Disgusting!!!

[Shanks]

My brother meets the chelsea players usually around once a fortnight as they fly from his airport to and from games (farnborough airport).
Him being the fireman, they have to check the players through (quick entry).

He was wearing a spurs jacket when they went through the other week, JT, looked at him shook his head, Joe Cole always has a laugh with him, but Ashley Cole was a complete cock.

My brother picked up his phone to scan it, and AShley just said to him, be careful with that, its worth more than you earn ina year ..

My brother dropped it whilst smiling at him.

Said he was a complete cock when he first met him, but he has since changed his mind saying that he was actually alright to talk to and had some friendly banter about the spurs shirt.

Still, I think he's a bit of an arse, but name one player that would make a bad challenge and admit they should be sent off whilst the game is going on.

 

[eViL]

Makes me wish Collina was around..

I'd love to see him face off with Terry.

 

[nidge]

Makes me wish Collina was around..

I'd love to see him face off with Terry.

Terry would quickly run away. :lol:

 

[yanno]

My brother picked up his phone to scan it, and AShley just said to him, be careful with that, its worth more than you earn ina year ..

What a complete and utter **** Cashley is.

Still sounds like your brother delivered the perfect response when he dropped the phone! I hope it was broken! :grin:

 

[Houdini]

There are two problems i see with the sinbin being introduced in football though - first, it'd break up the game and is a prime way to waste time without clocking up a yellow card. The second is that it would completely undermine the card system we have in place already and the FA would never allow that to happen.

If the rule was to be introduced to stop players approaching the ref, the punishment would have to be a card, but personally i think we could avoid all of this by the referees getting some balls.

A load of players bundle him he stands still and explains that all but the one he wants to talk to will walk away now. If they don't, he books them. If they continue to harass him, they get another yellow and sent off - the referee is there to set the rules. Regardless of if they're doing well or doing badly, you have to accept that this is the man who will judge your game, like it or suffer.

I would honestly applaud any referee, even if he sent off three players just for getting up in his face. Whilst players are barracking refs, trying to influence their decisions or anything and getting away with it constantly then it'll become accepted as normal.

It's got to be stamped on and the players made to realise they don't call the game, but i don't think any referee has got the balls to enforce the rules to the letter, especially when it comes to the top four.

The rules are already there for the refs to use, Rooney and his 'applauding' of the ref when he made a decision was sent off!
But Refs don't want to lose out on officiating the big games, and if they are seen as being over the top, as in sending players off, then they are not normally considered for the top games which are seen as showcase matches!
When the rule changes are made, and they will be made, maybe a yellow card will be given AND a certain amount of time in the 'Sin Bin'!
The game will not be held up for any more length of time than it would if a player was sent off with a red card, if a player shows dissent to the ref with regard to being sent to the sin bin then a red card is an alternative, as it is already, but rarely used i might add!
I agree with RSS that a ref has to make the stand and send off more than 1 player when this behaviour comes to the surface. but don't hold your breath, most refs are weak and easily back down under pressure!

 

[Bingy]

WHAT do we expect from the FA....when they are stuck up their own 'jacksies' in most everything that they ever try to do? They are STILL just an amateur association 'trying' to look good....but some things will never change. There should be a DISREPUTE charge (and conviction) taken against Cole....because, as has been said EVERYWHERE today, the boys and girls on everyday Britain will replicate the same tackle ('assault') very soon. Keano get's a card for 'nothing' and Cole get's an equally serious card for a MUCH more serious tackle. WHERE is the LOGIC? It would not happen in a PROPER Football Association....but....I forgot....The FA is NOT a proper one. :shake:

 

[drjimmy]

Cant belive he tried protesting against this :duh:


The ****. Hope FA fine the him & Chelsea for again hounding the ref

The fact that he stayed on the pitch just shows the weakness of Riley, as both a referee & a person.

He booked Cole for showing dissent to a linesman, yet when it came to him, he bottled it.

The tackle was worthy of a 'yellow' (at least!) and the subsequent show of dissent was also worthy of another 'yellow' (at least!)

There really is no excuse for Riley not sending a player off in those circumstances, and he has just compounded the problem for referees & the administrators.

 

[Houdini]

No Doubt, some chav will do a 'Cole' on an opponent this weekend, and be cheered on by his moronic parents!

 

[drjimmy]

No Doubt, some chav will do a 'Cole' on an opponent this weekend, and be cheered on by his moronic parents!

And Riley's lack of moral fibre will be to blame, IMHO

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Even though they are dopey bastards at times, I think Referees should be given more protection.

Players should be sin-binned for 10 minutes for confronting referees and all this shit would soon stop.

No they need to have the boillocks to stand up for themselves and the game. Riley should have given Cole a straight red. It was a no brainer. He even had the second option of yellowing him once for the tackle and once for the dissent but he bottled that to. Players are bound to take the piss when the are given such a clear green light to do so. The media are just as guilty. All this "it's a man's game" and "we hate to see people sent off" bollocks. Why ? They are cheats. They are gaining an advantage outside the rules when they foul and they are undermining the whole integrity of the game with their constant bullying of refs (which Cjelsea & ManU are the worst).

