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  • Jan Vertonghen Pulls Down the Pants of Nicklas Helenius and Gets Away With It

    Jan Vertonghen Pulls Down the Pants of Nicklas Helenius and Gets Away With It

    There’s something weird going on this season with Tottenham and referees, who seem to be turning a blind eye to anything illegal the players do, with Jan Vertonghen pulling down the pants of Nicklas Helenius and not getting called for the foul which would have resulted in a penalty kick being the latest of weird decisions.

  • Hugo Lloris Cheats to Save Tottenham

    Hugo Lloris Cheats to Save Tottenham

    Tottenham scored a dramatic 93rd minute goal by Paulinho to get their fourth win and stay on par with Arsenal on the top of the Premier League. However, if it wasn’t for an illegal save by Hugo Lloris, the ending might have been very different.

  • Premier League Referees At Their Absolute Worst

    Premier League Referees At Their Absolute Worst

    Two figures; Jonathan Moss and Martin Atkinson stand out as the worst of the bunch in another terrible day for refereeing in the Premier League, with the former allowing Manchester United a breezy win against Crystal Palace with an invented penalty kick and red card, while the latter made mistakes on both sides in the Arsenal – Sunderland match.

  • Too Many Blown/Missed Calls in Week 1

    Too Many Blown/Missed Calls in Week 1

    While the NFL is the most monitored and heavily officiated sports league in the world, mistakes, serious ones keep happening. All the league can do to console teams like the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers is admit that there were mistakes, nothing more.

  • Referee Dieter Van Esch With the Worst Decision of the Season

    Referee Dieter Van Esch With the Worst Decision of the Season

    It’s hard to believe how blind a refereeing crew can be, even when there’s no real need for a replay back at home to see what actually happened. In a match between Royal Antwerp and Geel (Belgian second division) referee Dieter Van Esch managed to completely blow a situation in which a dive by Marijn Steurs of Geel, which happened outside the box, turned into a penalty kick despite the non-foul.

  • Referees Keep Ruining Big Games (Bayern Munich vs Barcelona)

    Yes, it wasn’t a fair fight. Bayern Munich steamrolled over Barcelona with a 4-0 victory that already puts them in the Champions League without a real need for a second leg. And yet, the feeling that referee Viktor Kassai messed up one a lot of big decisions, including three goals, gives another example of the crisis in terms of match refereeing football is experiencing, while nothing is done (hint: start using replays) to make things better.

  • Howard Webb is the Worst Referee in the World (Newcastle vs Sunderland)

    Howard Webb is the Worst Referee in the World (Newcastle vs Sunderland)

    FIFA and the Premier League might be very proud that they’re installing Goal Line technology pretty soon, but who cares about that when referees like Howard Webb, and the linesmen he has “helping” him don’t know what an offside is, helping Sunderland win 3-0 against Newcastle by disallowing a completely legal goal by Papiss Cisse before giving David Vaughan a chance to score while he was offside.

  • Referees Don’t Know What an Offside Is (Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga)

    Referees Don’t Know What an Offside Is (Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga)

    The Champions League won probably by getting Dortmund to score an illegal goal in the 93rd minute, giving them a 3-2 aggregate win in the quarterfinals, as Felipe Santana scored the dramatic winner after a double offside went unnoticed by the referees. Earlier, Eliseu scored the potential winning goal also from an offside the linesmen and the referee missed.

  • God is a Manchester United Fan

    There has to be a reason why referees in big matches, and especially in the Liverpool – Manchester United rivalry usually take the red devils side when it comes to big decision, giving Alex Ferguson the reputation of someone who influences the results with more than just his lineup and in-game decisions.