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The Football News Thread 2016/17 - everything not Wolves

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Human nature?

If you know someone's name then you tend to use it.
 
MARKakaJIM said:
Human nature?

If you know someone's name then you tend to use it.
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Is it also human nature to act like a spoilt kid and rant about every decision that goes against you?

Behaviours clearly need to change - for both players and officials.
 
Langers said:
Of course - which is why I was so angry when the ref that night (can't remember who - it wasn't that fraud Halsey was it?) said after the game that he didn't send him off because he knew he wasn't 'that kind of player'.

It happens on every single game you see on the telly - refs calling players by their christian names. If they're not supposed to be doing it, why do they?
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It wasn't the ref that said that. AVB said he felt the ref didn't show the red as he knows he isn't that sort of player.

Still remember the game v Liverpool where Torres reffed it. My favourite including the 3 requests to go back, as he was too close to the ball on a free kick....each request ingnore and the ref made us take the free kick with the wall about 6 yards away.
 
Kenny said:
It wasn't the ref that said that. AVB said he felt the ref didn't show the red as he knows he isn't that sort of player.
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Ah okay - my mistake. Not quite so bad in that case!

Kenny said:
Still remember the game v Liverpool where Torres reffed it. My favourite including the 3 requests to go back, as he was too close to the ball on a free kick....each request ingnore and the ref made us take the free kick with the wall about 6 yards away.
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Remember that very well. I think that was the most I have ever ranted at a referee, with the exception of the Halsey masterclass in the 3-3 with Spurs.
 
MARKakaJIM said:
Human nature?

If you know someone's name then you tend to use it.
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That is a valid point. If I referee a game in the Hinckley Sunday League, there is every likelihood that I know most of the players, and vice versa. And often they refer to me by name, and I probably do the same. I think the problem arises when the referee only knows players from one team.
 
Kenny said:
It wasn't the ref that said that. AVB said he felt the ref didn't show the red as he knows he isn't that sort of player.

Still remember the game v Liverpool where Torres reffed it. My favourite including the 3 requests to go back, as he was too close to the ball on a free kick....each request ingnore and the ref made us take the free kick with the wall about 6 yards away.
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Again it really is quite simple. Award the free kick, and once the ball has been placed in position tell the attacking team they must not move the ball. The referee then strides out ten yards, and instructs the defenders to retreat back that mark. If they do not, then give them one more chance. Failure to obey the referee at this stage should result in a yellow card for the player nearest the referee, and if they still refuse to retreat, caution every player in the wall.

Sadly, that will never happen.
 
FrankMunro-371 said:
That is a valid point. If I referee a game in the Hinckley Sunday League, there is every likelihood that I know most of the players, and vice versa. And often they refer to me by name, and I probably do the same. I think the problem arises when the referee only knows players from one team.
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I see the same down here on Sunday mornings or in 5aside leagues too, sometimes it probably leads to some bias one way or the other but there's no way you're going to escape people knowing one another and as a result they'll end up referring to them by name sometimes. I don't think it's any different to any other job where you're not always as professional as you perhaps should be, nicknames will get used rather than their proper name, when I was at IKEA I'd often tell customers I was going to check something with my mom because she worked in the offices out back, sometimes you just fall into habit.
 
MARKakaJIM said:
I see the same down here on Sunday mornings or in 5aside leagues too, sometimes it probably leads to some bias one way or the other but there's no way you're going to escape people knowing one another and as a result they'll end up referring to them by name sometimes. I don't think it's any different to any other job where you're not always as professional as you perhaps should be, nicknames will get used rather than their proper name, when I was at IKEA I'd often tell customers I was going to check something with my mom because she worked in the offices out back, sometimes you just fall into habit.
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Indeed, and I have assessed referees at games where the referee gave a contentious decision, and you hear comments from the aggrieved side such as, "Well he knows all them, so he was bound to give them everything."

A referee should never get himself into a position where one team feel he/she is favouring one team above the other. Impartiality is an absolute necessity for a referee.
 
Likewise, any failed high fives make for glorious viewing

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My kids are ACE at high-5's. Mini Langers once tried to high-5 my ex-mother in law. Missed and hit her in the face. I was so proud.
 
The girl left hanging is ace. The look on her face is priceless. My kids are brilliant at high 5's. My little boy can run the whole gammut of 5's at 1.
 
Arlo is very cute at high fives. He toddles over, lightly places his palm against mine and then looks VERY pleased with himself.
 
I kinda don't understand how someone can miss a high five?

The girl left hanging is phenomenally good though. :icon_lol:
 
Back on topic, that new rule re behaviour (if enforced) is brilliant, and long overdue.
 
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