The reason why I'm saying what I said above is that I have seen referees not deal with the above it might be a case of frustration or I've they use the stepped approach
No. What you fail to understand is that once you reach Rusty's level people are paying an amount of money to watch their football, more than the cost of a pint of beer. It's not a significant amount but is skews the application of law so that certain black/white decisions become grey. The higher up in the game you move, the less it is a sport but it is more entertainment. At Chelsea 15 years ago I paid £45 to watch a game, I can't imagine what the prices are now, but at that price the spectators expect to see a game with all of the participants staying on the field until the end.So at supply/contrib they'll suspend a ref for not applying offinabus but on the premier league it's fine to completely ignore it?
The FA ladies and gents. An old boys club who don't know their arse from their elbow
I'm 52. I appreciate to you that might seem old, but believe me I've a few more years left in me yet. I take time to listen to those people who have given long years of service because wrapped inside their tales of yesteryear, there's often some solid advice.I think I've found one of the old boys. You've got to learn to take opinions mate and stop thinking yours is fact 100% of the time
No. What you fail to understand is that once you reach Rusty's level people are paying an amount of money to watch their football, more than the cost of a pint of beer. It's not a significant amount but is skews the application of law so that certain black/white decisions become grey. The higher up in the game you move, the less it is a sport but it is more entertainment. At Chelsea 15 years ago I paid £45 to watch a game, I can't imagine what the prices are now, but at that price the spectators expect to see a game with all of the participants staying on the field until the end.
Since the advent of TV football (post'92 I mean), the game is less about the Corinthian spirit and all about the money. You don't watch a movie/play/tv show just to see the main character killed off in the first 15 minutes (unless it's Game of Thrones). That skews the laws even more so that the application for "technical" offences, by that, those which don't involve physical contact, becomes less certain. So the holding of the ball for longer than 6 seconds, the leaving of the field without permission, the use of OFFINABUS, etc. are all dialled down.
You may not like it, but it's a fact of life and no amount of handwringing by you or haranguing of old men who have given a large part of their lives in service to The FA is going to change that.
Agreed but while the PGMOL is funded by the Premier League it will not happenThis is where the issue lies for me. I totally agree that football is about entertainment, particularly at the higher levels, but that shouldn't come at the expense of allowing the players to, in effect, so what they want.
I'm all for keeping eleven players on the pitch, but that shouldn't give players the right to say whatever they want to without sanction. All it would take is for the select group/football league referees to enforce dissent/OFFINABUS to the letter of the law for a couple of weeks. Short term, it would lessen the entertainment, but in the long term, how much better off would the game be without all the nonsense from players? It would also make life infinitely easier for us grassroots referees.
Agreed but while the PGMOL is funded by the Premier League it will not happen
Plug pulled. Some of the comments on this thread are nothing short of childish. Grow up. And that's more to more than just 1 or 2!@SM can you close this