The ref Mariner...

[theShiznit]

Managers and players all have to answer tough questions five minutes after the game has ended, explaining to fans/sponsors why the game played out the way it did, referees should have to do the same or even make it part of the fourth officials duties that weekend addressing the media.

http://www.football-lineups.com/tourn/FA_Premier_League_2012-2013/Stats/Penalties/

Reason they don't wheel out refs for interrogation is that they know within a few weeks they would run out of refs after they had claimed something which was so far from the truth that it would be embarrassing to the FA (or whoever governs the refs) and action would have to be taken.
Instead they allow them time to dissect the events and come up with plausible excuses.

 

[Spirit58]

he really should be disciplined somehow. utterly incompetent today.

He's been utterly incompetent for years, there was nothing special about today's performance from him, I'm actually amazed that he's still officiating at any level let alone premier league.

 

[markiespurs]

The standard of refereeing in this country has been on the decline ever since they became professional and yesterdays ref just gave another example of this.

 

[Lighty64]

i really wished Bale hadn't dived the way he did v Villa at home, that was so bad it has cost him nearly all of his 7 bookings in the EPL and poss his 2 in the Europa, and escape that 1 in the Europa might of saved us extra time away to inter and might of made us less lucklusture at home to Fulham

the ref was absolutely dire yesterday, but he is no different to the rest that never give us FA.

this season i can only count 2 decisions that went our way, Rooney not (Fucking surprisingly) getting a pen at our home game v Manure, and Ade not getting called offside when Sig got the equaliser v Chelsea. ok due to work and never seem to be able to get these stream things working ive not seen us on TV as much as others, but they are the only occassions ive spotted

 

[vegassd]

http://www.football-lineups.com/tourn/FA_Premier_League_2012-2013/Stats/Penalties/

Those stats are pretty amazing. Spurs and Swansea combined to play at least 114 hours of football this season without a single foul committed in the opponents penalty area... I think not! Just shows how wrong referees must be getting things.