Referees Blatantly Ignoring The Rules Of The Game

[Chenmyster]

Steven Nzonzi free to face city after appealing his red card which was a blatant miss but intended stamp. Nasri will likely to miss the game after an flick of a head that was never a headbutt and never make contact....Barry was suspended for confronting the referee, but fergie got nothing... Just a normal week in the premier league

[frozen_pea]

I'm not sure the argument that he meant to pass back along the floor but miss kicked it holds as 'not intentional'. It's all in the eyes and that's the direction he was looking!!

I look at incidents these days and think what if it was us too. Aguero pen, no. Their freekick, bloody joke, back pass, definitely, and I'd have called zaba for it, although I do think hart knows the rules. He would have tried to head it leading to a goal and then we'd want that head on a pole ;-)

I'll be honest, before the weekend I didn't realise it was handle, I always thought it was catch / pick up.
The thought had never really been in my mind to differentiate, but when you think about it, it's the same thing, handling the ball!

I'd be upset if the back pass went against us, but would understand it. It's how well doe the ref know the rules.
Remember the (I think Villa v Birmingham) match where a (Villa?)player took a throw in, back to the keeper, went under his foot and in.
Now you can't score direct from a throw in, and there is no way the ref could have seen the ball scrape the keeps studs, but the goal stood.
Do the refs know all the rules, the interpretations and all the nuances? Would he / the linesman have been watching Garrido that closely?

[frozen_pea]

I'm not sure the argument that he meant to pass back along the floor but miss kicked it holds as 'not intentional'. It's all in the eyes and that's the direction he was looking!!

I look at incidents these days and think what if it was us too. Aguero pen, no. Their freekick, bloody joke, back pass, definitely, and I'd have called zaba for it, although I do think hart knows the rules. He would have tried to head it leading to a goal and then we'd want that head on a pole ;-)

I'll be honest, before the weekend I didn't realise it was handle, I always thought it was catch / pick up.
The thought had never really been in my mind to differentiate, but when you think about it, it's the same thing, handling the ball!

I'd be upset if the back pass went against us, but would understand it. It's how well doe the ref know the rules.
Remember the (I think Villa v Birmingham) match where a (Villa?)player took a throw in, back to the keeper, went under his foot and in.
Now you can't score direct from a throw in, and there is no way the ref could have seen the ball scrape the keeps studs, but the goal stood.
Do the refs know all the rules, the interpretations and all the nuances? Would he / the linesman have been watching Garrido that closely?

It was Villa Birmingham:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLawwFbGWS0