Comments on: Suggested New Year’s resolution: give the moaning a rest http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/01/01/suggested-new-years-resolution-give-the-moaning-a-rest/ World Soccer views and news Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: FF http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/01/01/suggested-new-years-resolution-give-the-moaning-a-rest/#comment-342696 FF Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:45:21 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/?p=11941#comment-342696 > it’s almost always the fault of the match officials rather than poor skill or tactical ineptitude Poor skill and tactical ineptitude are part of the game, and the team that has them pays for it. Which is right. For the ref's errors he doesn't pay but some poor team does who's not at fault. That's wrong. This line of "stop whining about the ref, you could have done better yourselves" is among the stupidest to be said in football, and sports in general. The point is, even with the players' errors (which are inevitable), many times they'd have won were it not for the ref. Too many times. This is what matters most. In short, bring in the video ref if you want the grudging to stop. > it’s almost always the fault of the match officials rather than poor skill or tactical ineptitude

Poor skill and tactical ineptitude are part of the game, and the team that has them pays for it. Which is right. For the ref’s errors he doesn’t pay but some poor team does who’s not at fault. That’s wrong.

This line of “stop whining about the ref, you could have done better yourselves” is among the stupidest to be said in football, and sports in general. The point is, even with the players’ errors (which are inevitable), many times they’d have won were it not for the ref. Too many times. This is what matters most.

In short, bring in the video ref if you want the grudging to stop.

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]]> By: des http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/01/01/suggested-new-years-resolution-give-the-moaning-a-rest/#comment-342677 des Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:13:25 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/?p=11941#comment-342677 It drives me mad. They used to say "these things even themselves out over the season" and get on with it but these days every offside call is life and death. Hull were even complaining about the ref getting that handball/hit the bar decision right because they were suspicious of how the ref came to change his mind. It drives me mad. They used to say “these things even themselves out over the season” and get on with it but these days every offside call is life and death.
Hull were even complaining about the ref getting that handball/hit the bar decision right because they were suspicious of how the ref came to change his mind.

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