The first half of Liverpool's friendly against the Thai national team lasted for 60mins!!!

Houllier has said that he told the ref before the game that he wanted to make a lot of substitutions on 60mins and the ref thought that he'd requested that the 1st half last for 60mins.

How mad is that?!

The rules are the rules, and it doesn't matter if anyone requests that a half last for 60mins, 90mins, or whatever 45mins is how long a half should last +injury time (which is not 15mins). lol.

I wonder if FIFA will have a chat to the ref over interpretation of their rules. :D

ROFL Stupid REF!. :rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

Hmm how embarresing

At least it wasn't the 2nd half - and it was Fergie instead of Houllier!
I can imagine the headlines now...

Yeah i read this. Funny stuff.

lol :p

hmmm.. is that true... how stupid is the ref.... :rolleyes:

he he, very funny!:crazyboy:

can u imagine what would have happened if the reff understands that liverpool wants to practise their penalty throwing skills .... poor Thai national team!

liverpool think they boss....1 hour in a half..... they would have completed the frist half of extra time if played in a normal match...

Originally posted by fifafanv1
liverpool think they boss....1 hour in a half..... they would have completed the frist half of extra time if played in a normal match...

Read it again :crazyboy:

"Houllier has said that he told the ref before the game that he wanted to make a lot of substitutions on 60mins and the ref thought that he'd requested that the 1st half last for 60mins.
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To put this in the clearest possible way.

Houllier didnt boss the Ref into playing a first half containing 60 minutes. Houllier only wanted to make alot of substitutions at 60 minutes, not half time.

Therefore, the Referee does not know nor does he understand English. :D

Originally posted by panxoman
he he, very funny!:crazyboy:

can u imagine what would have happened if the reff understands that liverpool wants to practise their penalty throwing skills .... poor Thai national team!
lol more like imagine what would have happened if houllier said that he wants to make a lot of subs on 80 mins :D :crazyboy:

Troare is a shame on the defence

i would be very unhappy if they scored from 45minutes to 60 :D

funny thing :)

Isn't this legal though in a friendly?

That's hillarious!!!!

Originally posted by shokz
Therefore, the Referee does not know nor does he understand English. :D
I wonder how good Houllier's English is anyway. ;)

Well seeing as though he used to be an English teacher ,Probably pretty good dont ya think?:rolleyes: