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Originally Posted by VALAIRIAN
The problem is though - in my opinion - poor officials at all levels.....  |
Not sure (again
) I agree, Val.
I don’t think most footie refs are poor. A few are, but not all.
Is a ref missing an obvious penalty any different, in terms of professional competence, than, say, a striker not even hitting the target with a penalty kick or a goalkeeper dropping the ball into his own net?
Most rugby refs are good and some less good, but that game seems to operate without continuous moaning about refereeing decisions.
There are ‘dark arts’ in rugby and punch-ups occur (for slightly more understandable reasons given the physical nature of the game) but, imho, it isn’t in danger of losing its sporting ethos.
Two things that the football authorities could take from rugby would be:
(a) accurate time keeping, with a stop watch, to prevent time wasting;
(b) no player, other than a captain, allowed to confront or even talk to a ref.
But, of course, they won’t, as ‘poor’ decisions and cheating players is now all part of the football theatre.