da betway：
da betsul： The final whistle blows on a troubling afternoon for both teams stuck in a relegation scrap. Both managers hailed plenty of abuse at the referee’s misjudgements during the ninety minutes. Fans were irate at lacklustre performances from some of their so-called heroes. But the manager is the one who yet again has to take it in his stride, take a huge breath and face the media and the criticism encircling the club in the immediate aftermath of the game. Even Kenny felt the heat at Old Trafford recently.
With this metaphoric scenario representing the current state of affairs in modern mediated sporting events, is there the notion that both the referee and players get away with facing up to their errors. Do they ever face the media and admit a bad performance? Sorry certainly seems to be the hardest word.
In short, no they don’t. Whether your team is embroiled in a survival battle or stuttering at a top-four push this season, you have most probably at some point been in the centre of a huge cylinder of frustration.
Many football fans across the nation remain loyal to their club, following them home and away across the land, gambling large sums of money on the hopes of a Saturday afternoon victory and all too often this fandom is let down by cheap drivel that ‘we suffered many injuries prior to the game’ or ‘the referee let us down today’. Apologies from players and referees would be a small token to gratify possible wrongdoings.
If we cast our Premier League minds back this season to the wrongful dismissals of messrs Barton and Balotelli for fouls on Bradley Johnson and Martin Skrtel respectively, fans aggravation was only heightened by conflicting views of Sky pundits and the grating nattering of Barton’s innocence via his Twitter feed.
How refreshing it would have been that January afternoon for referee Neil Swarbick to appease both R’s, Canaries and football fans alike that he made the wrong call after watching a replay of the incident and seeing that Barton brushed Johnson’s face at most. Football fans would not only respect the games personalities more for their honesty, but moreover they would realise greatly that the game will always rely on human intervention and accept that referees can’t always get it right.
[ad_pod id=’unruly-2′ align=’left’]
The referees have been seeking ‘respect’ for a long time now but maybe a little self-examination and personal scrutiny would really kick some life into the FA’s dwindling campaign for better referee treatment.
But this ever so pioneering of ideas has continued to be shunned and the best supporters can hope for is egg-headed ex-boy in black; Dermot Gallagher speaking on behalf of all the weekend’s referee’s and their errors on a twenty minute weekend review snippet on Sky Sports News.
A simple ‘sorry’ would really go a long way to pacify the immediate anger after a fractious decision.
And what of players? Perhaps Carlos Tevez would like to explain just why he feels treated like a dog or Johan Djourou describe to Gunners fans just why he keeps making error after error after error.
Perhaps this is wishful thinking, but the game does lack a huge element of honesty and fans always seem to be cheated, relying on the tame murmurings of their managers’ as material to chew over post match.
In Arsenal’s latest FA Cup exit at Sunderland, how refreshing would it have been for one player to admit we were poor today. Time and time again, a careless Twitter post behind the scenes is constructed to make it all better. During Saturday’s FA Cup game Jack Wilshere tweeted
‘100 percent penalty!!!!!!!!!!!’
Not admitting that his team were below par, instead shifting the blame upon to the referee again represents the lack of responsibility and honesty in the game.
Of course, players and referees remain tight-lipped to retain their livelihoods and avoid defamation, but a little morality and decency would go a lengthy way to maintaining supporter trust in the game we’re supposed to be the most important part within.
Agree with me or are these concepts a little ambitious? Follow me @ http://twitter.com/Taylor_Will1989
[ffcvideo file=”tfcbtitle3″ type=”mp4″ image_type=”jpg”]