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VILLAIN OF THE WEEK 6-8-08
Peter Owen
This top of the table feature gives every fan the opportunity to kick football’s villains where it really hurts. Our expert panellists specialise in fairness and so does every fan. This is why we need your boots!
When I put the weekly nominations to our expert panellists I take into account every aspect of each incident and then form an opinion. However, opinions are exactly that and of course there are times when I will get shot down because others beg to differ.
Until the feature is up and running every Wednesday, our panellists only know of their own vote from my selection of nominations for 'Villain of the Week' and no more.
Therefore, its daggers of mystery remain mysterious until its curtains are pulled back.
Every team has their baddies. However, there are players who would kick Cinderella up the backside to beat her to the ball, as we all saw last season.
I hope to see all two footed lunges carded accordingly. If you fly through the air like a Boeing 707 and miss the player then you should be off.
Contact and intent were the boots of discretion and a few escaped last season who shouldn’t have done in my point of view because that encourages others!
Anyone who dares to suggest that diving will decline without punishment is as big a clown as Hackett because on any given day they can go down like Grand National horses.
Those who incite the refs to book a fellow player are parasites. We imported these
gestures into our game and those same yellow cards will boot that down the tunnel.
I know what makes a top ref, as do many other fans. This is why I’m
delighted that Jeff Winter and Graham Frankland are two of our expert panelists!
Respect Every Ref
Respect is slowly being strangled out of football because money has a tight grip of its throat.
The game's officials are not there to be spoken to in an abusive manner by any party and the overspill of total disrespect has even swamped the fourth officials.
Some coaches at the top of the table take the dim view that losing is the ref's fault
and it is those people in the main who are responsible for the trouble between benches.
There is only one way to deal with those who disrupt from the benches and that is a
firm warning followed by a seat in the stands if they persist. You cannot reason with
people whose attitude has already made up their minds for them.
Every referee must be their own man on the pitch because their voice of defence
is just a National Insurance number on a pay slip that needs assessing.
Keith Hackett is the face who beckons tomorrow’s refs but he hasn’t got the balls
to defend today’s officials, as the nation witnessed last season when Sir Alex Ferguson totally destroyed his one man roadshow.
The ref involved in that despicable incident, Martin Atkinson, had an excellent game but Hackett failed to support him, which is beyond all manner of respect.
This is the same Hackett who demotes a referee if they get a major decision wrong as a reminder to their duty. How pitiful you are Hackett when the chips are down.
Yes, referees make mistakes but so does every player in abundance. To bring the best out of people means encouraging them when they have
dropped a clanger because that restores their self belief and lifts their heart and game.
If you take the other road it leads to a place called disillusion. Then you lose your
own self respect and anyone with an ounce of common sense wants out.
I have never liked the FA's “Respect the Ref” campaign in its present voice because it
is old hat and clumsy. I know that description fits Hackett but it’s merely coincidental.
Therefore, I designed the voice below which allows the novice referee to share the
same stage as the elite in a collective front. That gives respect a modern day clout.
Its presence will greatly enhance this feature because the refs happen to deliver
our products and they charge us not a penny, so I have returned the compliment.
Andy Morgan, Editor of ComeOnBoro.com, has given it the thumbs up but it would be very interesting to hear other people’s opinions because they count.
What catches the eye also sells it in a big way and as it belongs to the website, it is now up to Andy to decide how, what and why.
When the Villain of the Week feature kicks off yet again, our expert panellists can at least be free of Ronaldo for a while, which I know will please Graham especially and millions of others across the country.
I bet that plaster cast on his leg dives straight into a waste bin when they cut the
bastard thing off. I just hope they use a clean chainsaw to prevent any infection.
Finally, I bet Jeff Winter answers more questions about refereeing decisions, both
in print and on Alpha 103.2 Radio, than last season by a long chalk!
BACK TO VILLAIN OF THE WEEK INDEX
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