a team that deserved to go through the quarters look bad. Surely the couple of penalties that weren't given against Croatia, the whistle blowing as the ball left Aloisi's boot and two Japanese players consciously bundling Schwarzer out of the way don't count for anything.

 

[cricketboy29]

Tough tough luck you guys, I thought the way the aussies played until then was absolutely brillant, and you guys deserved extra time if not penalties to settle it. But I guess, you win some you lose some.

 

[Robertinho]

Except the penalty decision was by the letter of the law a correct decision.

Marc, a trusty soccer critic...

Penalty

 

[Sir Redman]

Yes, I mean if it weren't for the referee missing the Cahill foul in the first game, you'd have gone home after the first round.

How, exactly, do you know for certain that if the penalty was called Schwarzer wouldn't have saved it? Or the Japanese guy put it wide? Or, if they had scored, that Australia would get a goal back?

 

[Buddhmaster]

Bloody hell Marc, go away

 

[Smudge]

How, exactly, do you know for certain that if the penalty was called Schwarzer wouldn't have saved it? Or the Japanese guy put it wide? Or, if they had scored, that Australia would get a goal back?

Because Marc can see into the future - as seen here with Merv!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Can we please drop the "FIFA hate Australia" nonsense? If they hated Australia, a) you wouldn't have been allowed to play AFC, b) Cahill would have conceded a penalty against Japan, c) Materazzi wouldn't have been sent off.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

A timely return.

 

[Robertinho]

Can we please drop the "FIFA hate Australia" nonsense? If they hated Australia, a) you wouldn't have been allowed to play AFC, b) Cahill would have conceded a penalty against Japan, c) Materazzi wouldn't have been sent off.

In a blaze of glory, Neil makes a red hot return.

 

[Jono]

Yes, I mean if it weren't for the referee missing the Cahill foul in the first game, you'd have gone home after the first round.

To my knowledge, 3 is still > 2.

 

[GIMH]

Yes but wasn't it 2-1 or maybe even 1-1 when Cahill commited the foul? Would have made a huge difference at that point in the game, and it's stupid to assume that Australia would have still scored the same goals if the course of the game had been altered.