Comments on: Premiership Referees Are In A No-Win Situation http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-referees-are-in-a-no-win-situation/482 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:33:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Gaffer http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-referees-are-in-a-no-win-situation/482#comment-1119 The Gaffer Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:38:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/12/06/premiership-referees-are-in-a-no-win-situation/#comment-1119 Corradi got a second yellow card today for diving in the penalty area against Man United and got sent off.<br/><br/>I do agree with what you said though.<br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>The Gaffer Corradi got a second yellow card today for diving in the penalty area against Man United and got sent off.

I do agree with what you said though.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-referees-are-in-a-no-win-situation/482#comment-1117 Anonymous Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:26:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/12/06/premiership-referees-are-in-a-no-win-situation/#comment-1117 Remember that referees have to view incidents at ground level and, with the speed of play, often with players between them and the ball; TV cameras have a bird's eye view from which it's much easier to see the full action. And that's before we even get on to slow motion replays and different angled shots from a multitude of cameras. Nevertheless the standard of EPL refereeing is too patchy. It seems to take a long time for some of the younger ones to come through the system whilst others, like Poll, spend too much time trying to be the centre of attention. I've yet to see a red card for diving in the penalty area. Why? It's blatant cheating. They should be summarily banished. A few of those and diving would be eradicated. Remember that referees have to view incidents at ground level and, with the speed of play, often with players between them and the ball; TV cameras have a bird’s eye view from which it’s much easier to see the full action. And that’s before we even get on to slow motion replays and different angled shots from a multitude of cameras. Nevertheless the standard of EPL refereeing is too patchy. It seems to take a long time for some of the younger ones to come through the system whilst others, like Poll, spend too much time trying to be the centre of attention. I’ve yet to see a red card for diving in the penalty area. Why? It’s blatant cheating. They should be summarily banished. A few of those and diving would be eradicated.

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