That's a bit like saying that someone who drives at 140 mph up the wrong side of a dual carriageway in the rush hour whilst pi**ed out of his mind and texting his girlfriend should lose his license, provided his dad isn't a pal of the Commissioner of Police.

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What makes you know categorically that he "Guessed" ?

I totally reject the notion of such corruption.
Officials err from time to time but they are honest mistakes.

I never said there was no "Corruption in football".
I have NO reason to believe whatsoever that there is corruption amongst our officials and I shall believe this unless proved otherwise.I will be absolutely stunned if something is uncovered.

Officials make mistakes - I make mistakes but NOT because someone has given me a 'Brown envelope'.

Willo I'm a ref, and I do run the line as well as a fairly decent standard. These are not pub lino's these are professional Refs who have risen through the ranks on the back of solid officiating.

your job as an Assistant Referee is to stay in line with the 2nd to last defender (the goal keeper being the last defender) if the Assistant is doing his job properly and in line with the 2nd to last to last defender, there is no way you can give offside, I have watched it in real time, and it is simply a very bad error that heavily influenced the game. There is no other way of looking at it. Bad call that influenced the result massively.

However the next question is did we deserve anything from the game. My opinion is no we didn't second to every ball, and I lost count how many times Damo was beaten in the air inside our own box. Yes the amount of games and recovery time surely played a part, but this was a side with the worst away record in the division and at times we made them look like Real Madrid.

It is also not lost on me that since we have lost Sakho we appear to have fallen apart again defensively, and with Dann and Tomkins on the treatment table as well we can't really play the way big Sam wants.

I reckon we need 3 more points to be absolutely safe I am concerned as to where they are going to come from after Saturdays debacle.

But because of very poor officiating we were robbed of what against 10 men would have been a point at the least and safety.

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

Your naivete is touching. Look for the vested interest.

Television contracts for live football matches are worth billions of pounds per season. In order to make a profit on that investment broadcasters need to get people watching the matches on TV. As the end of the season draws near the issues begin to be settled; who will win the title, who will go down? The longer those issues are outstanding the more interesting the matches and the more money the broadcaster makes, especially in short-term passes and subscriptions for next season.

Therefore the TV companies have a vested interest in seeing to it that matches they have advertised and invested in, such as the upcoming Palace v Hull match, are not dead rubbers.

Are you seriously telling me that people like Murdoch are above supplementing their investments with considerations aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of and sales in their product?

And compared with a referee's official salary a bung of as little as £100,000 could go a long way in securing his cooperation.

I allege nothing, but would not be in the slightest bit surprised.

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