Worst decisions by a ref...?

Sorry but Evans jumps for the ball first, wins it. Then Drogba jumps straight into Evans leg (makes no attempt to win the ball) Yes Evans catches him with his foot, but that's only because Drogba jumps straight into him! The commentators at the time said the same thing if I remember correctly, and then his reaction afterwards is despicable, he's such a cheating ****.

Lol I'm a chelsea fan and I agree that drogba is a melodramatic fool at the best of times but you are seriously blinded if you can't see that was a terrible challenge by evans, if drogba hadn't have jumped he probably would have caught him in the head...if that was terry on rooney I bet your interpretation would be considerably different.

There was no need to kick out his foot like evans did.
 
It's 50:50 for me, Drogba was looking for it and Evans was more than happy to let him have it. Reminds me of kids who swing their arms around while walking forward, warning that if you get hit 'it's your own fault'... :p

And if anyone's sympathising with Drogba we really need a clip of his off-the-ball dive against Newcastle a year or two ago... I looked for it for ages and couldn't find it. It's pure, undistilled Drogba at it's most frown-inducing.
 
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It's 50:50 for me, Drogba was looking for it and Evans was more than happy to let him have it. Reminds me of kids who swing their arms around while walking forward, warning that if you get hit 'it's your own fault'... :p

haha that is exactly it :D Drogba was trying to get Evans sent off no question.
 
Got to be that one if it's the one I'm thinking about, it even hit the back of the net before coming out.

It cost Crystal Palace a point that would have made the last game of the season against Sheff Weds irrelevant instead of a relegation decider.
 

That was pretty brutal but his hilariously stupid over-reaction kills any chance of getting the bloke sent off. If he had went down in pain like he probably was without all the histronics Evans would probably have seen red. The ref probably didnt see it properly and when he sees Drogba twitching like a shot rabbit he probably thought "over-reaction much?!?"

But if we are talking great over-reaction nothing beats this baby;


its worthy of an oscar!
 
Season after season it seems to be decisions by officials that determine a clubs/players/managers success just as much as by their own making. This season has seen it's own fair share of shockers... post 'em!

This one has to up there?

In all my years of watching lower league football i've never seen a nastier player than Dino Maamria, i've seen him play 4 times and each one he got a red card for some form of assault, usually a punch or elbow in the face, the guy just can't control himself.

My vote for this season goes to...


Disgusting tackle, especially how he proclaims his innocence to the ref. Also i thought Terry's tackle on Dindane in the FA cup final was a disgrace as well, nice discrete shoulder charge in the face, knew exactly what he was doing.
 
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[ASSE]Hinchy;16570512 said:
I'm very surprised how Andy Townsend can defend that tackle so much :confused:

Agreed I was worried he was going to get sent off. Though Boateng did nearly the same tackle on ballack and got away with a yellow so it does happen.
 
"When the balls bouncing like that though, Clive, you are going to go in studs up. That's a fact of life as a footballer. The ball's popped up in the air... you are going to go flying into, particularly when you're lunging, your studs have to be facing upwards. [sic]"

What absolute b*******, the spectre of shameless ITV favouritism hanging over him there. A bit ironic too as the victim of Terry's potential leg breaker is another England regular - Milner.
 
Chelsea's goal against United earlier this season.

Wait, thats the worst decision by a ref?

Please, still bitter about not winning the league

This ranks for me, I know football in the old days was tough but this was crazy and for not even to get a booking, "I went for the ball ref"

 
Terry on Milner wasn't good, though it did look completely retarded rather than tring to kill Milner which he almost did.

Terry on Dindane though, it was cynical but not that bad and Dindane rolled around holding his face, when it was clear nothing was happening he jumped up and nothing was wrong, and that was about the 8th time Dindane had done that throughout the game, he exagerated the contact and dived a load throughout so I don't really have sympathy for him, more so as Boateng is one biggest a-holes in the league and deliberately took Ballack(who I share no love for) out of the game. Yeah Ballack barely shoved Boateng in the face, who had for no reason gone and got in Ballacks face after he tackled someone else, Ballack didn't try to injure anyone though.

Sorry but Evans jumps for the ball first, wins it. Then Drogba jumps straight into Evans leg (makes no attempt to win the ball) Yes Evans catches him with his foot, but that's only because Drogba jumps straight into him! The commentators at the time said the same thing if I remember correctly, and then his reaction afterwards is despicable, he's such a cheating ****.

This is really incredibly irritating, firstly I've NEVER ever seen a player jump for a header with his leg at almost full extension, meaning if he jumped like anyone else in the world for a header, Drogba would have run past him with zero contact, also right before there is contact Evans visible pushes his leg forwards, studs showing, another thing you wouldn't do.

That was one of the worst decisions of the year, a clear and obvious red card and knowing Fergie would likely have been appealed and gotten him a longer ban, at a time that I believe half the defense was injured, wonder what would have happened if that was a fair decision.

I think its fair to see there have been some truly attrocious decisions in the league all year, many favoured EVERY TEAM in the league and just because Utd lost to Chelsea, they were outplayed in both games, especially the second in which they were 1-0 up before they each got a goal that shouldn't have stood. I honestly can't remember the goal that people are talking about in the first game.

The thing is, I know you won't agree, even though the video in this thread proves how completely ridiculous your take on it is.

Drogba's a weasley little ****, and his reaction was hilarious, but it was a blatant foul and red card and no, if an Arsenal player did that I wouldn't be making excuses.

EDIT:- I also commend Steven Taylors attempt just because of the sheer ridiculousness of it, was funnier and less pathetic than Rivaldo's ball taps his leg and he pretends he took a ball to the face, that was just shameful.
 
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This is really incredibly irritating, firstly I've NEVER ever seen a player jump for a header with his leg at almost full extension, meaning if he jumped like anyone else in the world for a header, Drogba would have run past him with zero contact, also right before there is contact Evans visible pushes his leg forwards, studs showing, another thing you wouldn't do.
Both players knew what the other was up to, I firmly believe given Drogba's 'take' on the game that he was hoping to cause problems for Evans by running towards him even though he clearly had no intention of challenging for the ball, and not all of the problems he had in mind involved legality. Evans knew what he was doing, and stuck out his leg to stud the **** if he did try to barrel into him while he was in mid-air. I think he would've preferred Drogba with stud-marks embedded in his Ivorian chest rather than a potential neck injury from being walloped in mid-air by someone who had no hope (or intention) of getting the ball anyway.

The ultimate point here is that for Drogba to get studded, he would have to be inhabiting a space that would have physically impeded Evans from landing safely, a space that he had no footballing reason to occupy other than to this end. I think it's fair enough that Evans 'got away' with it, I wouldn't have been suprised if he saw red either mind, but it's just not as whingingly clear-cut as some make out.

Yes, Evans wouldn't have jumped like that if Drogba wasn't there, but then again he wouldn't have to worry about landing head-first on the ground after an 'honest' challenge, would he?
 
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Just to add one more unbiased opinion on the Evans Drogba tackle in the hope of ending the topic...

Evans leg visibly extended in a kicking motion towards Drogba's chest when he saw he was close, it was a nasty intentional challenge and deserved a red card. Yes Drogba is known to be a total faker which is probably why he got away with it, but that does not excuse blatant thuggery.
 
I for one had been waiting for someone to actually give Drogba something to cry about. I was happy when it was Evans as I like him.

That said, looking back on it, it was absolute filth and only the blindest most biased fan would say otherwise.

/EDIT - That said, Drogba's spasm reaction is pretty hilarious. What a moron.
 
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