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VILLAIN OF THE WEEK 12-8-08
Peter Owen
If Bill Barwick ever makes it to Buckingham Palace, I’d advise him to hold his head in case he has to bow because otherwise it will fall off his shoulders and bounce to safety.
Where on Earth has this person been living? Refs have been having words with such people off their own back because they wanted to referee a spectacle not a farce.
The refs can speak to as many captains as they wish before the game kicks off but it only takes one bad tackle to turn any breeze into a hurricane, as we all know.
Teams are battling like gladiators for three precious points, not three boxes of Smarties.
The referees are there to do a specific role and are not welfare workers. It would be welcome to hear someone say ”We are going to deduct points if you break rank”.
I wonder how many of the 7000 refs who shot the towel in during last season had the inner capacity to have become top refs?
I also wonder how many of them looked at the Ashley Cole incident last season and thought “Balls to this, what chance have I got if that’s the Premiership?”
Mike Riley should have sent Cole packing. However, just because he decided not to, it should not have glossed over the incident.
It was the most serious act of disrespect the eyes of football has ever witnessed but the FA simply turned a blind eye to it instead of correcting what happened.
They cannot ever do a system restore on respect now because that point came and went the day the FA turned their backs on every referee in the country.
The established refs in today’s Premiership range from brilliant to very good because you do not reach that level unless you are the business.
Who on Earth is going to take their places is the question because I haven’t seen a flurry of promising refs from outside the Premiership. I may be wrong though.
However, I doubt if William Hill would make the FA favourites against my points of view when they declare 7000 non-runners at the start of every season.
Keith Hackett has at least recognised that the promotion of refs can be accelerated, as the background of Stuart Attwell proves. However, it remains to be seen how he progresses in the long term. I do hope he passes the acid test.
The need to experiment though was a forced hand because unlike players, you can’t just go out and buy a top ref.
That is why Howard Webb can be found at the “Theatre of Screams” and the rookie ref is broken in at Hull City for example. That identifies experience in all its glory!
Experience is their everything and you cannot pump that in a person with a grease gun, otherwise Halfords would be like Harrods.
The refs' decisions decide the game and of course a weak mind may be influenced until it has done the rounds and jumped over all the hurdles.
However, football is all about red mist mistakes and everything else that makes it the best package of passion on the planet. So I say, “Good luck to all the refs”.
That bastard in the black is some guy in my book because they take so much flak on the chin every single week and walk away with an air of respect.
That to me is a gentleman of the highest ranking but I do wonder if any have ever given the dog a good kick up the arse to release their emotions.
I see the Manchester bagpipes have already stolen the lead in this season's trophy hunt which Ferguson will no doubt use as a finger pointing exercise.
Finally, let every battle commence and let’s hope the refs are respected because those who don’t show them that simple expectation are idiots.
Peter
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A GUARANTEED PROFIT OF AT LEAST £45.64 ON STANDARD LIEGE v SAMPDORIA
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account.
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You have temporarily laid out a total of £104.00 on the Standard Liege v Sampdoria match. I stress, temporarily... Now sit back, crack a beer open and enjoy the match.
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