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Dunno if anyone else has seen this yet, interesting proposals. Dickov would be picking up plenty of cards...https://t.co/6llEP8hnmo
Think it's ridiculous to be honest.Are referees going to be held accountable for the countless times they'll cock things up or show a basic lack of common sense, or is it just blame the managers/coaches/players and everybody else?How about showing a yellow card to the referee after a bad performance? So many bad performances results in a demotion?There's a few managers capable of accumulating 16 yellow cards by Christmas as well.I think it'll serve to achieve very little in the long-term.
I can see this being a big problem for Peterborough!
It's the referee's job to get the decision correct. It's not the players job to help him - their job is to win football matches (and if it means doing it by devious means then so be it).
...Luis Suarez deliberately handled the ball in the immediate build-up to make it 2-0 to Liverpool, after an hour. Now it was a handball. Clear as day. Everybody could see it. Suarez knew he'd done it, but he was just being instinctive in finishing off the move and putting the ball into the net. It's not Suarez's job to say to the referee 'sorry I handled it, it shouldn't count' - it's the referees job to get it right. Unfortunately for the referee, it was a TV game so there's a million different camera angles and it gets replayed over and over again and the player involved meant it made headlines.
Another example, FIFA Fair Play Day, 2006, Cheltenham vs Bradford. Dean Windass grabs John Finnigan's b*llocks, squeezes them as hard as he can - Finnigan retaliates and gets a red card for violent conduct. Bradford go on to win 2-1, Windass scores one - they get the points.Is that 'cheating' or is it just clever gamesmanship and being crafty?