Jonnyboy
05-12-2009, 07:53 PM
Why have the powers that be done all in their power to take the physical part out of football? Today Brines typified your modern day ref, first hint of contact and the whistle goes.
I suggest Dallas gets all his cronies in and makes them watch games from the 70's, 80's etc and not because the refs then were better but because the kind of 'foul' given at the drop of a hat these days was part and parcel of the game and it didn't do the sport any harm
Rant over :wink:
Oh sorry, one more thing - I've watched football since Adam was a boy and I cannot recall a game where the referee actually physically got in the way more than Brines did today. Not content with blowing his whistle every ten seconds he had to break up play by getting in the flippin way
Rant number 2 over :greengrin
I suggest Dallas gets all his cronies in and makes them watch games from the 70's, 80's etc and not because the refs then were better but because the kind of 'foul' given at the drop of a hat these days was part and parcel of the game and it didn't do the sport any harm
Rant over :wink:
Oh sorry, one more thing - I've watched football since Adam was a boy and I cannot recall a game where the referee actually physically got in the way more than Brines did today. Not content with blowing his whistle every ten seconds he had to break up play by getting in the flippin way
Rant number 2 over :greengrin