Why was a referee from Manchester....

Yes, footballers are meant to be professional

So because he was from Manchester he was biased. Does that mean you wouldnt be allowed a ref from London because he might support Chelsea or Arsenal. You also cant have a ref from London or Liverpool for a Man Utd game because he might support Chelsea, Arsenal or Liverpool. That really is a stupid theory youve thought up. He was from Manchester so he clearly was biased and tried to help out Man Utds title bid. What a load of shit

EdinsonCavani wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:

EdinsonCavani wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:In that case, why have him referee Premier League matches at all? He could help a team get points or lose points for the favor of ManUtd or ManCity.

Missed the point

No I didn't. Referees are supposed to be professional and unbiased for 90 minutes. We can't go around and limit talent from refereeing a match because of where they live or are from. It makes more sense for international matches, but for league matches, who cares where you are from? The only exception is if the referee showed somehow that he supported a specific team.

key word.

And do you have hard evidence to prove he was biased? No. So he should be allowed to referee until he is found guilty of doing something immoral. Otherwise, you would have even worse referees officiating due to this location limit.

I thought Arsenal fans never moaned about the ref when they dropped points and they were above that

You can't have a ref from London, Birmingham, Wigan, Blackpool, Blackburn or Stoke refereeing any of games with relegation battlers in them because they will be biased

So....you're pretty much looking at finding one referee to referee 5 different games at the same time every week because there's probably only one in the whole league who couldn't be considered biased under this stupid theory.

grenade187 wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:

No I didn't. Referees are supposed to be professional and unbiased for 90 minutes.

Footballers are also supposed to be professional but...

Referees are payed to be unbiased and follow the rules. Players are not. You can't compare them.

Besides, your example proves nothing. So are you saying that footballers should not play because they might be unprofessional? If they are unprofessional, they get punished. Same with referees. They should be able to referee until found guilty of doing wrong and get punished.

moscowmadeit3 wrote:I thought Arsenal fans never moaned about the ref when they dropped points and they were above that

He can't have been a united fan cause all united fans are from london