The FA &Their Big Club Syndrome

Very true. I think the disallowed goal at Fulham was even worse decision, but all the media attension is on the Liverpool game.

We (LFC) didn't ask for the media attention. We have Sky Sports News to thank for that! By Sunday night i had a pain in my face listening to it myself. We were robbed, move on, get over it is my opinion. But i think there is a huge difference between awarding a free kick wrongly and awarding a penalty wrongly. Your liable to score 9 out of ten pens whereas 9 out of ten free kicks from 30 yards out are more than likely going to smack someone in the kisser in row Z. As for Kieth Hackett getting ROB noStyles to apologise.... i think its a bit much. Should referees have to answer for their mistakes and have a responsibility to explain their actions? YES. But chastising him like a naughty school kid is a little over the top. After all he is human. Just about. If he continuously makes high profile blunders then just sack him from his job like you would a normal employee.

So... wait a second... you're saying that Villa aren't a big team?

Fair point artful dodger makes about difference between a bad free kick and penalty award. Just happened to be bloody Gerrard taking the free kick, and it cost us! The same weekend Manure were awarded a shocking free kick in the last minute against Reading, but they haven't got Beckham anymore, didn't score, and the incident was forgotten. On the subject of big club syndrome, isn't it great to hear potato head confirm that both Wham and Sunderland are bigger clubs than Bloose!

Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manure ALWAYS get decisions in their favour because the 'TOP CLICK' are all the same, from the refs, managers, chairmen and players, they form their own little clan, it will never change. As for our incident...Petrov should have gone through Gerrard properly and justified the free kick, just like Finnan and 'crybaby' Carragher did all game to Young and Gabby. The 'Bottom Sixteen' should get tougher and stop showing these teams respect, and really get on the refs back every time he makes a decision, chant his name and shame him, when I'm in Italy Lecce and Co. don't do show much respect to Milan or Inter etc...., they just get stuck in.....time the 'others' did the same.....remember Wimbledon....those were the days...

Line them all up and shoot the b*******! that'l sort them out. at the end of the game both home and away supporters should get the chance to vote on their performance, and if they are crap sack them! we had Uriah Rene in a friendly against Inter and i even left that game saying how s*** the ref was.... and we won!!

Well i still think the Petrov decision was a lot harder to call than the Finnan/Malouda one. I couldnt really decide it wasnt a foul until i seen a couple of replays and seen that he actually got a touch on the ball. I mean refs get free kicks wrong all the time in any one particular game. If Stevie hadnt off put into the top corner no one would be talking about it. The fact is the Finnan/Malouda one was in the box and so blatantly not a pen. I cant really say about top 4 clubs getting the big decisions. I think all clubs fans have a persecution complex and they all like to think they get the shi**y end of the stick. You may or may not have a point about it but i see everything with obviously "Liverpool" coloured tinted glasses on. I bet you could get every club in the league who could point out a myriad of instances whereby they where "oppressed" against. As for vilifying chelski over the decision its hardly their fault. Well not directly. I would say they had an indirect influence over that particular decision because they constantly complained to the ref throughout the game. Its disgusting to watch and it gets on my tits. Is it gamesmanship or is it cheating? Is if it its gamesmanship then every other club should get involved and start doing it too, if its cheating then they should be vilified over it. I think there's a case for both. What i dont like is seeing Rob noStyles squirming out an apology. If he's totally incompetent at his job then just get rid of him.

Is Rob Styles just good friends with Roman or does he just do his housework. Maybe the FA should look into that relationship more. Oh wait thats no good they wont do anything