However the fact that he made such a statement on the day after his local rivals surpassed his CL achivement this year, thus grabbing the headlines, shouldn’t be ignored.

Ref blew that call…. what are you morons bitching about…
Ever hear an NBA coach criticize the league… BIG fines. Ask Mark Cuban and recently Stan Van G.
Same thing for ice hockey.

Dictatorships.. please, being a professional coach is being a dictator and league presidents like the NFL and MLB have only one way: THEIR WAY.

Only difference is that there is a hierarchy in international federations while american sports are mostly self standing entities who answer to no one.

I love how the corruption label is applied to FIFA-UEFA when the english bribed the same delegates (free trips to London 2012 which was rescinded when they didnt vote the right way IS a bribe).

Referees will make mistakes, that will never change no matter what chip eaters who never reffed will tell you.
I do think that big mistakes like the RVP card, the missed hit on Rooney by Luiz, the Rooney elbow sheuld result in a temporary reassignment.

Im not even sure what people think UEFA should have done about the reffing.
Did you want them to overturn the call an replay the game? Electrocute the ref after the game?
What could UEFA have done to make sure the ref made the right call?

I think Wenger should speak up and pay the fines… they have enough extra money in the coffers but its important that he does make his voice heard.
Think of the fine as the equivalent of buying a full page ad to get your message across. How much is getting that message out worth to you?

The best would be a Special1 TV rant like Voeyur did recently.

>UEFA have decided not to act on the standard of the >refereeing

As for the mouth breathers claiming that nothing is done about refereeing, it only shows your total lack of knowledge of what it entails to be a referee.
Between the national, continental and FIFA training, lessons, camps, workshops, specialization seminars and all in between, they spent an amazing amount of time working on gettting better.
Its easier to claim that it sux and feel morally superior by claiming that you have the insight that no one does.
Its easier even when youre a gutless, ballless wonder who probably never had the guts to referee.
That would demand courage and determination as opposed to wanking on a keyboard.

International referees grow through a very intense and detailed process to get to the top and once there, their learning never stops.
But Im a football genius knows all that.

NB. I don’t advocate wenger/nasri’s action if they were violent or abusive, but i think wenger is entitled to say what he hs in his press conference