“Did anyone watch the Liverpool v Spurs last night... if our players and manager are 'apparently' being sent off for foul and abusive language (Beckford, Pearson, Howard...) then how on earth did Liverpool finish with 11 players?? Every time a free kick was awarded against them or they didn't get a decision you could blatantly see the words being said in the ref's face.. Andy Carroll was the worst, numerous times he told the ref to F*** OFF and was not even booked. I will state that I thought the ref was excellent, he controlled the game and never looked like trying to steal the headlines. You could see the linesman and the ref communicating throughout the game, and whilst there were some hefty challenges flying around the game never got out of control.

Which brings me to my next point... whilst I agree that foul and abusive language especially against an official is wrong, if they start dishing out red cards every time then every game would be abandoned as there would be no players left on the pitch. And if one ref punishes for it and another doesn't then where is the CONSISTENCY!! It must be confusing for players as one week they get away with it and others they are punished. I am certainly not condoning it but it seems we are the only team being punished for some strange reason!”

“Don't you think the reason why refs are making so many mistakes is the fault of the players,the minute they step over that white line the only thing they think about is how much they can get away with it's cheat cheat cheat all the time, so the refs have a job to tell if a player as been genuinly fouled or not ,so it is causing them to make mistakes.I have been watching football for more years than I care to remember and years ago when football was played in the right spirit and there was no diving,shirt pulling arm holding and rolling around in agony because someone blew on them,refs made less mistakes,so as I say players have brought all this on themselves.
And talking about cheating there was such things as diving,shirt pulling and such like before all these foriegn players came over especially the ones from the African countries. They brought it over and the british players saw them get away with cheating so they starting doing it as well,now everybody does it.It has been great having some wonderful foreign players over here,but that is the downside to it.”

“Foxyrod

You are absolutely spot on, the game is being spoilt by cheating players and managers, players rolling around feigning injury, managers and players making the "card" gesture trying to get other players booked or sent off, it sickens me, any player/manager seen doing that by the officials or later on TV footage should be dealt with. Good point about 2 refs, but there already 4 officials at the game, if they all communicate with each other then they should be able to get decicisions right. I ran a youth team for 5 seasons from 1990 (under 10's) and most of what you mention took place then so I dread to think what it is like today. For me it starts with the player's mentality, get that sorted and a lot of problems we mention on here will disappear almost overnight.”

“It's a case of the ref's looking after one another. They have a snitcher on Nigel Pearson and whoever we play from now on we will also be playing the officials. Jermaine Beckford should never, eve,r have been shown a straight RED even if there words exchanged. But now they are saying he got a straight red for contact with the other player whist he was down. What a load of bullsh!t. The league should go on strike in protest of these dodgy decisions. Words fail me, they really do. Something has to be done to put these cheating officials into line and be responsible for their wrong decisions. In my opinion the FA should put the officials out for three games for getting a decision wrong and loose the 3 weeks payplus a hefty fine. On the complaint in any league and any club.

Forget about the play-offs and concentrate on staying up. I feel a lot of our players will be poached over the summer because we just haven't been good or consistent enough.”

“Look the officials got the headlines over the weekend again, the beckford affair being a bit harsh even if he did verbally abuse the player hey its a mans game, ref gavin Ward against "boro" was poor and Andy Woolmer on saturday did not have the best game, But look what we witnessed on sunday, Howard Webb who is supposed to be the best ref in the country blatantly hand Man Utd a point by that dubious penalty (by the way he has given 9 penalties to united in 22 games) his discisions were appalling, same has the Huth incident for Stoke, i for one have never been in favour of video replays but whilst referees and linesmen are tending to move backwards rather than forwards then i feel it is time to bring them in.
As for the City we have to start planning for next season has the last 2 games have all but finished any chance of making the play offs.”

“Moan all you like but Leicester City F.C. are no better on the field than virtually ANY of the sides in this division.

There have been players changed and players dropped. Players have had several opportunities to claim the shirt as their own but only 3-4 can hold their heads up as having a good season.

Then we have folk knocking Sol Bamba as being the reason that we are CR** at the back because he's to flash!
He is the ONLY player to have played EVERY minute for Ivory Coast as the storm into the S/F without conceding a single goal! He is playing alongside the likes of Drogba and 2 Toure's.
Maybe Sol Bamba is the ONLY decent player we have and the others let HIM down?”

“ive said before we could learn from rugby, the refs are shown a lot more respect and the players themselves in he main are more disciplined , this is because rugby players are real men compared to most footballers who give the impression that they could fall over and do a triple sommersault due to a spring breeze .ex footballers taking up reffing sounds like a good idea but in practice , none would take it up because the know the abuse refs used to get from themselves when they were players . although there are some younger refs nowadays , most are older than the players they are officiating over. i think one problem is, how can you expect a man in his fourties to physically keep up with blokes of 16 to 35 who train nearly every day ? i think because the game is faster nowadways especially in the premier league ,there should be TWO referees in every match. one in each half of the pitch .the main problem with the refs is their governing body . every fan can see what the main problems are , players trying to con refs by pretending to be injured at the slightest contact,players trying to wrestle each others shirts off every time there is a corner or free kick , having lord knows how many phases of the offside rule, verbals off the players, back in the 60s and 70s it was a disgrace to be sent off , nowadays its as if the players do it to guarantee a few games holiday,if us fans can see the problems why cant the refs bosses see whats wrong and deal with it. i can see BLUEFOXES point . ive got three lads who all started playing junior football at the age of 8 and the are now 16,20, and 22 . when the were kids , we often went to away games where the home linesman would continually put the flag up every time our side got in their half of the pitch , which to me shows how far society has stooped when cheating takes place in kids football . but to be honest now my lads have grown up and play local league football, if i want to watch a good hard fair game of football , where two players go into a tackle and then get up without doing a triple salko and 95% of refs are sound ,then i dont put the professionals on tv , i go to our local parks and pitches. NONE of my three lads has EVER rolled around on a football pitch, and have only stayed down when properly injured , it makes me wonder what the parents of these pros on massive money think when they see their sons cheating and feigning injury.”

“USAfox,,, Slow down a gardamn minute there pardner!

I was at the game and what I saw Beckford do made me believe that he said something untoward to the opposing player. However, all the info coming out of the club today says that the referee's report states that he was sent off for kicking out at the opponent? That seems impossible to me so a reprieve may well be on it's way so don't make a judgement when not knowing!”

“I get bored of watching football on the TV these days, as all you ever see is players tripping over blades of grass. Every time a player dives they should be shown a yellow. But of course this needs consistency! Even when a player is tripped, 9 times out of 10 they throw their hands in the air, go limp and try to impersonate Tom Daley - to deal with this give the free-kick for the foul but still book the player, as his dive has the sole intention of getting the tackler into more trouble.
And while i'm having a rant, the FA need to ask the RFU for advice on refereeing. Every game I see has players shouting abuse at referees, instantly running to them waving their imaginary cards in the air to try and pressure the ref into making a rash decision. Next season the FA should bring in a new rule - if you're not the captain you cannot speak to the ref. This works every week in rugby because if you answer back to the ref or swear at him you get penalised and the other team make ground. If players dont folow the new rule, book them.
Its true that every ref would have to be consistent and follow through with the rule, and of course most games would end up 5-a-side in the first few weeks of the season, but it would soon make the players change and make watching football more enjoyable. And as a consequence it would show the footballers of tomorrow how to to act with some decency on the pitch, and also make sunday mornings enjoyable for the refs that volunteer their time!”

“LeicsTilliDie

"What a load of muppets you lot are, blatantly not city supporters" ??????

Did I miss something, please explain.”