As far as the assault on Milner goes, funny how the post reaction hasn't included the old bullshit "the FA will review the footage and consider if any further action is necessary", again how many officials saw it?

Webb completely bottled it. For him, I feel it was too soon into the game, and so he let Chelsea off the hook. I wonder if the decision would've gone Villa's way though? He seems a bit hesitant to award pens at the moment, as we found to our cost aganst the Hammers.

But it was Terry's challenge that really rankled me. If Milner's studs had got stuck in the ground, the injury would of been hideous. Does this utter motherfucker get away with everything? It seems so. His misses is back with him despite utter humiliaition. And now the refs are condoning acts of brutality on the pitch!!

One rule for England first eleven players and another for all else.

How much does Gerrard get away with? V-sign at ref and elbowing off the ball (not to mention assaulting DJs).

Conclusive proof that their is no evil little plot dreamed up by saddos who think they have bogeymen under their beds, just basic fuck-ups made by people who are clearly not up to the job.

"England player bias" — Lol!

I was under the impression that the elite group of referees were required to ref each team at least 8 times per season. Possibly I have misinterpreted the requirements, but it seems very strange to me that he has been kept away from Everton games and Liverpool games.

I remember Mr Moyes was going to be done by the FA after remarks he made about Clattenburg after the game and he was up for it, ready to answer the charge, then everything was dropped — strange... and we have not seen this particular ref since.

Liverpool's attitude during the game was to target Everton's two best players, one got carried off, the other sent off. Mr Gerrard assaulted someone in a bar, caught on cctv and walked free, Pienaar was found guilty.

I saw Mr Gerrard tell a ref to fuck off and use a V-sign, no action; the next week physical assault on Brown, no action; week-in, week-out, throwing himself all over the place, no action — even Ferguson commented on the favouritism shown to Gerrard.

It would not surprise me in the least if Liverpool win the Europa League that they will be allowed into the CL.

I really enjoy watching the Six Nations matches and I see a quite different attitude towards the match officials. Even when the players disagree with a decision, there is very little if indeed any back chat. But there is also a difference in the attitude of the Referees, they use the Captains to get across any points they want to make. Indeed, if a player has been out of order, the Referee in a Rugby match will ask the Captain to have a word with his player, rather than issue a yellow card. This is in marked contrast to Football Referees who issue cards very often in the first instance of an offence and seldom if at all engage in discussion about any decisions. In Rugby the players respect the match officials and match officials respect the players. If only that was the case in football.

I would like to see the Football authorities take a close look at how Rugby — in both codes — keeps its house in order. I know that there are marked differences, in a Six Nations match there are more times when play can be stopped — penalties, conversions etc. However, I think that there are things that Football could adopt and benefit from. The use of the Captains is one — rather than have a cluster of players surround a Referee, wouldn't it be better if a more civilised approach from the team Captain was to be the norm? And sin bins rather than a flurry of yellow/red cards. Far better I think to be a man down for say 15 minutes — and the offender have a chance to cool down — than for a match to be ruined as a spectatcle because of one rash action.

Referees are fitter, faster, younger and have more knowledge of the rules of the game than when I first started watching football all those years ago. What has changed is the numerous cameras around the pitch providing previously unseen angles for every referees or assistants decision or non-decision.

I have every sympathy for the honest refs who make an honest error and are then treated as criminals. The Andy Grays of this world would do better to focus on the out-and-out cheating perpetrated by the like of Gerrard, Torres, Drogba, etc than the refs who are being conned by them.

The number of times you see a ref pilloried for making a right decision (because the commentators don't understand the rules) is amazing. Bring in video replays to assist refs — not to attack them. Shit happens!