ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 3

[b-rad]

That's a narrow and functional definition of what professional means.

It's the definition. In the dictionary. That's what the word means.

 

[John BCN]

The article points out that Marriner had all the matchday officails ready to watch for an Everton player simulating during the match.

That's how completely relaxed they are about their inherent bias. There's no way an example about a Liverpool or United player would have been made or gone to print.

PGMOL are as corrupt as they come.

It was the home game against Forest so they are presumably referring to Gordon. Still poor practice to be prejudging decisions like that.

 

[Yarrgh]

That's not what 'Professional' means - it's their main, paid occupation, and/or the organisation exists which requires training or qualifications to join.

Of course, that should also imply consistency and impartiality, but that's not the meaning of the word.

So they are professionally bent?

They should be up for bringing the game into disrepute if the arbiters of the game can't be trusted, the game is devalued asa sporting contest.

 

[NathDogg]

Just heard from my sauce - The real reason Bellingham isn’t going to the mighty pedz is that he’s failed his medical.


He doesn’t have asthma.

 

[b-rad]

So they are professionally bent?

They should be up for bringing the game into disrepute if the arbiters of the game can't be trusted, the game is devalued asa sporting contest.

Professional and bent. Nothing we didn't know.

 

[PITA]

The impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees

Players, pundits and fans complain bitterly that referees are getting worse each season – but is that fair?

www.theguardian.com

'Among the 19 referees who work predominantly in the Premier League, the best performers are appointed most often, and they are the ones who get the most sought-after matches, those between the top-six clubs, which officials call “golden games”. If, as senior PGMOL figures like to say, the Premier League officials are the 21st team in the division, then its star players are Anthony Taylor and Michael Oliver, who are appointed to most of the big matches. “Just like Liverpool will always play [Virgil] van Dijk in a big game, we’ll appoint our big hitters,” Martin Atkinson, a former referee who now works as a coach for PGMOL, told me.'


Tells you all you need to know that.

Did you pick up on this?

By 11.30am, all four men had become FKWs, as they convened in a windowless room in the hotel for their pre-match meeting, a chance to go over the teams’ expected lineups, formations and tactics. Marriner made a note to monitor one particular Everton player who, he said, was prone to simulation. “You’re aware he’s been caught before,” Marriner told me, “so it’s in your mind that you must ensure that there’s sufficient contact for him to go down.”

I wonder who they are referring to. Maybe Gordon. Also, I wonder if the refereeing team ever had a similar conversation about Saurez or Gerrard or Salah?

 

[Bedfordblue]

The impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees

Players, pundits and fans complain bitterly that referees are getting worse each season – but is that fair?

www.theguardian.com

'Among the 19 referees who work predominantly in the Premier League, the best performers are appointed most often, and they are the ones who get the most sought-after matches, those between the top-six clubs, which officials call “golden games”. If, as senior PGMOL figures like to say, the Premier League officials are the 21st team in the division, then its star players are Anthony Taylor and Michael Oliver, who are appointed to most of the big matches. “Just like Liverpool will always play [Virgil] van Dijk in a big game, we’ll appoint our big hitters,” Martin Atkinson, a former referee who now works as a coach for PGMOL, told me.'


Tells you all you need to know that.

There’s some absolute guff in there (amongst the blatantly obvious biases), ‘motorway sushi’ and “We had to show them how to be professional athletes,” Hackett said……
Absolute gang of dangers

 

[Bedfordblue]

Did you pick up on this?

By 11.30am, all four men had become FKWs, as they convened in a windowless room in the hotel for their pre-match meeting, a chance to go over the teams’ expected lineups, formations and tactics. Marriner made a note to monitor one particular Everton player who, he said, was prone to simulation. “You’re aware he’s been caught before,” Marriner told me, “so it’s in your mind that you must ensure that there’s sufficient contact for him to go down.”

I wonder who they are referring to. Maybe Gordon. Also, I wonder if the refereeing team ever had a similar conversation about Saurez or Gerrard or Salah?

Basically setting them up to seek out conformation bias of a predetermined outcome.

 

[royalblue66]

Oh dear, should ruffle a few feathers

Damn shame that

 

[Bluerover]

Did you pick up on this?

By 11.30am, all four men had become FKWs, as they convened in a windowless room in the hotel for their pre-match meeting, a chance to go over the teams’ expected lineups, formations and tactics. Marriner made a note to monitor one particular Everton player who, he said, was prone to simulation. “You’re aware he’s been caught before,” Marriner told me, “so it’s in your mind that you must ensure that there’s sufficient contact for him to go down.”

I wonder who they are referring to. Maybe Gordon. Also, I wonder if the refereeing team ever had a similar conversation about Saurez or Gerrard or Salah?

....any wonder Evertonians are paranoid??

Just read that through. Even the players' kids booing them.

One question...
Why, an hour after the match, were the officials brought out of the ground by passing the dugouts???

Why were Everton players and their families populating said dugouts an hour after the match????

Preposterous.

 

[PITA]

....any wonder Evertonians are paranoid??

Just read that through. Even the players' kids booing them.

One question...
Why, an hour after the match, were the officials brought out of the ground by passing the dugouts???

Why were Everton players and their families populating said dugouts an hour after the match????

Preposterous.

Is that so that they could get to the car park?

 

[davek]

There’s some absolute guff in there (amongst the blatantly obvious biases), ‘motorway sushi’ and “We had to show them how to be professional athletes,” Hackett said……
Absolute gang of dangers

They're bent. Full stop.

No one oversess them and they self-govern. That's a recipe for corruption. And they are corrupt.

Look at that belter Clattenburg a few years back up to his eyeballs in debt and swanning round on pre-season holidays with Liverpool...

But the more mundane everyday bias is the most concerning. They make VAR calls and they know that if they hand it against a 'golden match' team they wont be officiating any time soon in one of their future fixtures.

That phrase 'golden match' should have alarm bells rining outside of all bt 6 clubs in this league.

Marriner has dropped a bollock there by letting the mask slip.

 

[davek]

Did you pick up on this?

By 11.30am, all four men had become FKWs, as they convened in a windowless room in the hotel for their pre-match meeting, a chance to go over the teams’ expected lineups, formations and tactics. Marriner made a note to monitor one particular Everton player who, he said, was prone to simulation. “You’re aware he’s been caught before,” Marriner told me, “so it’s in your mind that you must ensure that there’s sufficient contact for him to go down.”

I wonder who they are referring to. Maybe Gordon. Also, I wonder if the refereeing team ever had a similar conversation about Saurez or Gerrard or Salah?

It would be Gordon, yes.

Salah is one of the 'golden match' club players. It would be silly therefore to expect Marriner and other 'big hitters' to caution others to be aware of Salah simulating. His career as a top ref depends on him NOT handing those cautionary advice out to his match day team.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

It would be Gordon, yes.

Salah is one of the 'golden match' club players. It would be silly therefore to expect Marriner and other 'big hitters' to caution others to be aware of Salah simulating. His career as a top ref depends on him NOT handing those cautionary advice out to his match day team.

They did the same job on Johnson back in the day after Wenger called him a diver, totally ruined him imo.

 

[davek]

They did the same job on Johnson back in the day after Wenger called him a diver, totally ruined him imo.

IIRC Moyes invited the gangsters from PGMOL to watch a video of Johnson so he could chat with them about his 'diving'.

They didn't want to know.