steveybadger Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, Numero Uno said: Andorra, San Marino and similar standard countries should have their own separate tournament. You’ve got never has beens out there who just want to take cheap shots at players they’ve heard of. Hence the Nations League I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Wouldn’t it be great if, with the introduction of women officiating, football decide to extend their ‘respect’ campaign to the referee? Absolute pleasure watching rugby and the control and respect officials demand from the players and the understanding that both official and players have a responsibility for providing a good, fair and entertaining spectacle for the fans. Thought the women did ok tonight meself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 8 hours ago, steveybadger said: Hence the Nations League I guess. No, not my point at all. These teams shouldn’t be running round taking cheap shots at decent players. These games are a complete and utter waste of time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 9 hours ago, steveybadger said: Certainly no worse than many male refs, and given the pressure she may have been under from those thinking it was a tick box exercise, perhaps above average. I felt she was rather inconsistent,, to say the least.....not great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 I think it's great, female officials are equally capable of making bad decisions and should be given every opportunity to do so. The only thing that really bugged me last night was the length of time the VAR decision took for the 1st goal, but that's another discussion really. I think the players behaviour and reaction to decisions does seem far more circumspect, less intimidating maybe? Which could be a good thing if it spreads to all officials. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinRed Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 08/10/2021 at 15:02, AppyDAZE said: The referee's a manual manipulator You don't know what you're doing Who's the bastard in the black? Cheat cheat cheat Are we going to have to come up with a whole new set of chants for the officials? Just posing the question. I've not ONCE seen any debate over whether these chants are offensive, so why should that change now? True, but I suspect that the classic “I can smell your c*** from here” might draw a little more criticism. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Numero Uno said: No, not my point at all. These teams shouldn’t be running round taking cheap shots at decent players. These games are a complete and utter waste of time. Sure, I sympathise with this point, just saying that the Nations League makes better competitive games. Whether there should be a removal of the smaller teams from actual qualifying, or even a ‘pre-qualifying’ I don’t know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Son of Fred said: I felt she was rather inconsistent,, to say the least.....not great. Seen better but for a first international and with added pressure from being the first woman, ok I thought. The Czech Wales ref was much worse IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 I thought the officiating was fine. The ref wasn't going to be messed around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdliketoRogerMoore Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 08/10/2021 at 10:19, TheReds said: Mixed football? I hope you don't mean at a top level, as they just wouldn't be able to compete at that level. The top women professionals wouldn’t even make it to a semi pro level as a male! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Davey Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 08/10/2021 at 16:23, swanker said: Margret Thatcher comes to mind! she had bigger balls than most men 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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