Liverpool 2010/11 Season Thread

[hudson]

Just seen an interview with Benitez on sky sports news, he said that mascherano would be desciplined by the club and that he knows he made a mistake

Just some proof that it was a Red card for anyone that is unsure or didnt see the match!

I seriously doubt many LFC fans (I hope) will think Mascherano was in anyway harshly done by. He was a tit in my eyes and I hope he comes out and apologises.

[saif]

He was a tit but I would love to hear what he said to get sent off as it seems a little odd when he went over to talk - not shout. That suggests a foul mouthed tirade - unless he said something in Spanish.

It is a retarded thing to do but as one of the teams that does not do it as much as others ( ut still more0 it is a little galling. If there is gonna be consistency then Rooney will be sent off every other game. As will Terry.

[hudson]

His body languange and eyes looked agrressive. If he was calmly spouting, then he may have got away with it. The guy looks like a monster at times. See his goal celebration last week? I suppose that's why he's called 'monster'.

[ShadowDancer]

I guess people have short memories of the United team that would surround the ref everytime a decision went against them, Keane, neville and co..it was ****ing disgusting.

[glazza]

I guess people have short memories of the United team that would surround the ref everytime a decision went against them, Keane, neville and co..it was ****ing disgusting.

Keane only did the same as Mascherano did today who rightly got what he deserved as as Hoolak as already said the idiot was well out of control.

[ShadowDancer]

I agree G...but united got away with it for the most part. Their Behaviour was disgraceful at times.

[Herbalizer]

I don't support any Premiership team but I just watched the highlights on MOTD and felt compelled to write something.

The Torres booking which led to Mascherano being sent off was a complete joke. The protest that saw Mascherano sent off was ironically his least intimidating one.

What annoys me more than anything is that I just know that the referees will show no consistency in enforcing this new policy.

[Rossco]

As I said in the Man Utd thread:

"Showing dissent by word or action

A player who is guilty of dissent by protesting (verbally or non-verbally) against a referee’s decision must be cautioned."

Taken from the laws of the game on the FA website.

http://www.thefa.com/NR/rdonlyres/09...07_08_book.pdf

[Herbalizer]

As I said in the Man Utd thread:

"Showing dissent by word or action

A player who is guilty of dissent by protesting (verbally or non-verbally) against a referee?s decision must be cautioned."

Taken from the laws of the game on the FA website.

http://www.thefa.com/NR/rdonlyres/09...07_08_book.pdf

Fair enough, Torres got booked for the above. However, I see dozens of similar instances every week that don't result in a booking. This is where the FA lets itself down, it has absolutely no consistency in its decision making.

If this game had taken place before the Cole incident then I have no doubts that it would have ended with 11 players on each team.

[Rossco]

Thats not the point though, thats the rules and today the ref done what the rules state. And hopefully it's a sign of things to come!

[Herbalizer]

Thats not the point though, thats the rules and today the ref done what the rules state. And hopefully it's a sign of things to come!

Whenever the FA or FIFA introduce new rules they enforce them to the letter to begin with, then they relax them over time. For example - in one world cup it was decided that tackling from behind was a straight red, there were too many players being sent off so Referees became more lenient. I hope that this continues, but history suggests it wont.

BTW, I'm not defending Mascherano at all, he deserved to go. But that Torres booking was a complete joke, if you book every player who says as little to the referee as Torres did then the game will become farcical.

[Rossco]

Yeah thats fair enough, modernise the rules as they go and as long as it's done properly, there's no problem but this rule needs to be strict I think.

Players should respect the referee to begin with and they just don't nowadays! It's a joke, any decision that goes against teams and 6 or 7 guys just crowd the ref and try to pressure him into making decisions!

It's not on.

[hudson]

I saw Gerrard and Carragher tell the ref to eff off to his face. I thought that was worse than Torres's case... They got ignored.

[Rossco]

Yeh well thats what I mean, that clearly should be punished too!

[rmoxon]

Being one for free speach, to be honest I think players should be alowed to say "oh F off..." and then walk away, but today Macherano was hasseling the ref from the first whistle, you could see the red card coming and he just looked like a fool, I felt pretty bad for him to be honest. Having said that I dont think it really effected the outcome of the game and I think you lot have a big enough squad to cover for him (lucas could even get to play a few games in a row if Benitez wants to make a point for instance), so there hasnt been that much harm done really.