video ref.
Across the board...ALL big games, be it Premiership, Europa,or Champions league,definately the World Cup.... It's time to bring in the video ref. EIGHT SECONDS!!!!! Maybe 20 seconds if different camera angles are used.. Players arguing the point with the referee..if the rubbish we are seeing can be called refereeing,can take over a minute easily !!!!!
Its ACTUALLY SICKENING !! to see dives,fouls,penalties,sending-offs... the list goes on...being over or under punished. do these ref's actually take a course??
The standard,speed,finesse and quality of our beloved game has improved immesurably in the last decade or so...why then hasnt the refereeing??
I live in Australia..lucky me.. but my mates wonder why I love a game so much that is so tainted by rubbish...all down to bad ref's.
PJ.
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Spot on, some of the reffing has been disgraceful.
However it has to be said that the sport is littered with theatrics and players piss poor attempts at winning frees, not to meant half of which are apparently little girls who can't take a nudge without falling over or whinging.
As an Aussie myself, I'm a sports fan with the main focus on AFL, but I'm also a made Fulham fan and have commented on here a few bit, but the one thing that really pisses me off is grown men whinging about getting a slight push, falling over under the lightest touch.
In the AFL we have 17, 18, 19 year olds taking hits from players much bigger than half the players in the PL and nothing short of tough as nails approach is expected, as the sport demands full committment dispite age. AFL player dont get paid anywhere near what footballers get, yet they show far far more committment.
1989 AFL Grand Final Hawthorn legend 'Dipper' played the whole game with a punctured lung, 2008 grand final Luke Hodge also of Hawthorn went into the grand final with broken ribs and was award best on ground in their premiership win....thats what I come to see, not fuckn pansies rolling around on the ground crying over a foul.
Point is football is a great game and I love to watch it but god in recent game Fulham has had players sent off that are down right laughable, as well as the players needing to drink some concrete and harden the fuck up!
posted by TIMMY4FFC - Tuesday 10th November 2009, 12:12 PM
ONYA TIMMY..I'm actually a pom, but 25 years here in OZ. My Father (is) and grandfather (was) Fulham boys.. Yes, in Australia whingers are wankers.Here,if you get a broken bloody arm its a 50/50 if you dare ask the boss to come off !! Christiano Robbernaldo is a joke. Brilliant, but a little girl,what a *ucking wanker...10 goals per season for dives???? Not on.!!! Glad he left the Prem. How often do quality players like Schwartzer,(Lampard,Terry OK POMS),Cahill etc etc roll around on the ground as if bitten by an effin snake for 2 minutes after a tap on the ankle...they dont !!!! Real men.Real players.Real game. We subsequently see the replays, and those calibre of players just get up, limp a bit maybe, then get on with the game. Done. No wonder I moved over here!!(Aussies have more grunt and will power pound for pound in most sports...how else could a country of under 20 million come 4th in the olympics??)
Bring on the video ref and lets see not only how many players embarrass themselves,but how many ref's pick-up their own standards whilst under the spotlight of camera footage and scrutiny.
PJ...ZZZZ TIME NOW :) CHEERS :)
posted by POMMIE JOHN - Tuesday 10th November 2009, 1:02 PM