'It is time for the Premier League to wake up'.Wigan and QPR suffered defeats at the weekend after falling foul of incorrect decisions and the Cottagers' owner has now called for the introduction of video technology.
In a strongly worded statement on the London club's official website, the 79-year-old hit out at the FA and called for referees to be punished for their mistakes.
He said: "The FA’s problem in addressing this pivotal situation is that it has too much power. Where else can decision-makers (referees) escape all responsibility to admit serious and blatant errors and have the protesters (the football clubs involved) fined on charges of misconduct?'
"The losses that we incur from such careless decisions have a huge impact and can have calamitous consequences.
"Referees are all too easily influenced by the more powerful clubs and individual owners which calls into question the integrity of both them, and the governing body that they report to."
Al Fayed, who last year unveiled a statue of deceased pop singer Michael Jackson outside Craven Cottage, has owned Fulham since 1997.
And he insists that, having long called for video technology to be introduced to the game, he has been proven right by recent incidents.
He added: "We need brave, pioneers in the Premier League, the FA and within the Premier League shareholder group.
"In the past I wrote to highlight the need for the Premier League to lead the way with the introduction of video technology. After many years, it appears that the Premier League has admitted I was correct all along.
"It is time for the Premier League to wake up. They have been in a coma for a long time. Lots of clubs are suffering from such stupid decisions. Advanced technology is available and it is evidently being used in other sports.
"Once again I call for action to review the standard of officials, and the transparency of the processes by which referees are allocated to games."
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He said: "The FA’s problem in addressing this pivotal situation is that it has too much power. Where else can decision-makers (referees) escape all responsibility to admit serious and blatant errors and have the protesters (the football clubs involved) fined on charges of misconduct?'
"The losses that we incur from such careless decisions have a huge impact and can have calamitous consequences.
"Referees are all too easily influenced by the more powerful clubs and individual owners which calls into question the integrity of both them, and the governing body that they report to."
Al Fayed, who last year unveiled a statue of deceased pop singer Michael Jackson outside Craven Cottage, has owned Fulham since 1997.
And he insists that, having long called for video technology to be introduced to the game, he has been proven right by recent incidents.
He added: "We need brave, pioneers in the Premier League, the FA and within the Premier League shareholder group.
"In the past I wrote to highlight the need for the Premier League to lead the way with the introduction of video technology. After many years, it appears that the Premier League has admitted I was correct all along.
"It is time for the Premier League to wake up. They have been in a coma for a long time. Lots of clubs are suffering from such stupid decisions. Advanced technology is available and it is evidently being used in other sports.
"Once again I call for action to review the standard of officials, and the transparency of the processes by which referees are allocated to games."
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