Post by shadwellarmy on Sept 2, 2006 23:21:51 GMT
...a proponent of the art of manual self-gratification.
So you can pull a player down in the penalty box when he is clear on goal with no whistle blown, you can handle a cross in the penalty box with no whistle blown, you can hack a player down in the penalty box and get a free-kick given about twelve feet back from where the offence took place, and no yellow card (alright, we scored from that one, but that is not the point), you can get a yellow card (finally) for a savage tackle, and then push a player over, in front of the ref, from the free-kick that you have just given away with no whistle blown, but if you are cheeky to the ref AFTER you have been substituted the ref can travel back in time and give you a straight red card and stop the sub from coming on!
I do hope that the Boro make an official complaint about the standard of this ref. Seven yellows and a straight red, and before the game started we were probably top of the Fair Play League, and apart from their number nine, who deserved a red card on at least three seperate occassions, the game was competitive but hardly dirty.
The ref lost control of the match in the first ten minutes, never took it back, let it get out of hand during the first half and then went yellow and red-card crazy for minor offences, but let some truly dirty challanges go without comment. The fact that he was also late blowing on several occassions and that he didn't seem to understand the concept of playing the advantage were minor points.
Surely this wally hasn't really managed to pass an FA course? Surely it was some imposter who bluffed his way onto the pitch when he heard that the named official wasn't available? Or am I being unfair and everybody else thought he played a blinder and kept the lid on what would otherwise have been a violent game?
No, didn't think so...
So you can pull a player down in the penalty box when he is clear on goal with no whistle blown, you can handle a cross in the penalty box with no whistle blown, you can hack a player down in the penalty box and get a free-kick given about twelve feet back from where the offence took place, and no yellow card (alright, we scored from that one, but that is not the point), you can get a yellow card (finally) for a savage tackle, and then push a player over, in front of the ref, from the free-kick that you have just given away with no whistle blown, but if you are cheeky to the ref AFTER you have been substituted the ref can travel back in time and give you a straight red card and stop the sub from coming on!
I do hope that the Boro make an official complaint about the standard of this ref. Seven yellows and a straight red, and before the game started we were probably top of the Fair Play League, and apart from their number nine, who deserved a red card on at least three seperate occassions, the game was competitive but hardly dirty.
The ref lost control of the match in the first ten minutes, never took it back, let it get out of hand during the first half and then went yellow and red-card crazy for minor offences, but let some truly dirty challanges go without comment. The fact that he was also late blowing on several occassions and that he didn't seem to understand the concept of playing the advantage were minor points.
Surely this wally hasn't really managed to pass an FA course? Surely it was some imposter who bluffed his way onto the pitch when he heard that the named official wasn't available? Or am I being unfair and everybody else thought he played a blinder and kept the lid on what would otherwise have been a violent game?
No, didn't think so...
