pmchugh wrote:Sorry illy but I pissed my self laughing when that goal went in, you could see it was coming they weren't in the game at all and had a few decsisions go there way so it was bound to happen.
Pretty bullshit but hey-what can you do.
They got incredible lucky, with a massive boost from the ref. We were robbed, that's all I can say.
EDIT: sam when you do stop laughing imagine for a second Arsenal was beating Man u. I know it's a big stretch, but hey one day it might happen when you are semi-competent. And you get screwed over by the ref. Over and over again. Not particularly funny is it? Especially if Man u then scores in the dying minutes and wins.
Hilarious stuff, really. What should happen is video refs should finally be introduced like in every other popular sport-rugby, tennis, cricket, it's time for football to catch up.
Reduce it. Have each captain have 3 appeals each. Maybe only for potential red cards, or potential penalties. Slowing down the game will be worth it. Not only will it only slow down the game as much as a substitute, it is time for that.
Yesterday's match showed exactly how an incompetent ref can change just decide the entire game. We've all seen this, we we've seen matches ruined by penalties that should not have been given, no penalties to penalties that should have been given, red cards for nothing, cheats getting off without cards.
This won't stop all diving, but it will help a lot. Not only will the divers hesistate, knowing that their actions could be reviewed, but the divers will know their actions will not work. Also it will put the game much more on the actual teams, and not decide them on a human error.
Soccer is the sport which can be decided most by referee mistakes. Basketball, rugby, they're all higher scoring games where a ref mistake could easily not matter as much among all the other goals. Tennis and cricket too, only the most convoluted scenarios could produce such an effect. And yet the sport that needs the ability to refer to videos most, is missing it. Other sports are using it, football has to adapt too.
Oh well there will be 4+ Scots in the final next year when we get there 
f*ck. We can still win the league but that makes things significantly harder.
