09-03-2015, 21:25
At the moment, I think the FA have got it all wrong over referees. I don't doubt for a minute that it's a difficult job, and endless TV analysis and the amounts of money at stake on ridiculously fine margins make it so much worse. But right now, the official line seems to be that referees are infallible, and when they make an obvious glaring error - like that awful "offside" call in the Spurs match a few weeks back when the penalised player was in his own half, or sending off the wrong Sunderland player at Man Utd - they try and explain it away rather than admitting they got it wrong.
They want respect for refs, fair enough. But they have to respect everyone else involved in the game too. Don't try and fob us off. And get your priorities straight on violent conduct and racism before you worry about a player saying a naughty word to the man in black.
They want respect for refs, fair enough. But they have to respect everyone else involved in the game too. Don't try and fob us off. And get your priorities straight on violent conduct and racism before you worry about a player saying a naughty word to the man in black.
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