But the fault clearly lies with the FA and the refs. They could stop it tomorrow. You show disrespect or argue you get a card of one colour or the other. You comit a dangerous foul, red. Stop being lenient when a players already on a yellow or if he's wearing a ManU shirt (or one with Gerrard on the back).

The FA and Refs need to get some integraty and bollocks.

 

[drjimmy]

No they need to have the boillocks to stand up for themselves and the game. Riley should have given Cole a straight red. It was a no brainer. He even had the second option of yellowing him once for the tackle and once for the dissent but he bottled that to. Players are bound to take the piss when the are given such a clear green light to do so. The media are just as guilty. All this "it's a man's game" and "we hate to see people sent off" bollocks. Why ? They are cheats. They are gaining an advantage outside the rules when they foul and they are undermining the whole integrity of the game with their constant bullying of refs (which Cjelsea & ManU are the worst).

But the fault clearly lies with the FA and the refs. They could stop it tomorrow. You show disrespect or argue you get a card of one colour or the other. You comit a dangerous foul, red. Stop being lenient when a players already on a yellow or if he's wearing a ManU shirt (or one with Gerrard on the back).

The FA and Refs need to get some integraty and bollocks.

Quite agree!

The current Rules make provision for referees doing just that - but they lack the balls to stand up, even for themselves!

Until they do, this one will run & run........

 

[N10toN17]

I've thought for quite some time that English football is bent and nothing that went on last night has changed my mind. The F.A and the referees who they employ have one rule for the "four" and one rule for the rest of us, that's bent and it's starting to piss me off.

When you reach a point where so much money is at stake and in football in this country money is sloshing around by the bucket load the temptation is too great.

Riley did in no way referee that match fairly, we played 12 and when you play the "four" your always up against 12 men.

 

[sigurdl]

Mick Dennis of the Express was on SSN this morning explaining everything that Graham Poll had to go through last season after he sent off John Terry. Basicallly Terry said Poll changed his story and it took two months for Poll to prove him wrong. All Terry got was a fine.

He said Chelsea appeal against red cards as a matter of course and wondered if that weighed on Riley's mind. Dennnis also pointed out that Cole could have got a second yellow for turning his back on the referee. After all, he'd booked Robbie Keane and Joe Cole for dissent earlier in the game.

Chelsea's mob mentality of disputing decisions is a disgrace. The FA seriously needs to grow a pair and sort them out.

where can i listen to that? is it on itunes?

 

[Rocksuperstar]

of course, the problem will come when a manager with enough money comes up with a set of convincing figures, to prove that there is a bias towards the top four, then the fun will begin.

What happens when the action or inaction of the FA becomes a business matter and someone will get their lawyer involved? There'll be an "independant" investigation, all the while the man in charge will be pampered and fanned by the current FA, all under the guise of "being transparent". Maybe 4 years down the line, we'll get a verdict - no bias.

Guarantee it, they'll say that it's as likely these figures came up as it was for it to be any four teams, etc.

They have every base covered, from the very top of government to the coaches who volunteer at weekends. They don't jump when the FA says, say the right thing in front of the camera or show any kind of dissent, they'll just revoke their tickets and move them on as trouble makers.

It's the difference between it being a sport and it being a business, sadly.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

The good thing about all that stuff last night and the way all the Chelski players behave was that it suddenly got all the crowds backs up, including the players and they thought screw you lot your a bunch of tossers and we'd luv it if we can stop you winning the league, you ungracious twats

Until the Chelsea players started showing what a bunch of scum most of them are they were strolling the game, the crowd was quiet and they would have walked it.

Amazing how events and actions in games can turn a team and crowd of pussycats on the night into a very dangerous animal.

 

[Bill_Oddie]

One thing that hasn't really been mentioned is how Hutton was able to 'jump' out of the challenge. Had his leg not been lifted and he anticipated (in a tiny split second) what Cole was doing, he could well have been out for months, possibly for ever. That's the difference between him and Eduardo.


Again, I am just stunned that Riley was allowed anywhere near a Premier League game just 5 days after being demoted from the Premier League (which was about sodding time). The FA HAVE to send him back down now. Surely... *doesn't hold breath*

 

[Houdini]

Where ever he goes he will be a prick!

 

[Kushal]

Will be good to see who breaks whose leg first when this prick plays against Eboue on Sunday!

If Capello's got any sense and respect for players, he won't pick him for the next friendly.

Either way, Ashley Cole's a **** of the highest order!

 

[MelSpur]

The FA can go after Cashley **** and Chavski on a blatant DISREPUTE charge. Cashley's behaviour was prima facie insolent, insulting and bullying towards the match official. Since Riley's a hopeless wimp, he took no action, but there are clear precedents which show that the FA can bring DISREPUTE charges AFTER a match finishes.

But given this is Abramovitch and Chavksi, the FA will probably do SWEET F.A.

Agree with this. But then FA have no balls ... we all know that. :shrug:

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Nope, just checked again and i can't see Mr Blatter voicing any opinion on this... :shrug: